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ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
SATURDAY
MOTOR SPORTS
Formula 1, Styrian Grand Prix qualifying
NASCAR Truck Series, Pocono
NHRA, Nationals qualifying
NASCAR Cup Series, Pocono, Race 1
SRX Series, Eldora
SOCCER
UEFA European Championship, Wales vs. Denmark
UEFA European Championship, Italy vs. Austria
MLS, Los Angeles FC at Sporting Kansas City
MLS, Minnesota United at Portland
HORSE RACING
America’s Day at the Races
BASKETBALL
WNBA, Washington at Dallas
NBA playoffs, Phoenix at L.A. Clippers
GOLF
Women’s PGA Championship
PGA Tour, Travelers Championship
PGA Tour, Travelers Championship
PGA Tour Champions, Senior Players Championship
European Tour, BMW International Open
BASEBALL
College World Series, Vanderbilt vs. NC State)
MLB, Cleveland at Minnesota
MLB, Seattle at Chicago White Sox
MLB, Kansas City at Texas
MLB, Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers
College World Series, Texas vs. Mississippi St. (if nec.)
MLB, regional coverage
ACTION SPORTS
Cornhole, ACL Pro Shootout 4
OLYMPICS
U.S. Olympic Trials, Men’s Gymnastics
U.S. Olympic Trials, Track and Field
CYCLING
Tour de France, Stage 2
Time
5:55 a.m.
9 a.m.
11 a.m.
noon
5 p.m.
8:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
2:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
TV
ESPN2
FS1
FS1
NBCSN
CBS
ESPN
ABC
ESPN
Root
9:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
6 p.m.
FS2
CBS
ESPN
NBC
Golf
CBS
Golf
Golf
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
ESPN
MLB
Root
FS1
FOX
ESPN2
MLB
1 p.m.
CBSSN
Prep sports
MLB
SATURDAY
Boys basketball: South Salem at Summit, noon.
Wrestling: Class 3a state meet at redmond, TBd;
Class 2a/1a state meet at Central linn, TBd.
Swimming: Bend, Mountain View at Bend City
Meet 4, Juniper Swim & Fitness Center, TBd.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Tampa Bay
46
31
.597
—
Boston
44
31
.587
1
new york
40
34
.541
4½
Toronto
38
35
.521
6
Baltimore
23
52
.307
22
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
44
30
.595
—
Cleveland
41
31
.569
2
Kansas City
33
40
.452
10½
detroit
32
43
.427
12½
Minnesota
31
43
.419
13
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
houston
47
28
.627
—
Oakland
46
31
.597
2
Seattle
39
37
.513
8½
los angeles
36
39
.480
11
Texas
27
48
.360
20
Thursday’s Late Games
houston 12, detroit 3
Cleveland 4, Minnesota 1
Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay 4, l.a. angels 3
Baltimore at Toronto, late
n.y. yankees at Boston, late
Kansas City at Texas, late
Cleveland at Minnesota, late
Seattle at Chicago White Sox, late
Oakland at San Francisco, late
houston at detroit, ppd.
Saturday’s Games
houston (Valdez 4-0) at detroit (Mize 4-4), 10:10 a.m.,
1st game
Cleveland (hentges 1-1) at Minnesota (Maeda 3-2),
11:10 a.m.
Seattle (Gilbert 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (lynn 7-3),
11:10 a.m.
Baltimore (akin 0-3) at Toronto (ryu 6-4), 12:07 p.m.
Kansas City (TBd) at Texas (Gibson 5-0), 1:05 p.m.
l.a. angels (Cobb 5-2) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 2-2),
1:10 p.m.
houston (McCullers Jr. 4-1) at detroit (Peralta 0-1),
3:10 p.m., 2nd game
n.y. yankees (Montgomery 3-1) at Boston (eovaldi 7-4),
4:15 p.m.
Oakland (Montas 7-7) at San Francisco (Wood 6-3), 7:05 p.m.
PREPS
Boys basketball
Thursday’s Late Scores
Mcnary 60, Mountain View 52
Bend 67, la Pine 38
Friday’s Scores
Mcnary 59, Bend 45
Crook County vs. redmond, late
1 p.m.
6 p.m.
NBC
NBC
Friday’s Scores
ridgeview vs. Pendleton, late
Wrestling
Thursday’s Late Results
OWA Women‘s State Championship
Team Scores (top 12) — Thurston 107, Sweet
home 62, Oregon City 50, north Medford 48, Forest
Grove 47, hillsboro 43, Cottage Grove 40, la Pine 37,
north Salem 37, hood river Valley 35, estacada 30,
Bend 27.5
Individual Results (local placers) — 106: 3.
hayleigh Michael, lP; 110: 2. analise Smith, Bnd; 135:
4. Fatima albarran, Bnd; 145: 2. Kira Kerr, lP; 155: 3.
Brooke Seber, rV.
BASKETBALL
NBA playoffs
4:30 a.m. (Sun) NBCSN
5:55 a.m.
9 a.m.
11 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
ESPN
NBCSN
FOX
NBCSN
8:30 a.m.
ESPN
11:30 a.m.
1:55 p.m.
2 p.m.
5 p.m.
ABC
FOX
FS2
FS1
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
4 p.m.
TBS
Root
ESPN
10 a.m.
noon
noon
noon
noon
Golf
NBC
CBS
NBC
Golf
10:30 a.m.
NBC
1 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
ESPN
TNT
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Eastern Conference
Atlanta 1, Milwaukee 1
Friday: Milwaukee 125, atlanta 91
Sunday: Milwaukee at atlanta, 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday: Milwaukee at atlanta, 5:30 p.m.
x-Thursday: atlanta at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.
x-Saturday, July 3: Milwaukee at atlanta, 5:30 p.m.
x-Monday, July 5: atlanta at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.
Western Conference
Phoenix 2, L.A. Clippers 1
Thursday: l.a. Clippers 106, Phoenix 92
Saturday: Phoenix at l.a. Clippers, 6 p.m.
Monday: l.a. Clippers at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
x-Wednesday: Phoenix at l.a. Clippers, 6 p.m.
x-Friday, July 2: l.a. Clippers at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Connecticut
9
5
.643
Chicago
9
7
.563
Washington
7
7
.500
new york
7
8
.467
atlanta
5
8
.385
indiana
1
15
.063
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Seattle
12
3
.800
las Vegas
10
4
.714
Minnesota
7
7
.500
dallas
7
8
.467
Phoenix
6
7
.462
los angeles
6
7
.462
Thursday’s Late Game
los angeles 89, Washington 82
Friday’s Games
Minnesota 90, las Vegas 89, OT
Saturday’s Games
Washington at dallas, 10 a.m.
new york at atlanta, 4 p.m.
GB
—
1
2
2½
3½
9
GB
—
1½
4½
5
5
5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
new york
39
32
.549
—
Washington
36
37
.493
4
atlanta
36
39
.480
5
Philadelphia
35
38
.479
5
Miami
32
43
.427
9
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Milwaukee
43
33
.566
—
Chicago
42
33
.560
½
Cincinnati
37
37
.500
5
St. louis
36
39
.480
6½
Pittsburgh
27
46
.370
14½
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
San Francisco
48
26
.649
—
los angeles
44
31
.587
4½
San diego
45
32
.584
4½
Colorado
31
45
.408
18
arizona
21
55
.276
28
Thursday’s Late Games
Cincinnati 5, atlanta 3
Washington 7, Miami 3
Pittsburgh 8, St. louis 2
Chicago Cubs 4, l.a. dodgers 0
Friday’s Games
n.y. Mets 2, Philadelphia 1, 8 innings, 1st game
Milwaukee 5, Colorado 4, 11 innings
atlanta 3, Cincinnati 2
Philadelphia 2, n.y. Mets 1, 8 innings, 2nd game
Miami 11, Washington 2
Pittsburgh at St. louis, late
Oakland at San Francisco, late
arizona at San diego, late
Chicago Cubs at l.a. dodgers, late
Saturday’s Games
Pittsburgh (Brubaker 4-6) at St. louis (Wainwright 5-5),
11:15 a.m.
atlanta (anderson 5-3) at Cincinnati (Castillo 2-10), 1:10 p.m.
Colorado (Senzatela 2-7) at Milwaukee (houser 4-5),
1:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (eflin 2-6) at n.y. Mets (deGrom 7-2), 1:10 p.m.
Washington (Corbin 5-5) at Miami (Thompson 1-2),
1:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Mills 3-1) at l.a. dodgers (urías 9-3), 4:15 p.m.
Oakland (Montas 7-7) at San Francisco (Wood 6-3), 7:05 p.m.
arizona (Kelly 3-7) at San diego (lamet 2-2), 7:10 p.m.
College World Series
In Omaha, Neb.
(Double Elimination; x-if necessary)
Thursday’s Late Game
Game 10: no. 2 Texas 6, Virginia 2, Virginia is eliminated
Friday’s Games
Game 11: no. 4 Vanderbilt 3, nC State 1
Game 12: no. 7 Mississippi St. vs. no. 2 Texas, late
Saturday’s Games
Game 13: no. 4 Vanderbilt vs. nC State, 11 a.m.
x-Game 14: no. 2 Texas vs. no. 7 Mississippi St., 4 p.m.
HOCKEY
NHL playoffs
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7)
Montreal 4, Vegas 2
Thursday: Montreal 3, Vegas 2, OT, Montreal advances
Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 3
Friday: Tampa Bay 1, n.y. islanders 0, TB advances
GOLF
Women’s PGA Championship
Above the cutline
Friday in Johns Creek, Ga.
Yardage: 6,740; Par: 72
Second Round
nelly Korda
70-63—133
lizette Salas
67-67—134
Celine Boutier
73-64—137
Cydney Clanton
70-67—137
alena Sharp
69-68—137
Madelene Sagstrom
70-68—138
inbee Park
71-68—139
esther henseleit
71-68—139
Charley hull
68-71—139
Wichanee Meechai
73-67—140
danielle Kang
73-67—140
ryann O’Toole
71-69—140
hyo Joo Kim
71-69—140
dottie ardina
70-70—140
Giulia Molinaro
70-70—140
Mina harigae
70-70—140
Xiyu lin
69-71—140
austin ernst
69-71—140
Gabriela ruffels, 76-65—141. Marina alex, 72-69—141.
yu liu, 72-69—141. anna nordqvist, 71-70—141. nanna
Koerstz Madsen, 70-71—141. Patty Tavatanakit, 70-71—
141. yealimi noh, 69-72—141. Jessica Korda, 69-72—141.
Georgia hall, 75-67—142. leona Maguire, 72-70—142.
So yeon ryu, 72-70—142. Chella Choi, 70-72—142. ariya
Jutanugarn, 70-72—142.
Moriya Jutanugarn, 76-67—143. dana Finkelstein, 75-
68—143. yuka Saso, 73-70—143. lexi Thompson, 73-70—
143. ally ewing, 73-70—143. lindsey Weaver, 73-70—143.
Caroline Masson, 71-72—143. in Gee Chun, 70-73—143.
Gerina Piller, 70-73—143. dani holmqvist, 69-74—143.
Jeongeun lee6, 69-74—143.
Janie Jackson, 76-68—144. Mariah Stackhouse, 74-
70—144. Brooke M. henderson, 74-70—144. Sarah Burn-
ham, 73-71—144. lydia Ko, 72-72—144. amy yang, 72-
72—144. lauren Stephenson, 77-68—145. Sei young Kim,
76-69—145. luna Sobron Galmes, 75-70—145. Christina
Kim, 75-70—145. eun-hee Ji, 74-71—145. lauren Kim,
73-72—145. Su Oh, 73-72—145. Minjee lee, 73-72—145.
annie Park, 78-68—146. Jennifer Kupcho, 77-69—146.
Michelle Wie West, 77-69—146. hinako Shibuno, 76-70—
146. Perrine delacour, 76-70—146. Jin young Ko, 75-71—
146. Paula reto, 74-72—146. alison lee, 74-72—146. Brit-
tany lang, 74-72—146. Pajaree anannarukarn, 74-72—146.
Jeongeun lee, 73-73—146. albane Valenzuela, 73-73—146.
Megan Khang, 73-73—146. angela Stanford, 72-74—146.
4 p.m.
3 a.m. (Mon)
NBC
ESPN
4:30 a.m. (Mon) NBCSN
SPORTS BRIEFING
SOCCER
Start time of Timbers game Saturday pushed back
due to heat — In response to the Portland heat wave that
is hitting this weekend, the Portland Timbers have further
pushed back the start time of their Saturday night match
against Minnesota United FC. Kickoff now is set for 8:30 p.m.
Saturday at Providence Park in Portland. Forecasts call for
high temperatures in the triple digits on Saturday.
OLYMPICS
‘No-spectator’ games a possibility — A “no-spectator
games” remains an option for the Tokyo Olympics, which
open officially in just four weeks, the president of the Tokyo
Olympic organizing committee said Friday. The admission by
Seiko Hashimoto comes only four days after she announced
on Monday that up to 10,000 local fans would be allowed into
venues — with numbers not to exceed 50% of venue capac-
ity regardless of indoor or outdoor events. “The situation is
changing from time to time so that is why we need to remain
flexible,” Hashimoto said at a news conference. “A no-specta-
tor games is one of our options.”
GOLF
Day grabs lead at PGA’s Travelers Championship —
After relative unknowns proved successful on the first day
of the Travelers Championship, former major winners surg-
ing to the top as Jason Day, the 2015 PGA Champion, posted
the best round of Day 2 with an 8-under 62 to climb atop
the leaderboard. Bubba Watson, a two-time Masters champ
who won the Travelers in 2010, 2015 and 2018, shot a second
straight 4-under 66 to pull into second at 8-under. Kramer
Hickok co-led the field through 18 holes, and shot a 1-under
69 to move to 8-under, tied for second with Watson.
— Bulletin wire reports
MEGA MILLIONS
The numbers drawn Friday night are:
17 20 42 45 65 12 x 4
The estimated jackpot is now $50 million.
As listed at www.oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites
“I knew it would take about
9:20 to make the team,” Law-
rence said. “I do think I’m ca-
pable of running that time. But
the race was a lot more tactical
than I anticipated. I thought
Coburn would take it out (ear-
lier). I’m happy with how I
raced. I told myself I would say
‘yes.’ That was my motto, and I
just committed to the moves as
best I could.”
Lawrence — who has
trained with Oiselle-sponsored
Littlewing Athletics in Bend
since 2013 and ran collegiately
for Washington — plans to be
a spectator for the last few days
of the trials, which conclude on
Sunday.
Lawrence said she has en-
joyed seeing so many people
from different facets of her life
come to watch her compete in
her second Olympic trials. (She
finished eighth in the stee-
plechase finals at the trials in
Eugene in 2016.)
“It’s not quite like a wedding
where you have all your favor-
Motor sports
Continued from B1
Both are winless — a year af-
ter Harvick won a series-best
nine races and Hamlin counted
the Daytona 500 among his
seven victories — and hope to
reverse the trend at Pocono.
They did flip results last year
when Harvick and Hamlin went
1-2 in Saturday’s race and Ham-
lin and Harvick went 1-2 in
Sunday’s race. Pocono Raceway
is the site of the only NASCAR
doubleheader this season.
“There is a panic button.
I’m not really there yet,” Ham-
lin said. “Frustrated, yeah, but
again, we’ve got a few weeks to
really start looking at that and
say, ‘OK, we really have to catch
up here.’ ”
Harvick finished fifth last
week at Nashville and Hamlin
was 13th — he has one top-10
over his last four starts.
Harvick won the 2014
NASCAR championship in his
SOCCER
NWSL
W L T Pts GF
Orlando
4 0 3
15 11
Portland
4 2 0
12 12
north Carolina
3 2 1
10 10
Washington
2 1 3
9
6
Gotham FC
2 1 2
8
3
Chicago
2 3 2
8
5
reign FC
2 3 1
7
5
houston
2 3 1
7
6
louisville
2 3 1
7
3
Kansas City
0 5 2
2
3
nOTe: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday’s Games
louisville at Chicago, 11 a.m.
Gotham FC at reign FC, 1 p.m.
Portland at north Carolina, 4 p.m.
Orlando at houston, 5 p.m.
Washington at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m.
GA
6
4
4
6
2
10
5
7
10
10
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
new england
7 1 2 23 17 11
Orlando City
6 1 3 21 18
7
Phila.
5 2 3 18 12
7
ny City FC
4 3 2 14 16 10
Columbus
4 3 2 14
9
7
nashville
3 1 5 14 12 10
d.C. united
4 5 1 13
9 11
new york
4 5 0 12 14 13
CF Montréal
3 3 3 12 10
9
atlanta
2 2 5 11 11 10
inter Miami CF
2 6 2
8
9 16
Cincinnati
2 5 1
7
7 17
Toronto FC
1 6 2
5 12 18
Chicago
1 7 1
4
4 14
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Seattle
7 0 3 24 18
5
Sporting KC
6 3 2 20 20 14
la Galaxy
6 3 0 18 14 14
Colorado
5 3 1 16 15 11
Portland
4 4 1 13 13 14
houston
3 3 4 13 14 15
real Sl
3 2 3 12 13 10
la FC
3 3 3 12 11 10
Minnesota united 3 4 2 11
9 12
San Jose
3 6 1 10 11 17
austin FC
2 5 3
9
6 11
Vancouver
2 6 1
7
8 14
FC dallas
1 4 4
7
9 14
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Friday’s Game
Orlando City 2, Miami 1
Saturday’s Games
la FC at Sporting KC, 2:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.
Phila. at Chicago, 5 p.m.
houston at real Sl, 5 p.m.
CF Montréal at nashville, 5:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Seattle, 6 p.m.
la Galaxy at San Jose, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Portland, 8:30 p.m.
DEALS
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
lOS anGeleS anGelS — Placed OF Justin upton on
the 10-day il. recalled inF Kean Wong from Salt lake
(Triple-a West).
OaKland aThleTiCS — Placed OF Mark Canha on
the 10-day il. recalled inF Vimael Machin from las Ve-
gas (Triple-a West).
SeaTTle MarinerS — assigned lhP daniel Zamora
outright to Tacoma (Triple-a West).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
neW yOrK GianTS — Waived rB ryquell armstead.
neW yOrK JeTS — Signed OT Morgan Moses to a
one-year contract.
PiTTSBurGh STeelerS — Signed OG Trai Turner.
“It wasn’t my A-plus goal, but
I am very happy with how I
executed race strategy, and
I told myself I’d be happy
with certain things, and I did
those certain things.”
Lawrence
Continued from B1
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BASEBALL
Girls basketball
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
noon
noon
4:30 a.m. (Sun)
SUNDAY
MOTOR SPORTS
Formula 1, Styrian Grand Prix
NASCAR Xfinity Series, Pocono
NHRA, Nationals
NASCAR Cup Series, Pocono, Race 2
SOCCER
UEFA European Championship,
Netherlands vs. Czech Republic
UEFA European Championship,
Belgium vs. Portugal
Copa America, Brazil vs. Ecuador
Copa America, Venezuela vs. Peru
MLS, Columbus Crew at Austin FC
BASEBALL
MLB, N.Y. Yankees at Boston
MLB, Seattle at Chicago White Sox
MLB, Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers
GOLF
PGA Tour, Travelers Championship
Women’s PGA Championship
PGA Tour, Travelers Championship
Women’s PGA Championship
PGA Tour Champions, Senior Players Championship
OLYMPIC TRIALS
Paralympic Trials, Track and Field; Swimming
BASKETBALL
WNBA, Seattle at Las Vegas
NBA playoffs, Milwaukee at Atlanta
OLYMPICS
U.S. Olympic Trials, Track and Field
TENNIS
Wimbledon
CYCLING
Tour de France, Stage 3
ON DECK
— Mel Lawrence, of Bend, on her
performance in the finals of the
3,000-meter steeplechase at the
U.S. Olympic track trials
Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard
Bend’s Mel Lawrence (center, on top of barrier) competes in the first
round of the women’s steeplechase on Sunday night at the U.S. Olym-
pic Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene.
ite people in one room, but it’s
pretty close,” said Lawrence,
who grew up in Reno, Nevada.
Six weeks ago, Lawrence
said, she figured this would
likely be her last year compet-
ing. But over the last month
she has pondered continuing to
race beyond that. She said her
performance at the trials has
given her even more motiva-
tion and confidence to perhaps
extend her competitive career.
One thing she knows for
sure is that she wants to start
a family with husband Matt
Briggs, who works in finance
in Bend. She said she will stay
involved with the Littlewing
team no matter what, whether
as an athlete or a coach.
“I know someone who is
going to take next year off to
have a baby, and then come
first season driving for Stew-
art-Haas Racing. He hasn’t fin-
ished worse than eighth — with
a championship, a runner-up,
three third-place finishes and
a fifth — over his time at SHR.
But the team has struggled all
season and none of its four Cup
drivers have a win through 17
races. SHR doesn’t have the
speed to challenge Larson or
Hendrick Motorsports.
Harvick said the No. 4 Ford
team is “not to that point”
where it can start winning
weekly.
Hamlin would pass Jeff Gor-
don for most wins at the 2½-
mile track, with two wins for
Joe Gibbs Racing in 2006, and
one each in 2009, 2010, 2019
and 2020.
“I don’t think we can cor-
relate, just because we had suc-
cess last year, it’s going to equal
success this year,” Hamlin said.
“I think we always will have an
advantage when we go (to Po-
cono) simply because of how
my driving style fits that track.”
Larson, meanwhile, has been
the talk of NASCAR as he re-
bounded from a nearly season-
long suspension into the hot-
test driver in the field. Jimmie
Johnson in 2007 was the last to
win four straight Cup races.
Silly season
It’s the time of the NASCAR
season when drivers start the
process of trying to find a job
for next year.
Matt DiBenedetto is again on
the free agent market because
Team Penske announced al-
ready that Xfinity Series cham-
pion Austin Cindric would
move to the Cup Series next
year in the No. 21 Ford with the
Wood Brothers. DiBenedetto
is in his second season driving
the No. 21, a car that has a Pen-
ske affiliation and is easily the
best job of his NASCAR career.
But there could be hope for
DiBenedetto to hang onto that
seat, after all.
back in 2024,” Lawrence said.
“I don’t think I’ll do that, but,
you know, maybe I will. I don’t
know. I have so much respect
for the moms who do both.
That’s not something I’ve ever
wanted for myself, in terms of
doing both at the same time. I’d
like to keep the two separate.”
For now, she feels good
about where she is at.
“I’m racing for me and not
for other people,” Lawrence
said, “which I think is really
important but really hard to
do.”
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Reporter: 541-383-0318,
mmorical@bendbulletin.com
Brad Keselowski appears
headed to Roush Fenway Rac-
ing for next season, which
would free the No. 2 Ford at
Penske. Keselowski said he’s
months away from being able
to announce his 2022 plans.
But with the No. 2 open,
could Cindric, son of Team
Penske president Tim Cindric,
instead go directly into that
car? Penske was noncommittal.
“The season isn’t even over
yet, so at the moment we hav-
en’t made any permanent deci-
sion on drivers and obviously
there’s a lot of moving parts,”
Penske said.
DiBendetto made the play-
offs for the first time in his ca-
reer and scored a career-best
11 top-10 finishes during his
first season in the No. 21. He’s
19th in the standings now and
lacks the consistency he had a
year ago, but the team earlier
this month replaced crew chief
Greg Erwin with engineer Jon-
athan Hassler.