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sports Diamars 11 OctOber 2022

Bell wins Charlotte as champion Larson bumped from playoffs

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — His victory in overtime on field when Suarez lost his high sixth win of the season
It was a race of despera- the road course at Charlotte power steering and Chastain was halted, and the entire
tion. Motor Speedway moved him hit the wall to break a part playoff picture changed.
into the round of eight and on his Chevrolet. Chastain
For Christopher Bell, who possibly made him a true ti- squeezed his way into the Bell pitted for the new tires
had to win Sunday to stave tle contender. His Joe Gibbs next round despite finishing and began charging his way
off elimination from NAS- Racing team used the first 37th, while Suarez was elimi- through the field when the
CAR’s playoffs. natural caution of the race — nated from the field with his race restarted with three laps
it came with five laps remain- 36th-place finish. to go.
For reigning NASCAR ing — to bring Bell in for
champion Kyle Larson, who new tires on his Toyota. The His car was a monster to Then came the chaos.
hit the wall and suddenly fresh Goodyears gave Bell the drive once the power steering AJ Allmendinger, winner
found his chances of racing advantage to drive through failed and it caused Suarez of the Xfinity Series race on
for a second consecutive Cup the field for his second win to hit Corey LaJoie on the Saturday, passed Elliott for
title in serious jeopardy. of the season and third of his track. LaJoie later retaliated the lead. Then Kevin Harvick
career. and the two were jawing at pushed Allmendinger off the
For Trackhouse Racing, the each other on the walk from track to take the lead and Bell
feel-good upstart young team Larson, meanwhile, was pit road through the garage kept making up ground. El-
hoping to celebrate its 100th eliminated from the play- after the race. At one point, liott was pushed off track by
start by advancing both its offs one year after winning a Suarez pushed his finger into Tyler Reddick and cars were
drivers into the third round NASCAR-high 10 races and LaJoie’s chest. spinning all through the field.
of NASCAR’s playoffs. racking up wins all across the
country in sprint cars. He has A race void of any cautions Another caution for a spin
And for Stewart-Haas Rac- just two wins this season and suddenly flipped with five and a broken patch of curb-
ing, which is now under finished 35th on Sunday, five laps to go when a sponsor- ing brought out yet another
NASCAR investigation for laps down, and was bumped ship sign flew off the speed- yellow and sent the race to
potential race manipulation. out of the playoffs by two way wall and landed on the overtime — giving Bell a le- Stewart-Haas Racing team-
points. track. gitimate shot at passing Har- mate Cole Custer, who used
When the checkered flag fi- vick for the win. He com- his Ford to hold up traffic
nally flew, only Bell was cel- Trackhouse nearly lost both At last, NASCAR called a cau- pleted the pass at the start of to help Briscoe gain another
ebrating. Daniel Suarez and Ross tion, Chase Elliott’s march to the two-lap overtime sprint, spot and finish ninth.
Chastain from the playoff what seemed a certain career- leaving all the drama in his
rearview mirror. The assist from Custer got
Briscoe into the next round
Chase Briscoe and Daytona but also put SHR in NAS-
500 winner Austin Cindric CAR’s crosshairs for poten-
were jockeying both desper- tial race manipulation.
ately trying to pick up finish-
ing positions and snatch the Advancing to the round of
eighth and final playoff spot. eight were: Bell, Briscoe, El-
Cindric was spun in over- liott, William Byron, Denny
time, but Briscoe was relent- Hamlin, Joey Logano, Ross
less and got a boost from his Chastain and Ryan Blaney.

Qatar hires 3rd cruise ship as floating hotel for World Cup

GENEVA (AP) — A third World Cup and is creating
cruise ship was hired by camping and cabin sites, hir- Basic rates include breakfast
World Cup organizers in ing cruise ships, and encour- on board with an option to
Qatar on Monday to op- aging fans to stay in neigh- pay a 90 euro ($87) daily sup-
erate as a soccer fan hotel boring countries and fly in plement for all meals.
docked in Doha Port to for games.
add much-needed rooms Alcohol is expected to be
for the tournament. MSC previously signed a available on board with MSC
deal with the Qatari govern- offering wine and draft beer.
Geneva-based MSC Cruis- ment in 2019 to provide two
es announced the agree- ships with about 4,000 cab- Qatar is a Muslim-majority
ment only six weeks before ins as floating hotels to help country that typically limits
the World Cup is scheduled house the expected 1.2 mil- the consumption of alcohol
to start on Nov. 20. The lion international visitors. to luxury hotels but has eased
1,075-cabin MSC Opera will its rules for FIFA’s commer-
be available from Nov. 19 to The high-end flagship MSC cial partners, including the cocaine hidden in bowls and Cup in Brazil as a potential
Dec. 19. World Europa is starting corporate hospitality pro- packets of snacks were ar- solution to a shortage of ho-
work at the World Cup after vider at stadiums and World rested when the ship docked tel rooms in Rio de Janeiro.
Prices for the Opera were being built in France. Cup sponsor AB InBev, the at the Portuguese island of They were ultimately not
listed Monday on MSC’s brewer of Budweiser. Madeira after sailing from hired by organizers, with
website starting from 470 Prices on the cruise ships fall the Caribbean. only seven of the 64 games
Swiss francs ($470) per per- during the tournament when The MSC Opera had its held in the city.
son per night during the half the teams go home. Dur- maiden voyage in 2004 and Three months later, the Op-
group stage, with a minimum ing the round of 16 and quar- had an eventful sailing season era collided with a tourist However, the United States
two-night stay. terfinals, the cheapest rooms three years ago. boat and its dock in Venice, basketball teams did stay on a
on MSC Opera cost 320 Italy. cruise ship docked in Rio at
Qatar does not have the hotel Swiss francs ($320), then 220 In March 2019, passengers the 2016 Olympics. A second
capacity for all teams, work- Swiss francs ($220) during suspected of smuggling 18 Cruise ships were discussed ship was used as a hotel for
ers, volunteers and fans at the the final week. kilograms (40 pounds) of ahead of the 2014 World Olympic stakeholders.