2D / TEMPLE DAILY TELEGRAM SPORTS SUNDAY, July 19, 2020 ON TV Today Harvick, Hamlin favorites at Texas Auto Racing 11 a.m. — NHRA: Indianapolis Drag Race II, Lucas Oil Raceway, FOX 2 p.m. — NASCAR Cup Series: The O'Reilly By STEPHEN HAWKINS Sports analyst Jeff Burton said. the compound was reapplied last week tol on Wednesday for NASCAR’s All- Auto Parts 500, Texas Motor Speedway, NBC ASSOCIATED PRESS Sports; MotoGP: The Spanish Grand Prix, Cir- “That’s right what they’re so good at, at Kentucky, which like Texas, is a Star race. cuito de Jerez, De La Fontera, Spain (taped), so I expect they’ll both run very well.” 1½-mile track owned by Speedway Harvick, who has an 88-point lead NBC FORT WORTH — Kevin Harvick Burton, who won the inaugural Motorsports. over Brad Keselowski this season, Golf Noon — PGA Tour Golf: The Memorial Tour- and Denny Hamlin can easily be con- Texas race in 1997 and became the “I think you have to be concerned paced a 1-2-3 finish for Stewart-Haas nament, Final Round, GOLF sidered favorites for the first summer- first two-time winner at the track in with it going to Texas because it hasn’t Racing at Texas last November. The 2:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: The Memorial Tournament, Final Round, CBS time race at Texas, even in this 2007, said the fascinating part about been the same as what it was last team had all four of its cars in the top MLB unpredictable and unprecedented this season is the unpredictability of year,” said Harvick, who has 11 con- eight in March 2019. 6 p.m. — Summer Camp: Mets at Yankees, NASCAR Cup season. what’s going to happen without prac- secutive top-10 finishes in Texas. When Harvick takes the green flag MLB Network 7 p.m. — Summer Camp: White Sox at Cubs, While there have been no practice tice and the application of traction TMS president Eddie Gossage said today, he will become the 18th driver ESPN sessions or qualifying laps since rac- compound on tracks. he has long wanted a NASCAR race to make his 700th career Cup Series Men’s Soccer 8 a.m. — Premier League: Southampton at ing resumed two months ago, Harvick There are no rules changes from last in the real Texas heat. The track’s start. The active leader for completed Bournemouth, NB Sports and Hamlin are both three-time win- year for the aerodynamic or engine usual schedule is an early spring race laps is 222 short of 200,000. 10 a.m. — Serie A: Sampdoria at Parma, ners at Texas, and combined to win packages used at Texas, where Hamlin and then a fall race in late October or Aric Almirola, the teammate who ESPN2 12:30 p.m. — Serie A: Torino at Fiorentina, four of the last five races there. They won in the spring before Harvick won early November. was the runner-up to Harvick last fall, ESPN are tied with a Cup-best four wins his third consecutive fall race there. “Drivers always talk about how they will start on the pole at Texas by the 7 p.m. — MLS is Back tournament: Chicago vs. San Jose, FS1 apiece this season, and all but one of “We’re going to use some notes from like a hot, greasy, slick track. Well, random draw, alongside Ryan Blaney 8 p.m. — USL: Reno 1868 FC at Sacramento those have come since mid-May. the previous races there last year. … they’re going to get it Sunday. It’s on the first row. The Busch brothers, Republic FC, ESPN2 The 1½-mile track could get slick on We will take into account weather and going to be plenty hot,” Gossage said. Kurt and Kyle, start together on the 9:30 p.m. — MLS is Back tournament: Seat- tle vs. Vancouver, FS1 what is to be predicted as a scorching all that stuff to figure out what kind of “It’s surely going to have an impact on second row, ahead of Harvick and Ke- Women’s Soccer afternoon today, with temperatures car we need to take to that race track the race. They say they can race more, selowski. Hamlin starts seventh, on 8:30 p.m. — NWSL Challenge Cup: OL Reign vs. Chicago, CBS Sports forecast in the upper 90s and the heat to be successful,” said Hamlin, who race harder, race better.” the same row with Chase Elliott, who index into the 100s. It will be about 30 won both Texas races in 2010. “Hope- The steamy weather and concerns is coming off a $1 million win in the degrees warmer than on March 29, the fully, we guess right.” about the coronavirus will keep the All-Star race. IN BRIEF day the race was originally scheduled As for the traction compound, ap- crowd much smaller than the allowed Stewart-Haas driver Cole Custer MLB before the coronavirus pandemic. plied in corners to create more passing 50 percent capacity at the track, which won last week at Kentucky, becoming Blue Jays barred from playing “You’d be hard to bet against those opportunities, Hamlin described a has about 135,000 seats. It will be the the first rookie winner in the Cup Se- games in Toronto two. This track, with (the first and sec- “50-50 crapshoot” whether it’s “going first major sporting event in Texas in ries in nearly four years, and the first TORONTO (AP) — The Blue Jays won’t play their home games in Toronto this year be- ond turns) being so flat and having so to be the same and in the same line.” more than four months to allow spec- since 2009 to win a race not shortened cause Canada’s government doesn’t think little grip, that’s right up Denny Ham- Hamlin and points leader Harvick tators, and likely will have a crowd by weather. The 22-year-old Californ- it’s safe for players to travel back and forth lin and Kevin Harvick’s alley,” NBC both expressed concerns about how similar to the 20,000 or so fans at Bris- ian makes his 21st career start today. from the United States, one of the coun- tries hit hardest by the coronavirus pan- demic. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino Matthew Wolff 77-68-70 — 215 -1 said Saturday the federal government de- double bogey on the 17th that. Woods said he felt better Rahm has had a mathemati- Xinjun Zhang 72-73-70 — 215 -1 nied the Blue Jays’ request to play at Golf hole after an awkward lie in and played better, posting a cal chance to reach No. 1 ever Dylan Frittelli 73-68-74 — 215 -1 Rogers Centre. Matthew Fitzpatrick 75-66-74 — 215 -1 the rough. 71. He still was 14 shots be- since golf resumed six weeks Lucas Glover 69-72-74 — 215 -1 The team had been given clearance by Continued from 1D Bubba Watson 78-68-70 — 216 E city and provincial governments to play in “It was good, and then it hind. ago. He missed the cut at Carlos Ortiz 74-72-70 — 216 E its home stadium and was awaiting ap- Adam Hadwin 76-70-70 — 216 E He was 12 under as he goes wasn’t good,” Finau said. That’s what made Rahm’s Colonial and finished out of Si Woo Kim 73-73-70 — 216 E proval from Canada’s federal government. Justin Thomas 74-67-75 — 216 E The other 29 Major League Baseball teams for his fourth PGA Tour vic- “Man, this golf course can get round so special. The ball the top 25 in the other three Patrick Reed 71-76-70 — 217 +1 plan to play in their home ballparks, with- Billy Horschel 76-71-70 — 217 +1 tory and 10th worldwide. you in a heartbeat. You just kept rolling on the greens, events he played. Tyler Duncan 75-71-71 — 217 +1 out spectators, when the pandemic-short- Finau and Palmer, each with try to put your best foot for- and the Spaniard realized it Now it’s right there in front Sebastian Munoz 75-70-72 — 217 +1 ened 60-game season begins next week. Harris English 70-73-74 — 217 +1 a 73, were three behind. For- ward every hole, every shot was happening to everybody. of him — along with a Muir- Viktor Hovland 74-66-77 — 217 +1 Mendicino said frequent travel to the Steve Stricker 73-67-77 — 217 +1 U.S., where COVID-19 cases are surging, mer Masters champion and try to play as well as you His only dropped shot was on field Village course that Luke List 70-68-79 — 217 +1 was the biggest issue. Tiger Woods 71-76-71 — 218 +2 Danny Willett (70) was next can. The greens are firm. the par-3 eighth. won’t be getting any easier. Marc Leishman 72-75-71 — 218 +2 in line six shots back. They’re fast. I’m a little dis- And his finish was simply “Whatever happens tomor- William McGirt 76-69-73 — 218 +2 NBA Keith Mitchell 74-71-73 — 218 +2 Finau was bogey-free on the appointed in my finish but sublime. row happens, but it’ll be a Louis Oosthuizen 72-73-73 — 218 +2 NBA going with shorter games Sergio Garcia 72-73-73 — 218 +2 for Disney exhibition openers front nine, poured in a 50- I’m in a good position going He hammered his tee shot great test for me to learn for Jason Dufner 72-73-73 — 218 +2 Erik van Rooyen 76-69-73 — 218 +2 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.