MARTINSVILLE, Va. – The field is set for the 25th annual ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway.

Mike Looney and Jonathan Findley split a pair of last chance qualifying races on Saturday ahead of the silver anniversary of the late model stock car special, leading the transfers into the main event.

Looney, the 2016 ValleyStar Credit Union 300 winner, made a late pass of race-long leader Matt Leicht with four to go in regulation and then hung on in a double overtime finish to win the first 50-lapper.

Leicht finished second ahead of Jacob Heafner, who ran up from 13th to third, Kres VanDyke and Kyle Dudley.

Mike Darne, Colin Garrett, Justin Hicks, Jimmy Wallace and Zack Clifton also transferred in out of the first last chance qualifier.

Including the two green-white-checkered attempts, the first 50-lap sprint was slowed by caution eight times, including two red flags – one with three to go to remove the damaged car of Bruce Anderson from turn one and a second after the first overtime try for fluid from the Owen Smith machine.

The second last chance qualifier, which started off appearing that it would be far tamer than its earlier counterpart, ended up just as crazy as the first and extended to 71 laps due to four overtime tries.

However, the battle for the lead was relatively tame. Findley took command from polesitter Brennan Poole on lap eight and led the rest of the way, beating Sammy Smith to the checkered flag in a marathon event.

The first overtime was set up by a hard crash off turn four between Chase Dixon and Brandon Pierce, which led to Dixon nearly getting airborne and sparked one of three red flags in the second last chance qualifier. Both Dixon and Pierce were checked and released from the infield care center with no injuries.

After that, a pair of multi-car crashes – between multiple drivers racing for the final transfer spots – and then a spin by Amber Lynn moved the needle all the way to a fourth overtime before the second qualifier finally reached the checkered flag under green.

Behind Findley and Smith, , Davin Scites, Derrick Lancaster and Stacy Puryear crossed third through fifth, respectively. Eric Winslow was sixth, while Tyler Matthews finished seventh with no right-side sheet metal on his No. 63t.

Grayson Cullather, Poole and Austin Thaxton completed the top 10, with Poole rallying back after being involved in a restart incident on the second overtime and going a lap down due to a flat left-rear tire.

The green flag for the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, with live coverage through FansChoice.tv and the Motor Racing Network.

The finishes:

LCQ #1 (58 laps): 1. Mike Looney, 2. Matt Leicht, 3. Jacob Heafner, 4. Kres VanDyke, 5. Kyle Dudley, 6. Mike Darne, 7. Colin Garrett, 8. Justin Hicks, 9. Jimmy Wallace, 10. Zack Clifton / 11. Brandon Clements, 12. B.J. Mackey, 13. Jake Crum, 14. Annabeth Barnes-Crum, 15. James Sweeney, 16. Kyle Southern, 17. Mack Tatum, 18. Matt Waltz, 19. Brenden Queen, 20. Jamey Caudill, 21. Owen Smith, 22. Bruce Anderson, 23. Lucas Williams.

LCQ #2 (71 laps): 1. Jonathan Findley, 2. Sammy Smith, 3. Davin Scites, 4. Derrick Lancaster, 5. Stacy Puryear, 6. Eric Winslow, 7. Tyler Matthews, 8. Grayson Cullather, 9. Brennan Poole, 10. Austin Thaxton / 11. Steve Zacharias, 12. Amber Lynn, 13. Camden Guille, 14. Trevor Ward, 15. Kevin Leicht, 16. Nik Williams, 17. G.R. Waldrop, 18. Brandon Pierce, 19. Chase Dixon, 20. Jeff Oakley, 21. Bobby Gillespie, 22. Dylan Ward, 23. Jason Barnes.

DOVER, Del. – Making his 100th NASCAR Xfinity Series start, Cole Custer survived two late-race restarts to win the Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 Saturday at Dover Int’l Speedway.

Custer wasn’t in contention throughout most of Saturday’s race, but a timely caution with 23 laps left presented Custer with an opportunity to take control of the 200-lap race.

The driver of the No. 00 Ford Mustang was leading the race in the midst of a pit cycle when Dillon Bassett spun trying to make it to pit road, resulting in the caution flag waving. Custer was one of three drivers – including Michael Annett and Justin Haley – who had not pitted at the time of the caution and were the only drivers still on the lead lap.

Custer, Annett and Haley all hit pit road during the caution period and lined up for the restart in that order with Justin Allgaier – the lucky dog driver during the caution period – starting fourth.

The green flag waved with 15 laps left and Custer maintained his lead while Allgaier rocketed from fourth to second as Annett and Haley followed. The action was brief however as Ray Black Jr., Stephen Leicht and Matt Mills crashed in turn two with 12 laps left, resulting in the final caution flag of the day.

Racing resumed with seven laps left and Custer again held serve over Allgaier, with Haley slipping past Annett to take over third. Allgaier tried to hang on the bumper of Custer, but Custer slowly inched away to his seventh victory of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

“We didn’t have the track position all day,” Custer said. “We fought it a little bit. We kind of tried something new this race. I’ve wanted to win here so bad for so long. I’ve been close a number of times.”

The triumph also earned Custer the traditional Monster trophy, which got a gold makeover this year to celebrate Dover’s 50th anniversary.

“Just to win the gold monster, it’s unbelievable,” Custer said. “I just can’t thank everybody at the shop. Mike (Shiplett, crew chief) with a great pit call. I can’t believe it turned out that way.”

Allgaier settled for second after leading 67 laps. Austin Cindric slipped by Haley with two laps left to finish third, with Haley and polesitter Chase Briscoe completing the top-five.

Saturday’s race was the final race in the first round of the Xfinity Series playoffs. Haley, John Hunter Nemechek, Ryan Sieg and Brandon Jones were the four drivers who failed to advance to the second round of the playoffs.

Custer will be joined by Christopher Bell, Allgaier, Tyler Reddick, Briscoe, Cindric, Noah Gragson and Annett in the second round of the playoffs, which begins Oct. 19 at Kansas Speedway.

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BROWNSBURG, Ind. – After Chandler Smith fired the first shot by setting the fastest lap in practice earlier in the day, Ty Gibbs evened the score by claiming the General Tire Pole Award for the ARCA Menards Series Herr’s Potato Chips 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway.

Gibbs, who turned 17 on Friday, turned a lap at 21.820 seconds (113.181 mph) with the No. 18 Monster Energy/ORCA Coolers/Terrible Herbst/Advance Auto Parts Toyota to take his second ARCA pole of the season.

Corey Heim earned his first front row starting position with a lap of 21.859 seconds (112.979 mph). Smith qualified third at 21.866 seconds (112.942 mph).

Smith, a four-time winner in 2019, will look to extend Billy Venturini’s lead in the series owner’s points with his fifth win of the year.

Carson Hocecar was fourth at 21.886 seconds (112.839 mph) and Christian Eckes, the defending race winner who sits second in the championship standings by just five points, qualified fifth at 21.948 seconds (112.521 mph).

Championship leader Michael Self qualified sixth, just in front of his Venturini Motorsports teammate Hailie Deegan.

Travis Braden, Howie DiSavino III and newly-crowned NASCAR K&N Pro Series East champion Sam Mayer rounded out the top 10.

DOVER, Del. – Justin Haley knew if he had any hope of advancing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs, he had to win the Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 Saturday at Dover Int’l Speedway.

Unfortunately that didn’t happen, but Haley still came closer to pulling it off than anyone expected.

Haley was one of three drivers who hadn’t yet pitted when a caution flag waved with 23 laps left. As a result Haley, along with leader Cole Custer and Michael Annett, were the only drivers left on the lead lap.

Suddenly Haley, who hadn’t been in contention all day and entered the race 39 points outside of a position in the second round of the playoffs, had a shot to win and advance. Try as he might though, Haley didn’t have what it took to win the race, finishing fourth.

His NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff run is now officially over, but Haley still found a lot of positives in his day at Dover.

“Excellent strategy by everyone at Kaulig Racing,” Haley said. “This first round has been really hard for us. We’ve had a lot of bad luck that’s been out of our control. I feel like we’ve been a top-five car the whole playoffs, we just haven’t been able to show it because of all the bad luck.

“Awesome job by Alex Yontz, Chris Rice and everyone at Kaulig Racing and LeafFilter Gutter Protection for making that awesome call. We were still a little too tight there at the end to make anything happen. Live and learn, but really happy that this team could get fourth.”

Haley was one of four Xfinity Series competitors eliminated from the playoffs Saturday afternoon. Also eliminated were Brandon Jones, John Hunter Nemechek and Ryan Sieg.

Jones’ day was over almost before it began. He was collected in an accident on the first lap after his teammate Harrison Burton spun out of turn two. Jones hit Burton’s spinning car, breaking the radiator in his Toyota beyond repair and ending his day.

“I always try to find the positives with this kind of stuff. Obviously, none today. But the good thing is, we can still go win one of these races,” Jones said. “I think we can still get to fifth in points. You can’t do anything when these guys spin out. This is a self-cleaning race track; you always get guys going down to the bottom if they have an incident, which is what happened. I was going to go to the top, and I guess he just didn’t have enough momentum yet to start coming across the track. I don’t know man. I’ve had one race like this where I’ve wrecked at the start of the race, so these are tough. I know it’s going to be tough for my guys to rally back from them, but as I’ve mentioned, we’ve got some good tracks coming up.”

Nemechek was close to advancing to the second round of the playoffs based on points, but a bad pit stop that saw his team leave a few lug nuts off a tire doomed his shot at advancing. He ended up finishing 10 points behind Michael Annett for the final spot in the second round of the playoffs.

“It sucks,” Nemechek said. “We were in good position all day and right here we came out of the pits fourth, but we didn’t have enough lug nuts on the left-rear, so we had to come back down. You can’t have a loose wheel here at Dover. It’s just something you don’t want to have and pit under green.

“We just haven’t been able to close this year. I feel like that’s been one of our struggles.”

Sieg entered Saturday’s race 37 points out of the playoffs, essentially meaning he had to win Saturday’s race to have a shot at advancing. Much like it didn’t happen for Haley, it also didn’t happen for Sieg. He finished 10th and was eliminated from the playoffs.

THE COLONY, Texas - Jaye Marie Green opened with eight birdies in 10 holes and made two big putts late for a 7-under 64 that gave her a one-shot lead Saturday going into the final round at the Volunteers of America Classic.

The final full field of the LPGA season presents a big chance for Green and the three women right behind her, all looking for their first LPGA victory.

Green made a long par putt from just off the 16th green, followed with an 18-foot birdie on the 17th hole and reached 14-under 199. Knight, a rookie who grew up in Texas, birdied the last hole at Old American Golf Club for a 67 to get into the last group.

Katherine Perry (66) and Brittany Altomare (68) were two shots behind.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida quarterback Kyle Trask is playing the second half against Auburn with what coach Dan Mullen described as a "light" MCL sprain.

Trask took a hit to his left knee in the second quarter on a passing attempt. After he released the ball, Auburn defensive end Marlon Davidson was blocked directly into Trask's knee, which buckled under the pressure. Trask stayed down for several minutes, putting his hands to his face, in obvious pain. He was able to walk to the locker room on his own power.

Emory Jones came on to replace him, but Trask returned at the end of the second quarter. Mullen told CBS at halftime that Trask had a "light" sprain and was fine.

Trask is making his third career start after replacing Feleipe Franks, who is out for the season with an ankle injury. The redshirt freshman was 11-of-17 for 130 yards and two touchdown passes before getting hurt.

Both British men’s and women’s line-ups land silver medals in Doha

The USA ran the second-fastest 4x100m relay time in history to land their eighth world gold at the event and wrestle the title back from Great Britain. 

A quartet of Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers and Noah Lyles clocked a US record of 37.10 to hold off Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake as the defending champions broke the European record in 37.36 but had to settle for silver.

Japan completed the medal winning line-up as they won bronze in an Asian record of 37.43, while there was another area record as Brazil clocked 37.72.

The rapid pace of the Doha final meant that Britain’s winning time of 37.47 from London 2017 would not have been good enough to even earn a place on the podium. 

“We had a meeting at breakfast and decided if we ran a super-fast time we could do this,” Rogers said of a squad which contained the new 100m and 200m world champions and only has the Jamaican team which ran 36.84 in 2012 ahead of them in the all-time standings.

Britain are third on that list and Gemili, part of the squad which struck gold two years ago, said: “Sometimes you have to hold up your hands and we tried our best. Hopefully it was a good show for the crowd.

“Leaving with something is fantastic and puts that little spark in us for next year to push on.”

Hughes revealed he had paid a price for his efforts, adding: “I think I strained my hamstring but I came out here tonight to give it my very best regardless and just before I handed off the baton is when I pulled my hamstring.

“I was like ‘I have to give it to Richard regardless’ because I wanted the guys to get a medal, including myself. Today was about the teamwork and I definitely think with the guts and glory that I have and the fighter that I am, I did my best and came away with a medal and I’m happy to be going home with something around my neck.”

Fraser-Pryce leads the way for Jamaicans

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce helped Jamaica to gold in the women’s 4x100m relay ahead of a British team that included Dina Asher-Smith as she won her third medal of the championships.

Natalliah Whyte, Fraser-Pryce, Jonielle Smith and Sherika Jackson ran 41.44 – the fastest time in the world this year – to claim the title as the British team of Asha Philip, Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson and Daryll Neita clocked 41.85 for silver.

United States finished third in 42.10 ahead of Switzerland and Germany.

“This evening running the relay with Great Britain and the United States was fantastic,” said Fraser-Pryce. “This year the women really turned up. Next year at the Olympics no team can take anything for granted.”

The British team had a last-minute rejig of the team, too, after Imani-Lara Lansiquot twinged her thigh in the warm-up. Philip was brought in to run the first leg off little notice and Asher-Smith said: “We haven’t practiced any of those particular exchanges that we ran tonight.”

Asher-Smith, who won 200m gold and 100m silver earlier in the week, added: “We all handled the situation fantastically and it’s testament to the experience we’ve all got in the squad and between us.”

Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson and Daryll Neita on their sprint relay silver medal at the #WorldAthleticsChamps in Doha. pic.twitter.com/Tc5cf7zZpJ

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) October 5, 2019

Reprieve for 4x400m British men’s team as women ease through

It looked as if Great Britain’s 4x400m team had failed to reach the final of the event at a world championships for the first time  since 1999 after the quartet of Cameron Chalmers, Rabah Yousif, Lee Thompson and Martyn Rooney finished fifth with a time of  3:01.96 in their heat.

The disqualification of Botswana, however, moved them up into a fastest loser’s qualification spot and they will now feature in Sunday’s final.

USA won the opening heat in 2:59.89 ahead of Colombia’s national record of 3:01.06 and Italy’s 3:01.60.

The second heat went to Jamaica in 3:00.76 from Belgium’s 3:00.87 and Trinidad and Tobago’s 3:01.35, while France took the final qualifying spot in 3:01.40.

In the women’s event, the British team of Zoey Clark, Jodie Williams, Jessica Turner and Laviai Nielsen clocked 3:24.99 to come second behind the USA (3:22.96), while Ukraine took the final automatic slot in 3:26.57 from the second heat.

The opening heat saw Jamaica win convincingly in a world lead of 3:23.64 from Poland (3:25.78) and Canada (3:25.86), while the fastest losers spots went to Belgium (3:26.58 and fourth in heat two), plus the Netherlands (3:27.40 and fourth in heat one).

Amusan overtakes Williams in 100m hurdles qualifying

In the 100m hurdles, favourite Danielle Williams ran the fastest ever world champs first round heat with a 12.51 but it did not last as Tobi Amusan ran a PB 12.48 in the final heat.

World record-holder Kendra Harrison ran 12.55, while Britain’s Cindy Ofili was a qualifier in third in her heat in 12.97 but was only 19th fastest overall.

Olympic champion Brianna McNeal was disqualified for a false start. She initially complained but realised her mistake when she saw the starter’s details and was very distressed afterwards.

LAS VEGAS – You’ll forgive Tony Finau’s slow start this week at the Shriners.

It’s taken him a few days get back on Pacific Time.

With jet lag behind him, Fianu went out early Saturday and carded seven birdies and an eagle for a career-best 9-under 62, flying into a tie for the third-round lead at the Shirners Hospitals for Children Open, finishing before the final groups had started.

Finau is fresh off consecutive European Tour starts at the BMW PGA and Alfred Dunhill Links. He got back to his home in Utah this past Sunday around 11 p.m. courtesy a private flight, compliments of his friend, amateur partner at the Dunhill, and sponsor, Ryan Smith.

Nonetheless, “The jet lag was real coming back to the States after the last couple weeks,” he said. “Usually coming back to the time zone that I'm used to is a little easier than going over there, but my body must have got used to that time because I feel like I was a bit in a daze the last couple days.”

After this week in Summerlin, he’ll take two weeks off before heading back overseas, this time to Asia, for starts at the Zozo and WGC-HSBC Championships.

And then he’s hoping for yet another trip to yet another hemisphere this December. A captain’s pick for last year’s Ryder Cup team, Finau is once again striving to be a late addition to this year’s Presidents Cup, after finishing ninth on the U.S. points list, one spot out of automatic qualifying.

He’s confident Captain Tiger Woods is watching and knows what he needs to do.

“I haven't played my way on yet, and the only thing I can do is play some good golf in the fall and see what happens,” he said.

“It would be hard to win a golf tournament in the fall, and it would be hard to not get picked, I feel.”

LAS VEGAS – Playing the third professional event of his young career, Akshay Bhatia missed the cut Friday at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Rounds of 70-72 left him five off the 5-under cut line.

The 17-year-old likewise failed to make the weekend in starts as a sponsor’s exemption at the Sanderson Fams Championship and Safeway Open.

“It’s been great, though,” he told GolfChannel.com Friday night. “I’ve had fun.”

Bhatia turned pro last month after finishing out his amateur career as a member of the victorious United States team at the Walker Cup. Rather than play his way through college, he’s opted to go directly to the professional ranks and is now – quite literally – learning on the job.

“It’s been cool being out here, seeing what these guys do a little differently than me,” he said.

Bhatia is next headed to the Monday Qualifier for the Houston Open. If he gets in, he’ll make his fourth PGA Tour start. If he doesn’t, he’ll turn his attention to the second stage of Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying School next month in Brooksville, Florida.

As for what he’s learned over the last three weeks: “I’ve learned a lot – about where I need to be and where I’m at right now,” he said. “It could be better in a few months or in a few years, but that’s why I started early, just to learn.

“Everything from here on out should feel a lot easier, especially playing Q-School or hopefully some Korn Ferry events.”

LIVERPOOL, England -- Brendan Rodgers had a clear objective upon his return to Anfield for the first time on the four-year anniversary of his sacking as Liverpool manager.

His Leicester City side were prepped to "test and challenge the quality" of the league leaders -- on a 16-match winning run in the division -- and when James Maddison cancelled out Sadio Mane's opener on 80 minutes, the Northern Irishman calmly raised a clenched fist and may have considered the mission accomplished.

Liverpool had ruined clear openings to put the game out of reach and they were running out of time. Jurgen Klopp "could not think of a tougher opponent to face in this moment at Anfield" than third-placed Leicester, just two points behind Manchester City, and the threat of a first top-flight loss since Jan. 3 hung heavy in the air.

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But resilience is a core reason behind the champions of Europe being England's pacesetters and as the clock struck 95 minutes, James Milner sent Kasper Schmeichel the wrong way from the penalty spot to hand Liverpool a 2-1 victory and extend the club's unblemished start to the season and further underline their ambitions to become domestic champions.

Not much will have felt familiar for Rodgers at the ground he called home for just over three years. In four, his successor Klopp has transformed Liverpool from inconsistent nearly men to the ultimate team to beat, who have as much snarl and street-smarts as swagger and surety.

The German's 221 matches in charge have produced 130 wins, a club record league points total of 97 and three continental finals, with one resulting in a sixth European Cup.

Rodgers was not the man who could restore Liverpool to their perch, but he has the perfect skill set to elevate a balanced and talented Leicester squad, especially with Tottenham tanking and Arsenal and Manchester United failing to mesh quality and consistency.

Only Liverpool and City have won more league points since the 46-year-old was appointed at the King Power Stadium, and right now, the 2016 champions are shaping up to be the best of the rest even if they failed to grab anything on Saturday.

The pivotal decision in the game -- Marc Albrighton penalised for clumsily knocking Mane over in the area -- naturally drew different responses from both managers. It was "difficult to take" for Rodgers, who felt the Senegal international "made the most of the contact." Klopp countered that it was "obviously a penalty," a view shared by the VAR, but Liverpool should have already had the fixture wrapped up -- and comfortably -- by that point.

Despite intensive midweek exertions against Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League, where the Reds secured a late 4-3 victory, they delivered a strong 60 minutes against a Leicester team primed to challenge for a top-four place.

"The first half was exceptional," Klopp said after the match. "We put them under pressure, the energy levels of the boys is just incredible, how we do and do and do again after a difficult week.

"The only problem we had was that we only scored one goal, and it was clear there will be a moment in the game where Leicester probably will come up a little bit because our energy level dropped."

Liverpool created six big chances to their opponent's none and restricted them to two shots in total, the first of which only materialised on 73 minutes. They had 34 touches in the box to nine and 14 attempts inside the box to one. The hosts dominated every element of the encounter, including winning their duels and it would have been hard to stomach if they surrendered points on this day.

"I wasn't sure we would win, how could I be? But I didn't feel we would lose," Klopp said post-match.

"A point against Leicester is not a catastrophe -- that would be a success for 95 percent of teams.

"We don't go for keeping the unbeaten run going, we only want to win football games. If winning eight games in a row would be easy, a lot of teams would do it. It is really difficult. Of course, the boys have a bit of belief because they experience that, in our common past.

"But the kind of effort they put in is exceptional. Some people asked me if our defending is not that good but I never saw a team defend Jamie Vardy better than we did today.

"Apart from the situation in the second half, with the long ball. I never saw that before. Dejan [Lovren] and Virgil [van Dijk] did incredibly well.

A lot of good things lead to a result. I don't see where we needed too much luck, because it was a penalty and I am not sure how many chances Leicester had. We don't think we will win all football games. But we were ready for a fight."

Liverpool continue to display the depth of characteristics needed to end their 29-year title drought. They have won ugly in uncomfortable circumstances twice in a week -- away at Sheffield United through a goalkeeping howler and with the late penalty against Leicester. Sandwiched between that, they successfully steered the Salzburg clash back in their favour after a quick, painful implosion in the second half saw them squander a 3-0 first-half lead.

Perhaps most impressive is that Liverpool often play as though they are at the other end of the table -- scraping and clawing for everything in every fixture.

"We respect the hard work we have to do," Klopp said. "So far so good, but we have 30 games to come.

"We are not fussed by the situation, people talk to us about the winning streak, but we don't think about it.

"We looked like a team that had never won a game before, and I loved that."