Watkins Glen International (Watkins Glen, N.Y.) Shane van Gisbergen appeared to not have the winning strategy Sunday at Watkins Glen International ... until the winning strategy was to have Shane van Gisbergen behind the wheel. Not pitting when most of the field did with 39 laps to go (SVGs team figured hed be three laps short on fuel) required him to pit under green and come out about 29 seconds behind leader Ty Gibbs with 25 laps remaining. No problem for van Gisbergen, who took the lead with eight laps to go and won by seven seconds over Michael McDowell, who actually employed a similar strategy. In his final 25 laps, van Gisbergen was 45 seconds overall faster than Gibbs. "We have a race car driver that ... is at a level that I don't think this sport has ever seen before on these road courses," team owner Justin Marks said in his post-race news conference. Here are my takeaways: 1. SVG's Awesome Rally At first, the rally appeared to be harder than it would end up being. But he started taking huge chunks out of the lead by Gibbs, who was on older tires and saving fuel. "That's the best feeling you can get when you have a tire advantage and an awesome car," van Gisbergen said in his post-race news conference. "I was just carving everyone up. Some people were nice and laying over, which is cool. The people that didn't, you had to put good moves on. "That was the most fun." The win marked the seventh for SVG, the three-time Australian Supercars champion who won his first Cup race in 2023 on the Chicago street course. 2. Trackhouse Wins Amid Struggles The victory for Trackhouse Racing was much needed, considering the team's struggles this season. The victory just lifted van Gisbergen above the Chase cutline, as he is 16th in the standings. His teammates are still well below; Ross Chastain is at 19th and Connor Zilisch sits at 32nd. "Frankly, the way that we started this season, it's unacceptable to us," Marks said. "It's not up to the standards that we set for ourselves. ... [This is] like putting a little air in the room for us while we kind of work through engineering the resurgence of our team." 3. Zilisch Disappointed Zilisch was running second to Gibbs on the strategy of pitting with 39 laps to go and then needing to save fuel. It didnt work. He ended up getting a flat tire, having to pit and finished 20th. He left frustrated and disappointed. He felt he should have just passed Gibbs instead of trying to save gas behind him. He felt that, in clean air, he could have run faster, as well as saved more fuel (and then the question would have been whether he would have gotten a flat). "I don't think I could beat Shane, but it's just frustrating," the Cup rookie told me and other reporters after the race. "When you're so close. It sucks." 4. Who Can Beat SVG? McDowell would raise his hand, considering he finished in second using a similar strategy to van Gisbergen. "[The gap] looksbigger than it is," McDowell told me and other reporters after the race. "It's probably a 10th of a second a lap. Not much. ... Tires were worth a lot today." Ty Gibbs and Tyler Reddick also would be ones to believe they can challenge. Reddick won the first road-course race of the season at Circuit of the Americas and finished fifth Sunday. And Chris Buescher, who out dueled van Gisbergen at Watkins Glen in 2024, settled for 12th this year. 4 . Whats Next The NASCAR All-Star Race heads to Dover Motor Speedway, which is playing host to the exhibition event for the first time. It will be a little different than past All-Star events, which had an open race for nonqualified drivers to make the main event. Instead, the entire field will compete in two 75-lap segments, with the average finish determining six spots for drivers who have not won races in 2025-26 or have not won Cup titles. There will also be a spot for a driver to get in through the fan vote for the final 200-lap segment, which will consist of 26 cars.

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Pacers' Ivica Zubac trade 1st-round pick backfired for Indiana, helped Clippers originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Indiana Pacers had a weird 2025-26 season, but they were clearly thinking toward next year with all their moves. They knew they wouldn't have superstar point guard Tyrese Haliburton, and so they basically had a one-year retool to undertake.They showed that when they traded for Ivica Zubac in the middle of the season but then shut him down quickly. They want Zubac to be Haliburton's buddy in the pick-and-roll next season.They also would've loved to have a high-ranking draft pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, which is loaded at the top.They tried to make sure that happened as part of the Zubac trade, which included a top-four protected 2026 first-round pick going back to the Los Angeles Clippers.MORE:Warriors' Steve Kerr news means it's time to talk about LeBron and StephTop-four protected means that as long as the Pacers were picking 1, 2, 3 or 4, they'd have that pick this season.As one of the bottom-three teams in the league, the Pacers couldn't drop below the fifth spot. They were safe in all but one scenario.That scenario happened.The pick ended up in the No. 5 spot in the lottery, so the Pacers don't keep it.The Clippers will pick in the fifth spot, a huge break for them.Indiana can still have a quality team next season, but it won't include a player like AJ Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer, Darryn Peterson or Caleb Wilson.It's a really unlucky break for the Pacers, who otherwise seemed to manage their retool year well. They just didn't have any lottery luck.More NBA news:Bronny James just did something Michael Jordan never didNBA playoffs block record gets confusion from Wilt Chamberlain, Bill RussellNFL legend tells Joel Embiid to 'stop being a' bad wordAnthony Davis is the magic touch for the No. 1 pickJaylen Brown blames the 'media' for a problem he created himself

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Barcelona coach Hansi Flick was in the dugout for Sunday's clasico against Real Madrid following the death of his father, with the Catalan club winning its second consecutive Spanish league title.Barcelona beat Madrid 2-0 at Camp Nou just a few hours after the club announced the death of Flicks father.I will never forget this day," Flick said. It was a tough day for me. It starts with this (news that) my father passed away, but here, my team is fantastic.Flick's father reportedly died overnight. The club did not give any additional details. FC Barcelona and the entire blaugrana family wish to send all our love to Hansi Flick after the passing of his father, Barcelona said in a statement. We share in your sorrow and our thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.Barcelona and Madrid players wore black armbands and there was a moment of silence before kickoff.Barcelona entered the last clasico of the season leading Madrid by 11 points with four rounds remaining in La Liga. It comfortably defeated Madrid with first-half goals from Marcus Rashford and Ferran Torres.Flick has been very important for us, midfielder Frenkie de Jong said. "He has very clear ideas, but inside there is a lot of freedom for the players. This way we can show our quality.Barcelona players threw Flick up in the air during the title celebrations.This is like a family and they gave everything today and Im really proud, Flick said. "Its amazing, in this stadium, and also in the clasico against Real Madrid, to win La Liga.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

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