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NASCAR’s new stage racing is working exactly how it should – For The Win
With two races remaining in the NASCAR Cup Series regular season, Martin Truex Jr. has accumulated an astonishing 35 playoff points (and counting). In past seasons, that number – as well as the solid 15-point lead he has over Kyle Busch in second place – would have been unimaginable. But thanks to NASCAR introducing stages to each race and accompanying playoff points for the winners, Truex has a healthy cushion going…
Q&A: Answering questions about the NASCAR Xfinity Series … – Autoweek
In the name of cost containment and improved competition, NASCAR is set to debut a new flange-fit composite body next weekend for the Xfinity Series race at Richmond Raceway. This is the first of a three-event optional rollout this season that will also include the races at Dover International Raceway and Phoenix Raceway. The new body will be optional for every race except those at Daytona International Speedway…
Attention: Half Of Canada Calls Kickball "Soccer Baseball" – Deadspin – Deadspin
Alarming news from the north. Canadian data blog The 10 and 3 has released a series of dialect maps based on a survey of 9,500 Canadians on the terms and pronunciations they use for 35 different terms, broken down by province and territory. It’s an engrossing post, and you should look at all the maps—it will reinforce the notion that much of Canada is deeply strange. Advertisement But nothing is…
NASCAR mechanic’s dog stayed by his side in fatal wreck … – Charlotte Observer
Adam Wright didn’t die alone. When his car veered off curvy Flower House Loop in Troutman late Sunday, went airborne and crashed, one of his best friends stayed by his side. Lizzy, his black Lab, was so protective of the 33-year-old JR Motorsports mechanic that she growled at troopers and emergency responders. They had to call in Iredell County Animal Control to restrain and remove her, State Highway Patrol Trooper…
NASCAR mechanic’s dog stayed by his side in fatal wreck … – Charlotte Observer
Adam Wright didn’t die alone. When his car veered off curvy Flower House Loop in Troutman late Sunday, went airborne and crashed, one of his best friends stayed by his side. Lizzy, his black Lab, was so protective of the 33-year-old JR Motorsports mechanic that she growled at troopers and emergency responders. They had to call in Iredell County Animal Control to restrain and remove her, State Highway Patrol Trooper…
Q&A: Answering questions about the NASCAR Xfinity Series … – Autoweek
In the name of cost containment and improved competition, NASCAR is set to debut a new flange-fit composite body next weekend for the Xfinity Series race at Richmond Raceway. This is the first of a three-event optional rollout this season that will also include the races at Dover International Raceway and Phoenix Raceway. The new body will be optional for every race except those at Daytona International Speedway…
Portland’s new hockey franchise wants a name that’s got game … – Press Herald
Cliff Rucker thought he decided on a catchy name for his new pro hockey team – The Worcester White Hawks. He had a logo created and even ordered checks with the team’s name on them. Imagine the possible logos for Portland’s new pro hockey team. How about the Wild Blueberries? Staff illustrations by Michael Fisher But there was a problem. White hawks are native to Central America, not central Massachusetts….
Q&A: Answering questions about the NASCAR Xfinity Series … – Autoweek
In the name of cost containment and improved competition, NASCAR is set to debut a new flange-fit composite body next weekend for the Xfinity Series race at Richmond Raceway. This is the first of a three-event optional rollout this season that will also include the races at Dover International Raceway and Phoenix Raceway. The new body will be optional for every race except those at Daytona International Speedway…
NASCAR mechanic’s dog stayed by his side in fatal wreck … – Charlotte Observer
Adam Wright didn’t die alone. When his car veered off curvy Flower House Loop in Troutman late Sunday, went airborne and crashed, one of his best friends stayed by his side. Lizzy, his black Lab, was so protective of the 33-year-old JR Motorsports mechanic that she growled at troopers and emergency responders. They had to call in Iredell County Animal Control to restrain and remove her, State Highway Patrol Trooper…
Q&A: Answering questions about the NASCAR Xfinity Series composite body – Autoweek
In the name of cost containment and improved competition, NASCAR is set to debut a new flange-fit composite body next weekend for the Xfinity Series race at Richmond Raceway. This is the first of a three-event optional rollout this season that will also include the races at Dover International Raceway and Phoenix Raceway. The new body will be optional for every race except those at Daytona International Speedway…
NASCAR mechanic’s dog stayed by his side in fatal wreck … – Charlotte Observer
Adam Wright didn’t die alone. When his car veered off curvy Flower House Loop in Troutman late Sunday, went airborne and crashed, one of his best friends stayed by his side. Lizzy, his black Lab, was so protective of the 33-year-old JR Motorsports mechanic that she growled at troopers and emergency responders. They had to call in Iredell County Animal Control to restrain and remove her, State Highway Patrol Trooper…
Police arrest Australian Olympic cycling medalist in major drug investigation – Washington Post
(Felipe Dana/AP) Police in Australia have accused Jack Bobridge, a three-time Olympic cyclist who won silver medals at the 2012 and 2016 Games, of selling significant quantities of MDMA over the course of several months, Tim Clarke of Perth Now reported Thursday. Bobridge was arrested Wednesday and appeared in a Perth courtroom on Thursday after police raided his home in suburban Yokine, Australia, the result of an undercover operation targeting…
Cycling fatalities are up, and average age of victims is 45 – Chicago Tribune
Other than riding a bicycle, they seemed to have very little in common beside the fact that they died on the same weekend this month and that their deaths got minor mention in the local press. Ronald Michael Peter Hill, 30, died at the scene when he was struck by a car in Tulsa, Oklahoma, about 9 p.m. on Aug. 11. Several hours later, Albert Arnold, 57, died at an…
JGR’s No. 19, two Truck Series teams issued lug-nut penalties – Nascar
RELATED: Post-Bristol playoff watch NASCAR issued penalties Wednesday to one team in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and two organizations in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for lug-nut violations. All penalties came after post-race inspections revealed one unsecured lug nut on each vehicle after last week’s events at Bristol Motor Speedway. That included one infraction after Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, involving the Joe Gibbs Racing…
Some conclusions about the NASCAR Cup Series, plus bold forecasts about the playoffs – Charlotte Observer
With two races until the 2017 postseason starts, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series takes this week off. It’s a good time to examine what has happened so far this season and to look ahead at what’s left. The verdict on segment racing is …: Thumbs up. The new format has created more moments in the middle of races that matter (and if you think that’s not a worthy goal,…
NASCAR community mourns member of Dale Earnhardt Jr.-owned race team – Charlotte Observer
The NASCAR community is mourning a member of a race team owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports who died in a car wreck in Iredell County. Michael Adam Wright, a 33-year-old mechanic with driver Michael Annett’s JRM Xfinity Series team, died late Sunday when he twice ran off curvy Flower House Loop in Troutman and his car went airborne, State Highway Patrol Trooper J.S. Swagger told the (Statesville) Record…
JGR’s No. 19, two Truck Series teams issued lug-nut penalties – Nascar
RELATED: Post-Bristol playoff watch NASCAR issued penalties Wednesday to one team in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and two organizations in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for lug-nut violations. All penalties came after post-race inspections revealed one unsecured lug nut on each vehicle after last week’s events at Bristol Motor Speedway. That included one infraction after Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, involving the Joe Gibbs Racing…
A year since the Rio Olympics, legacy of the games is tattered – Miami Herald
RIO DE JANEIRO Maracanã Stadium pulsed with samba, bossa nova and forró music a year ago during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, but since then, Brazil’s storied temple of soccer has barely been used. Odebrecht, the giant construction company that helped renovate the stadium and is the majority shareholder in stadium concessionaire Maracanã SA, is embroiled in a massive Brazilian corruption scandal. The soccer arena has…
Renderings show how pro soccer will work at the Nashville Sounds’ First Tennessee Park – The Tennessean
x Embed x Share CLOSE John Ingram, controlling owner of Nashville SC, discusses plans to play inaugural season at First Tennessee Park An aerial view of Nashville Soccer Club’s plans for First Tennessee Park, where the team will play its inaugural season’s home games in 2018.(Photo: Nashville SC) Nashville Soccer Club, the city’s first professional soccer team, has found a home. They now want to build a following. Music City’s new United Soccer…
Dylan Lupton to fly Jeff Gordon colors in Darlington NASCAR Xfinity Series race – Autoweek
NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Dylan Lupton will pay homage to Jeff Gordon during the upcoming throwback weekend at Darlington Raceway. More specifically, Lupton will don a paint a scheme that mimics the four-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion’s 1993 rookie season with Hendrick Motorsports. Instead of the familiar Dupont sponsorship, the oval will feature his Nut Up Almonds sponsorship. The car is also a Toyota rather than…
