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Dixon shoots past Franchitti to win Indy race

GLADEVILLE â€” The IndyCar Seriesâ€™ most dominant driver for the first half of the season had the strongest car for the first half of Sundayâ€™s rain-delayed Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. But Scott Dixon, looking to make a run at points leader Dario Franchitti down ...

Fiery crash springs rookie for Pro Series win

GLADEVILLE â€” What is normally an uneventful race saw a fiery crash and a sprint to the finish Saturday. Indy Pro Series rookie Robbie Pecorari held off a charging Logan Gomez on the 77th and final lap to win the Sunbelt Rentals 100 Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway. But the talk of the rac...

Dixon, Franchitti start on front row

GLADEVILLE â€” Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti, second and first in the IndyPro Series standings, will start 1 and 2 in tonightâ€™s Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. Dixon will start the 6:30 p.m. race where he finished last yearâ€™s event â€“ out in front. The def...

Experiencing life in the fast lane

GLADEVILLE â€” Everythingâ€™s different at 175 mph. Last Thursday morning, I stepped into a fire suit, put on a helmet and strapped myself into the back seat of a specially-made two-seater Indy car for a few laps around Nashville SuperSpeedway. My ride came thanks to the Indy Racing Expe...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

Returning from a two-week vacation last Monday, I learned from next-desk neighbor Bonnie Bucy that longtime Lebanon High coach Betty Rushing had died. This wasnâ€™t a surprise. I had walked past the door bearing her name at Quality Care Nursing Home on several occasions in recent years. But wh...

John McNeal named AD at Friendship

Longtime Friendship Christian football and baseball coach John McNeal has added athletic director to his duties at the school. Football coach for all but three years since 1986 and each season since â€˜92, when he took over as baseball coach, McNeal, 46, led the Commanders to the Class A baseba...

Hornish vs. Kanaan the talk of the IRL

DONELSON â€” Four days after their pit road blowup at Watkins Glen, Sam Hornish Jr. and Tony Kanaan were in the same room signing autographs for Bridgestone Firestone Employees at its headquarters. But the IndyCar Series rivals did not speak to each other. In separate interviews, both expresse...

Vanderbilt graduate pursues racing dream

NASHVILLE â€” A Vanderbilt degree is a nice thing to put on a resume when pursuing a career in business, law, education or medicine. Itâ€™s safe to say Brad Jaeger is one of the few, if not the only, member of the Class of 2007 working fulltime behind the wheel of a race car. While his cl...

Defending Nashville champ takes fracas in stride

NASHVILLE â€” In an ordinary week, Scott Dixon would be the lead story in the Indy Racing League following his win at Watkins Glen on Sunday and coming to Nashville Superspeedway as the defending champion of the Firestone Indy 200. But this isnâ€™t an ordinary week in the IRL, where the t...

Williams lifts Rotary to 9-10 Dixie Youth district championship

WAVERLY â€” Jacob Williams scored the go-ahead run on a fifth-inning overthrow Tuesday as Lebanonâ€™s Rotary won the Dixie Youth 9-10-year-old district tournament 4-3 over host Humphreys County. Williams scored from third when Colten Morrisâ€™ grounder to third was thrown away. The p...