Auto Racing
Keselowski dips down a level for a Nationwide win in Iowa
NEWTON, Iowa – Brad Keselowski held off the charging Michael McDowell on Saturday night to win the NASCAR Nationwide race at Iowa Speedway.
Keselowski, the Sprint Cup driver commuting from Pocono in Pennsylvania, led 146-of-250 laps for his third Nationwide victory of the season and second in two starts.
Trevor Bayne was third followed by Sam Hornish Jr. and Ty Dillon.
Keselowski was set to cruise to an easy win when James Buescher’s crash erased his lead. But Keselowski went high to overtake McDowell and held on for his 30th series victory.
Bourdais battles weather and opponents to earn pole
LEXINGTON, Ohio – Sebastien Bourdais got through rainy conditions in IndyCar qualifying Saturday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and earned his second pole position of the season.
A midday storm dampened the track and shook up qualifying. Series points leader Helio Castroneves and four-time Mid-Ohio winner Scott Dixon failed to get out of the first round.
For Bourdais, of KVSH Racing, it is his 33rd career IndyCar pole, tying him for seventh on the career list with Dario Franchitti. The veteran from France won from the pole this season in the first race at Toronto. Ten drivers have won poles through 15 races this year.
Bourdais was clocked in 1:24.161, which was 19 seconds off morning practice times and last year’s pole time set by Ryan Hunter-Reay.
Golf
Perry holes a late eagle for the 3M lead, and he likes it
BLAINE, Minn. – Kenny Perry eagled the last hole after waiting out a thunderstorm to take a one-shot lead Saturday after the second round of the Champions Tour’s 3M Championship.
Perry shot a 9-under 63 to reach 16-under 128 at TPC Twin Cities.
The six-time senior winner birdied the par-3 17th and was on the green on the par-5 18th when play was stopped for the thunderstorm. After a two-hour delay, he made the 8-foot eagle putt.
First-round leader Marco Dawson was second after a 66.
Gary Hallberg, Bernhard Langer, Jeff Maggert and Gene Sauers were 13 under. Langer, coming off a record-breaking victory in the Senior British Open, and Maggert shot 67, and Hallberg and Sauers had 65s.
MLB
Cleveland unveils Jim Thome statue as he retires an Indian
CLEVELAND – Jim Thome’s point-the-bat hitting stance, a powerful symbol of the most successful era in Cleveland Indians history, is now a permanent fixture at Progressive Field.
An emotional Thome, who played for Cleveland from 1991-2002 and again in 2011, said he signed an honorary one-day contract with the team so he could retire as a member of the Indians.
Thome joins some select company. His statue stands in the team’s Heritage Park behind center field and is adjacent to one honoring Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller.
With Thome in the lineup, the Indians won six AL Central titles, advanced to the World Series in 1995 and 1997 and played in front of 455 consecutive sellout crowds.
NFL
Torn biceps flexes defensive lineman out of 49ers’ plans
SAN FRANCISCO – A person with knowledge of the injury says San Francisco 49ers nose tackle Glenn Dorsey tore his left biceps muscle and will undergo surgery.
It’s unclear how long he might be sidelined. Dorsey left Friday’s practice with the injury. The source said Saturday that Dorsey had torn his biceps and would need an operation, speaking on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced anything about Dorsey’s condition.
More tests and details are expected post-surgery.
The Niners had a day off from training camp Saturday. Fellow defensive lineman Ray McDonald played last season with a biceps tear.
Associated Press
