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Casey Stoner raced to his fifth straight Australian Grand Prix victory Sunday and wrapped up his second MotoGP series championship.
The Australian Honda star, celebrating his 26th birthday, was helped in his championship cause when Jorge Lorenzo crashed in the warmup, losing part of the tip of his ring finger on his left hand, and was unable to race. That meant Stoner needed only to finish better than sixth to take the MotoGP title he first won in 2007.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/racing/story/_/i...-wins-fifth-australian-gp-second-motogp-title
