Keselowski wins again at Kentucky Speedway ADVERTISING Keselowski wins again at Kentucky Speedway SPARTA, Ky. — Brad Keselowski dominated the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Saturday night to become Kentucky Speedway’s first repeat winner. The Penske Racing driver and 2012
Keselowski wins again at Kentucky Speedway
SPARTA, Ky. — Brad Keselowski dominated the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Saturday night to become Kentucky Speedway’s first repeat winner.
The Penske Racing driver and 2012 race winner followed his record-breaking pole effort to lead 199 of 267 laps and earn his second victory this season and 12th of his career.
Keselowski won from the pole for the first time, pulling away after chasing down and passing leader Kyle Busch on Lap 248.
Busch was second, followed by Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt Jr., who rallied from a 29th-place start.
A night after dominating the Nationwide Series race before finishing second to Kevin Harvick, partly because of a pit-road speeding penalty, Keselowski saved his heavy foot for the bumpy, rough track.
Colombians sweep at Houston GP
HOUSTON — Carlos Huertas raced to his first IndyCar Series victory, leading a Colombian sweep of the rain-soaked podium Saturday in the Grand Prix of Houston doubleheader opener.
Strategy put Justin Wilson and Huertas in the lead late in the race. Wilson eventually had to pit for fuel. Huertas assumed the lead with just over seven minutes to go.
A caution briefly slowed action but IndyCar had enough time to run one final lap.
Graham Rahal ran into the back of third-place Tony Kanaan before the restart. IndyCar could not go green and the race ended with Huertas leading Juan Pablo Montoya and Rahal across the finish line.
Rahal was penalized for hitting Kanaan, so third-place went to Carlos Munoz in the first all-Colombian sweep of the podium in IndyCar history.
Jorgensen races to record sixth win
CHICAGO — Gwen Jorgensen became the first woman to win six career ITU World Triathlon Series events, topping the field Saturday at Grant Park.
Jorgensen, the Olympian from St. Paul, Minnesota, completed the 1,500-meter swim, 38.1-kilometer bike ride and 10-kilometer run in 1 hour, 55 minutes, 33 seconds.
Jorgensen, also the winner this year in Yokohama, Japan, and London, broke a tie with Australia’s Emma Moffatt and Canada’s Paula Findlay for the series record.
“(The record is) not something I focus on. I just wanted to come out here and do the best that I could,” Jorgensen said. “Looking back on this race I’m still going to have to work on my swim and my bike, but I’m thrilled to race on home soil and the crowd really encouraged me throughout it.
“During the race, when I came through the grandstand area on the lap, the crowd was incredible. I don’t think I’ve ever been affected by cheers that loud. They gave me chills throughout my entire body.”
Britain’s Helen Jenkins was second in 1:55:53, and Japan’s Juri Ide followed in 1:56:00.
McCorory wins women’s 400 title
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Francena McCorory won the women’s 400 meters Saturday in the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships, finishing in 49.48 seconds to edge Olympic champion Sanya Richards-Ross.
McCorory won her first U.S. 400 title with her best career time and the fastest time in the world this year.
Richards-Ross, who beat McCorory by two-tenths of a second in the semifinals, finished in 49.66. Richards-Ross joined McCorory as the only two female runners to break the 50-second mark this year.
Gil Roberts won the men’s 400, and Dawn Harper-Nelson beat Queen Harrison by a hundredth of a second in the women’s 100 hurdles. American record-holder Maria Michta won her fifth consecutive U.S. title in the women’s 20-kilometer racewalk, finishing in 1:35:54.37.
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