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Joy didn’t have to explain what he meant. NASCAR fans knew exactly what he was talking about. Chase Elliott was leading the race by more than two seconds, just as he did the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night on the same racetrack at Charlotte Motor Speedway. On Sunday, a late caution took away the victory that Elliott had appeared to have all but locked up. This time, though, nothing would stop Elliott as he secured his first Cup Series victory of the season....

Martin Truex Jr. won the first two stages at Michigan International Speedway, but Larson took the checkered flag after a stop-and-start finish in the FireKeepers Casino 400. There were three cautions in the final 25 laps of the race, and Larson took advantage on the final restart, scoring his second win of the Monster Energy Cup Series season. NASCAR RESULTS: Larson denies Elliott first Cup Series win To the victor goes the burnouts....

If history holds true, Busch will make it in; from races 19-26, Busch has averaged a 17th-place finish or higher in eight of his 10 full seasons. MORE: New Hampshire winner odds | Danica Patrick no stranger to outbursts This week Busch and his rowdy friends head north to New Hampshire for Sunday’s 5-Hour ENERGY 301 at “The Magic Mile.” While Busch has won in the past at New Hampshire, repeat winners have been rare at the track in recent years....

Prior to the Geico 500, drivers gathered around Wallace’s car for the national anthem in an act of solidarity. A noose was found in Wallace’s garage stall the day before. When Wallace ran out of fuel at the very end of the dramatic race, threatening his ability to finish, Corey LaJoie used his car to push Wallace’s vehicle to his pit stall so Wallace could complete an event that meant so much to him....

Penalties were expected following the turmoil at Charlotte, where Keselowski tried to spin out Hamlin on the cool-down lap and then made contact with Kenseth as they came down pit road. Stewart, collected in the Keselowski-Kenseth contact, then backed hard into Keselowski, causing damage to the front of Keselowski’s car. While there has been no video released of what occurred between Keselowski and Hamlin as they entered the garage area to the garage stalls across from their haulers, Keselowski and Hamlin were still side-by-side when video again picks up, showing Keselowski smoked his tires as he drove to his hauler with Hamlin behind him....

NASCAR made two big blunders during the first half that could have had a big impact on the season and one race in particular. MIDSEASON REVIEW: Biggest surprise | Disappointment | Twitter impact | Biggest change Which snafu was the biggest? Waiting a few weeks before allowing cool-down units on pit road during knockout qualifying? Or allowing the caution lights to come on inadvertently at the end of the race at Bristol?...

We don’t talk about Allmendinger often, but when it comes to road racing, he becomes part of any conversation. There’s not much he can do about the performance of his car on ovals, but on roads, he can mask the team’s deficiencies by bringing his excellent skills into the mix. Allmendinger’s first career Cup win came at Watkins Glen last season, and with it, he earned an automatic ticket into his first Chase....

Or so NASCAR hopes. Chief among the changes for 2019 is a new aerodynamics package that will reduce horsepower and slow down the cars in the majority of races on the Cup Series schedule. The idea is to create more chances for passing and drafting at oval tracks longer than 1.2 miles. MORE: Full 2019 Cup Series race schedule “From an aero standpoint, I think you’ll see a pretty similar package to what we had in the (2018) All-Star Race and what we’ve seen in the Xfinity Series,” NASCAR chief racing development officer Steve O’Donnell said in October, when the changes were announced....

The 22-year-old from Georgia won the pole by more than two-tenths of a second while second through sixth place were separated by just as much. DAYTONA ODDS: Fantasy advice, prediction, drivers to watch “I didn’t know it was that fast,” Elliott told NBCSN after his 46.381-second (194.045 mph) run around the 2.5-mile track. “Our Hooters Chevy’s been nice all weekend (and) we made a couple changes, actually, at the end of that last practice before the rain and made it go a little faster, so hopefully it translates into driving the car (Saturday) night....

He wrote the first chapter of what could be a great story Saturday afternoon, winning the pole for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race ahead of his final start as a full-time driver at Talladega. A six-time winner at the 2.66-mile track, Earnhardt’s pole brought a roar from the crowd. Surprisingly, it was Earnhardt’s first pole at Talladega in his 18th full season. He has 15 career poles in his career....

The Metro Nashville Police Department said an explosion linked to a vehicle occurred at 6.30 a.m. on Friday outside The Melting Pot restaurant at 166 2nd Avenue in downtown Nashville. Three people were hospitalized with injuries, The Tennessean reported. In a statement on Twitter, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said authorities believe the explosion was “an intentional act.” “Early this morning, an explosion occurred in downtown Nashville around Second Avenue and Commerce Street....

The Frenchman said his account had been hacked after a series of strange tweets, many about his sexual activity. Nasri had gone to see Drip Doctors, an IV vitamin therapy and lifestyle medical spa based in Los Angeles. They said Nasri was provided “a concierge immunity IV drip to keep him hydrated and in top health” during his season in La Liga, which is on a mid-season break. That could cause further problems for the 29-year-old, who is being investigated by AEPSAD – the Spanish agency for the protection of health in sport....

Schalke centre-back Nastasic has been out of action for the past two months due to a knee ligament injury and was unable to prove his fitness in time to make the squad. Also failing to make the grade from the preliminary group were midfielders Nemanja Maksimovic and Mijata Gacinovica, as well as goalkeeper Aleksandra Jovanovic. Lazio midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic is among the stars included in the group, along with Manchester United’s Nemanja Matic, Dusan Tadic of Southampton and striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, who fired Fulham to Premier League promotion during a loan spell from Newcastle United....

Nate Silvester, a deputy with the Bellevue Marshal’s Office, amassed millions of views after filming himself pretending to ask James for advice on how to proceed when faced with an imagined knife attack involving two Black people. Silvester’s video was in response to the controversy surrounding a now-deleted tweet posted by the Los Angeles Lakers player, in which he demanded “accountability” for last month’s police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio....

The award is given to the top college player each season. This year’s list contains 12 quarterbacks, six running backs and two receivers. The semifinalists: RB Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska; RB Javorius Allen, USC; QB Trevone Boykin, TCU; QB Rakeem Cato, Marshall; RB Tevin Coleman, Indiana; RB James Conner, Pittsburgh; QB Connor Cook, Michigan State; WR Amari Cooper, Alabama; QB Everett Golson, Notre Dame; RB Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin; QB Brett Hundley, UCLA; RB Duke Johnson, Miami; QB Marcus Mariota, Oregon; QB Nick Marshall, Auburn; QB Bryce Petty, Baylor; QB Dak Prescott, Mississippi State; QB Bo Wallace, Ole Miss; QB Jake Waters, Kansas State; WR Kevin White, West Virginia; QB Jameis Winston, Florida State....

Georgia dodged a big bullet Tuesday when All-Everything QB Jacob Eason decided he will stick with his commitment to the Bulldogs after seriously considering a switch to Florida. MORE: SN All-Americans | Get to know Eason Even bigger, Eason will enroll in January and get a jump on competing for the starting job next season. Eason, the nation’s top quarterback and No. 4 overall rated player, wavered after Mark Richt left Georgia and became head coach at Miami....

Posting to multiple social media platforms on Wednesday, Campbell shared a screen capture of her censored Facebook post, along with an all-caps condemnation of the social media giant’s initial decision to “block” an image in the post by marking it as containing “false information.” Facebook said that the post had been incorrectly flagged and censored. The original, uncensored image was available on Campbell’s page a short time later. “HOW DARE YOU BLOCK ME FROM POSTING THESE IMAGES AND VIDEOS FROM SHOWING THE TRUTH!...

The 28-year-old, who has spent the past five seasons in the Italian top flight with Roma, had also been touted as a target for AC Milan, Arsenal and Juventus, but Carlo Ancelotti’s side have won the race for his signature. Amadou Diawara, currently playing at the Africa Cup of Nations with Guinea, is expected to head the opposite way to Roma for €21m. Manolas will effectively replace Raul Albiol at Napoli, with the Spaniard on the brink of joining LaLiga side Villarreal, while Kalidou Koulibaly’s future also remains uncertain....

RELATED: Naruto: 8 Best Games Every Ninja Fan Should Try (& 8 Worst) Another character from the show whose fate was intertwined with Naruto in the best way possible is Hinata, a character who was quite likable in her own right as well. The shy Hyuga overcame all barriers to proclaim her love for Naruto in what is easily one of the best moments of the show by a country mile....