Harvick has nine career wins at the one-mile track and finishes in the top 10 in 65.6 percent of his races there. He is undoubtedly the favorite to win. However, as good as he is, Kyle Busch cannot be underestimated with two career wins in Phoenix and seven top 7s in his last seven races. He has finished in the top 4 in six of his last seven attempts there....
The driver of the No. 9 Chevrolet easily took the checkered flag in Sunday’s Jockey Made in America 250 presented by KwikTrip at Road America, the fifth road race of the season. He previously won at Circuit of the Americas in a rain-shortened race and finished second at Sonoma and Daytona. Sunday’s win is the seventh road course victory of his career, good for third-most all time. Sunday’s race was an action-packed affair, with drivers often taking turns too fast and ending up in grass, sand or gravel....
Brian Allen, the motorhome driver for Scott, has been indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for code of conduct violations, while Whitney Scott, the wife of Brian Scott, along with Wallace have have been placed on probation through the end of the year for infractions that occurred after the race. MORE: Chase clinching scenarios at Dover | Tony Stewart at peace with retiring Scott and Wallace were involved in a post-race skirmish after Scott blamed Wallace for causing contact between the two cars on the final restart....
They will need it to get through the grueling 17-week schedule to finish the 2014 season. The second half of the season will feature 17 straight races from July to November, a stretch equivalent to the NFL regular season. With just two off weeks during the 38-race season — the other is Easter weekend in April — the 40-plus Sprint Cup drivers and teams will be running on empty come November....
After driving for the Toyota-backed JGR team for over 15 years that spanned 53 victories for the Las Vegas, Nevada native along with two championships, Busch and JGR decided to part ways as their long-time relationship hit a rough patch that neither expected to last as long as it did. In a rather public break-up with his former team, both “Rowdy Busch,” as his fans like to call him, and JGR were often seen having somewhat fallen out of love with each other, primarily over issues of sponsorship for the #18 Toyota Camry TRD driver’s future....
Harvick has several things in his favor, such as leading the most laps in the rain-shortened June Michigan race and the Brickyard 400. Michigan and Indianapolis are nothing like each other aside from requiring lots of horsepower, but are united because of the high drag package NASCAR mandated for each. MORE: Logano has come a long way | Chase standings In the first practice session Saturday, Harvick came away with the the fastest lap and best 10-consecutive lap average, showing that he’ll be just as good as he was in the June race where he led a race-high 63 laps....
Kevin Harvick remains the favorite, his odds shortened at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook from 5-to-1 earlier this week to 9-to-2. Martin Truex Jr., who sits as our third-rated driver for Chicagoland, saw a major adjustment in his odds, from 12-to-1 to 7-to-1. More: Chicagoland in depth |Chase odds and betting preview Micah Roberts’ Top-10 Rated NASCAR Drivers MyAfibStory.com 400, Chicagoland Speedway Rating. Driver Odds Practice 1, Practice 2, Practice 3, Kansas*...
Truex, who started on the pole, ran up front throughout the afternoon, winning the first two stages before scoring the race win, his 16th career victory. The deciding moment in the face came with 37 laps remaining, when the leaders all pitted. Kyle Busch won the sprint off pit road ahead of Truex, but a problem immediately surfaced. Busch’s crew radioed to say they had adjusted the wedge the wrong way on the stop....
Elliott and Truex finished a full nine seconds better than the rest of the field in a race dominated by two of the best road course drivers. Elliott led 81 of the 90 laps, the second most ever at Watkins Glen. The No. 9 became just the fifth driver ever to repeat winning on the track and the first since Marcos Ambrose in 2011-12. MORE: Watch the NASCAR live with fuboTV (7-day trial)...
Last season, he won all three races in the Round of 12, but a retaliation wreck from Matt Kenseth proved the end of Logano’s title aspirations. Logano, who had a series-leading six wins last season, also made the Championship 4 in 2014 but saw his dreams dashed by a long pit stop en route to a 16th-place finish. MORE: Sprint Cup championship odds If Team Penske can focus on Logano’s success Sunday and carry its momentum over the past two seasons at Homestead-Miami Speedway, then there’s no reason it can’t result in Logano’s first Cup title....
They aren’t related, although Filip modeled his game on Peter’s … and the results are similar. Forsberg, a 2012 first-round pick by the Washington Capitals, is now making an impact as a rookie with the Nashville Predators. He centers the top line for the top team in the NHL’s Central Division and is a top contender for the Calder Trophy. What more could a team ask from a rookie?...
The Baltimore Banner reported that a group of locals confronted a driver for production and would only allow filming to resume if they were paid $50,000, threatening to return later in the evening and shoot someone if production had resumed after the driver refused to pay. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has received a statement on what exactly occurred on the set of the Apple TV Plus show and how production plans to address the situation....
National Burrito Day is celebrated annually on the first Thursday in April and National Today describes the day as “the perfect opportunity to fill your hungry belly with your favorite Mexican flavors.” Restaurants like Chipotle, Del Taco, and El Pollo Loco are among those commemorating the day by offering guests free or discounted burritos. Although the day falls on April Fool’s Day this year, rest assured that these deals are not pranks....
On Sunday, the heads of the four Grand Slam tournaments — the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open — announced in a joint statement that she was fined $15,000 for not talking to the press after Round 1 and added that repeat violations could lead to a default in the French Open and possible future Grand Slam suspensions. “We want to underline that rules are in place to ensure all players are treated exactly the same, no matter their stature, beliefs or achievement,” the statement read....
Osaka, winner of four Grand Slam singles titles, looked back fondly on their first meeting and heaped praise on the Tunisian, describing her as the “nicest woman she has ever met.” Osaka turned to social media to welcome Ons Jabeur to her sports agency, Evolve. While doing so, the Japanese looked back fondly on her first meeting with Jabeur. Osaka spoke about how they met during the WTA Rising Stars event in 2015, a tournament held in Singapore....
LONDON (Reuters) - Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis spoke out against the ‘cancer’ of soccer agents on Wednesday and questioned why clubs should have to pay them in transfer deals for players. The flamboyant Italian told the Leaders Sports Business conference at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge ground that he also only signed players if he had complete control of their image rights and some deals had fallen through as a result....
Carlo Ancelotti’s side secured second place in Serie A on Sunday, thanks to a dramatic 2-1 win over Cagliari. Napoli have now qualified for the Champions League in the past four seasons, but De Laurentiis has suggested that UEFA’s two European club competitions must be scrapped. Instead, De Laurentiis has proposed a new format that would see 80 teams compete in a single competition. “The Champions League and the Europa League must be abolished,” De Laurentiis, who believes that Europe’s elite competition is not competitive enough, told Corriere della Sera....
RELATED: Naruto: Every Character’s Age, Height, And Birthday That being said, many characters in Naruto either never lived up to their full potential or were weakened to the point where many people would consider them to be a shadow of their former selves. This is especially true with the following characters, who were nerfed despite showing immense strength when the situation called for it. 10 Rock Lee Rock Lee’s story in the first half of Naruto was genuinely a blast to witness....
The assailant Uchiha was none other than Obito, a former Leaf shinobi and the Akatsuki’s mastermind. With the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan and the Zetsu attached to his body, Obito was able to take on the entire Uchiha Clan, and senselessly slaughter them one by one. Although his role is initially undermined in the Naruto series, his true role and intentions are revealed later on, along with what he had hoped to achieve with the massacre....
In March, NASA cancelled its first attempt following a problem with the sizing of the astronauts’ spacesuits. The historic event was initially rescheduled to take place on October 21—but NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted an update Tuesday, announcing the walk had been pushed forward to Thursday or Friday. This was because one of the controllers orbiting the International Space Station (ISS) has failed and needs its batteries replaced. The two astronauts involved in the walk, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, will replace that battery....
