US JUNIOR AMATEUR
Philip Barbaree rallies to win US Junior Amateur
Philip Barbaree rallied to win the U.S. Junior Amateur on Saturday, beating Andrew Orischak on the 37th hole after overcoming a late five-hole deficit.
The 17-year-old Barbaree, from Shreveport, Louisiana, won the par-5 29th and par-4 30th with birdies and the par-4 32nd and 33rd with pars to pull within a hole on Colleton River Plantation Club’s Pete Dye Course. He tied it with a par on the par-4 36th and won with a bogey on the par-4 37th.
The 16-year-old Orischak is from nearby Hilton Head Island.
Barbaree finished off his semifinal match in the morning, winning the 18th with a par for a 1-up victory over South Korea’s Won Jun Lee. They were tied after 17 holes Friday when play was suspended because of darkness in the weather-delayed tournament.
Orischak advanced to the final Friday, beating Eugene Hong of Sanford, Florida, 3 and 2.
Barbaree and Orischak earned spots in the U.S. Amateur next month at Olympia Fields in Illinois.
NASCAR-XFINITY
Busch uses late pass to capture Indy’s Xfinity race
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kyle Busch took advantage of Ryan Blaney’s last-lap bobble, making an inside pass on the back straightaway to win the Xfinity Series race Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Busch raced to his second Xfinity Series victory in three years at Indianapolis — both from the pole — and pushed his series-record victory total to 72. The margin of 0.421 seconds was the closest in the four races held on the historic 2.5-mile oval.
Though Busch, sidelined at the start of the season after breaking his right leg and left foot in the Xfinity opener at Daytona, dominated the race, he surrendered the lead on the final restart after choosing the outside line. Blaney outraced him to the first turn on Lap 76.
The 21-year-old looked as if he would hold on after extending the lead to 0.808 seconds with 10 laps left. But with Busch closing and Blaney trying to move past a lapped car, Blaney’s car wiggled, Busch ducked inside and regained the lead.
NASCAR-BRICKYARD
Carl Edwards takes Brickyard 400 pole, with Tony Stewart 4th
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Carl Edwards has won the pole for the Brickyard 400.
Edwards turned a lap at 183.484 mph Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to move to the top of the leaderboard. He then had to wait to see if two-time Brickyard winner and Indiana native Tony Stewart would bump him from the pole.
Stewart was fastest in the first round of qualifying, which made him the last driver on the track for the second round. Edwards watched from pit road as Stewart circled the track, but the three-time NASCAR champion ran out of the gas in the final turn and wound up fourth.
NASCAR is trying a new rules package for Sunday’s race in an effort to improve the competition at a track where it is notoriously difficult to pass.
SOAP BOX DERBY
Kelsey Settles wins at All-American Soap Box Derb
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Kelsey Settles won the Rally Masters Division in the All-American Soap Box Derby on Saturday.
The 18-year-old from Owensboro, Kentucky, raced in a car honoring late aunt Connie Leonard, who died from breast cancer in 2012. The car, which won best paint job in 2012, had a large pink bow along with the motto “Fight Like a Girl.”
Settles was one of three champions from Kentucky, marking the first time anyone from the state won. Fifteen-year-old Tyler Peterson of Bowling Green topped the Rally Super Stock field, and 11-year-old Lukas A. Ramey of Hanson topped the Rally Stock competition.
Arlington, Massachusetts, had a champion in Local Masters for the second straight year as 16-year-old Bailey Martin won. Other Local champions were Rochester West, New York’s, Karlye Murphy in Super Stock and Annabelle Herron of Roanoke, Virginia, in Stock. Both are 10 years old.
A field of 418 racers from around the United States and representing countries as far away as Japan and New Zealand competed in hot and windy conditions.
