Blair wins again at Sharon Speedway

June 1, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

Hartford

The ULMS Super Late Model Series returned on Saturday night after a two-year absence, and while Max Blair may have been a familiar face in victory lane, it was his first time in the Super Late Models and first career win in ULMS.

Blair led all 25 laps and was never seriously challenged for the $2,000 win.

Not many drivers reach two milestone victories in their career, so to accomplish two in one night is a pretty special feat. That’s exactly what happened to Rex King. The veteran Big-Block Modified racer passed Dave Murdick for the lead then held off his son, Rex Jr., for his 50th career Sharon win and 100th overall on the circuit. The 30-lap Hovis Auto & Truck Supply victory also stopped Rex, Jr.’s attempt at three straight wins to start the season.

Rocky Kugel put a stop to Greg Martin’s streak of two straight wins in the RUSH Sportsman Modifieds at Sharon and three straight on the Bicknell Racing Products Weekly Series circuit. Kugel led all 20 laps of the Weller Hughes Contracting & Developing feature holding off 12th starting Martin for his first win of 2015.

Nordqvist wins LPGA’s ShopRite

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J.

Anna Nordqvist birdied the 16th and 17th holes to break out of the pack and went on to win the ShopRite LPGA Classic by a stroke.

With her mother visiting from Sweden, the 27-year-old Nordqvist closed with a 2-under 69 in windy conditions to finish at 8-under 205 at Stockton Seaview’s Bay Course.

The former Arizona State player has five career LPGA Tour titles, winning twice each in 2009 and 2014.

Nordqvist made a 12-foot birdie putt at the par-4 16th to break a tie with France’s Christel Boeljon and get to 8 under. Nordqvist hit her tee shot on the short par-3 17th to 8 feet to the left of the hole and drained that putt as well to move to two strokes in front. She bogeyed the 18h.

Boeljon was a career-best second after a 68.

Second-round leader Morgan Pressel, who fell out of the lead following a bogey-double bogey stretch on the front nine, tied for third at 5 under after a 73. Kjeldsen captures Irish Open

NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland

Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen won the Irish Open, beating England’s Eddie Pepperell and Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.

Kjeldsen closed with a 5-over 76 to finish at 2-under 282. Pepperell had a 69, and Wiesberger shot 73 at wind-swept and rain-battered Royal County Down.

The 40-year-old Kjeldsen two-putted from 35 feet for his winning birdie on the par-5 18th hole. Wiesberger finished with a par, and Pepperell had a bogey.

Kjeldsen has four European Tour titles.

Rickie Fowler shot a 73 to tie for 30th at 7 over. The American was coming off a victory three weeks ago in the PGA Tour’s Players Championship.

Oshawa wins Memorial Cup

QUEBEC CITY

Anthony Cirelli scored off a rebound at 1:28 of overtime to give the Oshawa Generals a 2-1 victory over the Kelowna Rockets on Sunday night in the Memorial Cup final.

The Ontario Hockey League champion Generals won all four of their games in the four-team event. They also won the junior hockey tournament in 1939, 1940, 1944 and 1990.

Cirelli also tied it at 1 in the second period. Ken Appleby made 37 saves, allowing only Tomas Soustal’s first-period goal for Western Hockey League champion Kelowna.

A crowd of 10,391 turned out for the final hockey game at the Pepsi Colisee. The arena will be demolished and replaced by the 18,000-seat Videotron Centre next door.

The 2016 tournament will be played in Red Deer, Alberta.

Staff/wire report