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Christopher Bell stops run of misfortune with pole qualifying run at Kansas Speedway
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Christopher Bell put four trying weeks of crashes and misfortune behind him Saturday, posting the fastest time in qualifying at Kansas Speedway to earn the pole for the third time in his last five NASCAR Cup Series visits to the track.
Bell turned a lap of 183.107 mph in his No. 20 for Joe Gibbs Racing, putting it on the front row alongside Ross Chastain for Sunday’s race. Noah Gragson and Kyle Larson will start a row behind them, while Kyle Busch qualified fifth.
“I’m not looking for a race win. I’m literally looking to see a checkered flag,” Bell said with a smile. “My car has great capability. If I can see the checkered flag, we have the possibility of having a great day.”
That checkered flag hasn’t been flying much for Bell lately.
He started the season with a third-place finish in the Daytona 500 and won at Phoenix a few weeks later, and he still had some momentum going at Circuit of the Americas and Richmond. But things began to go awry beginning at Martinsville, when he had some tire issues and finished 35th, and things haven’t gotten a whole lot better since.
He spun out at Texas and finished 17th. He got caught up in a crash at Talladega and was 38th. Last week at Dover, he followed a qualifying spin that left him starting 33rd by crashing in the race, leaving him to finish 34th.
“We’ve all just been in the dumps,” he said. “We have debriefs every Monday and after Martinsville it was like, ‘It’s fine. We’ll get them next week.’ After Texas, we’re like, ‘This sucks. It’s been two in a row. But we’re alright.’ It was bottom-of-the-barrel after Dover. But the good news and the positive out of it is that every time we go to the track, we know our cars are going to be fast, and we have the capability in our team.”
Ty Gibbs will start sixth on Sunday at Kansas. Austin Cindrich will be in seventh, Michael McDowell eighth, Chase Elliott ninth and Chase Briscoe — who scrubbed the wall during his final qualifying run — will round out the top 10.
Defending race winner Denny Hamlin failed to advance to the final round and will start 14th. Neither of the cars he co-owns along with Michael Jordan, the No. 45 of Tyler Reddick and the No. 23 of Bubba Wallace, reached the final round, either; Reddick will start right behind in 14th and Wallace will start back in 23rd place.
Corey Heim, driving the No. 43 for another week as Erik Jones continues his recovery from a crash at Talladega, qualified 20th. He’ll start alongside Jimmie Johnson, who is back in the No. 84 for a second consecutive week.
William Byron will start near the back after hitting the wall hard during the first round of qualifying.
“We’ll have a lot of work to do, which I hate,” he said, “but our car is really good. We’re just going to have to pass a lot of cars.”
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) -It’s the stuff rock star dreams are made of.
Ronnie Platt started off as a fan of Kansas.
Now he’s the lead singer of the legendary band.
It’s a role he took on a decade ago.
“10 years, it really has gone by in the blink of an eye, and I can truthfully say it’s still surreal” says Platt.
Platt and the rest of Kansas are on tour to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary.
They’ve also released “Another Fork in the Road – 50 Years of KANSAS,” which is a three CD collection.
As for Platt’s favorite song to perform….
“Live, of course, doing “Wayward Son,” because everyone’s heard the song a million times. And, it’s high energy. So, everyone’s really excited. You see the entire audience turn 18 years old again,” says Platt.
With generations of fans rocking out to their songs, we asked does the title “Another Fork in the Road” mean for the band?
“You know, that’s the amazing thing about Kansas, as opposed to our counterparts that are announcing their farewell, final tour, there’s no end in sight for Kansas. Kansas has always been about the music, it’s never been about the personnel in the band,” says Platt.
One path he says the band isn’t taking anytime soon– retirement.
“I hope Kansas goes on forever, because the music is too good. Why are symphonies still playing Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, because the music is so phenomenal,” says Platt.
If you’d like to buy tickets to the show, click here.
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NC State & Kansas Will Play a Home-and-Home Series Over the Next 2 Seasons in Men’s Basketball
According to reports, NC State is adding UMASS’ Brett Nelson as an Assistant Coach.
Sources: Brett Nelson is leaving UMass to join Kevin Keatts’ staff at NC State as an assistant.
Matt Figger — who worked for Frank Martin at both South Carolina and Kansas State — will replace Nelson in Amherst.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) May 15, 2024
Nelson was only at UMASS for 1 season under Frank Martin. Prior to that, Nelson was the Head Coach at Holy Cross for 4 seasons, posting a 27-84 record.
Prior to taking the Head Coaching mantle at Holy Cross, Nelson was at Marquette for 5 seasons, spending the first 3 as an Assistant Coach, and the final two as an Associate Head Coach. Prior to Marquette, Nelson also served as an Assistant Coach at Ball St., Drake, Arkansas and Marshall.
Before coaching basketball, Nelson played for the University of Florida from 1999-2003. He was All-SEC twice, and earned Third Team All-American honors. When he left Gainesville, he was the Gators’ all-time leader in three pointers made, and ranked 2nd in steals.
As a Senior in High School, Nelson was a McDonald’s All-American.
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – The U.S. Department of Justice said a former union chief based in Kansas City, Kan. pleaded guilty to charges connected with his involvement “in serious financial misconduct at an international labor organization.”
Tyler Brown, of Kansas City, Kan. served as chief of staff of the Boilermakers Union and special assistant to the International President of the Boilermakers Union. From 2013 through October 2022, the Justice Department said Brown “reported directly to the International President and carried out his directives.”
In the near decade that he served as union chief, Brown is accused of being involved “in numerous instances of unlawful misappropriation of union funds, including:
- Purchasing merchandise and hundreds of restaurant meals for the International President and his wife in their hometown that were not necessary to conduct union business or benefit the union or its members;
- Employing several family members of international officers who received several hundred thousand dollars in salary, reimbursed expenses, unearned vacations, and benefit contributions for minimal or no productive work; and
- Paying for dozens of international trips to Europe, Asia, and Australia for large entourages of international officers and employees of the Boilermakers Union, their families, and outside guests whose travel was not necessary to conduct union business or benefit the union or its members.
Sentencing in the case against Brown is set for Aug. 22. The Justice Department said he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
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