Cameron McConville survived the most frightening crash in V8 Supercars this year, but a far more conventional shunt convinced the Bathurst runner-up to quit the sport.
Formula One is reeling after Toyota became the latest automaker to quit the motor sport in response to the economic crisis, days after tyre manufacturer Bridgestone pulled out.
After an impressive debut season in the big time Australian driver Marcos Ambrose has cemented his place in the competitive US NASCAR series with a new two-year deal.
The Williams Formula One team have announced their drivers for next year will be veteran Brazilian Rubens Barichello and German rookie Nico Hulkenberg.
The official line following Renault's emergency board meeting in Paris is that the French manufacturer will only make an announcement about its F1 future 'before the end of the year'.
Renault has reportedly come to a decision regarding the future of its Enstone-based F1 operation - and whether it will still be a fixture on the grid in 2010...
Ferrari has launched a stinging attack in which it accuses former FIA President Max Mosley of having all-but forced Toyota out of F1 - and questions the calibre of the 2010 newcomers.
Bernie Ecclestone's game of hardball with Silverstone over the future of the British Grand Prix has intensified - with the Formula One Management (FOM) chief executive telling the BRDC: Agree to my terms or lose the race.
Defeated FIA Presidential candidate Ari Vatanen has said that Renault would be 'right' to follow Honda, BMW and Toyota out of F1 - and that if they do so, it will represent for the FIA 'the final alarm call that
Rival teams attempted to 'unsettle' Brawn GP star Jenson Button as he battled for 2009 F1 title glory by taking advantage of his lack of confirmed seat for 2010, Ross Brawn has contended.
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On Tuesday it was Bridgestone, on Wednesday Toyota - is Renault set to become F1's latest casualty on Thursday, as the French manufacturer calls an emergency board meeting..?
F1 governing body the FIA has cast some doubt over the legality of Toyota's withdrawal from competition with immediate effect - and again stressed the necessity for stringent cost-cutting measures to prevent more teams from following suit.
Peter Windsor has boldly asserted that North Carolina-based F1 2010 newcomer USF1 will produce 'the next world champion' in the top flight - what he calls the very 'raison d'être' of the team.
Pirelli has become the first mooted manufacturer to affirm that it has no interest in replacing Bridgestone as the official tyre-supplier to F1 from 2011.
The Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) has responded to the news that Toyota is to quit F1 with immediate effect - and revealed its conviction that 2010 will be a 'better' year for the embattled sport.
