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SPORTS Monday 9 SepteMber 2019

Brickyard

Continued from Page 18 track and into the path of
Kurt Busch. Both Chevrolets
“Damn, oh, what a bum- slammed hard into the wall,
mer and a letdown,” he starting an eight-car melee
said on a Twitter post. “I that ended the streak just
promise you (my fans) we that fast.”I’ve had 25 races
will finish this season strong coming into this where I’ve
and be a threat next year been worried about it,”
in 2020. I just want to thank Johnson said.
you for all being there, for “I’m not stoked by the situ-
your support. Chasing eight ation at all. I am impressed
will have to wait till next that we have been in 15
year.” consecutive playoffs. I’m
Harvick beat Joey Logano not sure anybody else has
by 6.118 seconds to claim done that. So, our record
his second Brickyard win. doesn’t stink. We wish we
But for Johnson, it has been could have kept it going,
a second straight tough but life goes on.”
season. With Johnson out, Clint NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson (48) is hit by Parker Kligerman (96) in the second turn during the
His only victory in an ex- Bowyer, Harvick’s team- NASCAR Brickyard 400 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, in
hibition race in February. mate with Stewart-Haas Indianapolis.
He endured two major Racing, held onto the 15th Associated Press
changes in his pit box, the spot in the 16-car field. afternoon and easily pulled sending Keselowski side- CAR season, Joe Gibbs
first coming at the end of And Ryan Newman, of away from Logano over ways into a tire barrier. Ke- Racing was going for an
last season when Hendrick Roush Fenway Racing, the closing laps for his third selowski called on speed- unprecedented single-
Motorsports announced broke a tie for the final spot win this season. way officials to consider season sweep Sunday. In-
Johnson’s longtime crew with Daniel Suarez and put “This is awesome. I kept safety improvements to stead, Denny Hamlin had
chief Chad Knaus would the No. 6 Ford in the play- telling myself get the baby the 90-degree angle of the the top finishing Toyota for
be paired with William By- offs. girl a trophy,” Harvick said. wall in hopes of preventing the team, coming in sixth.
ron. In July, Johnson’s team Suarez brushed the wall on “Good weekend to come, a similar result in the future. Jones was 39th , Kyle Busch
made another change. Lap 12 and then fell four so she doesn’t know what’s Two-time race winner and was 37th and Martin Truex
Yet, somehow he still en- points short of becoming going on, just a lot of noise regular-season champion Jr. wound up 27th.
tered Sunday two spots the first Mexican-born driv- but pretty special.” Kyle Busch parked his car WHO’S HOT: Harvick heads
and 18 points below the er to qualify for the playoffs DEMOLITION DERBY on pit row after blowing an into the playoffs in the No.
postseason cutline and in the No. 41 Ford with Haas Johnson’s early exit put him engine. 4 spot, recording three wins
started the third stage 12 Automation. in good company. In all, there were six crashes and seven top-10 finishes in
points out. Harvick, meanwhile, had Defending race winner and nine yellow flags for 48 the last seven races. He’s
But with Byron and Johnson the best car on the 2.5-mile Brad Keselowski wound up laps in the 160-lap race. also won two poles during
running side-by-side off a oval this weekend. climbing out of the cockpit SWEPT AWAY that stretch.
restart, Johnson’s back end He won the pole in the on his knees after his car After winning the first three UP NEXT: The playoffs begin
spun, sucking him up the morning, led 118 laps in the and Erik Jones’ touched, “crown jewels” of the NAS- next Sunday in Las Vegas.q

U.S. rallies to beat Great Britain & Ireland in Walker Cup

HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Cole Hammer finally got a point with the somes. GB&I quickly picked up a point in singles when Sandy Scott
shortest match. John Pak completed a perfect week. John Augen- beat Brandon Wu, the Stanford grad’s first loss of the week.
stein delivered the clinching point. The rest was all U.S. red.
And for the first time in 12 years, the Americans celebrated a Walker Hammer was 3 up through six holes on his way to a 6-and-5 victory
Cup victory away from home. over Conor Purcell. Pak made it 3-0 for the week with a 2-and-1 vic-
Facing a two-point deficit at the start of Sunday, the Americans tory over Euan Walker. Augenstein, the U.S. Amateur runner-up, be-
picked up a point in morning foursomes and then overwhelmed gan the Walker Cup with the opening tee shot Saturday and officially
Great Britain & Ireland by taking eight of 10 singles matches for a 15 clinched it Sunday with his 4-and-3 win over Thomas Plumb.
1/2-10 1/2 victory at Royal Liverpool. The Americans also won eight of 10 points in Sunday singles two years
Team USA won the Walker Cup for the second straight time, and the ago when they won 19-7 at Los Angeles Country Club. Their victory
first time overseas since winning at Royal County Down in 2007. at Royal Liverpool was their widest margin away from home since a
“They’ve got a great memory now,” U.S. captain Nathaniel Crosby nine-point victory at Sunningdale in 1987.
said. The U.S. team increased the series lead to 37-9-1. The Walker Cup will
The Americans won two of three matches and tied the other in four- be held at Seminole Golf Club in Florida in 2021.q