Reed Sorenson wins wild one in Wisconsin

Justin Allgaier could have coasted to victory under caution — but he ran out of fuel, handing a victory to Reed Sorenson in a chaotic finish to the NASCAR Nationwide series race Saturday at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis.

Allgaier took the lead from Michael McDowell on the second of three attempts at a green-white-checkered overtime finish. Allgaier held the lead after the final restart and appeared to have the win sealed when the yellow flag waved for the final time because of another rash of crashes.

But Allgaier did not have enough fuel to make it to the finish after running so many extra laps on the four-mile track, and making it back to the finish line is required under NASCAR rules even though the race finished under yellow.

Sorenson and Ron Fellows took the checkered flag side-by-side and both drivers seemed to think they had won, and NASCAR officials took several minutes to declare Sorenson the winner.

“I don’t agree with the ruling, but it is what it is,” Fellows said.

NASCAR officials ruled that Fellows finished second, followed by Jacques Villeneuve — who had a late run-in with Max Papis — Elliott Sadler and Mike Wallace.

Brian Scott was leading in the closing laps of regulation, trying to win the race on fuel strategy. But McDowell, who started on the pole and ran at or near the front all afternoon, chased him down and got around him going into Turn 1 with seven laps to go.

Marco Andretti took the lead from Tony Kanaan with 18 laps left and won the IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway in Newton, his first victory in five years.

Kanaan, who won last year’s race at Iowa’s .875-mile oval, made a final run at Andretti. But Andretti hung on for his second career win. The other came in 2006 at the Infineon road course at Sonoma, Calif.

Points leader Dario Franchitti led for much of the race but faded after a restart 51 laps from the end. The Scot finished fifth, though he took sole possession of the season points lead from Will Power.

Scott Dixon started 23rd and finished third, followed by JR Hildebrand.

Danica Patrick opened the race second, her best starting position since Nashville in 2008. She finished 10th.

ETC.

Roethlisberger may need foot surgery

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger says he may eventually need surgery on a broken right foot that bothered him during the team’s run to the Super Bowl last season.

Roethlisberger told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that he could have opted for surgery after the season but decided to let the foot heal after talking to doctors.

The Toronto Raptors said Brazilian guard Leandro Barbosa exercised his contract option to return next season. Barbosa averaged 13.3 points, 2.1 assists and 24.1 minutes in 58 games last season — his first in Toronto.

The Calgary Flames re-signed left wing Alex Tanguay to a five-year, $17.5-million contract.

Spain won the European under-21 soccer championship for the first time since 1998 by beating Switzerland, 2-0, in the final at Aarhus, Denmark.

Ander Herrera’s goal on a header in the 41st minute was followed in the 81st by a free kick from Thiago Alcantara, who caught Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer too far out.

It was another triumph in the international arena for Spain, whose senior team is the World Cup and European champion.

Felix Sturm retained his WBA middleweight title with a contentious split-decision win against Irish challenger Matthew Macklin at Cologne, Germany.

Two judges scored the bout 116-112 in favor of the defending champion fighting in his hometown; the other scored 115-113 for Macklin.

Passings

Broadcaster Nick Charles, who became CNN’s first sports anchor, died after a two-year fight with bladder cancer. He was 64. Obituary, A39

Former Croatia soccer coach Tomislav Ivic died Friday at 77. Croatian news media said Ivic suffered from diabetes and heart problems.

Ivic coached the national teams of the former Yugoslavia, Croatia, Iran and United Arab Emirates, along with 20 clubs from 14 countries, in a coaching career that lasted from 1967 to 2004. He won league titles with Hajduk Split, Ajax, Anderlecht, Porto, Panathinaikos and Olympique Marseille.

In 2007, Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport lauded Ivic as the most successful soccer coach in history.