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Happy Sunday! Welcome to Holy Shift, where we highlight big innovations in the auto and racing industries each week—whether they be necessary or simply for comfort. In the days leading up to the 1987 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, now-NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Bill Elliott set the all-time series qualifying speed at 212.809 mph around the 2.5-mile monster of a speedway. Nearly three decades later, that record remains at…

The ice rink on stilts sitting over second base at Coors Field acted like a time portal. Nolan Zajac zapped back to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Suddenly it was 1997 and he was a toddler, with tiny blades on his feet. “It’s taking me back right now,” the University of Denver senior said. “The first memory I have is learning how to skate, with my dad trying to hold me up, teaching…

  History was at hand — and properly documented — Sunday morning before the running of the 58th annual Daytona 500. The 2016 season-opener marked the formal beginning of the new owner Charter system, which NASCAR and team owners signed a nine-year agreement on before the start of the season. There are 36 Charters, and each Charter team is guaranteed entry into every points-paying race. The Charter system, a form of…

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England 171 (19.4 overs) Buttler 54 (28), Morgan 38 (23) Root 34 (17) Bowling figures: Rabada 3.3-0-29-1; Abbott 4-0-26-3; Morris 4-0-33-2; Wiese 3-0-40-0; Tahir 4-0-25-1; Duminy 1-0-16-1 Fall of wickets: 10-1 (Roy 9), 60-2 (Root 34) , 61-3 (Hales 16), 157-4 (Buttler 54), 157-5 (Morgan 38), 158-6 (Stokes 1), 160-7 (Moeen Ali 1), 166-8 (Jordan 1), 166-9 (Billings 5) 171 all out (Rashid 2) (Topley not out 1) Full scorecard

The spotlight Sunday will shine brightly on Chase Elliott, the 20-year-old legacy who will start on the pole for the Daytona 500. But don’t expect the unassuming Elliott to bask in the glory. You won’t see him soaking up the limelight and reveling in the moment. MORE: Daytona 500, 2016 picks | Dale Jr. a jerk | What Danica boyfriend said about her Elliott, the son of Hall of Famer…

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RELATED: NASCAR specifies penalties for behavioral issues DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Matt Kenseth said he has seen NASCAR’s rule book updates, those referencing behavioral penalties and potential reactions from the sanctioning body that were announced Friday. His take? “Obviously, it would have been good to know that last season,” the Joe Gibbs Racing driver said Saturday prior to final practice for Sunday’s season-opening Daytona 500 (1 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at…

Less than 24 hours after being released from a Daytona Beach hospital where he underwent a precautionary evaluation following a brutal wreck in Friday night’s Camping World Truck Series race, Christopher Bell thanked NASCAR for the measures the sport has taken in recent years to improve driver safety. He also thanked Kyle Busch Motorsports and others for helping allow him to walk away from the terrifying wreck with only bruises. Bell,…

MORE: Full race results | Updated series standings DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The finish of Saturday’s Powershares QQQ 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Daytona International Speedway left winner Chase Elliott out of gas on the cool-down lap and runner-up Joey Logano pounding his steering wheel in frustration. But it was the high-speed chess game seconds before the first and second-place cars crossed the finish line that made all the difference. Fearing he wouldn’t…

RELATED: Elliott scores pole for ‘Great American Race’ DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The couple waited outside Chase Elliott‘s garage stall inside Daytona International Speedway Friday afternoon. For two hours they had held position; a pen and souvenir car in hand, ready to go. As Elliott finally appeared, and made his way through the garage toward his car, Debbie Tenges moved forward in the crowd to get the autograph. Her husband Timm looked over…

A top high school hockey official is unhappy about a referee who worked a state tournament semifinal game in which he had a family connection to one of the schools. Mark Arriola, one of four officials on the ice for Friday’s Class 1A semifinal game between Warroad and St. Paul United, is married to an employee at Visitation. The Mendota Heights private school is one of two schools with players…

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Austin Peay 8, Bradley 4 Berry 5, Fontbonne 4 Bethel (Tenn.) 8-7, Marian (Ind.) 5-2 Boston College 5, N. Illinois 0 Bryan 10-1, Cornerstone 5-0 Campbell 5, Miami (Ohio) 3 Campbellsville 3-2, Huntington 1-3 Carson-Newman 12-3, Northwood (Mich.) 6-2 Clemson 9, Maine 4 Cumberland (Tenn.) 8-4, Lyon 3-3 Cumberlands 7-10, Ohio St.-Lima 0-1 Dallas Christian 8-6, Loyola (NO) 5-7 Earlham 8-6, Sewanee 0-5 East Stroudsburg 13, Chowan 7 ETSU 12,…

Third baseman Jacob Gonzalez (left) and pitcher Casey Candiotti are set to lead Scottsdale Chaparral this season.(Photo: Danny Miller/azcentral sports) Richard Obert ranks the preseason top 10 high school baseball teams in the state, regardless of division. RELATED:Preseason American Family Insurance ALL-USA Arizona baseball team No. 1 Scottsdale Chaparral (last year’s record 18-12-1): Experienced team led by junior third baseman Jacob Gonzalez, a .400 hitter. No. 2 Chandler Hamilton (29-4):…

BATON ROUGE – Thank the Lord LSU baseball season began this weekend, considering the way the basketball team played in losing, 81-65, at Tennessee – No. 125 in the Ratings Percentage Index – on Saturday. As the baseball team was wrapping up a 4-0 win over Cincinnati Saturday afternoon, the LSU basketball team was wrapping up its NCAA Tournament hopes in Knoxville, Tennessee – wrapping up to throw away, that is….

RELATED: Full race results    A last-lap wreck in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series opener sent Christopher Bell flipping down the track in his No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota and, eventually, to the hospital for precautionary measures.   Bell radioed that he was OK and climbed out of the truck under his own power following a wreck in which he was sent into the outside wall, got airborne and barrel-rolled down…

Speculative decline has been in baseball’s peripheral vision for decades now, but increasing revenues, an expansion of national television coverage, and a heightened viewership over the last half-decade would leave you to believe that nothing is wrong with baseball. But something’s always wrong with baseball. And that’s kind of the point. From the twenties and thirties through the forties and fifties, everything from alcoholism to cocaine use to…