SPORTS NASCAR SPRINT CUP
Harvick pulls away, wins Coca-Cola 600
By Jim Utter
The Charlotte Observer
CONCORD, N.C. — The Coca-Cola 600 is NASCAR’s longest race. Kevin Harvick, however, may be the driver with the fewest laps led in securing his two victories in the event. Harvick, who led just two laps in winning the 600 in 2011, led only 28 on Sunday night while holding off Kasey Kahne for his second Sprint Cup Series victory of the season. Kurt Busch finished third, Denny Hamlin was fourth and Joey Logano was fifth. Series points leader Jimmie Johnson ended up 22nd. Sunday night, NASCAR’s longest race of the year also
Danica Patrick and Brad Keselowski, right, collide in Turn 3 during the Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., on Sunday. GERRY BROOME/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
tried to claim the moniker as most bizarre. The race was delayed nearly a half-hour after a nylon rope, which was part of a Fox Sports television camera, snapped and fell on the track and into the
Turn 4 grandstands on Lap 121. Kyle Busch was leading when the rope cut into his No. 18 Toyota like a knife. Part of the rope was also caught up under the Ford of Marcus Ambrose.
CMS officials said 10 fans were injured in the stands. Seven were treated and released for minor cuts and scrapes and three were taken to nearby hospitals. NASCAR granted all teams 15 minutes to make any repairs needed from the incident before the race was restarted on Lap 131. Teams began a round of green-flag pit stops on Lap 176 and when they were completed on Lap 180, Matt Kenseth had moved into the lead ahead of Kyle Busch, followed by Hamlin, Kahne and Kurt Busch. At the halfway mark of the race, Kenseth continued to lead followed by Kyle Busch, Kahne, Kurt Busch and Hamlin.
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Indy: Drivers set record for average speed Continued from Page B-1 Jimmy Vasser went by during the traditional victory lap. It felt magical to Kanaan, like he had given the crowd at Indianapolis Motor Speedway a gift. “It means a lot to me because so many people, I could feel that they wanted me to win, and it’s such a selfish thing to do because what are they getting from it?” Kanaan said. “I’m the one who gets the trophy. I believed that this win was more for people out there than for me. “I wanted it all my life, but over the years, I was kind of OK with the fact that I may never have the chance to win.” His chance came at the end of a history-making race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Kanaan knew he had to pounce at the green flag for the final restart with three laps to go. He did, zipping inside leader Ryan Hunter-Reay to roar to the lead — where he wanted to be in case another caution came out. “I knew I had to get the lead on the restart because it could be a yellow, which happened to me plenty of times here, and it did,” Kanaan said. “How funny is life? The yellow was my best friend.” Kanaan had his fair share of chances to win at Indy, but came up short time and time again. He was leading when the rain came in 2007, only to lose to Franchitti when the race resumed. In all, Kanaan went into Sunday’s race with 221 laps led at Indy — more than any non-
winner except Michael Andretti and Rex Mays — but his secondplace finish to Buddy Rice in 2004 was the closest he had come to victory. He had a pair of third-place finishes, including last year, again to Franchitti. “It’s wonderful for him,” said Mario Andretti, himself a victim of bad luck at Indy. “He’s raced here long enough that he deserves it, no question.” The win for Kanaan and car owner Vasser was celebrated throughout the paddock. Alex Zanardi, who came from Italy to watch the race and gave Kanaan one of his 2012 London Paralympics medals as good luck, wept behind the pit wall as Kanaan took the checkered flag. “I tell you I’m starting to think [the medal] really works,” said Zanardi, who lost his legs in a 2001 crash in Germany. “It’s a dream come true to see Tony win, to see Jimmy Vasser win, my dear friend. I’m so happy, I’m so happy.” It was Vasser who brought Zanardi’s medal to Kanaan before the race, telling his driver that Zanardi wanted him to rub it for good luck. “I actually cuddled with the thing,” Kanaan admitted. Vasser, caught in the middle as a driver during the political fighting in open-wheel racing, only got the chance to run Indy eight times in his career and not during his prime. He had goose-bumps on the celebratory lap with Kanaan as the crowd chanted the driver’s name. “I never won it as a driver. In fact, I couldn’t win it as a
driver,” Vasser said, “so I had to hire the right guy to do it, get a baby Borg on my shelf,” referring to the winner’s BorgWarner trophy. It will be one adorned with Kanaan’s likeness, and the driver joked he could finally “put my big nose on that trophy.” Fellow Brazilian Helio Castroneves, like Franchitti shooting for a record-tying fourth Indy win, was happy for his longtime friend. “Finally he’s able to win this race. He’s so close so many times, but the good news is the good old boys are still able to run fast,” Castroneves said. Carlos Munoz, a 21-year-old rookie making his first IndyCar start, finished second and Hunter-Reay was third. “T.K. is such a fan favorite, absolutely, it’s great to see him win it. If anybody is going to win it in the field, he’s one of the few I’d like to see other than myself,” Hunter-Reay said. “We were leading on that last restart, I knew I was a sitting duck, and I wasn’t too bummed about it because I knew we had enough laps to get it going again and have a pass back. Maybe I would be third on the last lap, which is where I wanted to be.” Only there was no racing on the last lap. Franchitti brought out the caution seconds after Kanaan passed Hunter-Reay for the last of 68 lead changes — exactly double last year’s record. On the final lap, the leaders came to the finish line all
bunched up around Kanaan, saluting the IndyCar stalwart who had longed to add the final missing piece to his résumé. That was about as slow as anyone had driven all day. The average speed was 187.433 mph, another Indy record. Marco Andretti finished fourth, failing to win for the eighth time, and Justin Wilson was fifth in the highest-finishing Honda on a day that was dominated by Chevrolet. Castroneves was sixth. Pole-sitter Ed Carpenter led a race-high 37 laps and finished 10th. For a time, it appeared the win would go to AJ Allmendinger, who led 23 laps in his Indy debut for Roger Penske. Fired by Penske from his NASCAR ride last year after failing a NASCAR drug test, Penske gave him a second chance with this IndyCar opportunity. Seven years after leaving open-wheel racing, Allmendinger finally ran “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and was leading when his seat belt came undone, forcing him to pit. It put Allmendinger off the pit cycle, and he was forced to stop for gas twice far in advance of the rest of the field. It meant Allmendinger had to drive his way back to the front each time, and he finally sputtered out at seventh. “I’ll be honest, pretty special moment to be leading at Indy,” he said. “My body kind of went numb, my mind was racing and I could feel my heart beating really fast, and that’s a special moment I’ll never forget.”
NHL: Early power plays boost Sharks Continued from Page B-1 “Every game has been close,” Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi said. “I’m sure it’s not a shock it’s come to a Game 7. I’m sure both teams didn’t want it to go this far. Right now, it doesn’t matter how we win it, just that we win it.” The Sharks started fast thanks to three early power plays and the desperation of an elimination game to continue the trend in this series of the home team scoring first when they converted on
a two-man advantage. With forward Mike Richards Richards already in the box for tripping Brent Burns, Anze Kopitar shot a puck over the glass for a delay-of-game penalty. San Jose patiently worked the puck around during the 5-on-3 advantage and took the lead when Joe Pavelski slid a pass across the goalmouth to Thornton, who shot it in from the side of the net to end a drought of 102:14 dating to the second period in Game 4.
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SANTA FE FUEGO SCHEDULE May 15: Taos 16, Santa Fe 6 May 16: Taos 17, Santa Fe 8 May 17: Santa Fe 18, Taos 3 May 18: Santa Fe 19, Taos 12 May 19: Raton 12, Santa Fe 6 May 20: Raton 12, Santa Fe 6 May 21: Santa Fe 8, Raton 7 May 22: Santa Fe 6, Raton 5 May 23: Santa Fe 8, Taos 3 May 24: Taos 24, Fuego 9 May 25: Taos 11, Santa Fe 6 May 26: Taos, late May 27: at Trinidad, 6:05 p.m. May 28: at Trinidad, 6:05 p.m. May 29: Trinidad, 6 p.m. May 30: Trinidad, 6 p.m. May 31: at Las Vegas, 7 p.m. June 1: Las Vegas, 6 p.m. June 2: at Las Vegas, 4 p.m. June 3: at Las Vegas, 7 p.m. June 4: at Raton, 6 p.m. June 5: at Raton, 6 p.m. June 6: Raton, 6 p.m. June 7: Raton, 6 p.m. June 8: Roswell, 6 p.m. June 9: Roswell, 4 p.m. June 10: Roswell, 6 p.m. June 11: Roswell, 6 p.m. June 12: Pecos, 6 p.m. June 13: Pecos, 6 p.m. June 14: Pecos, 6 p.m. June 15: Pecos, 6 p.m. June 16: at Trinidad, 7 p.m. June 17: at Trinidad, 7 p.m. June 18: Alpine, 6 p.m. June 19: Alpine, 6 p.m. June 20: White Sands, 6 p.m.
June 21: White Sands, 6 p.m. June 22: White Sands, 6 p.m. June 23: White Sands, 6 p.m. June 24: Trinidad, 6 p.m. June 25: Trinidad 6 p.m. June 26: at Trinidad, 7 p.m. June 27: at Trinidad, 7 p.m. June 28: at Raton, 7 p.m. June 29: at Raton, 6 p.m. June 30: Raton, 6 p.m. July 1: Raton, 6 p.m. July 2: at Taos, noon July 3: Taos, 6 p.m. July 4: Taos, 6 p.m. July 5: Taos, 6 p.m. July 6: All-Star Game, 7 p.m. July 7: Las Vegas, 6 p.m. July 8: Las Vegas, 6 p.m. July 9: Las Vegas, 6 p.m. July 10: Las Vegas, 6 p.m. July 11: at Trinidad, 7 p.m. July 12: at Trinidad, 7 p.m. July 13: at Trinidad, 7 p.m. July 14: at Trinidad, 7 p.m. July 15: at Raton, 7 p.m. July 16: at Raton, 7 p.m. July 17: Raton, 6 p.m. July 18: Raton, 6 p.m. July 19: Taos, 6 p.m. July 20: Taos, 6 p.m. July 21: at Taos, noon July 22: Taos, 6 p.m. July 23: at Las Vegas, 7 p.m. July 24: Las Vegas, 6 p.m. July 25: at Las Vegas, 7 p.m. July 26: Las Vegas, 6 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Basketball u Santa Fe High’s girls basketball program is holding a shooting camp from May 28-30 and a youth camp on June 1 in Toby Roybal Memorial Gymnasium. The shooting camp is from 9 a.m.-3 p.m, and cost is $55. The youth camp is from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and costs $25. For more information, call Chavez at 467-2412. u St. Michael’s High School will host boys and girls camps this summer in Perez-Shelley Memorial Gymnasium. The first runs June 3-6. The second camp runs July 15-18. The cost is $75 for players in grades 3-9, and $40 for players in grades 1-2. Registration forms are available at www.stmichaelssf.org at the athletics page, or call 983-7353. u The Capital Lady Jaguar shooting camp is June 3 and 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $40 per participant. For more information, call Tom Montoya at 690-4310. u The fourth annual Santa Fe Preparatory camp is June 3-7 from 9 a.m.-noon in Prep Gymnasium. It is for boys and girls between the ages of 10-15, and cost is $100 per participant. Instruction is led by the Prep coaching staff and former players. For more information, call Dan Van Essen at 310-2631. u The Santa Fe University of Art and Design is holding a basketball camp for children from grades 5-8 from June 3-7 from 8 a.m.noon in the Driscoll Center. Cost is $55. For more information, call Robin White at 231-1944. u The Pojoaque Valley girls basketball team is holding a summer league every Wednesday, starting June 5. For more information, call Ron Drake at 281-6443
Kings goalie Jonathan Quick fails to stop a scoring shot from Sharks center Joe Thornton during the first period of Game 6 on Sunday in San Jose, Calif. The Sharks won, forcing a Game 7. TONY AVELAR/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
u The Las Vegas Robertson boys basketball program is holding a boys basketball varsity jamboree on June 8 in Michael Marr Gymnasium. Cost is $100 per team. For more information, call head coach Manuel Romero at 670-8136.
Football u The Santa Fe Young American Football League is holding registration for the upcoming season from 9 a.m.-noon June 1, 15 and 29. All registration sessions will be at the YAFL headquarters. Fee is $105. For more information, call 820-0775.
Volleyball
Lobos: NCAA pairings to be announced Continued from Page B-1 carried the edge into the bottom of the eighth when UNM scored twice to get within 5-4. The fourth run came in on an RBI double by Jered Meek. His drive down the right field line plated Josh Melendez from second, but the would-be tying run was thrown out at the plate when Alex Allbritton was caught trying to score from first with two outs. The Aztecs put the game away with four runs in the ninth off UNM relievers Hobie McClain and Will Mathis.
The Lobos had nine hits in the game and stranded eight runners. Allbritton, Melendez and D.J. Peterson had two hits apiece. Going back to Saturday night’s 8-7 loss to San Diego State, UNM left 17 runners on base over their final 12 innings. Going 0-for-4 in Sunday’s game was cleanup hitter Mitch Garver, the two-time MWC co-player of the year. He was hitless in his final eight at bats in the two games against San Diego State. The Aztecs’ title prevented UNM from winning its third
straight MWC Tournament championship. The Lobos won it two years ago as the No. 6 seed and repeated as the No. 1 seed last year. They were the top overall seed after winning the regular season race by seven games over No. 2 UNLV. San Diego State became the first No. 3 seed to win the tournament title since 2004. The Aztecs reached the title game last year, losing 22-3 to the Lobos. They were led this week by third baseman Tyler France. He finished 4-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs, three runs and
a walk. He was 16-for-21 in the tournament and was 7 of 8 with five RBIs and two long balls against the Lobos the final two days of the tournament. New Mexico relief pitcher Jake McCasland (1-1) was tagged with the loss. He spelled starter A.J. Carman in the top of the third inning but was on the hill when the Aztecs has their three-run outburst in the fifth. Five UNM pitchers combined to give up 16 hits and four walks. Pairings for the NCAA Tournament will be announced at 10 a.m. Monday on ESPNU.
u The Santa Fe University of Art and Design is holding a camp for children from grades 5-8 from May 28-31 from 7:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. in the Driscoll Center. Cost is $55. For more information, call Robin White at 231-1944. u Española Valley is holding a summer camp from June 7-9 for children ages 8-16 in Edward Medina Gymnasium. Camp for June 7 is from 6-9 p.m., 9 a.m.-noon and 2-5 p.m. on June 8 and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on June 9. Cost is $50 per camper. For more information, call Damon Salazar at 690-2982 or go to www.stadiumroarcom/sundevilvbcamp.
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