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ELKHART LAKE, Wis. -- Tiptoeing at high speed around a
rain-slicked track under the pressure of a two-lap
overtime, Brendan Gaughan handed away the lead to Chase
Elliott. Then he snatched it right back a few corners
later. Hed still have two more drivers to hold off on the
final lap -- including a last-ditch charge from Alex
Tagliani of Lachenaie, Que., the man who appeared to have
the race all but won with a little more than a lap left
in regulation. Gaughan already had gone sliding off the
track a couple of times earlier. Oh, and his team forgot
to bring a windshield wiper to install on his car.
Through all that, Gaughan held on to win a rainy and wild
NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Road America on
Saturday. "I love racing in the rain," Gaughan said. "Its
fun. And when youre good at it, it makes it even more
fun. I havent smelled blood in a long time. Thats been
something Ive been lacking lately is that killer
attitude. When it started to rain, even without the wiper
blade, I started to smell blood and said, Im coming."
Gaughan won for the first time in the series, breaking
through in his 98th career start. Tagliani was second,
followed by Kevin OConnell, Elliott and J.J. Yeley as
NASCAR drivers got a rare opportunity to race in the
rain. It was the third time in Nationwide history that
grooved rain tires have been used in a race; the previous
two were in Montreal. NASCAR only uses rain tires on
winding road courses, not on oval tracks. The rain added
a tense new dimension to racing at Road America, a four-
mile road course where the Nationwide Series already had
shown an ability to put on a good show. "As we showed
today, you can put on a hell of a race in the rain,"
Gaughan said. After watching his chance to win the race
in regulation fizzle out, Tagliani -- who was leading
when a late caution came out, ran out of gas and
refuelled his car -- nearly charged all the way back to
the lead when his crew put him back on slick tires to
attack the drying track. "It was pretty intense,"
Tagliani said. "The wet was tricky, but obviously we were
good. So I dont know. Maybe I threw a bad spell on myself
because I was saying, Its impossible that Im going to win
this race. Somethings going to happen. On the white flag,
something happened." Added Gaughan: "(Give) Tagliani one
more lap, the track was dry enough that he would have
probably got to us. It worked out in our favour." It was
an impressive finish for Elliott, an 18-year-old rookie
and the son of NASCAR icon Bill Elliott. But he wasnt
exactly patting himself on the back after the race. He
missed most of Fridays practice after missing a shift and
causing his crew to change engines, briefly slid off the
track earlier in Saturdays race, then felt like the threw
away a shot at a win. "Failure No. 3 on the weekend for
me," Elliott said in a radio interview. "Missed shift
yesterday, ran off the track, and then couldnt get the
job done. Im going to have to step up." The race started
a little more than an hour late, as NASCAR officials
waited for a slightly damp track to dry out; the grooved
rain tires are designed to work best in full wet
conditions. Slightly heavier rain then began to fall just
before the races halfway mark, causing the race to go
under caution for a few laps before instructing teams to
put on rain tires -- resulting in a rare test of NASCAR
drivers skills in the rain. "It was ridiculous," Elliott
said. "It really was. It was a handful."
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- There has not been much to cheer at Montreal Alouettes
games this season, but that will change this week when
Ben Cahoon returns as one of seven new inductees in the
Canadian Football Hall of Fame.The gritty little receiver
who combined with quarterback Anthony Calvillo to set
Canadian Football League records will be honoured with
six other inductees Sunday when the Calgary Stampeders
visit the Alouettes in the Hall of Fame game at Percival
Molson Stadium.Every time I get near that field I get
chills, Cahoon said as the group received their Hall of
Fame jackets.He was to be inducted at a gala Saturday
night along with former Alouettes offensive tackle Uzooma
Okeke and linebacker/punter Wally Buono, now general
manager and vice president of the B.C. Lions.Former
Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Charles Roberts,
Edmonton Eskimos fullback Neil Lumsden, old-time Ottawa
Rough Riders tackle and kicker Moe (The Toe) Racine and
university coach Larry Haylor were also to be
inducted.The diminutive Cahoon was one of the most
popular players ever in Montreal red, white and blue,
making a then-record 1,017 catches for 13,296 yards in
his 13 seasons, many of them in heavy traffic over the
middle.The 42-year-old played in eight Grey Cup games,
winning three, and holds the record of 47 career Grey Cup
catches.The main reason was being surrounded by a
fantastic offensive line my whole career and Anthony
Calvillo, said Cahoon. We were lucky for a decade-plus to
have that: a lot of stability on the line, great talent
and work ethic, and the best in the business with
Anthony.Cahoon was born in Utah to Canadian parents and
spent part of his childhood living in various Alberta
towns, which was enough to give him non-import
status.That likely was why a smaller-than-average, not
terribly fast receiver got a chance to play in the CFL.
But once he got in the game, he proved himself quickly.I
felt a few times that saved my job, but at the same time,
I felt I proved I could have played as an American, too,
he said. Some people didnt consider me a legit Canadian.
I would debate that till the sun goes down.Cahoon, who
now sells medical equipment in Salt Lake City, nearly
came back to Montreal as an assistant coach this year,
but a few factors didnt play out to make it happen,
including GM Jim Popp not getting the head coaching
job.He had coached receivers at his alma mater, Brigham
Young, after retiring as a player before being let go in
2012 when they changed offensive co-ordinators.Okeke, a
six-time CFL all-star, played for Montreal from 1997 to
2006 after earlier stops in Shreveport and Ottawa. He is
now football operations assistant and a scout for the
Alouettes.I remember winning the Grey Cup (in 2002), the
parade, the 44-year-old said. I remember Mike Pringle
rushing for 2,000 yards.I remember running around town
when I was a rookie. My first daughter was born in
Montreal. There are a lot of good memories.Buono, who
went into the Hall as a builder, grew up in Montreal,
played from 1973 to 1983 for the Alouettes and beegan his
coaching career with them, but he made his mark on the
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Cups. He passed Don Matthews for the most coaching wins
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a certain way. He set the standard for great coaching.
The fact that I coached a year longer than him gave me a
few more wins, I guess.Roberts was a quick little back
who owned the Blue Bombers record book for rushing,
including most career yards with 9,987 and most rushing
touchdowns with 64. In his career, he carried 1,918 times
for 10,285 yards and 69 TDs.When you start playing
football, you never envision being inducted into a hall
of fame, he said. Its a league with great history and to
be part of that is very special to me. Im humbled by
it.Roberts returned home to Anaheim, Calif., after his
career, and now has a day job and does some coaching on
the side.Its funny because I was known as a coach killer,
he said with a laugh. Maybe not a coach killer, but a guy
that might have caused some little difficulties in the
offices. But working with kids. Trying to give back. You
miss the sport.Lumsden got the nod for his university
career. He helped the Ottawa Gee Gees to an 11-0 season
and Vanier Cup in 1975. And for his CFL accomplishments.
He won four Grey Cups, three with Edmonton and another as
GM of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Then he became a
university coach, currently at Guelph.What he was best
known for was being a rare Canadian to play in the
backfield.When I came out of Ottawa, I dont think there
were any Canadian running backs, he said. Typically,
Canadian kids moved to tight end or slotback.In Toronto,
Russ Jackson was my first head coach, and he put me at
fullback and I got the opportunity and played well. So
maybe that tipped the balance so that Canadians could
play that position. There were lots of great ones after
me. I maybe kicked the door open a bit.Racine waited
decades for the Hall of Fame call. The three-time Eastern
all-star played 274 games for Ottawa from 1960 to 1974
and had his No. 62 retired by the Rough Riders.He never
kicked in high school, but was asked to do kickoffs and
then took over converts and field goals in the early
1960s.Its very exciting, he said. I put it out of my mind
many years ago and now its arrived, so its exciting for
me and my family.Haylor coached the University of
Saskatchewan Huskies from 1971 to 1973, but is best known
for guiding the Western Mustangs from 1984 to 2006,
winning Vanier Cups in 1989 and 1994. He set a record for
CIS coaching victories with 154, and retired with a 178-
43-4 record.
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