4B SPORTS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2009 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NCAA decides not to punish Brown Vols freshman tailback OK to play this fall BY BETH RUCKER Associated Press ASSOCIATED PRESS KNORVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee freshman tailback Bryce Brown will not be punished as the result of an NCAA investigation into his eligibility, coach Lance Kiffin said Wednesday. "I think that that's a heck of a deal by the NCAA to get it done right and get it done with a sense of urgency, so we're very grateful for that," Kiffin said. The NCAA was reviewing whether money was improperly raised for Brown to visit colleges and collegiate football camps during his sophomore year of high school. Kiffin said the NCAA initially considered a four-game suspension and a hefty fine as punishment. After continued review, however, it dropped the case. Bryce Brown escaped punishment in an NCAA investigation to determine whether money was improperly raised for college visits. Officials decided that he had done no wrong. The coach said he spoke with NCAA officials and Brown wrote a letter to the organization arguing his case. "People or townss assist players as they grow up," Kiffin said. "That's something that goes on a lot, and I'm sure that weighed into it. But by no means was it something Bryce was doing knowing that it would be wrong." Brown was recruited out of Wichita as one of the top high school prospects in 2009, and committed to the Volunteers after letting a scholarship offer from Miami expire. He's spent significant time playing with the Vols' first team offense during fall camp, and Kiffin has repeatedly praised his progress. Kiffin had considered limiting Brown's practice time in case he was suspended but chose not to because he was so confident Brown would be cleared. "I really believed that they were going to get this right," Kiffin said. "I really spent time explaining who this kid is and what he's about. Obviously this is not a kid that should be punished for something like this." Chase Elliott follows in his father's footsteps Associated Press BY TERESA M. WALKER NASCAR NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Chase Elliott's favorite toy as a young boy was his Matchbox race car. He didn't crash it into walls or run it off tables. No, he turned that little car in circles. Now Elliott is doing that with much bigger cars, even though at 13 he's still three years away from legally driving on public roads. Call it the family business, genes or just fate. All the son of NASCAR legend Bill Elliott knows is that he has天赋 of racing in NASCAR just like his father since playing with that little toy. When he wanted to start "I've never really found any other passion for anything," Chase Elliott said. "Racing's been pretty much my dream since I was little." Winston Cup championship, as Sprint Cup was then known, Ellott has been going to racetracks since he was a baby and has seen plenty of his father's 804 starts on NASCARS top level and a few of the 44 wins by the Though he wasn't around in 1988 when his father won the It's why Elliott started racing dirt bikes and go-karts around the yard as soon as he was big enough to hold the handles and put his foot down. Motorsports Hall of Famer. competing, he went to his father. "It's totally up to him," Bill Elliott said. "I'm not pushing him to do it. It's his decision, and when he started wanting to drive, I said, 'That's between you and your mother. You talk your mother into it, and then we'll make it work.'" Chase Elliott was 8 when he started racing go-karts. During his first season, in 2006, he won the state title in one division and was third in a level against older children. He won six races in 2007. He also moved into the Legends Racing Series and was rookie of the year at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. He won the 2008 Georgia State Championship for the semipro division. In the 2008-09 winter series, he won six races and finished second three times in taking the Winter Flurry Series and Georgia Winter Series titles. ASSOCIATED PRESS "Racing's been pretty much my dream since I was little." In 2009, Elliott began against older drivers. He has had three wins, one on Aug. 10 at Anderson, S.C., where he became the youngest winner in the history of the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour. Chase Elliott, left, son of Brickard 400 champion Bill Elliott, is following proud paula's footsteps. He's been racing go-karts since he was 8. He can't even count how many races he's already run with 20 starts this year alone. "We've been pretty fortunate with the luck we've had so far." Elliott said. 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