Scot lasts just one season in Nascar

Dario Franchitti, a man who is rightly best-known as Mr Ashley Judd, is leaving Nascar after just one season, to return to IndyCar in 2009. The Scot, who won the Indy 500 last year, will replace fellow Brit Dan Wheldon and team up with Scott Dixon.

Dixon is delighted with the news (perhaps because Wheldon has a reputation in the IndyCar paddock as being a bit of a dick, whereas Dario is a bit of a dude). The Kiwi said: “We saw each other over the weekend and I thought there must be some rustlings going on. To have a driver like Dario on our team is going to be spectacular. We’re going to be a force next season.”

The most awesome trophy in motorsport?

In case you didn’t get the connection between Nashville and country music, the winner of the Firestone Indy 200 at the Nashville Superspeedway is presented with a customised guitar. This year, the lucky recipient was New Zealander Scott Dixon, who extended his lead at the top of the IndyCar championship table to a whopping 63 points.

Even Billy Ray Cyrus wouldn’t be seed dead playing that thing.