San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
Force is top qualifier at Sonoma Nationals
Brittany Force held onto the top spot in Top Fuel qualifying Saturday in the NHRA Sonoma Nationals.
Force’s Friday night run of 3.694 seconds at 329.42 mph at Sonoma Raceway stood for her fourth No. 1 qualifier of the year and 24th overall. She’s winless this season.
“We want that win,” Force said. “In Ohio a few weeks back, we had a runnerup finish and it felt good to get there, but we want to complete the thing and end up in the winner’s circle . ... We had three solid runs and I’m happy about that.” Ron Capps topped the Funny Car field, Greg Anderson was the fastest in Pro Stock, and Angie Smith led the Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifiers.
Capps had a 3.897 second run at 328.78 on Friday in a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, and Anderson ran a 6.513 at 210.44 in a Chevrolet Camaro. Smith took her first career No. 1 with a 6.736 at 203.06 on an EBR. Her husband,
Matt Smith, set the national speed record Saturday with a pass of 205.04.
Noh trails by 5 at LPGA major
The day after tying majors history with a 61, Jeongeun Lee6 extended her Evian Championship lead to five strokes after a 3underpar 68 in the third round at EvianlesBains, France.
She’s at 18under overall, and the nearest challenger in the LPGA Tour major is Concord teenager Yealimi Noh at 13under after carding a 4under 67. Lydia Ko, the 2015 champion from New Zealand, posted a 68 and was one shot behind the 19yearold Noh.
Cameron Tringale made a short par putt on the treacherous par5 18th hole for a 5under 66 and a onestroke advantage as 12under 201 over Gary Woodland (67) and Portola Valley native and Stanford alum Maverick McNealy (68) at the PGA Tour’s 3M Open in Blaine, Minn. Stephen Dodd equaled the lowest round in the history of the Senior British Open by shooting an 8under 62, improving to 11under 199 for a twoshot lead over Jerry Kelly (68).
The host Quakes tied it in first half extra time on an own goal when Cristian Espinoza’s free kick from near the corner spot was knocked in by
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Houston’s Zarek Valentin during a scramble in front of the net, and the match ended 11 after a scoreless second half.
Houston’s Matías Vera opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Ricardo Pepi, at 18 years, 196 days, became the youngest player in MLS history to score a hat trick as host FC Dallas beat the LA Galaxy 40. Pepi, tied for third in MLS with eight goals, beat the previous record by Vancouver’s Kekuta Manneh, who was 18 years, 283 days when he netted three against Seattle on Oct. 9, 2013. In the National Women’s Soccer League, Sophia Smith scored in the first minute and goalkeeper Bella Bixby made it stand up as the leagueleading Portland Thorns (731) beat the Houston Dash 10.
Atlanta Dream interim head coach Mike Petersen stepped down because of unspecified health reasons and will be replaced by assistant Darius Taylor.
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