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Australian Nick Kyrgios demonstrates the best and worst of his game as he beats Jordan Thompson in five sets to reach the second round at Wimbledon.

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Eight-time champion Roger Federer survived a first-set scare to see off South African debutant Lloyd Harris and reach the Wimbledon second round.

Federer, 37, moved through the gears to win 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 on Centre Court.

After Harris left the crowd stunned by taking the opener, Federer began to find his rhythm and rattled off victory in one hour and 50 minutes.

The Swiss, aiming for a record-extending ninth men's title, could face Britain's Jay Clarke next.

Clarke, 20, is out on court against American Noah Rubin, with a prize of meeting the 20-time Grand Slam champion awaiting.

More to follow.

Ron Jon Surf Shop Backing Tifft At Daytona

Published in Racing
Tuesday, 02 July 2019 07:16

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Ron Jon Surf Shop, the iconic surfer style retailer, will sponsor Front Row Motorsports and Matt Tifft during the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona Int’l Speedway on July 6.

Ron Jon Surf Shop is celebrating the brand’s 60th anniversary in 2019.

Ron Jon Surf Shop is known for offering the surf, beach and active lifestyle to visitors from around the world. Ron Jon Surf Shop currently operates stores throughout Florida and in other locations along the eastern seaboard including Ocean City, Md., Orange Beach, Ala., two locations in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and its original location in Ship Bottom, N.J.

Ron Jon Surf Shop carries all of the beach essentials needed to have fun in the sun and features a wide assortment of surfwear, swimwear, sunglasses, hats, footwear and many other items perfectly suited for the casual beach lifestyle.

“NASCAR fans obviously like spending a lot of time outdoors,” said Heather Lewis, Marketing Director of Ron Jon Surf Shop. “There’s a natural correlation between their core fans and our customers. We’re excited to team up with Matt Tifft once again and help carry our message and values to a broader audience.”

“It’s so great to have Ron Jon Surf Shop on the car at Daytona,” said Tifft. “If you grew up going to beaches on the east coast, they’re a brand you instantly recognize. To have them with us, celebrating their 60th anniversary is a huge honor and I can’t wait to turn heads on track with this car.”

Gimmie Country On Board With Tyler Reddick

Published in Racing
Tuesday, 02 July 2019 07:19

WELCOME, N.C. – Richard Childress Racing announced Tuesday that Gimme Country, Gimme Radio’s newest branch of its online music service, has joined its NASCAR Xfinity Series program as a primary sponsor of Tyler Reddick’s No. 2 Chevrolet Camaro.

The first immersive country music-focused radio service will first appear on Reddick’s Chevrolet Camaro for the upcoming July race at Daytona Int’l Speedway.

“We built Gimme Country to give a home to the millions of country fans that have been largely ignored by the other digital music services,” says Tyler Lenane, Gimme Radio CEO. “Seeing how Tyler Reddick and RCR have built a loyal following and how much they value their fans – it’s exactly what we want to do with Gimme Country, so this partnership was an absolute no-brainer. We are so excited to be working with such a great team.”

Similar to Gimme Radio’s first radio service, Gimme Metal, Gimme Country provides fans with an online radio and music community where they can listen to true country music 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Gimme Country promises to focus on more than just the handful of stars played on traditional radio, and instead give fans everything from legacy artists to outlaws, up-and-comers and women artists that they won’t hear anywhere else.

Gimme Country also offers fans the unique opportunity to interact with their celebrity DJs, including country music superstar Lee Ann Womack, Brandy Clark, Dillon Carmichael, Joshua Hedley, Jesse Dayton and more. Fans who download the Gimme Country app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store can chat directly with the DJs and other fans to learn more about the stories behind the music and life on the road.

Reddick will get the chance to DJ his own show, “RCR 50: Wheels of Country.” The show, airing on Friday, July 5, at 1 p.m. ET, will feature songs and artists that RCR has ties to or have been fans of throughout its 50 years of existence. Fans can download the Gimme Country app to listen to the show, as well as chat with Reddick when he logs in to the app’s chat room at 1:30 p.m. ET on July 5.

“Gimme Country is changing the way fans can listen and interact with the music they love through their app,” said Tyler Reddick. “It’s cool to see that country music fans can download the app and find some new music they’ll love or great songs they forgot about, but also learn more about the artists or songs while doing so. It’s similar to what we’re trying to do with fans in NASCAR and always trying to find new ways to engage with them. With NASCAR and country music fans having such a big overlap, this partnership seems like a perfect way to continue to reach new fans and engage with the loyal ones we already have. I’m excited to have a chance to DJ a show for them this week. That’s something entirely new for me.”

Sage Karam Joins Carlin In Toronto

Published in Racing
Tuesday, 02 July 2019 07:35

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – Carlin has announced that Sage Karam will join the team for the NTT IndyCar Series Honda Indy Toronto.

Karam will have sponsorship from SmartStop Self Storage on the No. 31 Carlin Chevrolet on July 14.

“We are extremely excited to partner with SmartStop Self Storage and to be a part of their debut into the NTT IndyCar Series. The Honda Indy Toronto is such a great event and will be the perfect introduction for them into the series,” said Team Principal Trevor Carlin. “We’ve obviously been following Sage’s career closely since he won the Indy Lights Championship in 2013 and he’s done a really great job. I think he’ll be a great addition to the team and a good teammate for Max this weekend.”

SmartStop Self Storage currently operates 131 self storage facilities located throughout Toronto, Canada and the United States. While this will be the organization’s first time serving as a primary partner in the NTT IndyCar Series, SmartStop Self Storage has been an exclusive, personal partner of Karam’s.

Sage Karam’s No. 31 entry for the Honda Indy Toronto.

“SmartStop is proud to be partnering with Carlin and Sage Karam for the upcoming NTT IndyCar Series race in Toronto,” said H. Michael Schwartz, executive chairman of SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. “We feel that this is a great opportunity to expand our ever-growing brand presence throughout Toronto, a market in which we are planning continued growth throughout the future.”

Karam will make his second start of the NTT IndyCar Series season at the Honda Indy Toronto after an impressive 19th-place finish at the 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500 that saw him advance 12 positions throughout the race. Karam began karting at the age of four and worked his way up through the karting ranks until he joined the Road to Indy Series in 2010.

He competed in all levels of the Road to Indy Series winning both the USF2000 and Indy Lights Championships before joining the NTT IndyCar Series in 2014. Since his IndyCar debut, Karam has recorded 17 starts, including a ninth-place finish in his first Indianapolis 500 start and two top-five finishes, including a podium at Iowa Speedway.

“I want to thank everyone at Carlin for giving me the opportunity to compete in an Indy car again in the NTT IndyCar series. I’m extremely excited and grateful to get back behind the wheel on a road course again for the first time since 2015 and I’m thrilled to carry a great sponsor like Smartstop Self Storage on the side of the No. 31 Carlin Chevrolet,” said Karam. “I’m looking forward to the challenge and working closely with everyone on the team to achieve a successful result and take advantage of this incredible opportunity.”

Dream Achieved: Shute Soaks In Pikes Peak Victory

Published in Racing
Tuesday, 02 July 2019 08:00

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — You’d be forgiven if before Sunday you’d never heard of Robin Shute.

The 31-year-old native of England was effectively a no-name with very little on his racing résumé. Now Shute, who works as an automotive engineer for Faraday Future, is a Pikes Peak Int’l Hill Climb winner.

“It’s nice to add your name to some kind of history in motorsport,” said Shute, who moved to the United States eight years ago and resides in California. “To go and achieve that at the end of it, I think that is really, really cool.”

Shute joins a stunning list of competitors to win one of America’s longest running motorsports events. Among those to collect overall victories at Pikes Peak are Bobby Unser, Al Unser, Al Unser Jr., Rick Mears, Mario Andretti, Nobuhiro Tajima, Rhys Millen, Sebastien Loeb and Romain Dumas.

The chance for Shute to compete in the Pikes Peak Int’l Hill Climb was the culmination of a lifelong dream for the Englishman, who said a video game from his youth inspired him to pursue an opportunity to travel to Colorado to compete in the legendary event.

“It was something I grew up with as a kid. If you’re familiar with Gran Turismo 2, if you remember that game they had like a Suzuki car and they had a Pikes Peak track,” Shute recalled. “Obviously as a kid I loved rallying as well. The Group D cars and all that. It is pretty legendary and I was well aware of it, from single digits anyway.”

Three years ago, Shute got the opportunity to live his dream thanks to his job at Faraday Future. He made his debut in the event affectionately known as The Race to the Clouds in 2017, driving a 2016 Faraday Future FF91 to a time of 11:25.082, which placed him 40th overall.

“It wasn’t going to be competitive for the overall victory, but it was still a great way to get my feet wet,” Shute recalled. “I just wanted to go as fast as I could up the hill.”

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SPEED SPORT Power Rankings

Published in Racing
Tuesday, 02 July 2019 09:00

It’s a new week, which means it’s time for the latest edition of the SPEED SPORT Power Rankings! Is Steve Torrence still at the top? Click below to find out.

Attorneys representing Tiger Woods’ South Florida restaurant and his girlfriend, Erica Herman, filed a motion on Monday requesting a jury trial and denying any wrongdoing in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in May.

The lawsuit was filed by the family of Nicholas Immesberger, who died in a car crash on Dec. 10. Immesberger stayed hours after his shift at The Woods Jupiter to drink and reached a point of “severe intoxication.”

In Monday’s response, lawyers for the restaurant and Herman point out that, according to a toxicology report, Immesberger’s blood contained “five times the reporting limit” of marijuana and his blood-alcohol level was three times the legal limit in Florida.

“[Immesberger] made many decisions on Dec. 10, 2018, and as a result of his decision, he tragically died in an automobile accident while under the heavy influence of marijuana and alcohol,” the response read. 

The response claims that Immesberger wasn’t wearing a seat belt and that he was speeding at the time of the accident. The motion also claims that the airbags in Immesberger’s car, a 1999 Chevrolet Corvette, failed to properly deploy.

Woods was initially named in the lawsuit but was removed in a refiling last month.

The lawsuit claims that employees at The Woods Jupiter knew how much Immesberger was drinking prior to the crash and that employees also knew he struggled with alcoholism.

The entire filing can be read below:

Tiger's Masters trophy arrives in the mail

Published in Golf
Tuesday, 02 July 2019 04:34

Tiger Woods' fifth Masters trophy just arrived in the mail.

Woods, the 15-time major winner, snapped a 10-year major winless drought with his victory at Augusta National in April.

He had previously won the Masters in 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2005. Now he needs room on the shelf for 2019.

What does the post office or a shipping service do with a Masters trophy if the winner isn't home? You have to sign for that thing, right? Or is that just sitting on the front step?

Police on Monday arrested the 16-year-old driver of a car that was involved in a fatal wreck that killed longtime Auburn radio announcer Rod Bramblett and his wife on May 25.

The Auburn Police Division said in a statement that Johnston Edward Taylor of Auburn was arrested at his home on Monday. He is charged with two counts of manslaughter and was being held at the Lee County Jail on $50,000 bond.

Bramblett and his wife, Paula, died from injuries suffered in the car wreck on Shug Jordan Parkway around 7 p.m. ET on May 25. Police previously said the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee that Taylor was driving struck the rear of the 2017 Toyota Highlander the Brambletts were in. Rod Bramblett was 53; Paula Bramblett was 52.

The statement from Auburn Police on Monday said a report from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's Traffic Homicide Unit confirmed that Taylor's vehicle was "traveling at an excessive rate of speed, well over the posted 55 mph speed limit, when the crash occurred."

The statement said a toxicology analysis from the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences confirmed "the presence of marijuana in Taylor's system."

Rod Bramblett was airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where he died of a severe closed head injury, the coroner's office said. Paula Bramblett died of multiple internal injuries in the emergency room of East Alabama Medical Center.

Bramblett served as the lead announcer for Auburn football, men's basketball and baseball. According to the school's athletic website, he had been the voice of the baseball team since 1993, and he took over play-by-play duties for football and basketball in 2003.

"I'm heartbroken by the loss of Rod Bramblett and his wife Paula. Rod was a true professional and was always a pleasure to work with," Auburn football coach Gus Malzahn said in a statement in late May. "He loved Auburn and it showed in his work. As much as he loved Auburn, his family came first and foremost. This is a difficult time and we will continue to pray and offer our support to the Bramblett family, especially their children Shelby and Joshua."

Bramblett was a three-time winner of the Alabama State Broadcaster of the Year award (2006, 2010, 2013). He was honored as the National Broadcaster of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 2013, in part for his call on Chris Davis' game-winning, 109-yard return of a missed field goal as time expired to beat Alabama in the Iron Bowl, which is simply known as "Kick-Six" by Tigers fans.

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