EDMONTON, Alberta — The IRL placed struggling driver Milka Duno on probation Saturday for the rest of the year for failing to consistently meet minimal performance standards.
Series officials said Duno needs to show “immediate and substantial improvement to her driving” by the end of the season.
Officials cited her inability to be competitive and her on-track decision making as reasons for the probation.
The 38-year-old Venezuelan driver has been pulled by track officials from two races this year, including last week in Toronto, for driving so slowly she was deemed a hazard. She’s also received sharp criticism from other drivers frustrated by her tactics.
Power on IRL pole.
Will Power, going for his third consecutive IndyCar win, will start from the pole today in the Honda Edmonton Indy.
Power drove the 1.96-mile City Centre Airport track in 1:00.7126 to lead the 25-car field.
Busch adds to his Nationwide haul
CLERMONT, Ind. — Kyle Busch held off Carl Edwards in a two-lap sprint to the finish to win a NASCAR Nationwide race.
Busch used a perfectly timed restart to keep a hard-charging Edwards at bay and pick up his eighth win of the season and his fifth in his last six starts.
Vettel edges Alonso
HOCKENHEIM, Germany — Sebastian Vettel of Germany squeezed out Fernando Alonso to earn the pole for his home Formula One Grand Prix race.
Vettel’s Red Bull was .002 seconds faster than Alonso’s Ferrari in qualifying to give the German his sixth pole of the season — and his third straight.
Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari was third, and Mark Webber was fourth.
Today’s races
NASCAR SPRINT CUP Brickyard 400
Site: Indianapolis.
TV: 11 a.m., ESPN.
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (oval, 2.5 miles).
Race distance: 400 miles, 160 laps.
INDYCAR Honda Indy Edmonton
Site: Edmonton, Alberta.
TV: 4 p.m., Versus.
Track: Edmonton City Centre Airport (1.96 miles).
Race distance: 186.2 miles, 95 laps.
FORMULA ONE German Grand Prix
Site: Hockenheim, Germany.
TV: 11 a.m., KDVR-31 (tape)
Track: Hockenheimring (road course, 2.84 miles).
Race distance: 190.42 miles, 67 laps.
NHRA Mopar Mile-High Nationals
Site: Morrison
Schedule: 5 p.m., ESPN2, (tape)
Track: Bandimere Speedway.
