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Naruto’s antagonists have a similar pattern in terms of personality, as each one presents quite a serious and stern narrative with an equally depressing backstory. Tobi, also known as Obito, defies this notion initially, as his persona features a playful and cheery character, and one that is kind enough to help anyone with their goals, even without permission from the Akatsuki. However, as the series progresses, the real reason behind Tobi’s eccentric persona is slowly revealed....

Even Sasuke and Orochimaru’s redemptions were somewhat acceptable considering the circumstances they were redeemed under, yet Obito’s change of heart doesn’t sit quite right, especially after his previous actions in the Great War. Nevertheless, analyzing some of Obito’s final actions can shed some light on the matter, discerning whether the rogue Uchiha actually deserved redemption. RELATED: Naruto: Characters That Are Irredeemable Obito’s Despicable Crimes Compiling a list of Obito’s crimes would be an impossible feat, yet some of his most heinous actions stand out, setting a clear precedent of his merciless acts....

Starting in the third position, Harvick didn’t need long to get to the top spot. He stayed there throughout the race, lapping driver after driver and at one point holding a 10-second lead. “It was great getting into this race car and knowing that everybody knew that they had to beat our car,” Harvick said. “I’m just really, really happy with everything that we’ve done at Stewart-Haas Racing over the last five years, and this is a great start to getting ourselves in the Playoffs and doing everything that we need to do....

With a win in the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Almirola earned his third caerer victory in the NASCAR Cup Series — and became the 13th winner of the 2021 season, which qualified him for the playoffs. Winless drivers Kevin Harvick and Tyler Reddick, who are currently projected to fill the last two playoff spots, will need to win one of the four remaining races in the regular season, or hope there are no other first-time winners....

Sunday’s Sprint Cup Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma begins at 3 p.m. ET from Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., about an hour north of San Francisco. Four drivers are co-favorites to win. The race has been run every year since 1989. MORE: 2015 Sprint Cup winners | NASCAR’s eligible bachelors | Spectacular crashes from Sonoma Jeff Gordon has five wins in Sprint Cup races at Sonoma, three more than the next best driver, and nine road-course victories overall, the most in NASCAR history....

Kurt Busch won the Great American Race in February, extending Ford’s dominance at the two restrictor-plate tracks. Over the past 27 races at Daytona and Talladega, Ford has won 15 of them in part to Team Penske and Roush Fenway Racing’s success. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the July Daytona race and at Talladega earlier this season. Before that, Joey Logano took the checkered flag in the previous two fall races at Talladega while Brad Keselowski has combined with his Penske teammate to win four of the last six races at the Alabama track....

Yet no one could have foreseen this much carnage … or this type of fantastic finish. In the end, Ryan Blaney nipped Ryan Newman by mere inches at the finish line to claim his first victory of 2019 and the third win of his career. The margin of victory, 7/1,000ths of a second, is the sixth-closest finish of all-time in NASCAR’s top series. While the victory clinches Blaney a spot in the Round of 8 in the NASCAR playoffs, other playoff drivers weren’t so fortunate, as all 12 were involved in one or more multicar crashes or other mayhem in the 1000Bulbs....

MORE: Junior’s teammate Jimmie wins at Texas “It was warm,” a red-faced Earnhardt said after climbing from his car. “I thought the car was pretty warm all weekend, but our air conditioner wasn’t doing a very good job today. We’ve just got to relocate the outlet or the inlet to give it a better opportunity to get some air. But with the wind, as windy as it is here, you’ve got to put that thing in a more opportune place....

“It’s been a tradition in our sport for so long,” Darlington Raceway president Chip Wile said. “It went away for 11 years, but kudos to NASCAR for really working hard and recognizing how important Labor Day weekend at Darlington Raceway is to our sport.” MORE: Memorable Darlington photos | Southern 500 TV schedule | Throwback paint schemes From 1950-2003, the Southern 500 was held on Labor Day weekend. It was moved to November in 2004 before a nine-year stretch on Mother’s Day weekend and an April run last year....

On Wednesday, the driver announced on social media that he was engaged to former NFL cheerleader Whitney Ward. MORE: Who’s in, who’s out of Chase? Dillon, 26, proposed to Ward in the Bahamas. Dillon, 26, wasn’t the only one celebrating on social media. He’ll have to shift gears from the tropical location quickly as NASCAR heads to Bristol Motor Speedway next week. Dillon is in the heart of the battle for a Chase for the Sprint Cup berth....

Weather.com calls for almost 100 percent chance of rain through Sunday morning at 8 a.m. ET. Rain has already washed out Xfinity Series qualifying for the Lilly Diabetes 250, scheduled for 3 p.m. ET Saturday. Cup practice, originally scheduled for 10:30 a.m. ET, is also likely to be canceled. ESPN’s Bob Pockrass reported Saturday there is “very, very little chance” there will be any track activity. NASCAR Cup qualifying is scheduled for 6:15 p....

The agreement puts Monster branding on the 36 series races, NASCAR’s Chase playoff format, and the sport’s annual all-star race. Monster will be the official energy drink of NASCAR. MORE: NASCAR Sprint Cup winners of 2016 “It’s one of the few sales calls that I actually personally made, because it is important to align ourselves with a global brand,” NASCAR CEO Brian France said in a media conference in Las Vegas announcing the news....

The Hammers on Monday announced the signing of the 31-year-old Nasri, who is available to play from Tuesday after an 18-month ban for receiving an intravenous treatment at a Los Angeles clinic in breach of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s rules. Nasri has been without a club since leaving Antalyaspor of Turkey in January and previously played in the Premier League for Arsenal and Manchester City, the latter under now West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini....

After all, the Avs were loaded with young talent up front (particularly at the center position), and deeply flawed on the back end. They were lined up to ice a "who’s who" — but in the literal sense, as in “who? no but who is that for real?” — on defense, and were coming off of a lockout-shortened campaign in which they had surrendered the fourth-highest goals against/game in the league....

This campaign, second-place Napoli is already six points behind Cristiano Ronaldo-inspired Juventus. But the destination of the title is far from a foregone conclusion. Juventus proved it is not infallible when it dropped its first points of the season against Genoa last week. It also appeared lethargic in the first half at relegation-threatened Empoli on Saturday before rallying to win 2-1 — with two goals from Ronaldo. And the Bianconeri are arguably becoming too reliant on the Portugal superstar to rescue them when things aren’t going their way....

This lockdown, like in other parts of the planet, has significantly reduced industrial activities and caused large falls in road vehicle and plane traffic in the country. Subsequently, aerosol levels dropped to a 20-year-low for the beginning of April in northern India—just one week after the lockdown was introduced—according to measurements taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. Aerosols are tiny solid particles or liquid droplets in the air that come from both natural and man-made sources—such as the burning of fossil fuels or cropland....

The Next Gen car was supposed to make its competition debut this season. However, that was not possible due to COVID-19, and the debut was pushed back to 2022 instead. NASCAR Senior Vice President of Racing Innovation John Probst said the design of the Next Gen cars by manufacturers Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota has been approved. He also said the new car was scheduled for a series of tests later this month....

Despite the unknown, there are a few key stats which separate drivers at the 1.5-mile North Carolina track. Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Larson appear to be in the best form at 1.5-mile tracks this season. Truex won at Las Vegas and last week at Kansas while Larson has three runner-up finishes and a sixth-place showing in the four intermediate track races thus far. After 11 races, Larson continues to lead the Cup Series points standings in part due to a 6....

The man who has yet to finish outside the top 10 this season has seven career wins at the track, including two in his last three races. MORE: Watch the Food City 500 live with fuboTV (7-day trial) The half-mile venue is one of the shortest in NASCAR and will likely favor a good qualifying time as 11 of the last 15 winners have started in the top 10 and three of the last eight have come from the pole....