Elliott given Pocono win after Hamlin, Busch DQ’D

NASCAR stripped Denny Hamlin of his win at Pocono Raceway when his No. 11 Toyota failed inspection and was disqualified, awarding Chase Elliott the Cup Series victory.

Joe Gibbs Racing had Hamlin’s car and runner-up Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Toyota both disqualified. Hamlin lost his record seventh victory at Pocono and his third win of the season. Busch led a race-high 63 laps.

The penalties can be appealed and both Toyotas were sent to NASCAR’S research and development center in North Carolina for further evaluation.

“There was some issues discovered that affect aero in the vehicle,” NASCAR Cup Series managing director Brad Moran said. “There really was no reason why there was some material that was somewhere it shouldn’t have been. And that does basically come down to a DQ.”

Moran said the parts in question were the front fascia — the nose cone — and final decisions “should be sorted out by next week.”

Elliott, who had finished third, was given his fourth win of the season. He never led a lap.

Hamlin had seemingly won for the third time this season and passed Hall of Fame driver Jeff Gordon for most wins at Pocono with seven. Now, he remains tied with the four-time NASCAR champion.

• Pato O’ward pounced on Josef Newgarden’s misfortune to win the second race of the Indycar Iowa Speedway doubleheader.

Newgarden led 148 of the 300 laps while trying to sweep the weekend. But something on his Team Penske car broke with 64 laps left and he spun hard into the wall.

O’ward actually made a pass for the win on pit road with a speedy stop by his Arrow Mclaren SP team and held off Penske teammates Will Power and Scott Mclaughlin. It’s the second win of the season for the Mexican driver, who finished second on Saturday.

• Max Verstappen won the French Grand Prix after Charles Leclerc crashed out while leading, a mistake that dropped the Ferrari driver 63 points behind the defending Formula One champion.

Verstappen’s seventh win through 12 races this season upped his career total to 27, all with Red Bull.

Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton finished second in his 300th grand prix — his fourth consecutive podium and highest finish in a winless season.

• Brittany Force raced to her fourth Top Fuel win of the season and 15th overall in the NHRA Sonoma Nationals. Force had a 3.709-second run at 335.48mph to beat Mike Salinas in the final round and move ahead of him for the season lead. She set the track speed record on three consecutive runs, capped by a 337.75 in the semifinals.

CYCLING Vingegaard, mountain master, wins Tour

Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark won his first Tour de France title after coming out on top in a thrilling threeweek duel with defending champ Tadej Pogacar.

Vingegaard, 25, became the first Danish rider to win cycling’s biggest race since Bjarne Riis in 1996.

Vingegaard, who was runner-up to Pogacar last year, built his success in the mountains. He first took the yellow jersey from Pogacar in the Alps with a memorable ride up the Col du Granon, and followed up this week with an impressive display of strength in the last Pyrenean stage.

Pogacar finished runner-up overall and Geraint Thomas, the 2018 Tour winner, completed the podium.

GOLF Clarke holds on, wins Senior British Open

Darren Clarke birdied the last hole to beat a resurgent Padraig Harrington and win the Senior British Open by one shot.

Harrington, a three-time major winner, soared into contention at Gleneagles with a 3-under 67 to pressure Clarke on the last hole.

Clarke, 53, held firm with a birdie to post a 69 to finish 10-under 270 overall and add a senior major to his Claret Jug at the British Open in 2011.

• Brooke Henderson rolled in an 8-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole to win the Evian Championship in France by one stroke, her second major title.

The Canadian shot an even-par 71 that enabled her to finish ahead of LPGA rookie Sophia Schubert on 17-under 267. Henderson won the Women’s PGA Championship in 2016 at 18.

• Tony Finau shot a 4-under 67 to win the 3M Open by three strokes, erasing a five-stroke deficit with 11 holes left as Scott Piercy tumbled out of the lead at windy TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn. Piercy followed his tourney-record 54-hole score with a 76 to tie for fourth, four shots back.

• Scotsman Richie Ramsay claimed his fourth European tour title, winning the Cazoo Classic by one shot in Southport, England. The No. 329-ranked Ramsay shot 3-under 69 and finished on 14-under 274 overall.

• Karrie Webb held off Annika Sorenstam in the Senior LPGA Championship for her first senior title. Webb, 47, closed with a 5-under 67 for a four-shot win at Salina (Kan.) Country Club. Sorenstam, 51, closed with a 69.

TENNIS Musetti tops Alcaraz for Hamburg title

Lorenzo Musetti needed six match points to upset top-seed Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4 in the final of the Hamburg (Germany) European Open.

• Irina-camelia Begu beat Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 6-2 to win the Palermo (Sicily) Ladies Open.

BITS & PIECES Texans rookie receiver Metchie has leukemia

Houston Texans rookie receiver John Metchieiii announced that he has been diagnosed with a form of leukemia, “the most curable form,” but “I will likely not be playing football this season,” he said on his Twitter account.

• Former Lakers player Slava Medvedenko is selling his two NBA championship rings to raise money for his native Ukraine. Medvedenko was a power forward on the Lakers’ title teams in 2001 and ’02.

• Muhammad Ali’s belt from his 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” heavyweight title fight was sold at auction for $6.18 million. The winner was Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, said Heritage Auctions in Dallas.