Auto Racing
Harvick fastest all 3 sessions to win his 4th pole position
INDIANAPOLIS – Kevin Harvick won the pole for the Brickyard 400 with a dominating qualifying run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Harvick was fastest in all three sessions of NASCAR’s knockout qualifying and bested Sprint Cup Series points leader Jeff Gordon for the top starting spot in Sunday’s race.
Harvick turned a lap at 188.470 mph in the final round of Saturday qualifying to put his Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet on the front row.
Gordon was second at 187.770.
Brad Keselowski was third and defending race winner Ryan Newman fourth to set the second row.
It’s the fourth pole of the season for Harvick, who won the Brickyard in 2003.
Ty Dillon ‘kisses the bricks’ in his first career victory
INDIANAPOLIS – Ty Dillon pulled away from Kyle Busch down the stretch Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to win for the first time in the Nationwide Series.
Dillon passed Busch off the final restart with 25 laps and held on for his first victory in 31 career starts in NASCAR’s second-tier series.
Busch made a hard charge in the final three laps but failed in a bid to win at the Brickyard for the second consecutive year.
Matt Kenseth was third, followed by Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano.
Dillon won with grandfather and team owner Richard Childress and brother Austin Dillon rooting him on for the win.
“We get to kiss the bricks, baby!” he radioed as he crossed the finish line. Dillon parked his car on the famed yard of bricks and raised his arms toward the sky in triumph.
Formula One points leader Hungary for pole position
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg claimed pole position Saturday for the Hungarian Grand Prix, while Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton will start at the back of the race grid as an engine fire prevented him from setting a qualifying time.
Rosberg’s time of 1 minute, 22.715 seconds at the Hungaroring was 0.486 seconds ahead of Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel.
Valtteri Bottas of Williams qualified third.
MLB
Hall of Fame cuts eligibility for election to 10 years
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa will have less time to remain eligible for the Hall of Fame ballot under changes made Saturday.
The Hall of Fame’s board cut a player’s eligibility from 15 years to 10, which gives McGwire a maximum of two more appearances on the writers’ ballot. Bonds, Clemens and Sosa, shunned so far along with other Steroids Era stars, can be considered up to eight more times each by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
This is just the second change in voting rules since 1985.
Three players with 11-15 years will remain eligible: Don Mattingly (15th year in 2015), Lee Smith (13th) and Alan Trammell (14th).
Giants trade prospects for right-hander Jake Peavy
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Giants boosted their rotation for the stretch run by acquiring right-hander Jake Peavy from the Boston Red Sox on Saturday for a pair of minor league pitchers.
The 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner will start Sunday night’s series finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants held a half-game division lead in the NL West against their rival going into Saturday night’s middle game at AT&T Park.
The Giants have plenty of familiarity with the 33-year-old Peavy, who pitched for manager Bruce Bochy with the San Diego Padres in the playoffs in 2005-06.
San Francisco received cash from Boston and is sending left-hander Edwin Escobar and right-hander Heath Hembree to the World Series champion Red Sox in the swap.
Associated Press
