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11TH HOUR

A crew member for Kyle Busch
(18) bounces a tire as he runs
back to the wall during a
NASCAR Cup Series auto race
at Talladega Superspeedway,
Monday, Oct 14, 2019, in Tal-
ladega, Ala.
Associated Press

Blaney beats

Newman in

photo finish

to advance

in playoffs

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) —
Ryan Blaney emerged
safely from the wreckage
at Talladega Superspeed-
way that claimed other
playoff contenders, win-
ning by a tiny margin that
was huge for his champi-
onship hopes.
Blaney beat Ryan New-
man in a door-to-door
race to the finish line to
win Monday and advance
to the third round of NAS-
CAR's playoffs.
Blaney's first win of the
season came as he was
in danger of getting elimi-
nated from title conten-
tion. The playoff field will
be trimmed from 12 drivers
to eight next weekend at
Kansas. Blaney had little
margin for error after he Astros withstand barrage of Yankees
had mechanical issues at
Dover last weekend and
finished 35th. hurlers to win marathon Game 2
"Our mindset really was we
had to win one of these
two races," Blaney said. Houston Astros' Carlos Correa hits a walk-off home run against the New York Yankees during the 11th inning in Game 2 of baseball's
"We were so far back in American League Championship Series Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, in Houston.
points. Associated Press
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