Smith tops Xfinity race
Regan Smith’s victory at Dover International Speedway in Delaware was his second on the NASCAR Xfinity series this season and moved within 36 points of series leader Chris Buescher with five races left. Buescher was eighth and has a 24-point lead over second-place Chase Elliott.
In the NASCAR Camping World Truck race at Las Vegas, John Wes Townley got his Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet home on limited fuel for the victory. The race’s most harrowing moment was Austin Theriault’s head-on crash into an unprotected part of the wall. Theriault, driving Brad Keselowski Racing’s Ford, was helped from the truck and briefly stood before sitting down. He was airlifted to University Hospital for observation.
Brittany Force broke both of her career marks with a 3.725-second pass at 331.53 mph to take the No. 1 spot in top-fuel qualifying in the NHRA Keystone Nationals at Mohnton, Pa. NHRA officials canceled the second session of qualifying because of persistent rain. Other top qualifiers were Robert Hight (funny car), Drew Skillman (pro stock) and Eddie Krawiec (pro-stock motorcycle).
Tony Elliott, 54, a former top race-car driver was among four Indiana men who died in a plane crash while traveling to the Notre Dame-Clemson football game at Walhalla, S.C. Elliott won the U.S. Auto Club national sprint car series championship in 1998 and 2000. The wreckage of the Piper PA-32 was found near Lake Hartwell on the Georgia-South Carolina border, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Berger said. Authorities have not given the cause of the crash. The other three were Charles Smith, 71; son Scott Smith, 44; and Scott Bibler, 51, Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said.
Daniel Cormier outpointed Alexander Gustafsson in a split decision at UFC 192 in Houston to retain the light heavyweight championship. Two judges gave the fight to Cormier (17-1) with 49-46 and 48-47 scores, and the third had it 48-47 for Gustafsson (16-4).
The Seattle Seahawks announced they will make game-time decisions on whether to play injured running back Marshawn Lynch (hamstring) and nose tackle Brandon Mebane (groin) Monday night against the Detroit Lions. The Baltimore Ravens obtained wide receiver
Chris Givens from the St. Louis Rams for a conditional draft pick.
Tonalist easily beat five rivals in the $1-million Jockey Club Gold Cup in the slop at New York to earn a return trip to the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Wild Dude rallied in the stretch to beat Kobe’s Back by a neck in the $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship. Ridden by Rafael Bejarano, Wild Dude ran six furlongs in 1:09.45 and is probably headed to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Keeneland on Oct. 31.
Venus Williams won the Wuhan Open in China when fifth-seeded Garbine Muguruza retired because of a left ankle injury while trailing 6-3, 3-0. It was the unseeded Williams’ 47th WTA singles title.
Feliciano Lopez had 12 aces to edge Nick Kyrgios, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), in the semifinals of the Malaysian Open and set up an all-Spanish final against top-seeded David Ferrer.
The Carolina Hurricanes and goalie Eddie Lack agreed to a two-year contract extension that will pay him $2.5 million next season and $3 million in 2017-18.
The Pittsburgh Penguins released the 41-yearold defenseman Sergei Gonchar.
Chicago Blackhawks forward Bryan Bickell cleared waivers and will remain with the Stanley Cup champions.
Charlotte Hornets Coach Steve Clifford said forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was taken to the hospital for evaluation after injuring his right shoulder in Charlotte’s 106-100 exhibition win over the host Orlando Magic.
Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen shot a sevenunder 65 at St. Andrews, Scotland, for a three-shot lead in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Marcel Aubut resigned as president of the Canadian Olympic Committee while under investigation for a sexual harassment complaint. Since the original complaint, two other women have made allegations against Aubut.