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TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Grant Enfingers love of racing began as a fan at Talladega Superspeedway, where he made an annual trip as a child with his father and friends.This year, they have a victory to celebrate during their camping trip at the superspeedway.Enfinger grabbed his first career NASCAR victory -- at his home track, no less -- by holding off the pack to win the Truck Series race Saturday at Talladega.Enfinger, from Fairhope, used a plan with his GMS Racing teammates to move to the front and led a race-high 45 laps to secure the win. He got a push from teammate Ben Kennedy on a late restart and held off a last-lap challenge by teammate Spencer Gallagher.Gallagher finished second, followed by Timothy Peters, Rico Abreu and Kennedy.The victory was Enfingers first in 13 career starts in the series, and comes as his future in racing is filled with uncertainty.Its unbelievable, said Enfinger. Its my home track. Its just so special. We came here as fans, thats how this whole thing started. It hasnt sunk in yet, it wont for a while.Enfinger planned to spend Saturday night camping in an RV armada seven strong with the same friends and family hes been coming to Talladega with most of his life. Worrying about his future could wait.He put the deal together to race at Talladega only a month ago and came with a brand-new truck he felt was the best in the field on Saturday. But hes got no plans for any more races this year and isnt sure what next year holds.Team owner Maury Gallagher said hed like to have something to offer Enfinger next season.This is a tough business, I wish it was less expensive, Gallagher said. Were working hard to get a program together for Grant for next year.Talladega was an elimination race in the inaugural Chase playoffs, and Daniel Hemric and John Hunter Nemechek were both knocked out as the field was trimmed from eight drivers to six.Advancing to the next round were Kennedy, Matt Crafton, Peters, Johnny Sauter and Christopher Bell.Kennedy and Sauter both drive for GMS Racing, which made Saturday a banner day for the organization.Nemcheks title hopes ended just 13 laps into the race when his engine expired. Hemric was in three separate incidents Saturday, including a 14-truck accident that badly damaged his Ford.Hemric finished 11th and missed advancing in the Chase by 13 points.Today was completely full of trials and trying to overcome things, Hemric said. All we can do now is try to win races. It wasnt for lack of effort. We got involved in three or four different situations there and never had the opportunity to get back to the front.NHL Jerseys From China . 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Hockey Jerseys Cheap Online Wholesale Hockey Jerseys .com) - The Montreal Canadiens embark on their first road trip of the season as they head out west to battle the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night.MOSCOW -- At least eight Russian athletes are set to miss next months Games in Rio de Janeiro under new IOC rules prohibiting former dopers from competing, Russias top Olympic official said.Alexander Zhukov had said earlier that only eight athletes would be affected, but acknowledged after a meeting of his Russian Olympic Committee that the number would rise.I think that in the near future we will have full information, Zhukov said. I had said eight, but its already clear that its more.While Zhukov did not name the athletes, competitors in swimming, cycling and weightlifting are likely to be affected.Zhukov spoke a day after the International Olympic Committee executive board decided against imposing a complete ban on Russian athletes from the Rio Games over allegations of state-sponsored doping. The IOC asked individual global sports federations to decide on entry of Russian athletes, and announced new eligibility criteria.The rules prohibit Russia from sending any athletes to the Rio Games who have previously served doping bans. Sports federations can also reject Russian entries if they have not undergone enough international drug testing. Results of Russian tests will not be accepted following allegations of routine cover-ups at Moscows anti-doping laboratory.It remains unclear whether there could be legal challenges to the IOC criteria. A similar IOC measure, known as the Osaka Rule, which would have prohibited any athletes who had received doping bans from competing in the subsequent Olympics, was declared invalid by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.Zhukov said the IOCs latest criteria violated the principle of equality because they only applied to Russia, although he has previously ruled out legal action.However, Andrei Mitkov, the agent of previously-banned world champion swimmer Yulia Efimova, told Russias Sportbox website that she would apply to CAS if she was not allowed to compete.Russias track and field athletes remain barred from the Games by the IAAF, a decision upheld last week by CAS and accepted by the IOC.Now, with the Aug. 5 opening ceremony approaching, it is up to the remaining 27 international sports federations to vet Russian athletes on an individual basis.The archery federation said Monday it had approved the entry of three Russian archers after determining they have no links to doping.Worlld Archery said it was satisfied that the three female Russian archers nominated for the Games had been tested extensively and have never been sanctioned for doping.dddddddddddd They were listed as Tuiana Dashidorzhieva, Ksenia Perova and Inna Stepanova.Archery was not implicated in the World Anti-Doping Agency report released last week by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren, which accused Russia of covering up doping in 20 Summer Olympic sports.Russian archers have been targeted for additional testing, both in and out of competition, since the report was released, the federation said.No Russian archery athlete has received an adverse analytical finding, it said, adding that it would submit its findings to the IOC.The International Tennis Federation said Sunday it expects Russias eight-player Olympic tennis team to be eligible for the Games. The ITF said the players have been subject to a rigorous anti-doping testing program outside Russia.The International Equestrian federation said there was no indication of doping within Russias five-rider team.Russian cyclist Ilnur Zakarin, who won a stage during the Tour de France which ended Sunday, could be ruled out because he served a two-year ban after testing positive for a steroid in 2009.The International Judo Federation, whose honorary president is Russias President Vladimir Putin, said it has already tested 84 percent of the 389 athletes from 136 countries who are qualified to compete in Rio. It made no mention of the 11 Russian judo athletes entered.The international gymnastics federation, FIG, said it has taken note of the IOC ruling and shall fully adhere to it. It said it would establish a pool of Russian eligible athletes. Gymnastics was not mentioned in the McLaren report.Boxings governing body, AIBA, said it was examining Russias entrants. Russia has qualified 11 boxers for Rio, including reigning world champions Vitaly Dunaytsev and Evgeny Tishchenko.We are reviewing and analyzing, on a case by case basis, the anti-doping record of the 11 Russian boxers currently qualified for Rio 2016, AIBA said. This information and the decision of AIBA in respect of the athletes eligibility will be submitted to the IOC for confirmation in due course. ' ' '