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ARCA driver Martin killed in practice race
The Associated Press
CONCORD, N.C. — A driver on the minor league ARCA series crashed into a wall yesterday and seconds later was broad-sided by another car, killing him and injuring the other driver.
Eric Martin radioed his team. "I'm all right," after he spun and rammed the wall backward coming out of the fourth turn during practice at Lowe's Motor Speedway. But the other car, driven by Deborah Renshaw, came around the turn going at least 160 mph and plowed into Martin's car on the driver's side.
The 25-year-old Renshaw was taken to University Hospital in Charlotte and was alert and talking. Martin, 33, was dead before reaching the hospital.
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They were practicing for the EasyCare 150, the final race of the season for the Automobile Racing Club of America, a training series for NASCAR hopefuls.
ARCA drivers are required to wear head and neck restraints. They usually drive old Winston Cup cars and the safety requirements are not as strict.
After the crash, the engine and a part of the wheel assembly sat on the track as the wreckage was lifted onto a tow truck and covered with a blue tarp.
Martin was from Hixson, Tenn. He is survived by a wife and two children.
He was 20th in the points standings in ARCA, which competes on many of the same tracks used for Winston Cup and Busch events.
Martin's death is the 15th at Lowe's, the seventh involving a stock car driver. Blaise Alexander was killed last October at an ARCA race in a wreck involving Kerry Earnhardt.
OU's Hybl ready for Texas
The Associated Press
NORMAN, Okla. — The Oklahoma Sooners have won 13 of the 14 games Nate Hybl has started at quarterback. He hasn't thrown an interception this season, and his coaches have praised his poise and leadership.
Still, to many, Hybi is the guy who lost his job a year ago and is starting now only because of an injury to Jason White, whose ability to run and throw had coaches and fans excited about this season.
"I don't really sense it and I don't care, for sure," said Hybl, who will lead No. 2 Oklahoma against No. 3 Texas on Saturday. "I really don't care."
The Texas game last year is where things began falling apart for Hybl. One week after surviving a pounding in a victory over Kansas State, he hurt his left shoulder and had to leave the game in the second quarter.
White took over, led the only touchdown drive of the game and Oklahoma beat Texas 14-3.
"I felt like I was, as a quarterback, starting to come into my own, then that
but was ineffective. White threw four touchdown passes in relief and was named the starter. His ability to run is what set him apart from Hybl, and it added a dimension to the offense.
The banged-up Hyb1 started the next game, against Kansas.
back, so own, then that happened," Hyb1 said.
Two games later, against Nebraska. White tore up his left knee and was lost for the season. The job became Hyb1's again. After losing to Nebraska, the Sooners won three straight before getting upset by Oklahoma State in the regular-season finale.
Hybl threw three interceptions in that game and was roasted on
radio talk shows. The rap was that he wasn't mobile enough and wasn't a difference maker at the position.
When this season began. White was named the starter. But early in the second game of the year, against Alabama, he blew out his other knee and Hybl stepped in.
Hybl said this week felt like the days leading up to Christmas morning — he goes to bed each night and can't wait to get the next day started.
So far this season, Hybl is 69-of-116 for 1,014 yards and six touchdowns, with no interceptions. Including last year's Cotton Bowl game against Arkansas, he has thrown 148 passes without being picked off.
"I just have that feeling where each day I'm excited, ready to get around my buddies and do what we want to do in the game in practice - make it happen this week, then carry it over," he said.
Texas' Simms seeks vindication
The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas fans tried to write quarterback Chris Simms' legacy before he ever set foot on campus.
The son of former Super Bowl MVP Phil Simms would lead Texas to a national championship or two and routinely beat anyone who stood in the way.
Four years later, Simms' legacy stands like this: 20-4
as a starter but 0-3 against Top 10 teams with a starting 12 turnovers and no touchdowns in those defeats.
Simms gets knocked for not being able to win big games.
would end that.
Leading No. 3 Texas to a win Saturday over No. 2 Oklahoma
He's looking forward to getting another shot at the Sooners.
"Last year, I got a lot of experience in the game," he said. "This year, I have a better understanding of what it takes to win a big game like this."
Simm's has passed for 1,161 yards with 10 touchdowns and three interceptions this season.
The Associated Press
Now Brown has a 21-year-old freshman who's second on the team with eight catches and a memorable touchdown.
LINCOLN, Neh. — When Nebraska receivers' coach Ron Brown heard former recruit Ross Pilkington was thinking about scrapping minor league baseball for college football. Brown went right to the phone.
Receiver says bye to baseball
the 20th round by the Colorado Rockies. He played two seasons in
the minors, hitting .250 with two home runs and 27 RBIs in rookie league and Class A.
Pilkington originally signed with the Huskers 2000 recruiting class but changed his mind after being drafted in
At the end of 2001 with the Class A Casper, Wyo., club, Pilkington needed surgery to repair a torn ligament in his throwing elbow. Going through rehabilitation just to spend another season in the minors didn't seem like a good option to Pilkington.
Pilkington, a 6-foot, 195pound native of Fort Collins, Co., solidified himself as one of the Huskers' top receivers against Iowa State on Sept. 28.
On a first-and-10 from the Nebraska 10-yard line early in the second quarter, Plikington got open over the middle and took a Jammal Lord pass in for a 90-yard touchdown.
"They really bit hard on that play action. I saw that corner's eyes when I made that move to go by him. I knew he knew he'd been beat," Pilkington said.
It was the third-longest pass play in Husker history and the longest since a 95-varder in 1965.
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