Sharp Wins Under Caution

Scott Sharp won his second consecutive Casino Magic 500, crossing the finish line under caution after a crash ended an exciting three-car duel for the lead Saturday night in an Indy Racing League event at Fort Worth.

Sharp was in a battle with Greg Ray and Eddie Cheever for the lead when the other two competitors were taken out by a crash on the 196th of 200 laps.

Ray was in front when he was bumped as he tried to pass Robby McGehee’s lapped car. That sent their two cars into a spin, which caught Cheever and also slammed his car into the wall. McGehee was taken to a hospital with a broken left leg.

Sharp was able to squeeze away from the accident scene and went on to his sixth career victory, breaking a tie with Ray for the most in the six-year-old series.

Davey Hamilton suffered broken bones in an earlier crash.

With a third of the original field altered, it was fitting that replacement driver Tony Stewart won the International Race of Champions event at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn.

Stewart, included in the IROC field when injury forced CART driver Gil de Ferran to pull out of the opener of the four-race series, led 48 of 50 laps Saturday to easily earn his first victory in the all-star event.

The win gave NASCAR drivers victories in the first three segments of the series and lifted Stewart into the thick of the championship chase. His 39 points put him in a tie for third with IRL driver Eddie Cheever Jr., five behind leader Bobby Labonte.

Kerry Earnhardt, oldest son of the late Dale Earnhardt, made his family a three-time winner at Michigan International Speedway by winning the ARCA Re/Max Flagstar 200. The victory follows his father’s Winston Cup and IROC wins here and his brother Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Busch Series win.

Michael Schumacher led qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal, easily winning his sixth pole at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Miscellany

Stacy Dragila set the first world record at Stanford’s Angell Field in 60 years with a mark of 15 feet 9 1/4 inches in the pole vault, less than 30 minutes after setting the record for the first time at 15-5 1/2. She also held the previous mark of 15-5, set in May in Pocatello, Idaho.

Marion Jones won the 200 meters in 22.70 seconds, the third fastest time by an American this year and her fastest legal mark of the season.

The Miami Dolphins re-signed safety Brock Marion, keeping the starting secondary intact for next season. Marion, coming off the best season of his career, had five interceptions and a team-high 109 tackles. . . . Inside linebacker Kendrell Bell, a second-round draft pick from Georgia, has agreed to terms with the Pittsburgh Steelers on a four-year, $3-million contract.

Overall leader Gilberto Simoni of Italy won the final mountain stage of the Giro d’Italia, a race undercut by a drug scandal. The next-to-last stage began Saturday without Simoni’s top challenger. Countryman Dario Frigo was pulled from the race after a police drug raid earlier in the week.

Lorenzo Aragon of Cuba defeated Anthony Thompson of Philadelphia to win the welterweight gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships at Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Australia, ranked 68th in the world, upset Brazil, 1-0, at Ulsan, South Korea, for third place in soccer’s Confederations Cup, raising further doubts about the four-time World Cup champions.