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How a poem boosted Green to capture first major at Women's PGA
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Golf
Sunday, 23 June 2019 14:22
CHASKA, Minn. – Hannah Green was making her way to the 8th tee Sunday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship when a little girl held out a blue piece of paper for her.
Lily Kostner, a 7-year-old from Minneapolis, told Green she was going to win as she stretched the paper across the gallery ropes.
It was a poem Lily wrote as gratitude for the kindness Green showed her back at the ANA Inspiration in April, when Lily was in the gallery with her parents watching the year’s first major.
Green signed and gave Lily a golf ball.
Lily was so moved, she wrote and read the poem to her first-grade class at Kenny Elementary. She saved it to give to Green during the final round at Hazeltine National.
With a backup on the eighth tee Sunday, Green stopped, unfolded the piece of paper and read the poem. Then she bent down and gave Lily a hug. Lily wanted her to keep the poem.
Green did go on to win the Women’s PGA Championship, making her first LPGA title a major championship.
“I had [the poem] in the back of my yardage book, because I didn't want it to get rained on,” Green said. “I didn't want it to get wet and ruined.
“A couple times on the back nine, when I was feeling nervous and had some time, I actually read it to myself. I have to thank Lily for writing that. I think it really helped me.”
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Out of the darkness: Reavie returns to winner's circle 11 years later
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Golf
Sunday, 23 June 2019 14:17
CROMWELL, Conn. – For the first time in 3,983 days, Chez Reavie is a PGA Tour winner.
Reavie saw his six-shot, 54-hole lead cut to just one Sunday, but hung on to win the Travelers Championship by four over Keegan Bradley and Zack Sucher.
“Yeah, it means everything,” he said.
Reavie vaulted up the leaderboard Saturday when he tied the back-nine record at TPC River Highlands with a 7-under 28. Seated in the media room Saturday, he said his goal was to shoot 5 or 6 under in the final round, to run away and hide.
That didn’t happen.
He played his first 16 holes in even par, with just one birdie and one bogey. Alongside Reavie in the final group, Bradley worked his way to 5 under through 15 and cut the margin to a single shot with three holes to play.
But Reavie came out on the better end of a three-shot swing when he birdied and Bradley double bogeyed the 17th. The drama was done. Reavie would not blow the largest lead anyone has ever blown in the history of the PGA Tour. In fact, if you didn’t watch, you would assume he cruised.
“It was a challenge for sure,” he said.
Adding to the challenge on Sunday was Bradley’s role as the pseudo-hometown favorite. The New England native has had more than 100 friends and family members at the course this week, and the Sunday afternoon crowds weren’t shy in expressing their rooting interest. At one point, on the 10th hole, Reavie had to back off a shot.
“'Yeah, Chez, we love you, but we love Keegan more,’” Reavie said, sharing a G-rated version of what he heard. “Yeah, they were screaming at me. You know that happens. You get it every week. It's not just this week. People are just having fun. I don't think they necessarily understand how important it is to us. Keegan was great. He told them to stop it and back down when I was trying to putt. It wasn't malicious by any means.
“It was Sunday and just another test I had to go through today.”
It's been a career and a comeback defined by tests for Reavie. Even as a top-ranked junior in Arizona, he wasn’t recruited by his eventual alma mater, Arizona State.
“I pretty much just hounded the coach until he had to take me,” Reavie said.
He found success fairly quickly as a pro, winning on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2007 and taking the RBC Canadian Open in his rookie year on the PGA Tour in 2008. In the years after, he would do enough to keep his status, even when he’d finish outside the FedExCup’s top 125.
But his left wrist was getting worse, a byproduct of his golf swing. He was flicking his wrists through impact with a steep angle of attack, “which would pretty much cause my left wrist to blow up,” he said.
He underwent surgery in January of 2014 and missed the entire year. With his arm in three different casts over the span of seven months, his doctor told him that there was a “50/50 shot” that the surgery might not work. There was a chance that when he was finally cleared to resume hitting balls, one full swing would wreck his wrist again.
“So those were probably the darkest days,” Reavie said. “Just the unknown and sitting at home not being able to do anything and your mind wandering: ‘Okay, if it didn't work, if I can't play golf, what am I going to do?’”
In the course of his comeback, he rebuilt his golf swing, shallowing his angle into the ball to lessen the impact on his wrist. A year after surgery, he returned to the Tour. And a year after that, he returned to the FedExCup Playoffs. And in every year since, he’s improved his ranking, from 166th in 2015 to 12th as of Sunday.
Reavie has a had a number of close calls the last two years, racking up eight top-10s, including two seconds and two thirds. Just last week at the U.S. Open, he recorded his best career finish in a major, tying for third behind Gary Woodland.
“That definitely gave me a lot of confidence coming into this week, and in particular into today,” he said. “I played really well on Sunday at the U.S. Open, and I tried to treat this the same as I did then.”
It’s tough to win on Tour. It’s even harder to pick up wins Nos. 1 and 2 a full 11 years apart. But as Reavie said Sunday, his career has been defined by persistence and perseverance.
“I enjoy every minute of every week I'm out here now, and I don't think I would necessarily be that way if I didn't go through those tough times,” he said.
“To win out here is an honor and something that shouldn't be overlooked or underappreciated.”
Reavie was asked to think back to those times, when he was wondering what else he would do with his life, assuming his wrist wasn’t going to tolerate golf any longer. He thought for a minute.
“Good question,” he said. “Haven't figured that out yet.”
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An emotional Marta bid farewell to another unsuccessful World Cup campaign on Sunday with a challenge to Brazil's women: work harder and do more if you want to win.
With tears in her eyes after the 2-1 extra-time loss to hosts France, the woman considered by many to be the greatest ever to play the game said the future of Brazilian soccer was dependent on new generations pushing themselves.
"It's about wanting more, it's about training more, it's about looking after yourself more, it's about being ready to play 90 minutes and then 30 minutes more," Marta said after Brazil went down to a 107th-minute goal in Le Havre.
"So that's why I am asking the girls. There's not going to be a Formiga forever, there's not going to be a Marta forever, there's not going to be a Cristiane. Women's football depends on you to survive. Think about it, value it more."
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Looking straight at the camera with a mix of sadness and defiance, she said: "Cry now so you can smile at the end."
Marta was once again one of the stars of the World Cup with her goals against Australia and Italy taking her overall total to 17, the most of any player in the history of the game.
And though the future of the six-times FIFA world player of the year is uncertain, the 33-year-old gave no sign she would quit after France, her fifth World Cup.
"It was a great experience for all of us, and now it's time to take advantage of this exposure and make the women's game even bigger and better," she said.
"The World Cup has ended for Brazil, but we need to keep on going. Next year we have the Olympics. And we are very grateful about all the love that came from our country during this run."
The Brazilian side who came to France looking for their first World Cup win surpassed expectations, winning two out of three group games after losing all nine of their warm-up matches ahead of the tournament.
With the future of veterans such as Formiga, 41, now in doubt, coach Vadao said they would now look to blend new talent with experience.
"There is a renewal taking place but, going forward, there shouldn't be too many changes," he said. "Players like Marta and Cristiane should be playing for a few more years yet."
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Wade's record-breaking 155 gives Australia A victory
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Cricket
Sunday, 23 June 2019 18:33
Matthew Wade continued his staggering form on the Australia A tour of the UK with a record-breaking 155 in a comfortable seven-wicket win over Derbyshire.
Wade smashed 155 off just 71 balls to help Australia A stroll to their target of 284 in just 35.2 overs. He set a new record for the fastest List A century by an Australian, reaching the milestone in just 45 balls after passing 50 in just 20. He eclipsed the previous record held by former Victoria teammate David Hussey.
Wade also posted the second fastest 150 in List A cricket. He took 68 balls to get there, four slower than AB de Villiers' effort against the West Indies at the SCG in the 2015 World Cup.
Wade clubbed 14 fours and 11 sixes, just three days after scoring 117 from 67 balls in Australia A's win over Northamptonshire.
It was not Derbyshire's first choice attack though, with 18-year-old James Taylor opening the bowling on List A debut while Fynn Hudson-Prentice was playing just his third List A game. But Wade has monstered attacks of all experiences at domestic level over the past 12 months.
"I'm happy with the way I'm striking the ball, that's for sure," Wade said. "Any time you can go out and get a hundred is nice. To strike it like that in the first two games is certainly satisfying. I know that I can improve in areas of my game.
"Any attack that I've come across in the short formats over the last 12 or 18 months, I've been pretty positive. I know that if I'm positive in the mind I'll certainly perform at my best rather than just looking to get in and build and innings. That probably hasn't worked for me over a period of time now."
Wade played as a batsman only in the first two games, with Peter Handscomb taking the gloves, but he is set to keep wickets in the next upcoming matches, against Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.
Earlier, Andrew Tye claimed 6 for 65 to help restrict Derbyshire. The hosts were in a strong position with Leus du Plooy making 115, his fifth List A century, while Wayne Madsen added 48 to propel them to 4 for 202 with 11.3 overs remaining. But Tye took six of the last seven wickets to give the visitors a comfortable target to chase.
"I haven't played a 50-over match since October last year," Tye said. "It took me a little bit of time to find my feet but once I got going it was pretty good for me. I've been trying to be more consistent with my stock ball.
"The feedback I've got from the selectors with my one-day cricket is I need to be able to be more of a useful weapon in the powerplay and through the middle overs. Just to be able to get that consistency working and that's something I've been working hard on throughout the IPL and leading up to this tour."
Sean Abbott picked up 2 for 40 and Michael Neser 1 for 48.
Wade made light work of the chase despite the early loss of D'Arcy Short. Skipper Travis Head played a nice supporting role making 68 in a partnership of 205 in just 21.2 overs.
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'I've won with a metal hip - it's mental' - Murray on Queen's win
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Tennis
Sunday, 23 June 2019 15:22
Andy Murray says winning a doubles title five months after thinking his career might be over is more special than many of his singles wins.
Murray and Feliciano Lopez beat Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram 7-6 (8-6) 5-7 10-5 in the Queen's final on Sunday.
Former world number one Murray had a hip resurfacing operation - from which no-one has ever returned to play singles - in January.
"I've won with a metal hip. It is mental really," the 32-year-old said.
Murray had the resurfacing operation - where the femur head is smoothed and capped with metal - just 157 days before he returned to competitive action at the west London club last week.
That came shortly after he broke down in tears at the Australian Open, saying he thought he would not be able to continue playing if he had the operation.
Murray, who has won 45 singles titles - the last of which was in Dubai in February 2017- said he was in constant pain as he struggled to play with his two children, sleep and even put on his socks.
But, following the operation by Royal surgeon Sarah Muirhead-Allwood, the Scot he has been given a new lease of life.
"This is very different for me and it's more special than a lot of the singles tournaments that I have won for a lot of different reasons," the three-time Grand Slam champion said.
"It's a cool thing to be able to have done, because of where I was a few months ago.
"Even as far as just two months ago, I just wasn't thinking about this. It was not something that I was driven to get back to, playing here.
"I was just really, really happy just to be pain-free and enjoying life, literally just doing normal things. So it's really special."
'I was expecting my hip to be sore'
Murray has been in regular contact with Bob Bryan, the American 23-times Grand Slam doubles winner, who had the same operation, and says he has been surprised at not feeling any pain in the hip this week.
Bryan also started playing competitively again about five months after his operation, reuniting with his brother Mike at the Australian Open in January.
"In terms of hitting the ball and the skill level, I don't think that that's something that goes away," Murray said.
"It's the physical side of things and sometimes the mental, like the nerves.
"I expected something in my hip. I expected it to be sore, but I literally have nothing there.
"I spoke to Bob about that and he said in Australia he had a few little aches and pains.
"For me, it had been probably five or six years, where after matches I would get some pain and aching and throbbing.
"Things like that that, you would just anticipate and be waiting for that to happen.
"It doesn't any more and it's brilliant."
A possible US Open return?
Murray said if he were unable to return to singles, he would "probably consider" becoming a full-time doubles player.
But the two-time Olympic gold medallist is not ruling out a singles return at the tournament where he won his first Grand Slam title in 2012 - the US Open.
"I think I have a couple of options after Wimbledon," he added. "Either I continue with doubles but start training and practising singles through the US Open swing, and then try to maybe play singles after that.
"Or I take a longer break post-Wimbledon of maybe, let's say, a month or six weeks to get myself ready for singles and then try and play close to the US Open time."
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The Dragon strikes for a third time
Winner in 2015 and 2017, Ma Long ‘The Dragon’ secured an astonishing third men’s singles title on the World Championships stage in Budapest following a dazzling campaign from the Chinese legend.
Starting his journey with back-to-back victories over Aleksandar Karakasevic and Kanak Jha, Ma Long went on to account for Vladimir Samsonov, Hugo Calderano, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun and Mattias Falck to lift the trophy for a third consecutive occasion.
Liu Shiwen finally achieves dream
Following many close attempts to claim the ultimate prize, in 2019 Liu Shiwen finally made her dreams come true as she became women’s singles World champion for the first time!
Recovering from a two games deficit to beat 2011, 2015 and 2017 champion Ding Ning at the semi-final hurdle Liu Shiwen got the better of Chen Meng one round later in an exciting contest to seal the title, finishing the match with a moving emotional response.
Shocks and upsets aplenty
Whether it be Tomislav Pucar’s astonishing win over Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Xu Xin falling to Simon Gauzy or Kasumi Ishikawa’s surprise defeat at the hands of Doo Hoi Kem, the 2019 World Championships provided spectators with plenty of upsets to digest.
However, surely the two standout names were Korea Republic’s An Jaehyun, who beat the likes of Wong Chun Ting and Tomokazu Harimoto on his way to a semi-final finish, and Mattias Falck who became the first Swedish player to appear in the men’s singles final since 1997!
Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha show incredible comeback spirit
From newcomers to World champions, incredibly that was the story of China’s Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha who defied the odds to win women’s doubles gold.
Trailing Hina Hayata and Mima Ito 0-2 in the final, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha displayed great character and fighting spirit to beat the Japanese duo 4-2 becoming World champions aged just 20 and 18 respectively.
Portuguese and Spanish pairs make history
In the men’s doubles draw history was made for two European nations as Portugal and Spain received their first World Championships medals.
Tiago Apolonia and Joao Monteiro negotiated their way to the semi-finals to hand Portugal bronze while Spanish player Alvaro Robles and Romanian partner Ovidiu Ionescu took home silver, bested only by China’s Ma Long and Wang Chuqin.
Xu Xin crowned mixed doubles king yet again
Renowned for his achievements as a singles player, in Budapest Xu Xin showed the world that he’s pretty handy in the art of doubles too after the penhold specialist collected his second mixed doubles title at the World Championships.
Successful four years ago with Korea Republic’s Jeon Jihee, this time out Xu Xin partnered Liu Shiwen to victory with the all-China combination proving too strong for 2017 World champions Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa.
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Nicol David, Camille Serme and Borja Golan headline WSF trip to Kenya
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Squash
Sunday, 23 June 2019 15:01
Nicol David (left) and Camille Serme pictured in action
Kenya set to welcome WSF Squash Ambassadors
By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent
Kenya is set to welcome the WSF Ambassador Programme this week when three of the world’s leading squash players visit the country’s capital Nairobi for the World Squash Federation promotional initiative hosted by the Kenyan Squash community.
The sport’s ultimate ambassador Nicol David, a former world No.1 and the record eight-time World Champion from Malaysia, will join fellow players Camille Serme, the world No.3 from France, and Borja Golan, Spain’s former world No.5, at Parklands Sports Club and the Nairobi Club for the eighth edition of the annual WSF initiative.
Launched in 2011, the WSF international promotional initiative takes leading squash players, together with an international coach and referee, into younger squash nations to help raise the sport’s profile – through clinics, exhibition matches, refereeing and coaching seminars, and media presentations.
Joining the three players will be Belgian national coach Ronny Vlassaks and international referee Marko Podgorsek, from Slovenia. The 2019 campaign gets under way on Thursday June 27.
“Kenya epitomises the squash nations we want to bring the WSF Ambassadors Programme to,” said WSF CEO Andrew Shelley.
“There is a great enthusiasm for squash, great potential too. There is a positive momentum and the players, referee and coach activities that we can bring via our group will enthuse the squash community there; while the media work will help stimulate interest in squash too.
“The new leadership of squash in Kenya are working so hard to invigorate squash, so we look forward to meeting them and interacting.
“It is a particular pleasure for us that recently-retired Nicol can join Camille and Borja. Her first promotional visit was in 2002 (when it was a Women’s Tour initiative), and has been so supportive over many years since).”
Nicol David, who burst onto the international squash stage in 1999 as the 15-year-old winner of the World Junior (U19) title, rounded off her illustrious career last month at the British Open in England – the five-time champion playing the 700th professional match of her career as she bad farewell to the PSA World Tour after 20 years and more than 80 titles.
Serme and Golan also competed in the 2019 ‘Wimbledon of Squash’ – France’s first ever winner of the title reaching the final for the second time and Golan, the highest-ranked Spaniard of all-time, marking his 10th appearance in the event.
Serme went on to finish as runner-up in the season-ending PSA World Tour Finals championship after a revenge win over her British Open victor Nouran Gohar of Egypt.
The WSF Ambassador Programme first visited the Baltic country of Latvia in 2011, followed by a trip to the African countries of Malawi and Namibia, then Panama and Venezuela in 2013, Papua New Guinea in 2014, before focussing on the Balkan region in 2015 with appearances in Serbia, Romania and Croatia.
In 2016, the team visited Dalian and Macau in China. After the 2017 edition was postponed, the WSF team headed to Armenia and Ukraine in 2018.
Pictures courtesy of WSF and PSA
Posted on June 23, 2019
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WINCHESTER, Ind. – Caleb Armstrong made his first-ever visit to Winchester Speedway Sunday afternoon count in a big way.
By day’s end, Armstrong had not only captured the 40-lap Auto Value Super Sprints feature, he’d also picked up a hefty $8,000 payday for his efforts.
Non-wing sprint cars made their return to Winchester Speedway for the first time in eight years Sunday afternoon. A solid crowd greeted the event that was part of the annual Old Timers Weekend.
Armstrong was the day’s quick qualifier, touring the high-banked half-mile speedway with a lap of 14.475 seconds.
Polesitter Kyle O’Gara got the jump and led the opening seven laps before surrendering the lead to Bobby Santos III. Armstrong, who started eighth, didn’t waste time and seized the lead from Santos on lap 19.
Once he was out in front, Armstrong never looked back.
Santos, Aaron Pierce, and Jacob Wilson contested a furious battle for second place While Armstrong built up a sizeable lead. At the checkered flag Wilson claimed second followed by Santos, Pierce, and Shane Cottle rounding out the top five.
The 40-lap race went caution free and was completed in 10 minutes, 31 seconds.
In victory lane Armstrong explained how special the Winchester Speedway win was for him.
“Man, this is awesome,” Armstrong said. “A lot of guys have run here, and I always wanted to come here since I was a little kid. USAC quit running here before I turned 16. I never thought I’d get to run here. Then they announced this race. It was cool to come here and race, and awesome to win here my first time.”
The newcomer was fast right out of the box and explained why he was successful in his maiden Winchester Speedway visit.
“My right foot. You just gotta hammer down here,” noted Armstrong. “This place is fast. I feel more comfortable the heavier I am with the throttle here. I also got a good crew chief in Kevin Besecker. We had this thing fast from the get-go. It was on rails. Santos was difficult get around because he had so much speed. I finally crossed him over coming out of four and got around him.
“I was hoping for no cautions the rest of the way,” Armstrong added. “It surprisingly went that way and we stayed out front.”
The finish:
Caleb Armstrong, Jacob Wilson, Bobby Santos III, Aaron Pierce, Shane Cottle, Kyle O’Gara, Tyler Roahrig, Tony Main, Christian Koehler, Brian Vaughn, Ronnie Gardner, Johnny Petrozelle, Tom Geren, Chris Randolph, Doug Dietsch, Joe Ligouri.
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SONOMA, Calif. – On a weekend where Toyota Racing Development celebrated its 40th anniversary, Toyota Camrys ruled the roost at Sonoma Raceway, but none was stronger than Martin Truex Jr.
Truex and crew chief Cole Pearn used stellar pit strategy to grab the lead at the start of the final stage in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350, then never relinquished command en route to his fourth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win of the year and second in a row at the Northern California road course.
The Mayetta, N.J., native hit pit road just before the end of each of the first two stages, giving him track position at the start of both the second and third stages when those ahead of him got their service.
Those moves made all the difference, as Truex led three times for a race-high 59 laps before holding off his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch in the closing moments.
“That was just digging down deep, trying to be smooth and hitting my marks,” noted Truex, whose win was his third overall at Sonoma. “Luckily, I was able to have a big enough gap where I could settle in and not feel too much pressure. It was definitely difficult, though. That was the longest run of the race there at the end for us on tires. It felt terrible the last 20 laps, and the last 10 (laps), it was like we were on ice – there was no grip anywhere.
“This group, man, they’re unbelievable,” Truex added. “What a season we’ve turned this into. Hopefully we can keep this going.”
Polesitter William Byron and Denny Hamlin won the first two stages on Sunday, but it was Truex’s pit stop coming to two to go in second stage that gave him the lead when those who stayed out to earn stage points came in for service under caution on lap 42.
From there, Truex held serve out front until making his final pit stop with 27 to go, handing the point to Busch for three laps as the 2015 champion and two-time Sonoma winner played the strategy of having slightly fresher tires in the final laps in hopes of running Truex down.
It nearly worked, too, as Busch carved an eight-second advantage for Truex down to just over a second inside of 10 laps to go, but could get no closer despite lap traffic that impeded Truex down the stretch.
Busch ultimately finished second, 1.861 seconds adrift, and noted after the race that he used a little too much trying to catch Truex – exactly what Pearn was hoping would happen after Truex’s final pit stop.
“Any time I had to lean on the left rear, I just didn’t have the drive that I needed,” noted Busch. “I tried to hold on to it, trying to save it. I knew that was going to be our problem. That was our problem all day long. When you get closer, you’re like, ‘Okay, I can get him, so I’d better go and pounce on him fast, so that he doesn’t have the time to pick up the pace.’ It didn’t work, though.
“He was obviously saving a lot,” Busch added. “I knew he was going to be saving a lot and probably have enough to be able to hold us off, and I was right. I still tried everything I could to get there and ran really hard. … It sucks to finish second to a teammate, but it’s good for the company.”
Truex and Busch were so dominant on Sunday, they finished more than 33 seconds clear of third-place Ryan Blaney.
Behind Blaney, Matt DiBenedetto charged through traffic to earn a career-best fourth-place finish for Leavine Family Racing, sporting a throwback paint scheme in honor of Darrell Waltrip, who called his final race in the FOX Sports broadcast booth on Sunday at Sonoma.
Denny Hamlin crossed fifth to give Toyota four of the top five finishing positions. Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, Erik Jones, Aric Almirola and Kyle Larson completed the top 10.
Larson’s run on Sunday was his best-career Sonoma finish. The California native has won the last three poles at the 12-turn road course, but has yet to find victory lane.
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NORWALK, Ohio – Former champion Khalid alBalooshi raced to his first victory of the year during E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service action on Sunday at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park.
The series was presented by Plochman’s Mustard in Norwalk, and it marked the eighth of 12 races during the 2019 season.
In the final round against Jose Gonzalez, who won last weekend in Bristol, alBalooshi powered to a run of 5.765-seconds at 259.01 mph in his turbocharged Bahrain 1 Racing Camaro to beat Gonzalez’s 5.801 at 258.81.
It marks the second win in Norwalk for alBalooshi, with his first coming in Top Fuel. The victory is also the fifth in alBalooshi’s standout Pro Mod career.
“The big thing for me today was when I won the first round,” alBalooshi said. “When I got to the second round, I thought the door was open for us. We’ve been struggling a lot, but I feel like we’re heading in the right direction now. When I got to the final round, I just kept telling myself I needed to win a race.
“This was a way different feeling for me, but I’m just happy I got the win.”
alBalooshi picked up wins against Todd Tutterow, No. 1 qualifier Mike Castellana and three-time world champion Rickie Smith to reach the final round.
Gonzalez beat Doug Winters, Brandon Snider and point leader Stevie “Fast” Jackson to reach his second-straight final round and fifth in his career.
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