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[For the Record, 2:21 p.m. May 11: An earlier version of this post said Carroll Shelby clinched the U.S. Road Racing championship series at Riverside International Speedway.

He announced his retirement as a driver later that year after clinching the U.S. Road Racing championship series at Riverside International Raceway.

Not exact matches

He swings at the first pitch, grounds right to Jose Altuve in right field, who gets the throw to Yuli Gurriel to secure the Astros» first - ever World Series championship.

IndyCar is an extremely competitive series but still has a reputation (in Europe, at least) as something of a second - rate championship.

Johnson is coming off his big win at the Daytona 500 just six days earlier, but his success in the Sprint Cup Series — to the tune of five - consecutive Cup championships — has not translated to the Nationwide cars.

If Kansas State is to maintain its national championship aspirations, its unpredictable, Tarkentonesque quarterback Michael Bishop (3,150 total yards) must convincingly lead the Wildcats, 11 - 0 but No. 3 in the Bowl Championship Series standings, past Texas A&M (10 - 2 and ranked No. 10) in the Big 12 title game at the TWA Dome in St. Louis.

He has spent the last two years managing in the Toronto Blue Jays organization, at Lansing in the Midwest League in 2011 (where he led the team to the championship series before losing) and at Dunedin in the Florida State League in 2012.

That was again the case on Tuesday night when Letterman played host to Scott Dixon two weeks after the Aussie captured his third IZOD IndyCar Series championship at Auto Club Speedway.

And Jimmie Johnson doesn't at all resemble the driver who's won a record - tying seven Monster Energy Cup Series championships.

By suspending Townley, Benton has taken away his Camping World Truck Series team's chances at a championship before the season even starts.

Kevin Harvick ran down then passed Martin Truex Jr. to win the AAA Texas 500 Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, locking himself in the championship playoff round of NASCAR's Cup Series playoffs.

The Royals are at the doorstep of a World Series championship, and nobody's sure how to act, other than fans cheering wildly because any team that's gotten this far by doing that deserves it.

They played.500 ball for months at a time in 2016, however, and still managed to win over 100 games and eventually, a World Series championship.

LOS ANGELES — The Houston Astros won their first championship in franchise history, clinching the title with a win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.

Especially in the Division I - North bracket where more than half of the 12 - team field will have a legitimate shot at advancing to the section championship series against the South champion.

Certainly not how the defending Monster Energy Cup Series champion thought he'd begin his title defense and pursuit of a record - breaking eighth championship, heading into Sunday's Camping World 500 at Phoenix International Raceway (3:30 p.m. ET, Fox).

For a while series organisers have wanted the season to run across two calendar years with the championship finale taking place at Le Mans in June.

Of course the whole point of this is to get the championship to a point where it can start at the end of the year and finish at Le Mans, something series boss Gerard Neveu says is a no - brainer.

Langenfeld, a senior first baseman and pitcher at UCLA, hit her third and fourth home runs of the Division I College World Series to lead the Bruins to a 15 — 9 win over Arizona and the national championship.

But as the 2016 edition of the Chase for the Sprint Cup commences this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, there is little talk of Johnson winning a seventh championship and tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the all - time Cup Series mark.

That was his last year in single seaters and he then made the switch to endurance racing, where he won the LMP2 class at Le Mans in 2008, as well as winning the LMP2 championship in the Le Mans Series.

The Thundering Herd (21 - 10) will try to finish their third consecutive season with a win in the final game as Elk Grove, the Division I North champion, will face South champion Tracy, in a rematch of the 2016 SJS Division I championship series on June 2 - 3 at Sacramento City College.

That spring, nobody outside of New York or Denver (except subscribers to a fledgling cable - TV service called Home Box Office) saw, during one ABA championship series, the greatest individual performance by a basketball player at any level anywhere — ABA, NBA, BAA or UCLA.

The rest come through the Open's new «Qualifying Series,» which grants spots to Tour pros who place high on the leaderboard at several events on worldwide tours before the championship.

Ever since, the lucky charm has had a permanent place in his trophy case — until Friday, when he gave it Truex, who was one of four NASCAR drivers vying for the Monster Energy Cup Series championship at Homestead - Miami Speedway.

Last season the Sixers lacked a dependable shooting guard and experience at center, and as a result they lost to Los Angeles in the championship series.

With the Formula V8 3.5 Series ending this year, we take a look at some of the quality F1 drivers the championship has given us

Jay Springsteen's second - place finish in the final event of the American Motorcycle Association's pro series at Ascot Park in Gardena, Calif. earned him 260 points for the year and his second straight championship.

Busch and Keselowski, along with Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr., are the four drivers who've qualified for Monster Energy Cup Series playoff championship final Sunday at Homestead - Miami Speedway.

Most series would just be happy to have the championship go down to the final race with two drivers in the hunt, but IndyCar has a bumper crop of seven drivers who could take glory in the season finale at Sonoma this Sunday.

Newgarden did briefly have a crack at making it in Europe and even raced in GP3 in 2010, but the following year he returned to America where he won the Indy Lights championship (the main feeder series to IndyCar).

We're seeking to put that right in the new series which we hope will explore every detail of the man who delivered two championship wins and an FA Cup in his time at the helm.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday will be Champions Day at the fair to honor Maine - Endwell, the first New York team to win the Little League World Series championship since 1964.

Set at the titular Horizon Festival, the game asks players to work their way through a series of championships until they've accumulated the roughly 100 race wins necessary to be crowned victor.

The winners were series regulars and 2004 championship runners - up Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli, who have been joined this year (and when they won at Daytona last summer in the Paul Revere 250) by Emmanuel Collard.

But Champion still earned a pair of American Le Mans Series championships, and in 2005, with Kettler as its technical director, it became the first American team in 37 years to win overall at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In the four years since rejoining endurance racing's top level in 2014, Porsche has scooped a trio of drivers» and constructers» championships, plus three Le Mans 24 - hour wins, beating both the previously dominant Audi squad, which abandoned the series at the end of 2016, and Toyota in the process.

Launched at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, AMR amplifies and accentuates the sporting prowess of the British marque's road cars, by taking inspiration or direct influence from Aston Martin Racing's participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship; a series with which the marque tasted world championship success with factory drivers Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen just last season.

Chevrolet Team Aims for Sixth Straight GT1 Manufacturers» Title at Laguna Seca MONTEREY, Calif. — After nine hard - fought races that spanned the length and breadth of North America, it all comes down to this: four intense hours at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca that will decide the American Le Mans Series GT1 manufacturers, team and drivers championships.

MONTEREY, Calif. — After nine hard - fought races that spanned the length and breadth of North America, it all comes down to this: four intense hours at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca that will decide the American Le Mans Series GT1 manufacturers, team and drivers championships.

MONTEREY, Calif. — The stage is set for Saturday's season finale of the American Le Mans Series at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, and the key players in the GT1 championship drama will start second and third.

The MINI JCW Team and MINI USA continued to show their dominance in the quest for a series championship in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series during this weekend's Mid-Ohio 120 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington,series championship in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series during this weekend's Mid-Ohio 120 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington,Series during this weekend's Mid-Ohio 120 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

The season finale of the 11 - race American Le Mans Series will be the final appearance by the championship - winning GT1 Corvettes at the scenic track on California's central coast.

Since that first race, the team has competed in more than 170 events around the globe with 102 victories worldwide — including five wins in 2016 — along with 11 Manufacturer and Team championships in the American Le Mans Series and WeatherTech Championship to go along with eight victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

O'Connell and Beretta Break Track Record; Corvette Racing Wins Pit Crew Challenge MONTEREY, Calif. — The stage is set for Saturday's season finale of the American Le Mans Series at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, and the key players in the GT1 championship drama will start second and third.

Since that first race, the team has competed in more than 160 events around the globe with 94 victories worldwide — including the overall win in the 2001 Rolex 24 — along with 10 team and manufacturer championships in the American Le Mans Series and seven victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The race teams won't be the only ones celebrating NASCAR championships this weekend at Homestead - Miami Speedway — manufacturers» titles in the Cup Series and Camping World Truck Series are...

On May 28, 2015 WC Vision announced an extended sprint format series in addition to its existing Sprint format racing series in 2016, which was a standalone championship supporting the Pirelli World Challenge at all headliner events.

College: San Jose State Favorite Racing Series: MotoGP Favorite Racer: Wayne Rainey Favorite Sport Activities: Coaching my kids in soccer and softball First Time You Realized You Like Racing: Standing on the grid at the 2005 Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix Favorite Book: Wild & Outside Favorite movie: Gladiator Favorite music: U2, Led Zepplin and David Lee Roth's Van Halen Hobbies: Playing sports with my kids Something no one else knows about you: I own three baseball championship rings

BRASELTON, Ga. — Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen closed the American Le Mans Series era by winning the GT drivers» championship Saturday at Petit Le Mans.