SPARTA, Ky. – Grant Enfinger earned his second pole of the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season during qualifying on Thursday afternoon at Kentucky Speedway.

Enfinger toured the unique 1.5-mile oval in 29.678 seconds (181.953 mph) with his No. 98 Champion Power Equipment Ford F-150 to earn the top starting spot ahead of the Buckle Up In Your Truck 225.

The pole is the fifth of Enfinger’s Truck Series career. He’s seeking his first win of the season.

Joining Enfinger on the front row will be rookie Sheldon Creed, who qualified a career-best second with a lap of 29.706 seconds (181.781 mph) in the No. 2 Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet Silverado.

Todd Gilliland completed the top three (29.721/181.690) in the No. 4 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports, with Enfinger’s teammate Matt Crafton and two-time winner Ross Chastain following.

Harrison Burton was sixth, ahead of defending series champion Brett Moffitt, defending race winner Ben Rhodes, Tyler Ankrum and Brennan Poole.

Johnny Sauter, the 2016 Truck Series titlist, starts 11th. Daytona winner Austin Hill rolls off 22nd.

Stewart Friesen starts last in a backup truck after his primary truck was confiscated by NASCAR during initial inspection earlier in the day. Consequently, he posted the slowest qualifying time.

With 34 drivers on hand for 32 starting spots, Norm Benning and Ray Ciccarelli missed the field.

STARTING LINEUP: NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series; Kentucky Speedway; July 11, 2019

1. Grant Enfinger
2. Sheldon Creed
3. Todd Gilliland
4. Matt Crafton
5. Ross Chastain
6. Harrison Burton
7. Brett Moffitt
8. Ben Rhodes
9. Tyler Ankrum
10. Brennan Poole
11. Johnny Sauter
12. Chad Finley
13. Gus Dean
14. Tyler Dippel
15. Jordan Anderson
16. Austin Wayne Self
17. Natalie Decker
18. Joe Nemechek
19. Codie Rohrbaugh
20. Dylan Lupton
21. Spencer Davis
22. Austin Hill
23. Mason Massey
24. Clay Greenfield
25. Spencer Boyd
26. Tyler Hill
27. Brandon Jones
28. Jeb Burton
29. Camden Murphy
30. Josh Bilicki
31. Jennifer Jo Cobb
32. Stewart Friesen

DNQ: Ray Ciccarelli, Norm Benning

CONCORDIA, Kan. – Thursday’s Chad McDaniel Memorial, round two of Mid-America Midget Week from the Concordia High Banks, has been canceled.

A combination of wet grounds from previous precipitation that have created parking difficulties, plus track safety concerns, have forced cancellation of the event.

The race was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but was postponed by wet weather.

“Mid-America Midget Week continues for two-straight nights at Nebraska’s Jefferson County Speedway on Friday-Saturday, July 12-13 for the Midwest Midget Championship.  The mini-series concludes this Sunday at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex in Sweet Springs, Mo.

FRISCO, Texas -- The Dallas Stars have re-signed center Jason Dickinson to a $3 million, two-year contract, bringing back an emerging leader after he established career highs in scoring and playing time.

Dickinson was a solid playoff performer in his postseason debut as the Stars reached the second round before losing a Game 7 to eventual Stanley Cup champion St. Louis. He had five points (three goals, two assists) in 13 games.

The 24-year-old Dickinson had career highs in goals (six), assists (16) and points (22), while averaging the most minutes in his four seasons (13). He hadn't played more than 27 regular-season games before getting into 67 in 2018-19.

A first-round pick in 2013, Dickinson has nine goals and 18 assists in 105 career games.

Rhian Brewster started Liverpool's pre-season as he means to go on with an impressive display crowned with two goals and an assist in a 6-0 win at Tranmere Rovers.

The 19-year-old, who manager Jurgen Klopp revealed will have "an important role to play" as attacking cover for the front three in the upcoming campaign, was the standout performer in the opening 45 minutes at Prenton Park.

The striker -- stepping up after Daniel Sturridge was released this summer -- spotted Nathaniel Clyne in space on the right flank, playing a low ball into the area for the fullback, who took a touch and found the top corner on six minutes.

Brewster's work off the ball will have impressed Klopp as much as his quick, clever passes in possession. The teenager, who has battled back from a serious ankle and knee injury picked up while playing for Liverpool's U23s last January, deservedly got on the scoresheet himself before the interval.

First, he headed in Harry Wilson's deflected cross and then was alert to convert the rebound after Tranmere goalkeeper Scott Davies couldn't hold James Milner's effort.

Yasser Larouci, the Algeria-born speedster signed to Liverpool's Academy from Le Havre in 2017, was another player to catch the eye in the first half.

Signed as a winger, he was switched to a left-back by Under-18s coach Barry Lewtas to brilliant effect.

Aggressive, always available and displaying variety in his game, the star of the FA Youth Cup victory will get more opportunities to make an impression on Klopp during pre-season.

It was all change to the XI in the second half, which featured Champions League hero Divock Origi -- wearing the captain's armband -- who signed a new contract with the club on Wednesday.

A more attacking line-up promised more goals and so it proved, with Curtis Jones tapping in Ben Woodburn's cross towards the back post on 53 minutes.

A fifth goal arrived courtesy of Joel Matip lifting a long ball into the path of Origi's run. The Belgium international applied a stunning first touch, taking it around Davies before drilling it in.

Bobby Duncan, cousin of Steven Gerrard, added another after Paul Glatzel was challenged inside the box after fine work from the excellent Ki-Jana Hoever.

A rare moment of relief for Tranmere arrived when Danny Walker-Rice put the ball in the back of the net, but it was ruled offside to boos from all corners of the ground.

Glatzel had to be replaced through injury after falling awkwardly while trying to close down the goalkeeper, with Klopp throwing on Academy stopper Daniel Atherton on as his replacement in outfield.

That sight will not have been unfamiliar to Liverpool fans, who watched gloveman Shamal George come on to replace Lucas during pre-season in 2016.

The European champions travel to Bradford City next, before flying to the United States where they will tackle Borussia Dortmund at Notre Dame Stadium, Sevilla at Boston's Fenway Park and Sporting at New York's Yankee Stadium.

A test with Napoli at Murrayfield follows, before they tackle Lyon in Geneva and close off pre-season by contesting the Community Shield with Manchester City on August 4.

First-half team: Mignolet, Clyne, Phillips, Gomez, Larouci, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lallana, Kent, Wilson, Brewster.

Second-half team: Jaros, Hoever, Matip, Johnston, Lewis, Fabinho, Jones, Woodburn, Duncan, Glatzel, Origi.

Additional substitute: Atherton

Jason Roy has avoided suspension, and only been slapped with a 30% fine of his match fees, for his animated outburst aimed at umpire Kumara Dharmasena after being given out - incorrectly - in the World Cup semi-final against Australia at Edgbaston on Thursday.

Roy, leading England's chase of Australia's 223, was batting on 85 when he attempted to pull Pat Cummins' short delivery and missed by a fair margin, as replays later confirmed. Alex Carey dived to his left behind the stumps and pulled off an excellent collection and went up in appeal along with the bowler and some of the Australian fielders. Umpire Dharmasena looked uncertain but raised his finger, and with Jonny Bairstow having wasted England's review earlier in the innings, Roy had to go.

He stood his ground at first and then walked off clearly unhappy, remonstrating with the umpires - Marais Erasmus was the other on-field official - on his way out and making his displeasure obvious. The stump mics even caught a furious Roy yelling "that's f***ing embarrassing".

It seemed that he might draw the ire of the match officials for his show of dissent and cop a serious sanction, but was allowed to get away with the fine and two demerit points.

Demerit Points stay for a period of two years on a player's disciplinary record from the date of enforcement. If Roy is handed two more demerit points, he will run the risk of a suspension point, two of which will then lead to a ban of one Test or two ODIs or two T20Is, whichever is scheduled first.

Roy's performance with the bat - 85 off 65 balls with nine fours and five sixes - made a big difference to England's cause as they crossed the line with eight wickets and 107 balls in hand, reaching their fourth World Cup final and first since 1992.

Roy is a key member of their plans, his blazing starts, which have so far added up to 426 runs in six innings, a big part of their success in recent years. So the fact that he has been let off with a rap on the knuckles and not handed a more severe punishment, perhaps even a one-match suspension, will make the England camp happy.

Australia chose the worst possible time to put in their "worst performance" of the tournament, an eight-wicket thumping not only ending their world title defence but also consigning them to a first semi-final defeat at a World Cup.

In days to come the defeat might sting less, especially in light of where Australia's ODI form has been over the last year, but Aaron Finch could not hide his disappointment.

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"In terms of where we were 12 months ago, obviously I think we have made a huge amount of progress," he said. "Really proud of everyone involved for how much hard work and how far we have come, but at the same time we came here today to win a semi-final and get ourselves into a position to win another World Cup.

"So that was really disappointing how it ended, especially to put up probably one of our worst performances overall for the tournament, so that was really disappointing."

There was a brief phase, during a 103-run partnership between Steve Smith and Alex Carey, when Australia were threatening to do what countless Australian sides before them have done at these tournaments. But Australia were otherwise outplayed, as Finch admitted. And it was the very first ten overs of the game in which the semi-final was lost, Australia left dazed, confused and almost down at 27 for 3.

"The damage was really done with the ball," Finch said. "That sets you back. That forced us to rebuild for such a long time and start to drag some momentum back and then, like I said, you lose a couple of quick wickets again, new batters starting, it is always tough against really good leg-spin and good quicks as well.

"So, all in all, we were totally outplayed to be honest all throughout the day, so you look back at that and you can analyse each ten overs, but just outplayed."

Carey apart, each of the players who had done so much to get Australia to this point - the ones who stand up in big games, said Finch - failed. They're not at all in the crisis that England found themselves in after the 2015 World Cup - and this tournament, as Finch pointed out, has been part of overall progress - but a longer-term look towards the next World Cup will be a natural outcome. Part of that will take in the new ODI league that leads into qualification for 2023.

"I think that after a World Cup you always start looking and you have one eye towards the next one," Finch said. "I think that as a management, senior players, I'm sure over the next next couple of months or so we will sit down and start talking about that and start planning how we think that we can best plan and prepare and improve over the next four years to get us to go, well two steps further.

"I think that every team will do that. You start looking at what you can improve most, areas that you can identify that you need some work to be done and that will happen no doubt - that happens naturally with players when you are talking about the game and trying to find ways to improve.

"But as a coaching staff, as a management, that will be really important as well that everyone gets on the same page and everyone pulls in the same direction which is what we have done. We have been really lucky. Everyone has bought into the way we have played and it is unfortunate we have come up short."

Jorge Masvidal is interested in a UFC welterweight title shot next. That is no surprise. But the rising 170-pound star made another intriguing callout Thursday on The Dan Le Batard Show: Conor McGregor.

Masvidal, just five days removed from a UFC record five-second knockout of Ben Askren at UFC 239, told Le Batard that he wants UFC champion Kamaru Usman or McGregor in his next bout.

"I want McGregor, man," Masvidal said. "I want to break his face. I think that's an easy paycheck. He's got these cash symbols written all over his face for me. I just don't see it going his way at all, if I'm honest with you."

Masvidal said he doesn't necessarily have a preference between Usman or McGregor, the UFC's biggest star who has not fought since falling to Khabib Nurmagomedov last October. McGregor, though, is the one who will line his pockets more, Masvidal said.

"It'd just be more money, more fans," Masvidal said. "And then fight for the title. Or the title. Either one of them makes sense to me.

"I think either or equal out to big, big checks. So I'm happy with either or. I think Conor is a bigger check, so I wouldn't mind Conor. I want to put money away in the bank. Like I said, I've been doing this a while."

Masvidal, 34, said the difference between him and McGregor is that McGregor has shown a willingness to back down.

"He taps," Masvidal said. "I have never tapped in my whole entire career. He's tapped a couple of times. That's backing down right there in my book. So, that's something that I've never done and I feel like I'd break him. It'd be an easy fight."

Masvidal said he's not worried about McGregor's trash talk, which would lead to the Irishman getting "extra punished."

McGregor is a former two-division UFC champion at lightweight and featherweight. Masvidal currently fights at welterweight, but has spent most of his career at lightweight. McGregor, who does not have a fight currently scheduled, fought Nate Diaz twice at welterweight.

"I'm the hot ticket," Masvidal said. "Nobody has moved the needle like this in a long time in MMA. With me breaking the record and whose face I did it on, those things go into consideration. I think strike while the iron is hot. We've both got a hot name. Let's do it, let's just compete. If not, let me just fight the champion already."