Ironman Dixon earns 55th IndyCar victory

IndyCar ironman Scott Dixon capitalized on needing to make only three pit stops and kept his championship hopes alive in winning Sunday’s Bommarito 500 in Madison, Illinois.

The victory was the 55th of the 43-year-old Dixon’s career and it came in his record extending 320th consecutive start. He set the record last week.

Josef Newgarden started in the top spot with pole-sitter Scott McLaughlin serving a nine-position grid penalty, and led 101 of the first 104 laps.

However, his quest to become the first IndyCar driver to win six consecutive races on ovals since A.J. Foyt in 1964 came to an end when his No. 2 Honda made contact with the wall on the 211th lap.

„ NASCAR driver Ryan Preece was released from the hospital about 12 hours after his car rolled roughly a dozen times during a terrifying crash at Daytona International Speedway.

College football: Arizona State issued a self-imposed one-year bowl ban amid an NCAA investigation for possible infractions incurred under former coach Herm Edwards.

Golf: Vijay Singh won the PGA Tour Champions event in Grand Blanc, Mich., for his fifth career senior title and first since 2018.

NFL: Rookie WR Daewood Davis was released from a Jacksonville, Fla., hospital the morning after he was carted off the field during the Dolphins’ preseason game against the Jaguars. ... Browns return specialist Jakeem Grant Sr. will miss his second straight season with an injury after hurting his right knee in Saturday’s preseason game against the Chiefs.

Soccer: Roberto Mancini was appointed coach of the Saudi Arabia national team. The news comes just two weeks after the European Championship-winning manager surprisingly left his job in charge of Italy. The 58-year-old Mancini’s contract reportedly is worth $27 million a year.