Nascar

 Ross Chastain finally got to smash a watermelon for the first time this season Sunday at Kansas Speedway.  Smashed the hopes of a bunch of playoff drivers trying to earn an automatic berth in the next round, too.  The seventh-generation watermelon farmer took the lead from Martin Truex Jr. on a restart with 20 laps to go, then held off title contender William Byron the rest of the way to the finish line. It was the first win for Chastain since last year’s finale at Phoenix, when he also played a bit of a spoiler on the day that the NASCAR Cup Series crowned its champion.