CONCORD, N.C. — Kasey Kahne powered to victory in the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night, taking NASCAR’s longest race for the third time for his first win with Hendrick Motorsports. Kahne keeps Hendrick success rolling at Charlotte ADVERTISING CONCORD, N.C.
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CONCORD, N.C. — Kasey Kahne powered to victory in the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night, taking NASCAR’s longest race for the third time for his first win with Hendrick Motorsports.
Kahne also gave car owner Rick Hendrick his 201st Sprint Cup series victory.
Kahne crossed the finish line nearly 5 seconds ahead of Denny Hamlin. Kyle Busch was third, and series points leader Greg Biffle was fourth.
Kahne became the 16th Hendrick driver for to take the checkered flag.
It was Kahne’s 13th career win and first since November in Phoenix.
Hendrick drivers were all near the top. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was sixth, and Gordon seventh — just his third top 10 finish of the season.
Five-time series champion Jimmie Johnson was 11th. He was in contention until the final pit stop when he left with his gas can still engaged, dragging his crew member along. NASCAR docked him with a stop-and-go penalty to end his chances.
Danica Patrick, the first woman to drive in the race since Janet Guthrie in 1976, was five laps down in 30th. Still, it was her best finish in three career Sprint Cup races.
Morgan scores twice; US beats China 4-1
CHESTER, Pa. — Alex Morgan scored twice, and the U.S. women’s soccer team beat China 4-1 on Sunday night in its second-to-last home exhibition game before leaving for the London Olympics.
Abby Wambach added a goal, and the United States also scored on an own-goal in front of a capacity crowd of 18,573 fans at PPL Park. Zhang Rui scored for China.
After China took the lead in the 22nd minute, Morgan tied it in the 34th and the U.S. pulled ahead on the own-goal in the 36th. Morgan stuck again in the 50th, and Wambach capped the scoring in the 83rd.
“I’m very happy scoring goals, but the happiest thing for us was we changed the game,” U.S. coach Pia Sundhage said. “We struggled a bit in the first half, but we turned it around in the second half and the crowd was great. You look at the crowd like this and it makes a difference.”
By wire sources
