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Show DAILY Saturday. May 31 2008 HERALD C7 2008 PROVO OPEN Provo Open NASCAR and sure-thin-g putt followed on the par 5. Familiarity will not be an Continued from Cl issue for Costello with the com"I really thought scores petition. He happened to be colwould be even tower,' said am- lege roommates with DeSantis. "Dave can play, he can hit ateur Tadd Cox, who works at the Reserve and shot a 68 after it,' Cost ello praised. "Others starting in the morning. "It's in are going to be right there, really good condition and looks too." like it's there for the taking Thompson, 54, is chasing as the top senior. Moody, of Cox wasn't without misRiverside Country Club, is also takes, though. He No. 10. Clark Rustand three strokes back. The quartet sitting four notably shot a 71, and could've been in a lot better contenstrokes behind Costello is made tion if he didn't triple-boge- y up entirely of amateurs, while went the last hole. A two of the three at 69 (five haywire, about 165 yards way back) are also playing without past the hole, and a wicked thoughts of a payday. The sequence of events seemingly exception is former champion Brett Wayment. ran him out of contention for double-bo-geye- -- d first place. "I'm not in the worst shape, but what's unfortunate is I could've been really in (the hunt), the Utah Valley State College coach said. Meanwhile, Costello was a machine. He nailed a couple of putts on Nos. 2 and 8 that he says haven't exactly been routine lately. And he d No. 12 after what he called a "knuckleball drive" in which he relied more on ground speed than air resistance. A : ) Results d Mar mutt Iran la Rom M Eatt P72) Costello Prow Ofm M 8M1 Bay Go mud Cant 64: Tom 67: Stepnm Archibald (a). Daw DeSantis, Kim Thompson, Cnns Moody 68: Jared Bradn (a), Tadd Co (a). Nick Killpack (a). Andrew Smith la) 69: Ashton Gasper (a), Brett Wayment, Brady Sanger 25-fo- ot 70: Jason Hargett (a). Henry White. James KHIgore, Chns Larsen la). Blair Bingham (a) 71: Mark Owen, Richard Morns a), Todd Tanner, Nathan Page a. Steele DeWald (a), Neil Economy, Clark Rustand. Mark Boggs 72: Jared Overton la), Steve Borget (a). Skyler Andreaxm, Troy Watkins, Damn Overson (a), Scott Miliaria) 73: Clark Jones (a). Nate Wilson (a), Levi Smuin (a), Roy Christensen RUSS HAMILTON JR.Associated Press Driver Greg Biffle comes out of turn two while qualifying for Sunday's NASCAR Best Buy 400 auto race Friday at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del. Biffle won the pole. Biffle takes pole at Dover Dan Gelston confrontation with four-tim- e Cup champion Jeff Gordon. He chased down Gordon af600 and got DOVER, Del. Greg Biffle ter the Coca-Col- a in his face. His gripe? That took the pole. Kyle Busch took the heat. Gordon raced him too hard Biffle held off the Busch while fighting for position down the stretch. Busch finbrothers, turning a lap of 155.219 mph on Friday at Doished third; Gordon fourth. Gordon accused his former ver International Speedway to take the top spot and bolteammate of being bitter over his parting with the ster his bid to drive the No. 16 Ford to his first victory of Hendrick Motorsports team. the season. Busch said Friday he simply Kurt Busch was second overreacted and should have at 153.971, and points leader reached out to Gordon via other methods. Kyle Busch was third at 153.767 on the concrete The two talked this week at testing at Pocono Raceway track. and Busch said, "all is cool Kyle Busch has proven he can succeed in any level and now." is having a fantastic overall "My mistake, but I learned from that," Busch said. "He season. He leads the Sprint Cup series by 94 points over gave me a bit of advice if there was a next time for Jeff Burton and won a comthat." bined nine times this season Gordon called it a in the Cup, Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series. "I think that if you just What bothers some drivers in the Cup series is Busch's . look at the circumstances, sometimes obnoxious attiI'm sure that he's not happy about the way he left Hentude. The latest run-i- n for the drick, but I would think he's Joe Gibbs Racing driver got to be pretty happy where came last week in a postrace he's at right now and things THE ASSOCIATED 4bJ PRESS "non-is-sue- MARK JOHNSTONDaily Herald Roy Christensen watches hole at East Bay after hitting his tee shot on the seventh Golf Course during the Provo Open on Friday. ." that are happening," he said. But Kevin Harvick called out Busch and said he showed a lack of respect to the veterans. Harvick said Busch was talented, but doesn't yet have the maturity to go along with his consider- doesn't bother me. I don't feel like that's who I am. But I guess that's the role I'm portraying." Jimmie Johnson and Jamie McMurray round out the top five for Sunday's race. The tough week continued able skill. for Haas-CNMotorsports. "At some point, all that dis- Crew chiefs Robert "Bootie" Barker and Dave Skog and respect comes back because no matter how good you're car chiefs Derick Jennings doing, you're not going to be and Thomas Harris started their six week suspensions good forever," he said. Busch said Harvick should for violating rules on the mind his own business. new car. While Scott Riggs Busch, who spun out Dale qualified the No. 66 Chevrolet Earnhardt Jr. at Richmond 28th, the No. 70 car driven by International Speedway, has Jason Leffler failed to make been criticized by other driv- the field. ers for his aggressive drivPerhaps the surprise of the ing. He's become unpopular day was Jeremy Mayfield with the fans and usually qualifying 10th in the No. 40 hears the loudest boos at race Dodge. Mayfield holds the introductions. He's egged on track record of 161.522 set fans by waving his arms for in 2004. He only competed in more or wiping mock tears. seven Cup races this season none since April rr and Busch has become newest "villain," was substituting for the inwhether he likes it or not. jured Dario Franchitti. "I guess there have been "This is probably the best villains over the years, so if car I've had in two years," that's their word that they're he said. "It amazes me how (the team) have worked with going to call it, then that's me." what it is," Busch said, "It C -- NAS-CAR- 's IRL RACING Patrick ready to put My crash behind her don't regret my instincts and emotions, "I Mike Harris THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dan-ic- a WEST ALUS, Wis. Patrick isn't apologizing to Ryan Briscoe or anyone else. Even with nearly a week to cool down since Briscoe hit her car on pit road last Sunday, ending her quest for an Indy 500 victory, Patrick hasn't changed her tune about the incident or her angry, aborted march toward Briscoe's pit nor can change them very easily. try to not live with those kinds of regrets. think everything happens for a reason." I I I- - I Danica Patrick stalL "I don't regret those things," Patrick said Friday at the Milwaukee Mile, where she and the rest of the IRL IndyCar Series drivers will get back on track over the weekend. The suburban Milwaukee track is also where Patrick had a brief pit road confrontation with Dan Wheldon a year ago incident following an during the race. "You know, adrenaline's pumping," she said of the post-rac- e blowups. That usually lasts after every weekend, after every time you're on the track in race situation, for an hour or two after. Your adrenaline's up. You're thinking about it, talking, sort of debriefing the whole thing. That's the same pretty much every weekend." Her confrontation with Wheldon last year ended with k On her reaction to being hit by Ryan Briscoe at the Indy 500 kl last week ' coaxed Patrick over the pit wall and back to her garage. "I don't regret my instincts and emotions, nor can I change them very easily," she said Friday. "I try to not live with those kinds of regrets. I think everything happens for a rea- Patrick agreed, saying, "As a race car driver, I don't know if any of us have that hard a time. ... We go on to the next event. All we're concerned about is performing at that next event. "I mean, for myself, I forget the weekend before pretty quickly. It's not that difficult. It's just kind of my nature. ... I think a lot of us drivers are probably the same." With 27 cars nine more than last year entered for Sunday's ABC Supply A.J. Foyt 225 on the oval, one-mi- le Patrick noted there's a pretty good chance for more dramatic moments among the ultra competitive drivers. "For the most part, almost every weekend it does happen," she said. "You know, there's usually somebody that race hard. ... You can't be too aggressive that people don't respect you because you're driving like an idiot. And then there's the other side of it, being too passive and people just think of you as weaker on the track because of that. "You always have to walk that fine line in racing with being respected for being a tough competitor, but fair." Indy winner Scott Dixon was also at the track Friday, looking forward to putting a week of interviews and appearances behind him and getting back in his race car for what he called "some quiet time." Asked what he would do if Patrick came looking for him after a race, Dixon grinned and replied, "I'll be running, man, I'll be running. I think if you get involved in that, it can only be bad." He wasn't about to place blame for the Indianapolis colli- you walk away from the track not liking that weekend for some particular reasoa So MORRY GASHAssociated Press son." that's pretty common IRL Series driver Danica Patrick speaks at a news conference Patrick and Briscoe talked sion, either. "Being a short track like "I think it was a total rac500 all cars on and these hours the to after had Wis. week almost has this, in a West Patrick Allis, putting briefly Friday one track, it's definitely posBriscoe said Thursday that cool down since her run-i- n with Ryan Briscoe in the Indy 500. ing incident," Dixon said. "It's a narrow pit. I think the only sible that people are going neither of them apologized or Now it's time to get back on track and think about winning to be fighting for the same took blame for the incident. another race. thing that Briscoe maybe did road. But I think that it's good wrong, which all of us do, is "I think the one thing we've as spin the wheels too much, got on to here that we can two-widwant we both is, agreed into the side of her. I've been The brief search for Brisher giving the Chip Ganassi just move on," Briscoe told The well." involved in so many of those Patrick added, "That's just Associated Press. "And I'm Racing driver a small shove as coe at Indy ended well short accidents on pit road, you can't he walked away. Both laughed of Briscoe's pit stall when a racing. If we were all polite happy we've got a race this do anything about it. That's to each other every second, it weekend so we can put that it off later, saying there was no speedway security man sudone of those things." be to We have us." wouldn't behind side and bad blood between them. her racing. just denly appeared by Utah County's 1 SOURCE of local news & information e, f ; l EDITORIAL J www.heraldextra.com DatttkSHcroto |