Kurt Busch wins race at Charlotte

Kurt Busch used a lightning-fast final pit stop to chase down the leaders and give team owner Roger Penske a coveted Memorial Day weekend victory at Concord, N.C.

That the win came in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and not at his beloved Indianapolis Motor Speedway, probably didn’t matter to Penske.

Busch and Chip Ganassi driver Jamie McMurray were the class of the field at the end of NASCAR’s longest race of the season, and McMurray was hoping to give Ganassi a sweep of the two prestigious Memorial Day weekend races. Earlier Sunday, Dario Franchitti won in Indianapolis and, after the celebration, Ganassi flew to North Carolina to catch the second half of the NASCAR race.

Busch swept the May races at Charlotte, having won the $1-million All-Star race last weekend.

Kyle Busch rallied from a mid-race crash on pit road to finish third in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.

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Lewis Hamilton led a McLaren 1-2 finish at the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul after a dramatic run-in between teammates Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel denied Red Bull a Formula One sweep.

The Red Bull pair touched as Vettel looked to pass along the Istanbul Park Circuit’s fastest section, causing the German driver to spin out of the race. Webber, who had led to that point, recovered for third behind Jenson Button.

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Johnson sets Colonial record

Zach Johnson fired a closing six-under-par 64 to win the Colonial in a tournament-record 21-under 259 at Fort Worth.

The 2007 Masters champion finished three strokes ahead of Brian Davis, who had a closing 68.

Jeff Overton and Ben Crane each shot 67 to finish tied for third at 17 under. Scott Verplank (65) and Bryce Molder (70), who led after the second and third rounds, were another shot back.

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Tom Lehman won the 71st Senior PGA Championship with a par on the first playoff hole against Fred Couples and David Frost at Parker, Colo.

Lehman’s first individual Champions Tour triumph — he teamed with Bernhard Langer to win the 2009 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf — was worth $360,000.

Couples shot 69 and Frost 67, but they each double-bogeyed the first playoff hole. Lehman (71) began the day as the co-leader with Jay Don Blake, whose eagle on No. 7 gave him a two-shot lead that lasted but a few precious minutes.

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Maryland wins lacrosse title

Maryland won its 10th NCAA women’s lacrosse title, rallying from a six-goal deficit to defeat five-time defending champion Northwestern, 13-11, at Towson, Md.

The Terrapins earned their first title since 2001 and preserved their record of seven straight titles, set from 1995 to 2001. Maryland also ended Northwestern’s run of 23 consecutive tournament wins.

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Florida International’s Garrett Wittels is taking his pursuit of the Division I hitting-streak record to the NCAA tournament.

Wittels got a hit in his 54th straight game and FIU beat Troy, 14-10, in the championship game of the Sun Belt Conference tournament in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

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Ivan Basso won the Giro d’Italia for the second time, capturing his first major cycling title since returning from a two-year doping ban.