TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Last year, the ugly part of the Chase elimination-style format at Talladega came when Kevin Harvick stayed out with a sick car in the final laps, causing a wreck that ended the race.This year, the ugly came in a different fashion: with Matt Kenseth finishing 28th, Carl Edwards in 29th and Kyle Busch in 30th -- good enough to advance to the semifinal round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The three Joe Gibbs Racing drivers never made much of a move, dropping to the rear of the field before the green flag ever fell and staying there throughout the day. There were only four cars on the lead lap behind them.Kenseth finished with an eight-point cushion to advance, Busch finished with a six-point cushion and Edwards with a four-point spread.We accomplished all we need to accomplish, Busch said. Well take it and move on. We didnt get paid very well today, but well get paid very well in about four weeks when were hoisting a trophy.With a couple of engine failures taking out some contenders but no big wreck to thin the field, the Gibbs drivers opted to never make a real move throughout the race. There was a slight chance Austin Dillon and Denny Hamlin could have had such good finishes to knock out one of the Gibbs cars running around in the back, but they took their chances.For Busch, the defending Sprint Cup champion, it was the best 30th-place finish ever.There is no reward to go race and get wrecked so you try to be smart and do what you can do, Busch said. If youre guaranteed racing and everybody along with yourself is all crashed out, then the points would stay the same, [youd race] but you cant guarantee that.You have to be smart and you have to try to survive.Busch said he was hesitant to use the strategy, which was similar to what he tried in 2014 only to get hit from behind by Dillon as he slowed for an accident well up ahead of them.Anytime we were just kind of chilling, riding, kind of hanging out and we had a car behind us, I made sure to get out of that situation and made sure we were the last car, Busch said. I didnt want anybody behind me besides a teammate.The one driver who could have been hurt by strategy was their JGR teammate Hamlin, who had no one to rely on for a push up front. His third-place finish was good enough to tie Dillon for the final spot and win the tiebreaker with the best finish in the round. In other words, Hamlin advanced no thanks to his teammates.They had to do what they had to do to get in, Hamlin said. You cant sacrifice those three cars to try to get the last one in. Youve got to know youve got in your hand three aces. You cant try to get the fourth and risk it, so I knew I was going to be out there alone.One thing fans can be sure of -- they wont see this next year. Because Talladega is the middle race of the round, no one will use the strategy because drivers will need to get every point they can prior to the elimination race at Kansas.Next year, it will be a way better race and I think well have way more entertainment for the fans and everyone, with the schedule change putting Talladega back before Kansas, Busch said. Youll know what you have before you go into Kansas, so I feel like everyone is going to have to race and youre going to have to get as many points as you can through this track in order to have a safe day at Kansas.Thats good, because there hopefully wont be many more of these answers after the Talladega race next year.I dont think any of us had any fun and none of us enjoyed it, Kenseth said. But it was just what we had to do.Camping World Truck Series: Old and newThe truck championship hunt eliminated two young drivers in Daniel Hemric and John Hunter Nemechek, keeping a mix of veterans and newcomers in the mix.Series vets Timothy Peters, Matt Crafton and Johnny Sauter are among the six drivers to advance to the semifinal round. Ben Kennedy, in his third year in trucks, advanced, as did Kyle Busch Motorsports rookies William Byron and Christopher Bell.Byron was the only driver guaranteed a spot entering the race Saturday at Talladega, but the other five were ahead of the cutoff entering the race and held their positions as Nemechek blew an engine and Hemric got caught up in a couple melees. Grant Enfinger won the race driving for GMS Racing.Peters hopes that experience matters.I look forward to the next three, Peters said. Im not worried about [the rest]. Were going to race our own race. ... Im excited about going to Martinsville for sure. Well take it how it comes.Crafton and Sauter have two career wins at Martinsville, while Peters also has one. At Texas, Byron won in June, and Crafton and Sauter have two wins apiece. Peters is the defending winner at Phoenix.I felt like we had a truck that could win the race -- we definitely had enough speed, Sauter said. But youve got to be smart. I feel great [about our chances].Weve won at Martinsville a couple of times, weve won at Texas a couple of times. Theyre really good racetracks [for us]. Weve just got to go there and be aggressive and ultimately race for points. Yeezy Black Friday China .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. Yeezy Black Friday Store . SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. http://www.blackfridayyeezy.com/ . After Mondays hard-fought loss, the wait seemed longer than usual. Getting set to go their separate ways for a short Christmas break, the Raptors coach credited his team for their effort on a seemingly impossible three-game road trip, urging them to build on that success when they get back to work at the end of the week. Discount Yeezy Black Friday .J. Ellis hit two-run homers and the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 4-0 Saturday night. Fake Yeezy Black Friday . - Connor McDavid scored 53 seconds into overtime as the Erie Otters came from behind to defeat the visiting Guelph Storm 4-3 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. WINNIPEG -- The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will kick off the opening of their new stadium with an Olympic-style run. But instead of a torch, the 400 runners who traverse a good chunk of southern Manitoba will carry a football. "I was involved in the Pan American games in 1999," said Bomber vice-president Jerry Maslowsky. "One of the things I really remember was the torch run and part of that was getting communities handing (off) this torch and bringing it into Winnipeg." He said theyre doing something similar to recognize that the team represents all of Manitoba and not just its namesake city. The run will begin June 22nd in Portage la Prairie and end June 27th in Winnipeg, when the Bombers host their first regular-season game at Investors Group Field. The announcement was made at the headquarters of the Great-West Life Assurance Co., which sits on the spot where the old Osborne Stadium once played host to the Bombers. It was followed in 1953 by Winnipeg Stadium, later known as Canaad Inns Stadium, which was torn down this year.dddddddddddd In Winnipeg, the run will pass by the former sites of Osborne Stadium and Canad Inns Stadium before ending up at Investors Group Field. The 33,500-seat field on the grounds of the University of Manitoba is opening a year behind schedule because of construction delays. People will be able to apply online or at various sponsors to be one of 300 runners selected from the general public and contest details will be announced May 21. Another 100 runners will include mayors and others already selected. Former Bomber veteran Doug Brown is a spokesman for the Kickoff Run and joked that no fumbles will be allowed. "If you fumble the ball, you have to move to Saskatchewan and give me 100 pushups," he said, announcing the rules he decided on his own to impose. "If you are not a Winnipeg Blue Bomber fan, do not enter to win this contest, otherwise you will be blind-sided by me at some point in your Kickoff Run leg." ' ' '