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Jumbo Shrimp Recap: Jacksonville Scores Eight Unanswered Runs in Win over Durham

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After falling behind 3-1, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp rallied to score eight unanswered runs and came away with a 9-3 win over the Durham Bulls Tuesday night at 121 Financial Ballpark.Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth, Jacksonville (37-30) cut the deficit to one. With two outs, Lorenzo Quintana walked and advanced to third on a single by JJ Bleday. With runners at the corners, Quintana scored on a wild pitch to make the score 3-2. The Jumbo Shrimp took the lead back in the fifth inning. Erik González led off the inning with a double against Durham reliever Josh Fleming (L, 6-1).  He advanced to third on a groundout by Luis Aviles Jr. and then scored on a single by Santiago Chavez, tying the game at three. Bryson Brigman singled and Chavez went to second. Peyton Burdick followed with a single and Chavez scored from third to put Jacksonville in front 4-3.  Brigman would score on a single from Brian Miller in the next at-bat to push the lead to 5-3. In the sixth inning, the Jumbo

Concrete Crunch: NASCAR Cup Series prepares for Nashville Superspeedway

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After a weekend of rest, the competitors in the NASCAR Cup Series prepare for one of the schedule’s most unique tracks – Nashville Superspeedway – with the Ally 400 on June 26 at 5 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90). Cup competitors are challenged with grappling the D-shaped, concrete oval that stretches 1.33-miles on Sunday – the longest concrete surface track on the 2022 schedule.   Construction of Nashville Superspeedway was completed in 2001 and the facility was originally owned by Dover Motorsports. The first NASCAR national series race held at Nashville Superspeedway was a NASCAR Xfinity Series event on April 14, 2001. The first Xfinity race at Nashville was won by Greg Biffle driving a Ford for RFK Racing. The first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway was on August 10, 2001 and was won by Scott Riggs driving a Dodge for truck owner Jim Smith. Nashville Superspeedway was purchased in 2021, and is currently owned and operated b