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The four-inch curbing at Turn 16 is no more, just hours before the start of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series elimination race at Charlotte. The corner apex, which was extended before the race weekend, created a narrower final corner.
Commonly called ‘turtles’ or ‘sausage kerbs’ elsewhere in the world, drivers were aggressively running over the top of the curbs during practice in qualifying, and later complained about how violent the hits were. For example, Martin Truex Jr. compared it to getting a concussion.
As a result, NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports have replaced the red and white curbing with rumble strips that are just 2.25 inches from the track surface. A similar move was made at the bus stop chicane at Watkins Glen between 2023 and 2024 for the same reason.
Updated rumble strips to Turn 16
Drivers will be held accountable for abusing track limits across the new curbing. Vehicles must run the full course at all times and a driver will be penalized for cutting the final chicane in the following situation: “You will be judged as missing or short-cutting any turn previously described when all four tires on the non-track side of the red and white rumble strips that define the apex of the turns.”
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Similar to when drivers miss either the frontstretch or backstretch chicane, they must then come to a full stop at one of the designated locations or face a pass-through penalty. If there’s not enough time left in the race, a 30-second time penalty will be assessed.
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Australia have been imperious in the tournament so far, but their preparations for this game were hampered by injuries to Healy and Tayla Vlaeminck.
Fast bowler Vlaeminck is out of the tournament with a dislocated shoulder but Healy – who arrived at the stadium on crutches – has not been ruled out and will continue to have a foot injury assessed.
But such is Australia’s strength in depth those injuries failed to disrupt their seemingly unstoppable march towards a seventh Women’s T20 World Cup title.
The Southern Stars were reduced to 17-2 when Renuka Singh Thakur removed Beth Mooney and Georgia Wareham in successive balls, only for Harris and McGrath put on 62 for the third wicket.
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Another wobble saw Australia slip from 79-2 to 101-5 but Perry and Phoebe Litchfield, whose 15 from nine balls included a booming six over square leg, helped them finish with a flourish.
India began aggressively and reached 41-2 at the end of the powerplay, ahead of where Australia were at the same stage.
They were smothered by Australia’s spinners in the middle overs before a fourth-wicket partnership worth 63 between Harmanpreet and Deepti Sharma, who hit 29 from 25, raised hopes of a spectacular win.
Despite falling just short, India could still reach the semi-finals. But if they are eliminated it will be their performances earlier in the tournament and not here that did the damage.
LAS VEGAS – UFC gold if the goal for Chidi Njokuani, but he understands several steps need to be taken before that can turn into reality.
The UFC veteran is now 2-0 since dropping to the welterweight division, as he defeated Jared Gooden in a unanimous decision in the main card of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 244. Now, Njokuani (24-10 MMA, 4-3 UFC) wants to test himself against the top 15 of the division in hopes to get closer to his ultimate goal.
“I’ll fight whoever, but I’m looking for somebody in the top 15 – maybe a bigger name, so I can start rising up in the rankings and getting my name out there a little more,” Njokuani said at the UFC Fight Night 244 post-fight press conference. “I’ll fight whoever. If a good opportunity comes by soon, I’ll take it. I’ll just go back with my management and see how they feel about everything.”
Njokuani, 35, has almost seen it all now 35 fights into his professional MMA career. Although some may dismiss his title chances, he believes there’s still time for him to get to a UFC title.
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“It may sound crazy to a lot of people, but I’m shooting for that title shot,” Njokuani said. “I still believe I can get it.”
The first part of Southgate’s application was centred around building a new water treatment plant.
Within the application it was highlighted that for the new treatment plant, a pine tree would have to make way.
The stone wall, meanwhile, will be dismantled and rebuilt in as accurate a fashion as possible – with each individual stone even being numbered in a bid to achieve an authentic rebuild.
How would Southgate and Tuchel transform Man Utd flops and who is best for job?
In an appearance at the European Club Association general assembly in Athens, when he was asked about his next potential job, Southgate said: “Firstly I’m enjoying my life…so there’s no rush.
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“I was 11 years committing myself fully to the FA and I’ve got lots of different experiences.
“But I won’t coach in the next year, for sure. I’m certain of that.
“I need to give myself time to make good decisions. When you come out of a really big role you need to give your body time, you need to give your mind time.”
Southgate vs Tuchel records compared
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THOMAS TUCHEL
Augsburg II2007-2008
P34 W 20 D8 L6 Win percentage: 58.82%
Mainz 052009-2014
P184 W72 D46 L66 Win percentage: 39.13%
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Borussia Dortmund2015-2017
P107 W67 D23 L17 Win percentage: 62.62%
Honours: DFB Pokal
Paris Saint Germain2018-2020
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P127 W95 D13 L16 Win percentage: 74.8%
Honours: Ligue 1 X2, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophee des Champions x2
Chelsea 2021-2022
P100 W60 D24 L16 Win percentage: 60%
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Honours: Champions League, Super Cup, Club World Cup
Stewart-Haas Racing will be shutting down at the end of the year, and the entire four-car team is rallying around Chase Briscoe as he tries to do the impossible. No one expected the No. 14 Ford to make the playoffs, but a dramatic win in the final race of the regular season made it a reality. Few said he would advance beyond the first round, but again, he did while champions such as Martin Truex Jr. and Brad Keselowski were eliminated.
Oh, and his wife Marissa Briscoe just gave birth to twins.
Briscoe now enters the cut-off race last in the playoff standings, 32 points back. His goal is simple: all or nothing.
“I think for us, it’s honestly better that we’re kind of in the position that we are being 32 out or whatever it is versus 15 just because if you’re 15 to even 20, that is doable,” explained Briscoe. “Where we’re 30 (down), at least for us, we’re just looking at it as a must win. You could maybe point your way in, but a lot of things would have to go your way. I think it honestly opens up a lot for us from a strategy standpoint of just going in with the approach of flipping the track position and everything else.
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“So yeah, to be below the cut line is obviously unfortunate, but honestly, I would much rather it be 30-something points than 15 just because I think it makes it a little clearer of what you need to do from a strategy standpoint. And out of all the tracks in this round, this is the one where I feel the most confident to come and battle for the win, so hopefully we can do that.”
Race winner Chase Briscoe, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford Mustang
Photo by: Danny Hansen / NKP / Motorsport Images
SHR has 323 employees and many still have uncertain futures. Briscoe is not one of them, as he has already signed with Joe Gibbs Racing to pilot the No. 19 Toyota next year. Even still, he was at the shop all week and noted that, “I don’t feel worried at all.” It’s actually a very similar predicament to the one he faced entering the regular season finale at Darlington.
“I honestly feel a lot like I did going into the Darlington week, where I know that we can win here. We’ve done it before in the Xfinity level, but this is a track I feel really good about. Our road course stuff has been really good. If you look at Watkins Glen and things like that. So I’m not really nervous. There’s not a whole lot that I feel like isn’t capable by our team when we do everything right.
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“It’s just going to take a good weekend, and with where we’re at in the points I feel like it makes it easier to win the race just because you don’t have to put yourself where you get the points then you restart 20th every single time. You can just flip the track position and you’re gonna start up front every time, so I feel really good about it truthfully.”
Birth of twins and complications for wife Marissa
However, he has been a bit distracted when it comes to preparing for the battle ahead. Chase and his wife Marissa welcomed twins this week (Cooper Banks Briscoe & Collins Ivy Briscoe), but it was not without complications as his wife went to the ER twice.
“She’s had a lot of issues after,” explained Briscoe. “So hopefully I can get done quick here and get back home. The babies are good. They’re super small. I did not expect them to be as small as they are. But yeah, I’m definitely not getting a lot of sleep. Trying to be the best dad and play mom at the same time just with how bad Marissa has been struggling. It’s been a busy week. I probably haven’t focused a whole lot on racing, truthfully, but I’m excited to get the car today just from that standpoint of trying to zone everything that I’ve had going on all week. I feel feel good about it. Being a father of three has been really cool. It has been cool to see Brooks (oldest child) transition into the big brother role already and just hoping that Marissa will be okay and get back to her.”
Briscoe admitted he’s only been getting about four or five hours of sleep every night leading into this pivotal race, detailing just how ‘chaotic’ the week has been off the track and how he’s been able to deal with it all.
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Chase Briscoe and wife Marissa Briscoe
Photo by: NASCAR Media
“I think for me, my faith is a big one and then just having a really good support system, between Marissa’s parents and my parents doing everything they can to just make it easier for both of us,” said Briscoe. “It’s chaos, I’m not gonna lie. Just, you know, with Marissa being at the ER right now, not wanting to bring four-day-old twins into the ER, so they’re out in the parking lot with my mom and she’s pumping and running milk out there, so, you know, then I’m going back and forth.
“So, I mean, it’s chaotic, but without that support system and without that family support, it would be way harder. That being said, as chaotic of a week as it’s been, it could be a lot worse, right? There’s a lot worse things that we could be going through, and it could be a lot harder for us. We’ve got it pretty good still. I think just my faith and then having that support system definitely makes it a little bit easier to just not get lost in the chaos.”
Briscoe starts further back than any of the 12 playoff drivers after qualifying 25th at the Roval. However, as he won’t have to go after stage points, he can perhaps gain some easy track position over those around the bubble who are forced to points race. He’ll also have to contend with blistering fast ringers such as Shane van Gisbergen and A.J. Allmendinger, who both start at the very front of the field.
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