We’re back with part two of our special look back at some of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ biggest upsets!

On the heels of Justin Haley and Spire Motorsports’ shocking upset victory in Sunday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona Int’l Speedway we wondered what are some of the other shocking and surprising winners in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series history.

We decided to dig through the archives and took a look back at some surprise NASCAR Cup Series winners. Today our look back features drivers with last names such as Ragan, Hamilton, Brickhouse, Menard and Sacks.

Click below to find out the stories behind more of NASCAR’s biggest upsets.

In the July issue of Sprint Car & Midget Magazine, Dave Argabright remembers late sprint car team owner Richard Hoffman, who died on April 30 after a brief illness. The full story can be viewed at www.sprintcarandmidget.com and requires either a print subscription to Sprint Car & Midget Magazine or online subscription to www.sprintcarandmidget.com to read.

He was the centerpiece of one of the most dynamic and successful teams in racing history, and his passing leaves a void that will not soon be filled.

Richard Hoffman passed away on April 30 at age 76 following a brief illness, surrounded by family. It was a quiet end to a life that was loud, action-packed, and filled with success.

Hoffman was the middle generation of Hoffman Auto Racing, a racing team that traces its roots back 90 years. His father, August “Gus” Hoffman, purchased his first race car in the Cincinnati area in 1929, and young Richard counted the days until he was deemed old enough to travel and race with his father. Richard’s son Rob continued the tradition as Richard and Rob worked side-by-side on the family’s race cars for more than 30 years.

Richard Hoffman was not a race driver, as he preferred his role of car owner and mechanic. But among the dozens of men who wheeled the family car through the years, none carried a more fierce determination to win than Richard.

His insatiable appetite for winning was at the center of his personality, and Richard had other notable traits as well. He was well-spoken and educated; he was savvy in the ways of business and his fellow man; he conducted himself with a respectful air. Even in the midst of heated and intense competition he was typically composed and calculating, somehow always able to navigate through adversity.

Click here to read the full story on sprintcarandmidget.com.

Colorado coach Jared Bednar has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the Avalanche through the 2021-22 season.

Bednar is coming off a 38-30-14 season and his second appearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs in his three seasons as coach.

Colorado didn't announce the financial terms of the deal.

"I'd like to thank Stan and Josh Kroenke, (general manger) Joe Sakic and the entire Avalanche organization for continuing to show their faith in me to lead this team," Bednar said in a statement. "I am grateful and honored to be the head coach of the Avalanche. We're moving in the right direction with the group that we have here. This team has an exciting future and I am ecstatic to be part of it."

Bednar is 103-116-27 in his three seasons with Colorado, getting the job after Patrick Roy's stunning decision to walk away a month before the 2016-17 season began. He spent the previous 14 seasons as a minor league coach, notably winning the American Hockey League's Calder Cup with the Lake Erie Monsters, and the previous nine as a minor league player,.

"Jared has done a tremendous job behind the bench and has earned the opportunity to continue leading this team," Sakic said. "He is an outstanding coach who has the full trust of his players, coaches and staff. He has guided this franchise to two straight playoff appearances and we are excited with what this group can do moving forward."

NEWARK, N.J. -- Top draft pick Jack Hughes was a little disappointed on his first night with the New Jersey Devils at their development camp for young players.

Sitting around a TV with Joey Anderson, fellow USA Hockey National Team Development Program teammate and Devils' draft pick Patrick Moynihan and Matt Hellickson, Hughes was hoping to see Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays win the All-Star Home Run Derby.

Guerrero ran out of gas in the last round and lost to New York Mets' rookie Pete Alonso on Monday night.

"It was a fun event to watch. It was pretty cool," said Hughes, who stayed in Toronto after the draft.

There was nothing disappointing for Hughes or the Devils on Tuesday as the NHL team opened their development camp at the Prudential Center.

The 18-year-old playmaking center gave the Devils coaching staff and media a good glimpse of all the skills that made him the No. 1 pick in the draft last month. He buzzed up and down the ice, snapped shots on goal and made passes in tight spots that found open teammates.

Of course, it was just a 45-minute practice and there was almost no hitting. But Hughes showed a lot of the talent that many expect to be on display when the regular season opens in October.

"It was good to get out here and get in a little skate and get our feet under us," Hughes said after the start of the camp which will end on Saturday. "It was good to come out there with the jersey on for the first time."

Hughes, who is wearing No. 86, skated with three dozen other players in the camp, including nine of the 11 players drafted last month. The others are mostly young players who were in the AHL last year and may have had briefs stays with the Devils during the course of the season.

Hughes' hope this week is to learn about playing in the NHL and learning his way around his new home rink.

On the ice, Hughes looked relaxed and right at home.

"None of this is possible without the ice," Hughes said. "That's where I have had the most fun and what I love to do. Like I said, none of this is possible without the game of hockey. I know that."

Hughes is looking forward to some 3-on-3 competition on Wednesday and scoring some goals. He had 74 goals and 154 assists in 110 games with the USA development program.

"I am focused and ready to play in the NHL," Hughes said. "That's my goal. I want to be successful. It's not really a thing I think about. It's kind of an expectation for me."

Moynihan, who was taken in the sixth round and will attend Providence College next season, has no doubt Hughes will succeed.

"He is an amazing person, first and foremost, and he is a great player," Moynihan said. "With his ability to see the ice, the way he skates, I think he can do anything with this game."

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks have traded defenseman Henri Jokiharju to the Buffalo Sabres for underachieving forward Alex Nylander.

Chicago is hoping a chance of scenery will help Nylander, who was selected by Buffalo with the eighth overall pick in the 2016 draft. The 21-year-old Nylander had three goals and three assists in just 19 games with the Sabres over three seasons.

Alex's father, Michael, played for the Blackhawks from 1999-2002.

Jokiharju, the No. 29 selection in the 2017 draft, made his NHL debut in October and finished with no goals and 12 assists in 38 games in his first season with the Blackhawks. He also showed some promising signs while helping Finland to its fifth world junior hockey title in January.

The Chicago Fire will pay $65.5 million to leave the suburban Chicago stadium that has been the team's home for more than a decade.

On Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reported the team has agreed to pay the community of Bridgeview to break its lease at SeatGeek Stadium, which is approximately 15 miles southwest of downtown Chicago.

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The agreement calls for the Fire to pay $10 million upfront plus $5 million to upgrade existing soccer facilities near the stadium and the $50.5 million balance through 2036. With the agreement, the Fire won't play their home matches at SeatGeek Stadium beginning next season but will still be allowed to train there and its youth academy will continue to be based in Bridgeview.

A new home for the team has not been announced. The Fire played at Soldier Field in Chicago from 1991 until 2001 and from 2003 through part of the 2006 season.

Free agent forward Marcus Morris could abandon a two-year, $20 million agreement with the San Antonio Spurs and accept a one-year deal with the New York Knicks, league sources tell ESPN.

Morris' agreement with the Spurs includes a player option, but the Knicks suddenly have the salary cap space to make him a more substantial first-year offer on a deal, league sources said.

To use the full $9.3 million midlevel exception on Morris, the Spurs traded forward Davis Bertans to the Washington Wizards and reworked an original two-year, $13M agreement with DeMarre Carroll to make it a three-year, $21 million contract.

If Morris backs out of a Spurs deal, there will be some roster carnage left in his wake.

The salary cap space for the Knicks is suddenly available because the team and free agent forward Reggie Bullock are no longer executing a two-year, $21 million deal, and instead are reworking the terms down to a lower financial commitment, league sources said.

Agent David Bauman and the Knicks are re-evaluating Bullock's fitness to play a full season in 2019-20.

In a brief conversation with ESPN, Bauman was complimentary of how the Knicks handled an emerging situation with Bullock, citing how accommodating ownership, front office and medical staff had been with the player's situation.

"First-class throughout," Bauman said.

Bullock hadn't yet signed the original offer made by the Knicks near the opening of NBA free agency -- which includes a team option on the second year -- sources said.

Morris, 29, averaged 13.9 points and 6.1 rebounds for the Boston Celtics in his seventh NBA season.

The Knicks already signed three power forwards in free agency, including Julius Randle, Bobby Portis and Taj Gibson.

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Taylor Campbell claims Britain’s first athletics medal in Naples with hammer bronze

Day two of the athletics at the World University Games belonged to fast starters in Naples as Dutee Chand and Paulo André Camilo were uncatchable right from the blocks in the 100m.

Camilo, who was part of the Brazilian 4x100m team which took gold at the IAAF World Relays in Yokohama in May, stormed to a time of 10.09 to win the men’s title by a clear margin.

South African Chederick Van Wyk’s fast finish showed he may be a serious contender for the 200m title later in the week as he ran 10.23 to take the silver while Camilo’s Yokohama team mate, Rodrigo Do Nascimento, took the bronze in 10.32.

Indian No.1 Chand was able to hold off fastest qualifier, Swiss athlete Ajla Del Ponte (11.33), and Germany’s European bronze relay medallist Lisa Kwayie (11.39), to take the women’s title in 11.32.

In the men’s 10,000m, South African Milton Mokofane Kekana negotiated hot conditions to break away over the last 500m from race favourite Hiroki Abe of Japan, winning in 29:29.43 to 29:30.01. Adriaan Wildschutt added another medal to South Africa’s tally, finishing third in 29:36.39.

In the field events, Ukranian Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk won the women’s long jump with a 6.84m leap ahead of Portugal’s Evelise Tavares Da Veiga with 6.61m and Romania’s Florentina Iusco with 6.55m, while Italian Daisy Osakue won the women’s discus with a personal best throw of 61.69m.

Taylor Campbell won Britain’s first athletics medal at this year’s Games, throwing a personal best of 73.86m to take bronze in the men’s hammer behind Turkish athlete Ozkan Baltaci with 75.98m and Ukranian Serhii Reheda with 74.27m.

Thank you ?? proudest moment of my life ? pic.twitter.com/b1ltYNaYyA

— Taylor Campbell (@TaylorLC1996) July 9, 2019

Campbell’s team-mate Mari Smith missed out on the 800m final by just two hundredths of a second.

German athlete Christina Hering finished strongly round the last bend to win the second semi-final in 2:03.36 ahead of Canadian Jenna Westaway’s 2:03.42 to deny the 2018 BUCS champion a place in the final as she ran 2:03.44 in third.

Results can be found here.

A day one athletics report is here.