Logano and Penske teammate Brad Keselowski traded rights to first and swapped paint multiple times in the final 30 laps with Logano barely stathing off his teammate’s final attempt at a pass in the last lap. Logano’s win was his first of the young season after winning last years Monster Energy NASCAR Cup. “It was a lot of fun," Logano said. “It’s a nice feeling to get back in the playoffs....
And coming into a week with two consecutive wins and a race at a track at which he has three career victories, Busch is the man to beat once again. He’s the favorite heading into the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway, the shortest track in NASCAR. This week has a couple of interesting storylines as Joey Logano and Martin Truex Jr. butted heads, and cars, at last year’s playoff race at Martinsville while Logano came away with the win....
Kyle Larson is the defending race winner, and he entered qualifying seeking his fifth pole in the past six races at Sonoma and his fourth pole via qualifying. Thirty-six drivers competed in the qualifying session on the 11-turn, 1.99-mile road course. Sporting News has the results of Saturday’s qualifying and the starting order for Sunday’s Save Mart 350 (4:14 p.m. ET green flag; FS1, TSN5, PRN). Save Mart 350 qualifying results Final group results Who won the pole for the NASCAR race at Sonoma?...
Here’s a driver-by-driver breakdown for this weekend’s race, with opening odds from the Westgate Las Vegas Super Book: KEVIN HARVICK 7/2: All this guy does is finish first or second. In 14 races this season, he’s had 10 top-two finishes (two wins), and the second-place theme has been huge for him at Michigan, as he comes in riding a four-race runner-up streak at the track – two for Richard Childress Racing and two for Stewart-Haas Racing....
After 30 Martinsville starts, Earnhardt Jr. finally captured the checkers on the flat half-mile layout last fall. Even though victory had eluded him for so long, he had always been very respectable at the track and came close to winning a few times. Expectations were high coming into this week, not just because of last year’s win, but also because he was using the same chassis. However, during Saturday’s practices he couldn’t muster a lap better than 18th quickest in either session....
Friday practices: Speeds slow at Pocono Based on nine top-two finishes in the 13 races run so far this season, his edge in horsepower and Saturday’s awesome display, he is the driver to beat despite never winning on the ’Tricky Triangle’. Last season, remember, Dale Earnhardt Jr. came into this race having never won in 28 career starts and went on to sweep the season at Pocono. Both Harvick and Junior drive Chevys and both use Hendrick engines....
Micah Roberts’ Top-10 Rated NASCAR Drivers Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500, Martinsville Speedway Rating. Driver Odds Practice 1, Qualified, Practice 2, Practice 3 Jimmie Johnson 6/1 25th, 21st, 9th, 1st Eight-time Martinsville winner, including seven of last 18; best 10-consecutive lap average in Practice 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12/1 24th, 22nd, 1st, 5th Won for first time here last fall after 30 starts; best 10-consecutive lap average in Practice 2....
Seven drivers, including Denny Hamlin and Clint Bowyer, didn’t even participate in the second session Friday, believing nothing else could be gained by driving around the 2.66-mile course they didn’t already discover from the first one, or from the package they ran during Daytona Speedweeks in February. When compiling the components that go into a driver rating, practices and start position are usually big factors. But at Talladega, the practice speeds aren’t indicative of how the cars will run on race day, but more about who they were hooked up with in the draft....
Regular-season champ Kyle Busch, the 2015 series champion, held a slight lead in the NASCAR standings heading into the first playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Busch and Kevin Harvick entered the postseason with 50 playoff points each. MORE: These NASCAR trophies will blow your mind NASCAR schedule: 2018 playoff races Here’s a look at each race in the 2018 NASCAR playoff schedule: NASCAR playoff standings Here is how the 2018 NASCAR playoff standings look after the first of 10 postseason races: NASCAR playoff rules, format The simplest way to advance in the NASCAR playoff bracket is to win a race....
The National Weather Service forecast for Martinsville put the chances of rain Saturday at 80 percent. After the rain arrived, the scheduled 8 p.m. ET green flag for the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 was delayed to just after 9:20 p.m. The race was halted less than a half-hour later after 42 laps as a shower hit the track. The race was then called at 10:20 p.m. ET. NASCAR announced that racing will resume at 4 p....
What are NASCAR’s biggest challenges today? The biggest challenge for any sport or business in today’s world is to be proactive and not reactive; to lead and not follow; and to be willing to change to make things better. I believe NASCAR has always done a great job of adapting to the new while still upholding tradition. Are electric vehicles viable for competitive racing? How can NASCAR become more “green”?...
Do Madrid really need Ronaldo anymore? Nasri produced a tame spot-kick that was easily saved by Sergio Asenjo down to his left four minutes into the second half, after Vitolo had been fouled by Mario. The on-loan Manchester City playmaker is now without a goal since October. Sunday’s match ended an impressive streak that had seen Sevilla score in 27 consecutive home league matches. The only other time Sevilla have failed to score under Jorge Sampaoli this season was also against Villarreal in a 0-0 draw at Estadio de la Ceramica in August....
And fans didn't have to wait very long for it to happen, either. Early in the first quarter, Smith picked up a first down. Talib picked up Smith's leg and wouldn't let it go. The two nearly came to blows. Talib was docked 15 yards for unncessary roughness. The tension escalated a few plays later on the same drive when they got into a shoving match. Whatever halftime entertainment the Panthers have planned, it probably won't be as exciting as these two squaring off....
On Wednesday, Florida State received another benefit when defensive end Josh Sweat, the nation’s No. 1 overall player according to 247Sports.com, committed to the Seminoles. SCOUTING REPORT: Josh Sweat can make immediate impact Sweat made the announcement at Oscar Smith High School in Chesapeake, Va. His finalists also included Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon and Virginia Tech. Sweat is the fourth 5-star player to commit to the Seminoles for the 2015 class....
The Arjuna awardee joins an infamous list of Indian footballers who have failed a doping test. In 2011, Nishant Mehra tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol, a banned substance and was censured by NADA for a period of two years. Earlier, in 2002, Arun Malhotra crossed the dreaded Rubicon right before the Asian Games at Busan, South Korea. Recently, Dane Pereira was suspended by NADA for failing a drugs test when contracted by Mumbai FC....
What is a Cappuccino? As defined in Merriam-Webster, a cappuccino is an espresso coffee topped with frothed hot milk or cream, and often flavored with cinnamon. It is different to a flat white, which does not have frothed milk. Where Does the Word ‘Cappuccino’ Come From? Unlike other coffees, cappuccino does not get its name from its method of preparation. Terms such as espresso (“express”) and macchiato (“spotted”) come directly from the Italian words for how the coffee is made, but cappuccino bucks that trend....
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The state of Alaska wants to construct a 220-mile-long road to link up with planned open-pit copper mines in the state’s northwest. The proposed route of the Ambler Mining Road would run along the southern Brooks mountain range in Alaska, slicing through 20 miles of the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve—a vast pristine wilderness that does not contain any roads. Along this route, the road will cross hundreds of streams and rivers—requiring the construction of 12 major bridges—and disrupt countless acres of wetlands, as well as interfering with the subsistence lifestyles of Native Alaskans who live in the region, according to the NPCA....
In the team’s 6-5 win over the Orioles, Soto hit a two-out pop fly that he assumed was going to go foul. However, the ball blew back into play and struck down in fair ground right in front of the catcher. Soto could’ve been safe at first, but he hadn’t been running on the play and instead was thrown out. The blunder ended the inning and cost the Nationals a run, as Andrew Stevenson would’ve scored from third base had Soto beaten out the play....
McCutchen, a five-time All-Star and the 2013 NL MVP, hit just .256 with 24 home runs and 79 RBIs last season, but he’s still considered one of the best center fielders in the game. MORE: SN ranks MLB’s top 50 players in 2016 Pittsburgh reportedly is interested in acquiring Nationals outfielder prospect Victor Robles and a starting pitching option such as Joe Ross or Reynaldo Lopez for McCutchen. Robles, a 19-year-old center fielder out of the Dominican Republic, hit ....
