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Seventy-two-year-old John Force won his 152nd NHRA final in Concord, N.C., on Sunday at age 72. The 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion won the four-wide race at zMax Speedway.

Update on the latest sports MLB-SCHEDULE Bichette leads resilient Blue Jays past Braves again, 8-4 UNDATED (AP) — Bo Bichette hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied yet again to beat Atlanta 8-4 and sweep six games from the Braves this season. Toronto trailed 2-0 and 4-3 before its 10th comeback win this season and third of the series completed a three-game series sweep. Danny Jansen, hitting .095, led off the ninth with a single off Will Smith. Marcus Semien singled, and Bichette doubled to the gap in right-center for a 6-4 lead. Atlanta outfi...

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Fargo, ND, USA / 740 The FAN May 13, 2021 | 12:01 PM In this Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, Eddie Gossage, Texas Motor Speedway president, speaks during the track's media day in Fort Worth, Texas. Eddie Gossage is stepping down after overseeing the track's first 25 seasons of racing. Gossage said Thursday, May 13, 2021, that his final event at the track will be NASCAR's All-Star race June 13, which will be a full-circle ending to his 32 years working for Speedway Motorsports and Bruton Smith. (Ross Hailey/Star-Telegram via AP, File) FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossa...

Eddie Gossage stepping down after 24 years as president at Texas Motor Speedway Eddie Gossage, an old-school promoter mentored by NASCAR's pioneers, will retire after 25 years as president of Texas Motor Speedway following next month's NASCAR All-Star Race. Gossage has spent 32 years working for Speedway Motorsports and learned the art of selling tickets, packing grandstands and turning races into spectacles from company founder Bruton Smith and longtime executive Humpy Wheeler. He was a young public relations director at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1992 when, during a news conference to prom...