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British Middleweight champion Martin Murray talks to Hatton Tv about his preparations for his WBA World title fight against Felix Sturm on December 2nd. For more news & interviews go to www.hattonboxing.com

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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES PHOENIX 2009

A huge crash with 2 laps left to go when Brad Kesolowski bumped Kurt Busch creating a chain reaction with Mark Martin flipping his car, sliding down the track before landing on all fours. The list of cars involved: Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex, Scott Speed, David Reutiman, Juan Montoya, Casey Mears, David Regan, Robby Gordon, and Bobby Richardson, Jr. Jamie McMurray celebrates his third career victory.

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — The most surprised person to find Mark Martin in Victory Lane at Michigan International Speedway was the driver himself. The 50-year-old NASCAR star has run well but has had to deal with considerable bad luck this season. It looked like more of the same Sunday when the battery in his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet began to fail before the halfway mark in the LifeLock 400 Sprint Cup race. Martin turned off everything in the car that he could, nursing it as best he could. Then he realized the race was going to be a fuel economy run. “I always, always come up short in those gas things,” Martin said. “I’m probably about 2 and 25 in these things.” Make that 3 and 25 now. Martin saved just enough gas to hang on for his third victory of the season and the 38th of his Cup career. Jimmie Johnson dominated most of the LifeLock 400 and took the lead from Greg Biffle six laps from the end as Martin watched the duel from third place. Johnson, the three-time reigning Cup champion, ran out of gas two laps from the finish, giving the lead to Biffle. But he also ran out of gas as the final trip around the 2-mile oval began, clearing the way for Martin to drive to the front. His car also was left with an empty tank on the last lap, but Martin was able to coast to the finish line almost three seconds ahead of runner-up Jeff Gordon.

JOLIET, Ill. — Body-slamming and bump-drafting were the order of the day — at 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway, no less — and 50-year-old Martin was the last man standing in a wild LifeLock.com 400. Pulling away after a double-file restart with two laps left in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race, Martin won his series-best fourth race of the season and the 39th of his career. Martin gained two positions to 11th in the standings and will have at least 40 bonus points for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup seven races hence, if he can hold a position in the top 12. Martin took the checkered flag .415 seconds ahead of Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon. Kasey Kahne ran third, followed by Cup points leader Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin. Ryan Newman, polesitter Brian Vickers, Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer and Juan Pablo Montoya completed the top 10. “That was fun,” Martin exulted after climbing from his car. “That’s what life’s all about right there. These guys (Martin’s No. 5 Chevrolet crew) deserved to win. We could have parked the car (Friday) with an hour left in practice. I knew it was awesome. “But the best car doesn’t usually win. The double-file restarts are to mess the best car up so he doesn’t win, to make it good for the fans — and it did — but luckily we pulled it off anyway.” As the race neared its end, the action intensified. Contact from Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Chevrolet cut the left rear tire of Paul Menard’s Ford on Lap 227 of 267, igniting a …