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Prize money breakdown for winner Gary Woodland and the rest of the players who made the cut at the 119th U.S. Open.

A couple hours after putting on a show at Pebble Beach and closing out his first major victory over two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka, Gary Woodland sat with the engraver as his name was etched in history on the U.S. Open trophy. 

As he was chatting with the man who was physically putting his name onto one of golf's most treasured trophies, he was asked how it felt to watch the process take place. 

“It’s special to know that it’s never gonna go off,” Woodland said. “Hopefully guys will see that for a long, long time. It’s awesome. Never envisioned seeing that on there. It’s pretty cool.”

Woodland won the U.S. Open by three shots over Koepka, en route to his fourth career win on the PGA Tour. 

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – It’s no secret that basketball, not golf, was Gary Woodland’s first love.

Growing up in Kansas, Woodland was part of two high school state championship teams at Shawnee Heights High School. He ended up attending Washburn University on a basketball scholarship.

But things changed early in his freshman year, and he ended up switching his focus entirely to golf after trying to guard future NBA first-round draft pick, Kirk Hinrich, in his very first game.

“The moment really got forced on me. ... I always believed if basketball didn't work out I could fall back on golf," Woodland said. “Our first game we played Kansas at the University of Kansas. They were ranked No. 1 in Division I, and we were ranked No. 2 in Division II. And that decision got forced on me really quickly.


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“I was guarding Kirk Hinrich, and, like, okay, I need to find something else, because this ain't gonna work. And that was my first game in college. I was a two-time state champion, all-state, blah, blah, blah, but that was a different level.”

While Hinrich went on to have a 13-year career in the NBA, Woodland transferred to Kansas his sophomore year to play for the golf team.

And now here he is, having dethroned back-to-back U.S. Open champ Brooks Koepka at Pebble Beach.

“I've just always believed in myself. No matter what I've done, from when I was a young kid, I always believed I would be successful," Woodland said. "I believed I would play professional sports. I always believed I would be in this moment. And the question about if I ever dreamed of making the putt on the last hole of a U.S. Open when I was a kid, no, I didn't. But I hit a lot of game-winning shots on the basketball court when I was a kid. And that's what I did. I've always believed in myself.”

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Picking the pivotal moment in a round that delivers major victory can often be difficult — and Gary Woodland has a lot to pick from after he won his first major title on Sunday at the U.S. Open in thrilling fashion.

The turning point in Woodland’s duel with Brooks Koepka seemed to come as he played the par-5 14th hole when he launched his 3-wood second shot from 263 yards to 16 feet.

Playing in the group ahead, Koepka had just ran his birdie attempt by the hole at No. 15 that would have tied him for the lead but Woodland’s two-putt birdie at the 14th extended his advantage to two strokes.

That bold moment likely would have easily defined Woodland’s victory until he pushed his tee shot at the 17th hole to the far right of the green with the hole located some 90 feet on the left of the green. He clipped a 64-degree wedge perfectly off the putting surface to 2 feet for par.

Woodland would birdie the last hole for a closing 69 and a three-stroke victory over Koepka and he had no problem picking which of his clutch shots turned the momentum in his favor.

“The 3-wood at 14. It gave me the confidence to execute the shot on 17,” he said. “There's a lot that could have gone wrong, left is not good, right's out of bounds. Long is not ideal. And the bunker speaks for itself. To execute that shot under the pressure, under the situation, that shot gave me the confidence.”

Woodland also explained that he’d already hit a chip off the 17th green this week during the second round when the pin was back left and he again found himself on the right side of the green. He made par that time, too.

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PSG ready to offload Neymar

French champions Paris Saint-Germain appear ready to cash in on Neymar this summer, according to French paper L'Equipe.

Neymar has been linked with a move away from the French capital ever since he arrived in 2017 for a fee of £200 million, and his employers would appear to have had enough of his attitude and propensity for injury, despite that he scored 51 goals in 58 games.

The 27-year-old has been linked with both Real Madrid and Barcelona in recent weeks, this after a season in which the Brazilian was quoted admitting he wanted to leave the Parc des Princes.

Neymar is believed to have grown frustrated with PSG's lack of success in Europe, while the club are looking to move from what they call "celebrity behaviour." If he does move to Spain, it could open the door for a sensational move to Paris for Antoine Griezmann.

Atletico close in on Felix

One of the longest transfer sagas of the summer could see Portuguese wonderkid Joao Felix join Atletico Madrid, reports Marca.

The 19-year-old has attracted interest from all over Europe, including from Manchester City, but Marca suggest that Atletico led the chase as a result of the money they have at their disposal once Griezmann is sold.

Felix scored 20 goals and made 11 assists in 43 games for Benfica in an impressive breakout season, but his contract doesn't finish until 2023 -- meaning that Atleti would have to spend a lot of the Griezmann money to get their man.

Diego Simeone is also hoping to add Bruno Fernandes to his squad, and is prepared to sanction a bid of up to £45m to land the Sporting Lisbon star.

Lampard tops list for Chelsea hotseat

Chelsea are stepping up their search for a new manager following Maurizio Sarri's official appointment at Juventus on Sunday.

Sarri leaves the west London club after just one year and signs a three-year deal in Turin, and now legend Frank Lampard tops the list to replace him, reports the Daily Mail.

Lampard is joined on the wanted list by Ajax boss Erik ten Hag, Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo and RB Leipzig's Ralf Rangnick.

Lampard led Derby County to the Championship playoff final after a good first season in management. Yet while his links to Chelsea make him an obvious candidate, there are concerns by some that the job comes too soon in his development as a manager.

Chelsea would have to pay the Rams £4m in compensation to release Lampard from his contract.

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- Arsenal are ignoring advances from AC Milan for midfielder Lucas Torreira, according to the Sun. The 23-year-old moved to north London just 12 months ago from Sampdoria and has already been linked with a move back to Italy, with the Rossoneri -- now managed by Torreira's former boss Marco Giampaolo -- leading the chase. However, Arsenal have said he's not for sale.

- Roma are preparing to raid rivals Napoli for a sensational double swoop for Amadou Diawara and Dries Mertens, according to Corriere dello Sport. Napoli themselves are closing in on Kostas Manolas amidst competition from Juventus and AC Milan, which could see them freshen up their squad and let both Diawara and Mertens go.

Steven Smith has described Virat Kohli's efforts to stop the crowd from heckling him as "a lovely gesture", but insists the frequent booing and heckling throughout the World Cup has not affected him.

When Smith was fielding near the boundary during Australia's loss to India at The Oval, a section of the crowd started chanting "cheater, cheater", in reference to Smith's involvement in the Newlands ball-tampering scandal. Kohli, who was batting at the time, gestured to the crowd and clapped at Smith, indicating his support for the former Australian captain. After the match, Kohli expressed his support for Smith during a press conference.

"Yeah, it was a lovely gesture," Smith said. "It doesn't really bother me what the crowd do to be perfectly honest, I'm just sort of blocking it all out but it was a lovely gesture from Virat, that's for sure."

While Smith can't be completely unaware of the booing that has accompanied the start and finish of many of his innings in the tournament so far, he has been able to overcome it to the point where he has made three half-centuries in five matches, without going on to make a hundred though. Against Sri Lanka at The Oval on Saturday, he played his most sprightly innings so far, a 59-ball 73 in support of Aaron Finch's match-winning knock of 153 off 132 balls. Smith's other totals have been scored at a rate of under a run-a-ball and it augurs well for Australia's campaign that he has found an extra gear.

"When you've got off to a good start and you've got wickets in the shed, you've got to keep trying to take the game on," Smith said. "I think that's where you get your 350-pluses. I think if you've sat back and let the game get away from you and try and do too much at the back end, some days it can come off and you can go at 12-plus an over at the back end, but there are a lot of specialty bowlers who bowl at the back end and can be difficult to get away.

"If you just keep that run rate going and playing with a positive mindset and slightly aggressive, with wickets in the shed, that's where you get your 350-pluses. We probably didn't quite finish off as we should have [against Sri Lanka], lost a few quick wickets in clumps again. But I thought [Glenn Maxwell] Maxi came in and did his job. If we keep giving those guys up top [support] and the top four getting big hundreds, you go a long way to winning games."

Smith's innings against Sri Lanka equalled his highest score for the tournament so far but the 73 he made against West Indies at the start of the tournament was vastly different. With wickets falling around him on a challenging pitch, against aggressive fast bowling, Smith looked as though he was batting in Test mode, taking 103 balls to reach his total and shoring up Australia's chances in the process.

"We spoke after the first [warm-up] game against West Indies, and one-day cricket you've got to really adapt to the conditions and sometimes you may need to play like a Test match and sometimes you may need to play like a T20," Smith said. "And when your team gets off to a really good start and you've got 25 overs to go and you're only one down, it becomes a T20 mindset and that's where you get your big totals. I've played a lot of T20 cricket and know the game. I know the situation a lot of the time, it's about summing it up and playing according to what needs to be done out in the middle."

Smith maintains he has no current aspirations to captain Australia again - he is banned from doing so for another year - but, while he is now free to focus on his game rather than managing the additional leadership role, he says that hasn't changed his approach.

"I obviously don't have to worry about that, but I don't think that ever hindered me. I think I have always just loved batting and wanted to bat as much as I could in the nets. That probably played against me at times, batting too much in the nets and not freshening myself up. That's one thing I am learning as I am getting older, that balance of knowing to relax a bit. Especially if I am hitting the ball well, not just keep on hitting because it is fun. But having that balance so I am fresh out in the middle and ready to do the job that needs to be done."

Others in the Australian camp have commented on Smith's ubiquitous presence in the nets and his frequent shadow batting, with Justin Langer quipping that he even shadow bats in the shower.

"I don't know how he's spying on me in the shower," Smith laughed. "Good on him. Yeah I'm known to play a few shots here and there. I always have a bat in my room and Ricky [Ponting] was actually rooming about ten rooms up from me the other day and said, 'Were you batting at 7 o'clock this morning?' He could hear me tapping on the ground and I said, 'Yeah I was actually.'"

If Smith continues to play crucial innings in the middle throughout the World Cup, then his team-mates will undoubtedly tolerate more early morning interruptions in the hotels.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- His son had just won the U.S. Open on Father's Day, and Dan Woodland was standing near the 18th green talking about the day his heart stopped beating 10 years ago, when his boy Gary was a PGA Tour rookie trying to make the cut on this very course at Pebble Beach.

Dan Woodland had suffered a heart attack while playing golf, though he thought it was heartburn at the time.

"I had three bypasses," he said Sunday night, "and then I coded."

Coded?

"I passed," Dan Woodland said. "Passed."

Passed away?

"Yes," he said.

Dan doesn't remember much about that entire week in a Scottsdale, Arizona, hospital in 2009, other than the fact that he was gone and the doctors brought him back. "People ask me all the time, 'Did you see any lights?'" Woodland said. "No. I didn't even know it was happening."

His wife, Linda, knew exactly what was happening. Gary and his sister, C.J., had spent time with their father after the heart attack, and before Gary left for Pebble and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The triple-bypass surgery was thought to be a success. But two days later Dan suddenly lapsed into cardiac arrest.

"It happened right in front of me," Linda said. "I screamed for a nurse. ... They did a code blue in his room a couple of times over the intercom."

Linda was rushed into a conference room.

"They carted him right past me," she said. "There were all these doctors and nurses around him, you couldn't even see him. They rushed him back into surgery."

When the doctors reemerged, they told Linda that her husband had been gone three or four minutes before he was resuscitated for keeps.

"They ended up putting in a pacemaker defibrillator, and, ironically, last week the battery just went out," Linda said. "It's about a 10-year span, and now he's scheduled to have that replaced in a couple of weeks."

The mother of the U.S. Open champion laughed and motioned toward her husband, dressed in a Wilson cap and a dark sweatsuit as he beamed on the shores of the Pacific.

"Look," Linda said. "He's doing great now."

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North: Woodland proved that he can finish a tournament

Andy North breaks down how Gary Woodland was able to win the U.S. Open and what Woodland proved to himself.

How could Dan Woodland be doing any better? He had just watched his 35-year-old son win his first major championship by holding off Brooks Koepka, a chaser with Arnold Palmer's arms and Jack Nicklaus' taste for the biggest moments. On Sunday, in the final round of the U.S. Open, Woodland hit a remarkable 3-wood on the par-5 14th, and an even better chip shot on the green at the par-3 17th, to beat Koepka, a four-time major winner in his previous eight starts. Woodland then made a long birdie putt on the iconic final hole that inspired him to lift his putter toward the darkening sky before the ball dropped. That left him with a final score of 13-under, one stroke better than Tiger Woods' 2000 score at Pebble in the most dominant performance the game has seen.

Having denied Koepka's bid for an historic U.S. Open three-peat, Woodland walked off the course and into arms of the man who had coached him in youth baseball and basketball, but not in golf.

"He was hard on me," Gary said. "He never let me win."

Gary finally beat Dan in golf at age 13, and in hoops a year or two after that. Sunday night, sitting next to the national championship trophy, Gary described his old man, a longtime electrical contractor, as his best friend.

"I wouldn't be where I am today without my dad, and the way he treated me, and the way he was hard on me," Gary said. "And that's something I look forward to doing with my son."

Woodland's son, Jaxson, turns two next week. Two years ago, Gary and his wife, Gabby, were expecting twins when they lost their daughter three months before Jaxson was born 10 weeks premature, weighing three pounds. Dan and Linda helped pull their son through that devastating event in the young couple's life.

"It was his first child," Linda said. "Just having a wife that's pregnant and then losing one of [the children], it's such a traumatic experience. He matured a lot through that. He was getting texts and emails from people all over the world ... and that helped."

After Woodland nailed down his third PGA Tour victory -- in a playoff at the 2018 Waste Management Phoenix Open -- he patted his heart, blew a kiss and pointed to the sky in honor of his lost girl. Gary had been there when Gabby delivered the daughter who never have a chance at life.

"That's real," he said after his Phoenix victory, "and I just wanted her to know I still love her."

Gary said his wife suffered two miscarriages last year, and happily reported she is pregnant and due to deliver identical twin girls in August. Gabby was home Sunday with their healthy son while Gary introduced himself to the world as one of the toughest golfers alive.

As a high school basketball star in Topeka, Gary once tried to draw a charge on an opponent fixing to dunk on him. He took a knee to the chest that left him with a collapsed trachea and a trip out of the gym on a stretcher.

"The doctors said, 'You're not playing basketball for several weeks,'" Linda said of her son, who was injured on a Tuesday. "We were out of town, so we went to a doctor in Topeka and Gary said, 'I'm playing Friday.' And he did."

A Division II basketball player at Washburn University, Woodland wouldn't let a broken finger suffered in practice stop him from playing against his dream school, Kansas, in a preseason game in Allen Fieldhouse.

"He played with his fingers taped together," Linda said. "He played through every injury ever. He never quits."

As a young boy, Gary never wanted to quit swinging away with the lighter ladies clubs his parents bought him when he was 3 years old. Dan and Linda would take their son to a sports center in Topeka that had a driving range and a par-3 course.

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Woodland remembers his college hoops days

Gary Woodland talks about his first love, playing basketball, and how he eventually transitioned to become a golfer.

"We would buy buckets and buckets of balls," said Linda, who worked in banking for 46 years. "His little hands, they didn't have gloves that small. His hands would bleed, and he still wanted to keep hitting balls."

Before they could drag their child away, the sports center's pro gave a lesson to Dan and Linda Woodland.

"Don't let anybody touch him," he said.

Don't let anyone touch that swing.

Ultimately that swing proved natural enough to drive Gary away from his first love, basketball, and toward a spot on the golf team at Kansas, and then toward life as a pro. By any measure, Woodland was a PGA Tour success, a very good player struggling to find a bridge to greatness. He became best known as the golfer who guided Amy Bockerstette, a young golfer with Down syndrome, through an amazing practice-round par at TPC Scottsdale, a moment captured on a video that now has more than 5 million views. Gary and Amy were FaceTiming each other Sunday night, and for good reason.

Woodland entered the final round with an 0-for 7 record when holding at least a share of the lead after 54 holes. He knew this would be the most stressful round of his life, and yet his father noticed that his boy was as calm as he's ever been.

"I saw a different golfer this week," Dan said.

The old man started feeling butterflies Friday night, and didn't want to say much to Gary about what was unfolding at Pebble.

"It's like a pitcher throwing a no-hitter," Dan said.

Gary was doing just fine out there on his own. Dan noticed that his son was walking the course with his hands in his pockets; he'd never seen that before. The father figured Gary had come up with a new trick to slow himself down.

It worked. On the 72nd hole of the 119th U.S. Open, the fans chanted Gary's name and gave shoutouts to Washburn basketball and Kansas golf. The slugger had proven he had the short game to ace the sport's most demanding test. Woodland made that final putt to beat Tiger's 2000 number, lifted his arms in touchdown form, and then wrapped his father in a bear hug.

During the trophy presentation on the green, Dan Woodland was asked if he'd thought about the fact that 10 years earlier, he nearly died while his son was trying to get his career going on the same course that now made him a U.S. Open champ.

"I really didn't," he said, before his eyes started to fill with tears on Father's Day. Dan stopped for a few moments to gather himself.

"What I thought a lot about [on Sunday]," he said, his voice cracking, "was the one that was lost, Gary's daughter.

"I know she's up there saying, 'That's my father.'"

CHICAGO -- A new day is dawning on the New York Yankees' season.

Compared to every other day in an injury-ravaged spring that was dominated by a bevy of little-known backups, this new day will look and feel vastly different. With two of the biggest tests the Yankees will face this year looming on their schedule, the revamped look and feel is timely and necessary.

Remember the B-teamers? Well, this was their team. But now their reign is over. They served their purpose. But it's time for them to step aside. Why?

Because "Big-Boy Season" is about to commence.

It will unofficially kick off Monday night in the Bronx when the Yankees, before taking on key division foe Tampa Bay, introduce a pinstripes-wearing Edwin Encarnacion to the Yankee Stadium crowd. That introduction will mark the moment the organization moves into the latest -- and perhaps last -- phase of its season, when power becomes a truly potent and viable weapon.

As the Rays and Astros report to the Bronx this week, the Yankees are about to let their big boys play.

"We've got a lot of talented guys in the room, and a lot of talented guys heading back, which will do nothing but make our team stronger," veteran outfielder Brett Gardner said Sunday following the Yankees' 10-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. "Anytime you can add somebody as good as Edwin, he's a guy who's going to make us better."

In addition to the arrival of Encarnacion, the American League's home run leader with 21, the Yankees will be welcoming back Giancarlo Stanton, who has been limited to eight at-bats this season but led the big leagues in homers two seasons ago. Stanton is expected to be activated from the injured list Tuesday. Another once-injured big bopper who has paced his league in long balls, Aaron Judge, ought to be back in the lineup in the coming days, as well.

The arrival of all three sluggers has Yankees manager Aaron Boone eager to see where his club might soon go.

"Encarnacion, Stanton and Judge -- that's three elite power hitters plugged into our lineup," he said. "Hopefully, it's something that over time creates a big-time advantage for us."

One would think these additions would lead to enormously advantageous situations for the Yankees. After all, with three of the league's best power hitters in the same lineup, no lead ought to be considered safe.

Not to mention the likes of Gary Sanchez (who ranks second in the AL in homers), the similarly powerful Luke Voit, the ever-dangerous Didi Gregorius, the strong Gleyber Torres, the steady DJ LeMahieu and Gardner, the patient Aaron Hicks and the clutch Gio Urshela. Put it all together and there are really no spots for a pitcher to catch a breather.

Remember the days when the Yankees' offense hinged on the largely inexperienced Mike Tauchman, Tyler Wade and Thairo Estrada? Certainly, the Yankees won games with those guys in the lineup, as evidenced by the 32-10 run through April and May, when all three contributed at one time or another. But still, with all due respect, who would you rather have hitting when an extra-base hit could end a game? Them or the big boys?

Against this week's challenging opponents, the Rays and Astros, Stanton has 13 homers and a .237 batting average in 76 games. Judge has a .263 average and 11 homers in 56 regular-season games against them.

As for Encarnacion, the 36-year-old designated hitter has 43 homers in 178 regular-season games against the two teams. He's been particularly prolific against them the past two seasons, enjoying the highest home run rates against them in his career during those years.

Encarnacion homered in 9.3 percent of his plate appearances against the Rays and Astros in 2017. In 2018, he homered 8.2 percent of the time. Overall in his career, he homers 5.7 percent of the time he steps in the batter's box.

With Big-Boy Season beginning to take effect, the Yankees are already seeing the byproducts of a roster crunch. Viable options such as Estrada and the burgeoning RBI machine Clint Frazier have already been sent down as the Yankees get healthier. In the coming days, Tauchman seems likely to go back to the minor leagues, too.

"This is the reality of things," Frazier said Sunday. "So guess I'm facing reality right now."

Reality also is that Frazier himself possesses a big-boy bat, but as the odd man out of a changing outfield rotation, he was expendable in this round of roster moves.

Of course, the real roster moves the Yankees will need to make in the coming weeks will be ones that aid their starting rotation. Although they finally got quality work from opener Chad Green and his long reliever Nestor Cortes Jr. on Saturday, and a similarly strong outing from James Paxton on Sunday, the Yankees haven't gotten the consistency they'd like from their rotation in recent weeks.

Currently, Yankees starting pitchers have a 4.13 ERA. Prior to June, however, they had a more palatable 3.76 ERA.

Expect the starters' failings to be addressed by the trade deadline, but in the meantime, don't be afraid to gawk at the power the Yankees' new-look offense is about to showcase. This week gives them a prime opportunity to put it on display.

World Table Tennis Returns to Geelong

Published in Table Tennis
Sunday, 16 June 2019 18:42

“Geelong is excited to be welcoming the stars of world table tennis back to our city for the second year in a row,” said Peter Murrihy, City of Greater Geelong Acting Mayor. “This event is fantastic for our region, bringing thousands of spectators and exposure to a huge international TV audience. We look forward to showcasing Geelong as an outstanding event host and a beautiful and interesting place to visit.”

200 athletes will compete to qualify for the season-finale World Tour Grand Finals and gain valuable World Ranking points in the lead up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

“This year’s Australian Open has attracted record entries and will have the strongest field ever,” said Barry Griffiths, ITTF-Oceania General Manager. “This is a great opportunity to watch the best players from Oceania challenge the very best in the world.”

This year’s entries will include the world’s top ten ranked women, and nine of the world’s top ten men. But all eyes will be on reigning World Champion and Olympic gold medalist Ma Long, as he makes his Australian debut.

Tickets are available at www.aussieopen.com.au.

Tasca Snaps Lengthy Funny Car Drought

Published in Racing
Sunday, 16 June 2019 16:48

BRISTOL, Tenn. – Bob Tasca III powered to his first Funny Car win in nearly seven years, knocking off John Force in the final round on Sunday at the 19th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway.

Mike Salinas also picked up the victory in Top Fuel at the 11th of 24 events during the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Both Salinas and Tasca advanced to the final round in Bristol a year ago before falling, but it was a different story for each driver on Sunday.

Tasca, who last won late in the 2012 season, denied Force his 150th career win, going 4.008 seconds at 316.23 mph in his Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Shelby Mustang to beat Force’s 4.155-second run at 287.05 mph and claim his fifth win and first in 100 races.

Tasca, who qualified third, beat James Campbell, Robert Hight and back-to-back Bristol winner Ron Capps, who beat Tasca in the final round a year ago, to reach his 13th career final round.

“It was just a hard-fought effort,” said Tasca, who improved to ninth in Funny Car points. “I knew it would be a slugfest against Force, but I love racing John. It was probably one of the biggest wins in my career. We had to build this car from scratch, but the chemistry on this team is good and I’ve never had a race car like this. It’s fast and the guys put me in a position to win. I love racing here. There’s so much history with my family racing in Thunder Valley and I really wanted to win this one. It was just a great day.”

Force knocked off Jack Beckman and Tommy Johnson Jr. to reach his 252nd final round, but he will now have to wait until next weekend in Norwalk to try and get his 150th career win.

Mike Salinas celebrates his Top Fuel victory on Sunday at Bristol Dragway. (Kent Steele Photo)

In Top Fuel, Salinas snapped the five-race winning streak of points leader and defending world champion Steve Torrence thanks to a final-round pass of 3.836-second run at 325.69 mph in his Scrappers Racing dragster. Torrence, who had won 22 straight rounds before Sunday’s loss in the finals, ran 3.892  secondsat 287.60 mph, slowing at the finish line.

After winning his first Top Fuel race earlier this year at Las Vegas, Salinas picked up round wins against Scott Palmer, Antron Brown and No. 1 qualifier Doug Kalitta on Sunday en route to his second career win.

“It’s kind of surreal what is happening,” said Salinas, who jumped to third in Top Fuel points. “The guys are amazing, they’re doing a great job and we’re having a lot of fun. You can’t take anybody lightly out here. I have all the confidence in this team and it’s just amazing to be in the seat with these guys. Alan Johnson and the crew, they just know how to do it and it’s just amazing, it really is.”

Torrence, who maintains a commanding points lead, reached his 48th career final round thanks to wins against Pat Dakin, Clay Millican and Dom Lagana.

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