A round-up of recent athletics action, including national championships performances, the Great Aberdeen Run and more

Click the links below for our separate Müller British Athletics Championships and Paris Diamond League reports.

British Championships, Birmingham, August 24/25

Day one
Men’s events | Women’s events

Day two
Men’s track events | Men’s field events | Women’s track events | Women’s field events

Meeting de Paris, France, August 24

Will Claye and Noah Lyles impress in Paris – click here to read more.

Kenyan Championships, Nairobi, August 21

Three-time world half-marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor and 2015 world cross-country champion Agnes Tirop won the 10,000m titles to book their world championships places.

The race incorporated the official national world trial for the distance, while Kenya’s trials for other disciplines will be held on September 12-13.

World leader Rhonex Kipruto was second in 27:26.34 behind Kamworor’s winning 27:24.76, while Rodgers Kwemoi was third in 27:26.92.

Tirop ran 31:25.00 to win ahead of Hellen Obiri’s 31:25.38. Rosemary Wanjiru was third in 31:26.22

Simplyhealth Great Aberdeen Run, Aberdeen, August 25

James Hoad (69:06) and Fiona Bryan (78:04) were clear half-marathon winners.

Ben Ward won the accompanying 10km in 32:59 and Claire Bruce the women’s race in 37:17.

Polish Championships, Radom, Poland, August 25

Konrad Bukowiecki won the shot with 21.83m to win the Polish title ahead of European indoor and outdoor champion Michal Haratyk (21.45m).

World champion Pawel Fajdek defeated European champion Wojciech Nowicki in the hammer, 78.61m to 74.75m.

Marcin Lewandowski won the 1500m in 3:57.60, over 25 seconds slower than his Paris Diamond League time of the night before.

Finland v Sweden, Stockholm, August 25

Sweden won both matches with European pole vault champion Armand Duplantis setting a meeting record of 6.00m on his first attempt.

Perseus Karlstrom set a world lead of 38:03.95 to win the 10,000m race walk.

Daniel Stahl’s discus win with 69.42m and Kim Amb’s javelin PB of 85.89m were additional highlights.

Madrid, Spain, August 25

Mike Rodgers won the 100m in a season’s best 9.97 (1.4m/sec) ahead of Jimmy Vicaut’s 10.05 and Japan’s Hakim Sani Brown’s 10.05 and Yoshihide Kiryu’s 10.08.

South African record-holder Carina Horn won the women race in 11.01 (0.4m/sec) over Ivet Lalova-Collio’s 11.08 and world champion Tori Bowie’s 11.09.

Swiss Championships, Basel, August 23/24

Mujinga Kambundji set a Swiss record 22.26 (1.2m/sec) in the women’s 200m.

Daqing, China, August 24

World champion Gong Lijiao won the women’s shot with 19.46m.

Trafford BMC Gold Standard, August 20

Ahmed Bashir Farah (pictured) front-ran the 800m and won in a PB 1:48.48 from Alex Coomber’s PB of 1:48.57.

Jonny Kay won the 1500m race with a PB of 3:48.34, while under-17 Benjamin Reynolds finished third in a time of 3:50.19 – the second fastest time by an U17 this season.

Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 25

Bedan Karoki retained his title with a course record 59:06 – the fastest ever time in South Africa – to defeat Ethiopia’s Seifu Tura (59:16) and Kenya’s Paul Lonyangata (59:49).

Stephen Mokoka was fourth in a South African record of 59:51.

Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh won the women’s race in a course record 67:44 from Kenyans Esther Chesang (69:25) and Rodah Jepkorir (69:31).

Mexico City, Mexico, August 25

Duncan Maiyo won at high altitude in a 2:12:51 course record while Vivian Kiplagat (2:33:27) won the women’s race.

Brighton Birthday Boys 5000m, Brighton, August 22

In better conditions than the runners encountered in Birmingham a few days later, British 10,000m champion Steph Twell ran inside the Doha qualifying mark with a 15:13.6 time.

Caroline Hoyte just missed Emma Stepto’s UK W45 record of 17:01.41 with a 17:02.1.

International U18 Mountain Running Cup, Susa, Italy, August 24

Welsh athletes Mike Spill (17:03) in fifth and Eden O’Dea (20:49) in sixth were the leading British mountain runners as Spill led his under-18 team to silver medals, while the Welsh under-18 women were also the first of the home country teams in fourth.

The races were won by France’s Hugo Schropfer (16:54) and Italy’s Katja Patis (19:52).

Morton Games, Dublin, August 21

The headline event, the Morton Mile, was run in a downpour with Texan Robert Domanic gaining his second event win with a 3:58.90 timing.

Australia’s Patrick Tiernan survived a fall and the heavy rain to win over 5000m in 13:28.41.

Mark English, fresh from his last-gasp win in Birmingham and chasing a qualifying time for the world championships in Doha, could manage no better than fourth behind former NCAA champion Isaiah Harris (1:48.20) and a time of just 1:49.27.

Durham Summer Cross Country Relays, August 21

Sunderland Harriers won the men’s race and Gateshead Harriers won the women’s event.

Birtley’s Adrian Bailes clocked the evening’s fastest time while Gateshead’s Chloe Wellings was the fastest woman.

Charnwood AC Open, August 25

Double Paralympic sprint champion Libby Clegg raced for the first time since she had a baby. With her guide runner Chris Clarke, she ran the 200m in 29.64.

Two-time Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead contested the 100m for the first time this season and ran 12.79, and then ran the 200m in 23.83.

Paralympic, world and European medallist Jonathan Broom-Edwards high jumped 2.05m.

In the 100m, World Masters indoor 200m medallist Michelle Thomas and long jump medallist from the same competition.

Joanne Frost topped their age group rankings in the W45 & W40 age groups respectively with 13.09 and 12.92.

Six Days in the Dome, Pettit National Ice Center, Wisconsin, August 25

At the indoor Six Days in the Dome event, USA’s Zach Bitter ran a split time of 11:19:18 for 100 miles to break the world record.

That time is an 8min and 46sec improvement on the 11:28:03 that Russian athlete Oleg Kharitonov ran in 2002 in London at the Crystal Palace track.

At the same venue legendary Scottish ultra runner Don Ritchie also set a 100-mile record of 11:30:51 in 1977.

With thanks to Adrian Stott for info.

Innings New Zealand 431 for 6 dec (Latham 154, Watling 105*, de Grandhomme 83, Dilruwan 3-114) lead Sri Lanka 244 (De Silva 109, Karunaratne 65, Southee 4-63, Boult 3-75) by 187 runs

Colin de Grandhomme holed out second ball of the final day for 83, but BJ Watling unleashed his attacking avatar and rumbled to a century before New Zealand declared on 431 for 6, claiming a first-innings lead of 187. Sri Lanka need to bat out 91 overs if they are to earn a draw and seal a 1-0 series win.

In a big blow to the home side, captain Dimuth Karunaratne will not be allowed to bat any higher than No. 7 in the second innings after suffering a quadricep tear, which kept him off the field on the fourth day as well as on the fifth morning.

After overnight showers had delayed the start of the final day's play, New Zealand batted just five overs, rattling up 49 runs.

Lasith Embuldeniya struck immediately, when he got one to jump out of the rough and draw a top edge from de Grandhomme. Watling, however, did a de Grandhomme, sweeping, reverse sweeping and even advancing down the track in carefree fashion. He moved into the 90s with a drilled drive past Lahiru Kumara, the bowler, and later raised his own century and New Zealand's 400 with a down-the-track club over the midwicket boundary.

Days after becoming New Zealand's highest-scoring wicketkeeper, Watling surpassed his former captain Brendon McCullum again, this time to become the highest century-maker among New Zealand wicketkeepers.

Tim Southee also joined the fun, contributing 24 off ten balls in a rollicking 49-run seventh-wicket stand with Watling, before Kane Williamson called them in.

A target of 419, with well over a day's play to go, was always going to be tricky for West Indies, but 100 all out in 26.5 overs was perhaps a notch or three lower than where the team wanted to be. Captain Jason Holder said their batsmen need to "look at themselves seriously in the mirror" after that display.

"Our batters did not come to the party," Holder said after the game in North Sound, where Jasprit Bumrah's "magic balls" hasted West Indies' end as he finished with incredible figures of 8-4-7-5.

The magic on the day came in the form of the outswinger, a delivery Bumrah hadn't used much in match play before this, and sent down with devastating effect, especially to Shai Hope and Holder. Both played the angle but the ball swung away to hit the off stump, while John Campbell and Darren Bravo, both left-hand batsmen, were bowled through the gate.

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"Today he proved difficult [to negotiate]. He bowled some magic balls today and got quite a few of our batsmen with some very good balls," Holder agreed." Having said that, we have just got to find ways to negate him. He is a quality bowler yes, but definitely, solutions are there.

"He got the ball to swing quite late this evening as well. He was difficult. He bowled quite a few inswingers to me. It (the dismissal delivery) angled in and left me at the last moment, so I give him all credit for that one.

"Bumrah bowled an exceptional spell, Ishant [Sharma] was very supportive, as well as [Mohammed] Shami. Just one of those spells in Test cricket when the opposition gets on top and stays on top. We've seen it happen in so many occasions around the world. These things do happen in Test cricket, but it's a matter of it not to happen very often."

"We have a lot to be disappointed about, we didn't perform as well as we'd like, but there's no point dropping our heads, that's not the solution"

What did happen twice over two innings was a rather tame West Indian capitulation. The first time out was better - 222 - but, even then, the best individual score was Roston Chase's 48 when each of the top-eight batsmen got into double-digits but couldn't kick on. The second time was more abject, and might have been even worse but for an entertaining 50-run stand for the last wicket between Kemar Roach and Miguel Cummins.

"Our batters definitely did not come to the party in this game. We fell short [by] quite a few runs. I think the wicket has been a very good one [for batting]. The initial phase with the new ball was the hardest, as a batsman, you should fear, but after that it gets pretty easy," Holder said. "It's just a matter for us to dig a little deeper, we've got to fight hard initially upfront in our innings. Give ourselves a fair chance at succeeding.

"Looking back at this game, everyone who was successful really gave themselves a good chance upfront. Our bowlers have to look at two-three spells before they start to expand; it's going to pretty much going to be similar in Jamaica [in the second Test]."

What's the solution? Chase, after the first innings, had pointed to the openers not providing a platform for the middle-order batsmen and then the other batsmen giving their wickets away too easily. The sentiment was the same, but Holder went a bit deeper when asked the same question.

"We've been looking for solutions for a little while. Each batter's just got to look at themselves seriously in the mirror, and we've just got to find solutions," he said. "I think more often than not we have been gifting our wickets instead of letting the opposition work for the wickets. That's one area we can definitely draw on, make the opposition work really hard for the wickets. If we go through the dismissals in this match, there were quite a few soft dismissals."

Now it's over to Sabina Park after a short "refresh and recuperate" period, and Holder, who defended the decision to field four fast bowlers - including himself - with just the lone spinner in Chase, hoped the team would use the break to lift themselves.

"[The defeat] definitely doesn't dent my confidence personally, and the group I think should be out lifting themselves," Holder said. "We have a lot to be disappointed about, we didn't perform as well as we'd like, but there's no point dropping our heads, that's not the solution, in my opinion. We've got to find a way to bring ourselves back after this defeat and rally around one another."

LOS ANGELES -- They tried to downplay it, in the days leading up to it and the nights in between, but after it was over, and the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers had completed a three-game series that was among the most anticipated of the season, there was an acknowledgement of heightened zest.

"It felt big," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.

"It was absolutely exciting," Dodgers infielder Max Muncy added. "It's hard not to let it creep into your head that this could be a preview of something in the fall."

The Dodgers and Yankees -- two franchises that have met 11 times in the World Series, far more than any other combination of teams -- were facing one another for the first time since September 2016. It marked the first time they held the best record in their respective leagues this late in the season since 2009, and the first time that they ever met in the regular season under those circumstances.

A World Series matchup that provided Don Larsen's perfect game, Reggie Jackson's home-run barrage and Sandy Amoros' lunging catch could very well take place again in late October. Before that, the Dodgers and Yankees staged a weekend series in what has otherwise been a sluggish August, with both teams possessing major divisional leads and donning hideous black and white uniforms.

The Yankees took two of three, becoming the first team to limit the Dodgers to five runs in a series this season.

Below are seven takeaways:

Yankees feast off lefties -- and that's a problem for the Dodgers

The Yankees have several potent right-handed hitters in their lineup, so it should be no surprise that they possess an .866 OPS against lefty starters this season (third highest in the majors, behind only the Minnesota Twins and the Houston Astros). The crazy part is that they're doing it all without Giancarlo Stanton, one of the league's most menacing right-handed sluggers. And the scary part for the Dodgers is that their two best starters, Hyun-Jin Ryu and Clayton Kershaw, throw left-handed. And so does Rich Hill, who is expected to rejoin the rotation in October.

"Bronx Bombers -- I don't know what else to say," Judge said when told his team set a record with 61 home runs in the month of August. "We've got a great lineup. I've never been on a team before that, 1 through 9, they can hurt you, or even the guys off the bench."

Judge is feeling it again

Judge was so in his bag this weekend that he promised a fan a home run and delivered. He hit three of them in the series, one in each game -- one to left, one to center and one to right. The Yankees' prodigious slugger has amassed four home runs over his last six games, giving him 99 for his career. After a slow start to August, Judge has accumulated 12 hits in his last 33 at-bats.

"I'm glad to see him getting results, but I knew that was a matter of time," Boone said. "You're not going to hold greatness down too long, and he's certainly a guy that the bigger the stage, he enjoys that. You can tell he loved being a part of these games."

Bullpens would play a major factor

The Yankees have hit the second-most home runs in the sport, and the Dodgers, with a pitcher often occupying a spot in their lineup, rank third. Both teams can mash. It's no secret. But both lineups are also good at working deep counts and getting opposing starting pitchers out of the game relatively quickly. It means the bullpens would play a major factor in a potential World Series meeting. And the Yankees probably have the advantage there.

The Dodgers' bullpen actually sports a slightly better ERA, WHIP and strikeout-to-walk ratio, but those numbers are deceiving. Yankees relievers have had to pick up more than 100 additional innings because the starting rotation has been so ineffective, which means more innings soaked up by subpar relievers. New York's top-end combination of Aroldis Chapman, Adam Ottavino, Zack Britton, Tommy Kahnle and, potentially, Dellin Betances should be feared.

A different Kenley Jansen?

Jansen sat in the Dodgers' dugout on Thursday afternoon and talked about how much he was looking forward to the upcoming series against the Yankees. The stakes wouldn't match those of October, but the energy could mimic it. He believed he might benefit from the extra dose of adrenaline. In the middle game, with the Dodgers leading by a run in the ninth, the Yankees loaded the bases with one out on three well-placed grounders, but Jansen wiggled out of trouble with back-to-back strikeouts. One of his cutters was thrown 96 mph, a mark Jansen hadn't reached since the middle of April.

"Just another save," said Jansen, who holds a career-high 3.62 ERA and six blown saves while having to sequence his pitches for basically the first time in his career. "The biggest step for me is just to be happy. Stop being angry and worry about results and stuff like that. Just be happy. This team is special. Be happy about it. When the time comes to go out there, to help our guys win ballgames, just enjoy the moment."

Some much-needed familiarity

After mustering only one hit in 10 at-bats over the weekend, Cody Bellinger was asked what he could take away from this series to help in a potential October rematch.

"Just getting familiar with the pitchers," Bellinger said. "It's probably the same for them."

The Yankees had never seen Saturday starter Tony Gonsolin and the Dodgers had never seen Sunday starter Domingo German. None of the Dodgers' starters on Friday had ever faced James Paxton, and only one Yankees starter, D.J. LeMahieu, had racked up more than five plate appearances against Ryu. It's what you might expect from two teams that hadn't faced each other in three years.

Fatigue setting in for Ryu?

Ryu has already thrown 152⅔ innings, just 61 fewer than his total output from 2015 to 2018. And perhaps he's starting to feel the effects of that. Ryu was charged with seven earned runs through just 4⅓ innings in the series opener -- the same amount he had allowed in 77⅔ innings at home heading in to the game. Ryu has allowed 11 runs over his last 10 innings, raising his ERA from 1.45 to 2.00. The Dodgers say fatigue is not a factor, but they will nonetheless try to find him some rest moving forward.

Incomplete rosters

The Yankees are -- perpetually -- incomplete. But Stanton, one of the game's premier sluggers, and Betances, among the most prestigious power relievers, should return before the postseason. So should designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion, first baseman Luke Voit, center fielder Aaron Hicks and starting pitcher Luis Severino.

The Dodgers are without lefty reliever Julio Urias (under suspension for another week), outfielder Alex Verdugo (working his way back into baseball activities after going down with an oblique injury three weeks ago) and starting pitcher Hill (progressing toward facing hitters in his return from an elbow injury). Things could look appreciably different if these teams face each other again.

"I think they're the best team in the NL, and I think we're pretty good and have a pretty good shot at being there," LeMahieu said. "Obviously it's a long ways to go, but it would be pretty special."

SANDUSKY, Ohio – Driver Joe Speakman was checked and released from an area hospital following an on-track incident during the third heat race of Sunday’s Border Wars event at Sandusky Speedway.

Speakman, who started on the pole of the eight-lap Must See Racing Sprint Car Series heat, led the field to green for the second attempt at the start when he and Mike McVetta made contact on the approach to turn one.

The contact sent both cars off the racing line, with McVetta’s car going straight off the outside of the first turn and ending up against a tree beyond the banking, while Speakman’s machine caught air before coming down on the frame and coasting to a stop in the middle of turns one and two.

Speakman was conscious, alert and talking to medical personnel as he was extricated from his car, but was complaining of lower back pain and taken by ambulance to the hospital for further evaluation as a precaution.

Later in the evening, Speakman confirmed to Must See Racing officials that he had been released from medical care to return home to Richwood, Ohio, and noted that a CT scan conducted at the hospital showed no broken bones or fractures from his shunt.

McVetta was able to exit his car under his own power and returned to the pits following the incident.

His crew was able to make repairs in time for McVetta to start the feature, but the reigning Midwest Supermodified Series champion had to pull in after completing just five laps and finished 20th.

SANDUSKY, Ohio – After a solo spin during the Saturday portion of Border Wars weekend, four-time Must See Racing Sprint Car Series champion Jimmy McCune came into Sandusky Speedway fired up.

That fire was rewarded Sunday evening with a victory during the Border Wars finale, after a late-race pass of race-long leader Ryan Litt gave McCune his third win in five races this season.

A caution with 10 to go, for fluid from the ailing car of Bobby Komisarski, set up the winning move. Following a lap-21 restart, McCune charged from third to the lead in just two circuits, with a turn-three slide job giving the Toledo, Ohio native a lead he wouldn’t relinquish.

McCune paced the final eight circuits for his 32nd career Must See Racing triumph, extending his own all-time series record.

To make the day even more special, he was celebrating his 44th birthday as well, becoming the first driver to win on his birthday twice in Must See Racing competition.

“How about that, huh? Happy birthday to me,” McCune said in victory lane. “That’s a little redemption for last night after I spun out. I hadn’t done that in about 10 years, so I had a job (to do) and we had a really fast race car to do it with. We had a really fast race car last night, too; we just had to go to the tail come back up through there.

“A second last night, and a win and quick time today on my birthday? I’ll take that,” he smiled. “I think it’s time for a Captain (Morgan). I wish I had some, but we’ve got to go home and get ready for Berlin.”

Though McCune’s nephew Anthony led the field to green from the pole after a six inversion, it was Litt who got the jump on the initial start from the outside pole – a position gifted to him when scheduled second-starter Charlie Schultz was unable to start the feature due to electrical issues on the pace laps.

From there, Litt took off like a rocketship, weaving deftly in and out of traffic lap after lap and holding the determined advances of Brian Gerster at bay for 20 hair-raising laps before the game-changing caution brought out by Komisarski’s issue, later determined to be a broken radiator hose.

That put Gerster and McCune on Litt’s tail tank for the lone restart of the night, and though the Canadian nailed the green flag to get away briefly, McCune tossed out his fish-hook and reeled Litt in.

McCune dove past Gerster on the outside with nine to go to take over second, then changed lanes for the winning pass the next time around and left Litt to deal with the heartbreak of a runner-up finish.

“Man, these nights bite,” admitted Litt, who led a race-high 22 laps. “I thought my car was pretty good. It was a little bit loose off, but the 88 (Jimmy McCune) is just on another level right now. We’re all trying to figure out what he’s doing and catch up to him. Whatever he’s doing, we’ve got to start doing.

“We were good tonight, just not good enough when it counted the most.”

Gerster completed the podium and entertained the fans after the race with his imitation of Litt in a faux interview before Litt’s proper runner-up conversation on the front straightaway.

Anthony McCune and Tyler Roahrig crossed the line fourth and fifth, respectively.

Jason Blonde was the night’s hard charger, advancing from 12th to finish sixth.

To view complete race results, advance to the next page.

DUBUQUE, Iowa – He tossed another helmet tear off as the white flag waved.

Matt Gansen’s car made it that final lap as he won the 20-lap Merfeld Brothers Automotive IMCA Modified Season Championship feature Sunday evening at Dubuque Speedway.

“The car started to overheat and steam was hitting my faceshield,” a jubilant Gansen said in C&W Trucking / Hoker Trucking / Kam Koncepts Victory Circle. “I was using a tear off every lap. I didn’t know what was going on on the track.”

Gansen moved by early leader Jaden Fryer after several side by side laps on lap 9 and extended the advantage.

“It looked like (Fryer) was staying on the bottom and we were fast enough up top,” Gansen added. “I wasn’t sure if he would figure something else out so wanted to make the move.”

Tyler Madigan also passed Fryer late. Track champion Bryce Garnhart and Timmy Current rounded out the top five.

“It takes consistency and wins,” Garnhart said. “We put a lot of time in at the shop and I can’t thank my crew and sponsors enough.”

Tyler Soppe took the 15-lap Peosta Warehousing Logistics IMCA SportMod finale and the track title as well. Early leader Jake Murphy, Jerry Miles, Matt Stagman and Travis Fecht followed.

Cole Mather topped the K Motorsports IMCA Stock Car 10-lap Season Championship topping his title season. Reece Norton and Kyle Merkes came next.

Kaden Reynolds visited and edged Shane Oberbreckling at the finish line to take the Kinsella Concrete IMCA Hobby Stock 12-lapper. That finished off a great battle that included track champion Daniel Wauters. Brandon White and Bobby Taggart followed.

Nick Proehl won the battle of the 4 Cylinders taking the 12-lap feature. Jacob Welter was 10th but took the track title. In the feature, Tyler Shady, Adam Gates, Thomas Adams and Rick Hempstead finished 2nd through 5th.

The team of Corey Rupp and Brandon Ehrisman took the 2-Man Cruiser 12-lap feature. Adrianne Hartmann beat her car owner Hal Russell in the 20-lap INEX Legends main.

DODGE CITY, Kan. – Round seven of Micro Sprint Car and Kart action atop the seventh-mile Little DCRP clay oval at Dodge City Raceway Park resulted in four first-time winners along with another four adding another notch to the victory column.

Three of the first-time victors came in Micro Sprint action with Rich Koop fending off John Todd to score his first Winged A Class win.  Earlier int the evening Todd beat Koop to the line in the Non-Wing A Class feature for his first track win.

Racing through traffic on the final lap, Brody Caldwell slipped by Deekan McRoberts in the final corner to notch his first Novice Junior Sprint main event and snapped McRoberts streak of perfection in the process after five consecutive wins.

In other Micro Sprint competition, Briggs Williams bagged his second Advanced Junior Sprint win of the year while Trey Zorn remains undefeated int the Restricted A Class after reeling off his sixth win in a row.

Jesse Smith was a first-time winner in the Outlaw Open Karts while Jaden Smith notched his second Adult Kart victory of the season and Reise Ochs posted his second Junior Kart win in a row.

OXFORD, Maine – Travis Benjamin bested a stacked field to earn his third victory in the Oxford 250 Sunday night at Oxford Plains Speedway.

Benjamin started 11th in the 44-car field and eventually took the lead for the final time on lap 210 of the 250-lap event sanctioned by the Pro All Stars Series North super late model division.

A caution flag with four laps left following a crash in turns three in four involving Ashton Tucker set up a four-lap dash to the checkered flag with Benjamin leading reigning PASS National champion Derek Griffith to the restart.

Benjamin did his job on the restart, pulling away from Griffith to collect the victory in the 46th running of the annual event. Benjamin earned $25,000 for the victory along with an additional $4,000 in lap leader money, bringing his total to $29,000 for the day.

His third victory in the legendary event makes him one of three drivers to win the Oxford 250 three times. Ralph Nason and Mike Rowe are the other drivers to win the race three times. Benjamin previously won the race in 2013 and 2014.

Griffith settled for second at the checkers, followed by D.J. Shaw, Johnny Clark and Mike Hopkins.

Bubba Pollard, the defending winner of the Oxford 250, finished 42nd in the 44-car field.

The finish:

Travis Benjamin, Derek Griffith, D.J. Shaw, Johnny Clark, Mike Hopkins, Cole Butcher, Ben Ashline, Cassius Clark, Curtis Gerry, Alan Tardiff, Nick Sweet, Ray Christian III, Brandon Barker, Dave Farrington Jr., Ben Rowe, Shawn Martin, Trevor Sanborn, Scott Robbins, Evan Hallstrom, Reid Lanpher, Austin Teras, Craig Weinstein, Ryan Robbins, Calvin Rose, Ryan Kuhn, Mike Rowe, Josh Childs, Glen Luce, Gabe Brown, Joey Polewarczyk Jr., Rusty Poland, Dan Winter, Kyle DeSouza, Tracy Gordon, Tim Brackett, Garrett Hall, Adam Gray, Ashton Tucker, Eddie MacDonald, T.J. Brackett, Jake Johnson, Bubba Pollard, Bryan Kruczek, Scott McDaniel.