In an unfortunate accident, famous NASCAR driver Jason Leffler met with his demise on Wednesday night during a heat race at a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway. Leffler was involved in a car crash on the Bridgeport Speedway in NJ and sustained serious injuries. His car was totally wrecked and he was airlifted to the nearest hospital where he breathed his last. The reason for the crash is unclear....
Last week, NASCAR established terms under which Busch can return, and he will still have to meet those despite the fact that he won’t face any criminal charges from the incident. MORE: Vegas preview | SN Power Rankings | Kobalt 400 odds Friday morning, NASCAR Vice President of Integrated Marketing Communications David Higdon further explained the organization’s decisions on Busch’s situation on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio’s Morning Drive. “Our actions were based on what we heard from the Commissioner in the family court of the state of Delaware,” Higdon said, regarding a court decision to give Driscoll protective custody....
Drivers’ starting positions for the Goodyear 400 (3:30 p.m. ET; FS1, TSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) were based on four factors: Driver’s finishing position from the previous race (25 percent) Car owner’s finishing position from the previous race (25 percent) Team owner points ranking (35 percent) Fastest lap from the previous race (15 percent) NASCAR is conducting qualifying and practice for just eight Cup Series races in the 2021 season....
Gordon also had the second-best 10-consecutive average lap speed, which shows he should be fast on long runs as well as short. In 44 Michigan starts during his marvelous career, which comes to an end this season, he has led 1,058 laps, the most among active drivers. Despite the strength of Gordon’s final practice, Kevin Harvick is still the driver to beat, based on his body of work this season on the big horsepower tracks, as well as being fastest in two of the three practices between Friday and Saturday....
The race will resume at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) on Monday and broadcast on NBCSN. MORE TALLADEGA: Race updates | TV information NASCAR moved the scheduled green flag time for Sunday’s race at Talladega up 15 minutes, from 2:18 p.m. ET to 2:03 p.m. ET (1:03 p.m. CT). The race began on time and ran through the end of Stage 1 (Lap 55) before the red flag came out for rain....
This is the game NASCAR plays each summer, traditionally in July but this year in late August for the series’ regular-season finale. Central Florida this time of year is prone to daily passing storm systems, and based on the forecast for Saturday night in Daytona Beach, the Coke Zero Sugar 400’s later date on the schedule might not save it from a rain delay for the second consecutive season....
To date, the Monster Energy Cup Series has been pretty lucky when it comes to weather, but a system that rolled through Saturday night may change that. Friday’s qualification was unaffected by weather but drivers had their final practice run on Saturday canceled. NASCAR race weather for Dover Current forecast: According to weather.com, there is a 100 percent chance of thunderstorms beginning Sunday morning with showers continuing into the afternoon....
While the Joe Gibbs Racing driver has won three times this year but he has yet to take home a pole yet this year until Friday. “I can’t believe it,” Hamlin told NBCSN after his run. “I’m proud of this whole FedEx team for giving me such a great car, it’s just, these guys are on it right now, it’s unbelievable.” Hamlin has been on fire of late having finished inside the top three in each of his last four races with a win coming at Pocono Raceway and he will once again be in great position to win this race....
Jimmie Johnson had not planned to participate in qualifying after wrecking his primary car in practice. “I wasn’t comfortable putting Jimmie in a position where he would have to hustle a car that he hasn’t turned a lap in yet,” crew chief Chad Knaus told ESPN. “We are all the way out here on the West Coast, and brought two race cars. If we were to crash this car, we would have to pull a car from a teammate and it would be a very difficult obstacle to overcome....
The 43-year-old driver won the pole Friday in qualifying for the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway. This is his second pole of the season and the third of his career at the track. Erik Jones will start second and Kurt Busch will be third. MORE: Richmond odds, prediction, sleepers Kyle Larson didn’t make the final round of qualifying and will start 14th. Aric Almirola will be 15th. Ryan Blaney — who has struggled at Richmond with no finishes higher than 18th in six career events — failed to make it to the second round of qualifying and will start 29th....
In their enthralling UFC 263 showdown, Leon Edwards and Nate Diaz went to war, with Edwards largely getting the better of the two men. Alas, you can never count a Diaz brother out, and Nate proved why with an insane flurry in the final minute to put him on the edge of a sensational late stoppage. Never mess with Nate Diaz When Edwards called for a shot at Kamaru Usman’s UFC welterweight title following his unanimous decision win, it seemed to rub a lot of people the wrong way - including Gilbert Burns....
To quash the rumours of the reports of the same, the 38-year-old tweeted on his official Twitter handle by saying, “I am alive and kicking more than ever before. Not sure where this news has come from but this is fake. Love you all.” The background Nathan McCullum is the elder brother of swashbuckling batsman Brendon McCullum and was part of the Kiwis for close to a decade since 2007....
The new devices are a step away from the modular wall-mounted light panels Nanoleaf is known for into more functional, day to day smart home lighting territory. Nanoleaf Functionality in a Less Flashy Package Nanoleaf’s new product line currently only features two devices, both aimed at smart home integration. The Essentials A19 Bulb claims to be the brightest white lighting currently available at 1100 Lumens, with an average brightness of 806 Lumens....
The four-time Grand Slam champion revealed the news during a Q&A session she hosted on Instagram. She also divulged that she has a lot of “fun” projects up in the air at the moment. But the former World No. 1 added in the same breath that she could only reveal what they were once they were completed. Osaka is currently in Dallas, where she is catching up on some reading in addition to cheering on her long-time friend Christopher Eubanks at the Dallas Open....
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Athens Medical School have just released findings from a large study that shows how mid-day napping reduces one’s chance of coronary mortality by more than a third. So go ahead and nap—a short daily snooze might ward off a heart attack later in life. Researchers studied 23,681 individuals living in Greece who had no history of coronary heart disease, stroke or cancer when they first volunteered....
REPORT: Madrid complete comeback win Lorenzo Insigne opened the scoring at the Santiago Bernabeu after only eight minutes but goals from Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos and Casemiro gave the holders a solid first-leg advantage in their last-16 tie. De Laurentiis slammed Napoli’s players after the match for a lack of fight and appeared to question Sarri’s set-up, which included Dries Mertens once more being deployed as a false number nine ahead of striker Arkadiusz Milik, who recently returned from a serious knee injury....
Thomas Tuchel’s side boast a 100 per cent record in Ligue 1 this term but it has been a different story in the Champions League. Defeat to Liverpool on the opening matchday and a patchy 2-2 draw at home to Napoli last time out means PSG are third in Group C at the halfway stage, a point behind their Serie A opponents. A typically white-hot atmosphere is likely to await them at the Stadio San Paolo and, in a video posted on his YouTube channel, Brazil star Neymar issued a rallying call....
Early career Making his First-class (FC) debut for Madhya Pradesh at the age of 16, the Gorakhpur-born registered his maiden five-wicket haul. A few fruitful outings with India Under-19 and Under-25 sides earned him a Test call-up, against the Caribbean side, Chennai, 1988. With 8 wickets in each innings of the match, albeit in an under-prepared pitch, he announced his arrival at the international stage with a bang. It was followed by a Man-of-the-Series performance in the triangular One Day International tournament involving Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Sharjah in 1988....
Kolkata, Apr 8 (PTI) A new-look Kolkata Knight Riders under new skipper Dinesh Karthik overcame the jitters to notch up a convincing four-wicket win over heavyweights Royal Challengers Bangalore and make a positive start to their campaign in the Indian Premier League here today. Chasing a stiff 177 after KKR opted to bowl, opener Sunil Narine set up the chase with a 17-ball 50 (4x4, 5x6), the joint fourth-fastest fifty in the IPL....
Yadav, who secured India a berth at the Rio Games in the 74kg category by winning a bronze medal at last year’s world championships in Las Vegas, tested positive for a banned steroid last month. “There is no fault or negligence on the athlete’s part and he is a victim of sabotage,” National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) director general, Navin Agarwal, told Reuters by phone. The wrestler had said his supplements and water had been sabotaged....
