Auto Racing
Buescher the third rookie to win on Nationwide this year
LEXINGTON, Ohio – Chris Buescher took the lead on the 62nd of 90 laps and held off Brian Scott and Regan Smith to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Smith finished second; Scott finished third.
The victory in the Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200 made the 21-year-old Buescher the third rookie to win in the series this year.
Buescher, driving the Roush Fenway Racing Ford sponsored by – fittingly – Nationwide Children’s Hospital in nearby Columbus, Ohio, took the lead from Brendan Gaughan and weathered a restart to hold on the rest of the way.
IndyCar leader Will Power wins his favorite pole
WEST ALLIS, Wis. – IndyCar points leader Will Power will start from the pole Sunday at the Milwaukee Mile.
Power took the pole Saturday with a lap at 169.262 mph. He has called Milwaukee his favorite oval of the IndyCar circuit.
Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves, second in the standings, will start eighth.
Tony Kanaan qualified second at 168.662 mph. A third Penske driver, Juan Pablo Montoya, will start third.
After a week off in the series, the Milwaukee race will begin a three-week stretch to end the IndyCar season.
Carpenter, Fisher will merge IndyCar teams in 2015
WEST ALLIS, Wis. – Two of the IndyCar series’ smaller teams are planning to merge in 2015: Ed Carpenter Racing and Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing said Saturday they will unite to form CFH Racing.
A joint statement said details about personnel, sponsors and suppliers would be announced soon. The Indianapolis-based teams will be headquartered at Fisher Hartman offices a few blocks from Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Carpenter’s team has victories this season with owner-driver Carpenter at Texas Motor Speedway and driver Mike Conway at Long Beach and Toronto.
Fisher Hartman driver Josef Newgarden is 16th in the driver standings going into Sunday’s race at the Milwaukee Mile.
College Football
Irish head coach Kelly calls accountability the key
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly said he needs to do a better job of creating an environment in which players know they are accountable after learning four are being investigated for suspected academic dishonesty.
Kelly said Saturday he was disappointed and shocked to learn about the investigation. He said players know Notre Dame won’t compromise its integrity, and he applauds the university for that.
The university announced Friday that leading returning receiver DaVaris Daniels, backup linebacker Kendall Moore, starting cornerback KeiVarae Russell and defensive end Ishaq Williams were being withheld from games and practices during the investigation.
Golf
Sutherland shoots first 59 on the Champions Tour
ENDICOTT, N.Y. – Kevin Sutherland was only eight holes into his round Saturday at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open and already thinking about a 59.
“You’re not supposed to do that, are you?” he said.
The way this magical round went, nothing was going to stop him. Sutherland became the first player in Champions Tour history to shoot a 59, and it might have been even better except for a three-putt bogey from about 40 feet just off the 18th green.
Six players have shot 59 on the PGA Tour, including Paul Goydos, Sutherland’s best friend on tour. Goydos was among several players who stood behind the 18th green to watch Sutherland complete a round that practically was flawless until the end.
The 59 gave Sutherland a one-shot lead over Steve Lowery going into the final round.
Associated Press
