Monday, October 14, 2013

Keselowski wins at Charlotte Speedway

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — It was precisely any more surreal minute in this disappointing season in support of defending champion Brad Keselowski.

He pulled away from his pit stall with his jack planted underneath his car.

The jack clattered and clanged as Keselowski dragged it around the track in support of could you repeat that? Be supposed to allow been single race-ruining break on around Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Instead, Keselowski to conclude trapped a break.

A deferred caution — single so as to ruined Jimmie Johnson’s shot by the side of a disc seventh Sprint Cup Series win by the side of Charlotte — gave Keselowski the opening to turn into an exciting final dash to the veneer and finish off a 37-race down mark with streaks Saturday night.

It gave the reigning victor his at the outset victory of the season in a time in which he’s challenged in support of victories, but in support of single right mind or any more couldn’t close the deal.

It made him barred to defend his championship, so Keselowski’s win was the rare victory in support of a non-Chase driver in a “postseason” run. Kasey Kahne by the side of Phoenix in 2011 was the keep up non-Chase winner.

“We’ve had rapidity in our cars. There’s been weeks anywhere we’ve had the execution, not as many as we care for, but we haven’t for eternity had individuals pieces in concert, and afterward there’s been weeks anywhere we’ve had the rapidity and execution, we’ve precisely had a little rotten chance,” Keselowski thought. “It’s precisely been single of individuals years anywhere you say, ‘How much more can they bowl by the side of you?’ I think we ran not worth it of things in support of them to bowl by the side of us ... With the jack and we still found a way to win, so so as to was very special.”

The caution with 27 laps left behind was in support of flotsam and jetsam on the backstretch, as Johnson had a healthy go in front in a comparatively uneventful run.

PRO GOLF Walker wins Frys.Com Open

SAN MARTIN, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Walker in no way had more fun in such miserable weather.

The warmth was precisely beyond freezing, and it felt worse in a light light rain. It was the kind of sunlight hours to stay indoors, except for so as to he was with his father and a longtime commercial supporter. And they were on stage Augusta National, the famed route so as to hosts the Masters each time.

“I think that’s the simply place on the planet you will set out not worth it and fool around whilst it’s 38 and damp,” he thought. “What a notable experience — my dad, staying in the cabins, played the Par 3 route. We did it all. It was ludicrous.”

Thanks to a steady tender Sunday in a tense swordfight by the side of the Frys.Com Open, Walker gets to set out back in even better circumstances.

Walker to conclude took the go in front with a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-5 15th outlet by the side of CordeValle and stopped with three pars in support of a 5-under 66 to win in support of the at the outset instant in his 188th start on the PGA Tour, and earn his at the outset trip up to the Masters.

OLYMPIC SPORTS Jamaica being audited
The Associated Press has learned so as to the world’s anti-doping authority is launching an “extraordinary” audit of Jamaica’s drug-testing agency following allegations so as to its policing of the island’s sprinting superstars led by Usain Bolt all but collapsed in the months beforehand the London Games,

WADA’s poke about follows data the earlier executive director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission revealed to the Caribbean’s oldest newspaper indicating a draw near to complete breakdown in JADCO’s out-of-competition difficult from January 2012 to the July opening of the Olympics.

PRO GOLF Cochran wins SAS title

CARY, N.C. (AP) — Russ Cochran holed an 8-foot putt on the final outlet Sunday in support of his fourth straight birdie and a one-stroke victory greater than David Frost in the SAS Championship.

The 54-year-old Cochran, plus the 2010 winner by the side of Prestonwood Country Club, stopped with a 5-under 67 to veneer by the side of 17-under 199.

The left-hander won the Principal Charity Classic in June in Iowa.

He has five Champions Tour victories bearing in mind winning when on the PGA Tour.

Frost finished with a 66. He missed a petite birdie putt on No. 17 and plus matured in support of par on 18.

Kirk Triplett was third by the side of 14 under bearing in mind shooting a final-round 68.

PRO FOOTBALL Chiefs break sound disc

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Arrowhead Stadium is when again the loudest stadium in the NFL.

This instant, it’s formal.

The Kansas City Chiefs broke the humanity disc in support of an al fresco sports stadium in their 24-7 win greater than Oakland on Sunday whilst they reached 137.5 decibels in the ultimate minutes.

An formal from Guinness World Records told The Associated Press fixed so as to Chiefs fans broke the prior disc of 136.6 calibrate by Seahawks fans all through a game aligned with San Francisco earlier this time.

The Chiefs allow long claimed so as to their talent is the loudest in the NFL.

The record-setting attempt was intended by Chiefs fans but with support of the organization, which paid $7,500 to rush an umpire from Guinness to Kansas City to authenticate the effort.

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