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The track has been a part of the Truck and Xfinity series calendars in recent years, but most of the Cup field is not too familiar with the slick turns of the World Wide Technology Raceway track. The Enjoy Illinois 300 is replacing the Pocono Organics CBD 325, which took place from 1982-2021. How will racers respond to the new surface? It’s not every day that NASCAR drivers race on terrain they haven’t experienced before....

Drivers’ starting positions for the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 (3 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN, PRN, 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....

Qualifying for the event took place Saturday. Ten drivers competed for the pole position, with each making a single-lap run around Phoenix’s 1-mile oval after advancing out of the first round. The Cup Series will return to Phoenix in November for the season-ending playoff championship race. Watch today’s race live with fuboTV (free trial) Who won the pole for the NASCAR race at Phoenix? The pole went to Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney, who posted a 132....

The starting grid for Sunday’s race at Pocono, scheduled to start at 4 p.m. ET and broadcast live on FS1, features a pair of Chevys at the front of the field thanks to an inversion of the top 20 finishers from Saturday’s race. The bottom 20 finishers will start Sunday’s race in the same positions. MORE: Updated 2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule As for pit stall selection for the NASCAR Cup Series races being run without qualifying, it is ordered based on finishing positions from the series’ previous race, followed by new entries in order of points....

That is the Wallace way. MORE: NASCAR’s greatest father-son combos While Rusty Wallace enjoyed remarkable success during his Hall of Fame career, his younger brothers, Mike and Kenny, learned to scrap and claw and persevere to carve out their own long racing careers. No matter what they were faced with, what kind of setbacks they encountered, they always bounced back. Mike Wallace has been racing at NASCAR’s highest levels since 1990....

Busch is coming off of a rough run at the Monster Mile earlier this season, but he won last year’s fall race and will obviously be in great position to win the playoff run this year. No non-playoff driver has won at Dover during the fall race before and Busch will look to continue that success. Kevin Harvick will start second while Martin Truex Jr. and Brad Keselowski will run third and fourth....

All of these statements can be applied to what Steve Nash endures on a daily basis, as he fights to overcome nerve damage and extend his career. At 40 years old, the truth is that Nash's best days in the NBA are behind him. That doesn't mean he can't have good days in front of him, however. Nash is grappling with that very notion in a Grantland documentary called "The Finish Line," which follows the Lakers point guard as he works through rehab with the intent to return to the team that signed him to a two-year contract, one he has spent on the sidelines for the most part....

I had the pleasure of doing some Q&A with both Cartwright and Suys about their local Atlanta Braves and more. Beyond Pleased To Eat You, you can enjoy some Nashville P**sy in-person as the group is touring Europe for the rest of 2018, then returning to the States for touring alongside Danko Jones in early 2019. Tour dates and other info can be found online on the band’s website....

The new 10-part series coming to Peacock will feature big-name guest stars every week, as Lyonne’s character Charlie Cale uses her uncanny ability to spot a lie and solve mysteries. The new trailer is out now, showing viewers what to expect from the new series. “Never underestimate the power of a good dinner conversation between friends,” Johnson and Lyonne said in the press release sent to Newsweek for Poker Face....

In a city that may have changed with the times, but never really lost its heart, they worship a God of a different persuasion. He is decidedly mortal, and by God, does he have his flaws! But he is one of their own, the most revered of the fantasisti to have graced this city with their art. And in his name, the name of Diego Armando Maradona, the Neapolitans have awoken to a summer of great promise and potential....

Sarri has spent his entire career coaching in his native Italy, building an impressive reputation by guiding Empoli back to Serie A and keeping them up before moving to hometown club Napoli in 2015. The 58-year-old has led the Partenopei to second and third-place finishes in his two seasons at the helm and won the 2017 Enzo Bearzot Award for the best Italian coach. But Sarri is also keen try his hand at coaching abroad, stating that Spain and France are among the countries that would tempt him....

“San Siro (Milan’s stadium) will be an important and ferocious testing ground, both for Napoli and for Milan,” he told reporters on Friday. The top four clubs in Serie A are separated by five points, with third-placed Napoli four adrift of leaders Juventus and clear of Milan, who are fifth, by the same margin. Sarri, 58, saw no margin for error and warned that Napoli could expect a tough afternoon with injuries and absences forcing him to draft in defenders from the youth team for training sessions....

In Naraka: Bladepoint, Tae is the most common collectible currency. Tae can be used to unlock accessories and skins for Heroes, upgrade Glyphs, and reroll Daily Quests, making it a coveted resource. There are a few ways to collect Tae, but some are better than others. Here are the best ways to collect Tae fast. RELATED: The Best Battle Royale Games For Beginners The Battle Pass Though other currencies can be purchased with real money, Tae doesn’t need to be....

After Madara left the village, he was eventually defeated by Hashirama Senju. During Hashirama’s reign, the Uchiha enjoyed many privileges, but as soon as Hashirama died, Tobirama started to ostracize the Uchiha clan. Unlike his brother, Tobirama believed that the Uchiha were a threat, and it would be better to keep them on the outskirts of the village. This decision worked for some time, but in the long run, it caused problems for the entire village....

RELATED: Naruto: Vastly Underrated Shinobi That Need Attention While all of these Shinobi are special in some way, only a few have developed a reputation for being truly dangerous. The mere mention of their names sends shivers down the enemies’ spine and they are truly special in more ways than one. 10 Gengetsu Hozuki Gengetsu was the Second Mizukage of Kirigakure and quite possibly also their strongest ever. He’s known to have been an incredibly powerful shinobi capable of fighting even the likes of Tailed Beasts....

RELATED: Saddest Anime Character Deaths, Ranked Before the ninja villages were formed, the clans were constantly engaged in war. This led to shorter life expectancies, but after the formation of ninja villages, the clans gave up fighting and settled down. While this method wasn’t 100% effective, it did reduce the number of casualties. Over the course of the series, many strong clans were introduced, but only a few managed to stand out....

Astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt gathered the sample from the lunar surface in December, 1972 using a 1.5-inch-wide “drive” tube during Apollo 17—which is notable for being the last mission to take humans beyond low-Earth orbit. On November 5, 2019 the tube was finally opened in the Lunar Curation Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center as part of the space agency’s Apollo Next-Generation Sample Analysis (ANGSA) project, which is using new state-of-the-art technologies to investigate samples from the Apollo era....

The launch was delayed a few hours due to weather, NASA reported. However, it officially left the ground at 9:35 a.m. EDT. The Minotaur I rocket was carrying “three national security payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office,” according to NASA. The mission, named NROL-111, is “to provide intelligence data to United States’ senior policymakers, the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense,” said a press release from the NRO. “NROL-111 was a classified mission in low Earth orbit and the NRO did not disclose any details of the payloads,” according to Space News....

He still has a good shot at finishing well this weekend, as NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series will head to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach Fla., where the No. 18 driver boasts a series-best driver rating of 96.2 and owns the highest average running position of 12.8. It will be the first time Busch has returned to Daytona since his February accident that broke his leg and foot. MORE: Sprint Cup winners | Dale’s defining moments | NASCAR’s eligible bachelors...