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ELKHART LAKE, Wis. -- Michael McDowell pointed his No. 2 Chevy against a concrete barrier at the finish line, burning his tires in a smoky celebration.Finally, a late lead didnt disappear for McDowell at Road America.McDowell edged teammate Brendan Gaughan by 0.534 seconds in overtime on an overcast, sometimes misty Saturday afternoon at the sprawling road course for his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory.Brennan Poole was third, and pole-sitter Alex Tagliani finished seventh in the 194-mile race.After five career top-5 starts at Road America, McDowell has the ending that he sorely wanted.Today was a great day to check it off the list, said McDowell, a regular on NASCARs top Sprint Cup circuit.McDowell finished second in 2012. He dominated most of the race the previous year before losing the lead on the second of three attempts at a green-white-checkered overtime finish.McDowell started watching video of that race on Friday night before deciding to turn it off.I shut it off with five to go, he said. Im glad I did.Gaughan nearly played spoiler.The Richard Childress Racing teammates went bumper-to-bumper midway through the last lap.When I came out of Turn 5, Brendan was right there with me, McDowell said. I said, Uh-oh.It was the start of a four-turn stretch of the 14-turn track in which Gaughan said he thought he had the best shot to overtake McDowell.McDowell held on through the critical eighth turn and cut off Gaughans passing lanes from there. Gaughan couldnt catch up, even with fresher tires.Michael and I have always raced with respect, so Im not going to do anything stupid, Gaughan said. Got right to his rear bumper, but just couldnt pull it through [Turns 9 and 10] to get to him.Three cautions in a late eight-lap stretch led to several bumps and spin-outs in the field around the course. Cars went three-wide at times around tight turns.The extra time had crew chiefs fretting about fuel strategy and tire wear.Those restarts are wild, Poole said. It was a lot of fun, some of the most fun Ive had this year.McDowell held to finish with a top speed of 108.487 mph. An RCR driver won the Road America race for the third straight year.Gaughan picked up his third top-3 finish in five career Xfinity starts at Road America, and his 12th top-10 finish this season. On Saturday, Gaughan said he benefited on the last restart after passing Daniel Suarez and Justin Marks, who were racing hard but found bad lines out of the third turn.Marks, after falling no lower than fourth through 40 laps, finished 32nd after spinning around the turn following contact with another car. Suarez finished fourth.Tagliani, the Canadian road race expert, set the early pace and led for 17 laps. He briefly took the lead after a restart on Lap 28 before skidding around the left-hand sixth turn after getting nudged from behind by McDowell while trying to move inside.Tagliani drove into the grass and fell back into the middle of the field. He slowly wound his way back up the field, but his frantic charge came up short.McDowell said he didnt intentionally hit Tagliani.But at the time, I was clearly in there and wasnt sure what he was doing when he came across the nose, McDowell said.Gray conditions hovered over the 4.05-mile road course. At one point, light rain fell on parts of the track, forcing caution for four laps. Puma Shoes Clearance Australia . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. 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Canberra and England hooker Josh Hodgson has jumped to the defence of Sam Burgess following his all-action but ultimately unsuccessful return to international rugby league against New Zealand.Burgess, in his first game as skipper of his country, was outstanding in the first half but less of a factor in the second as the impressive Martin Taupau and Jason Taumalolo stepped up for the Kiwis in their 17-16 win.The South Sydney talisman was criticised by sections of the English media for his attempt at an audacious pass between his legs that flew over Ryan Halls head late in the Four Nations game as England desperately tried to find a way to win.He also gave away a crucial penalty that allowed the Kiwis early in the tackle count to clear the downfield as the home side pressed for victory.But Hodgson said criticism of Burgess was unfair and undeserved.I thought it was a real captains performance from him, Hodgson said.He carried the ball strong annd he tackled hard and did a great job.dddddddddddd. We were all doing everything we could to win the game, none more so than Sam.I dont think any player should be singled out for us losing; we all have to take some of the blame.Were disappointed in ourselves. You can take losing when you do everything you can and its not enough but we werent at our best and that was disappointing.England must now beat Scotland at Coventry on Saturday and then overcome Australia in London to have any hope of reaching the final at Anfield on November 20.But Hodgson insists England still believe they can win the tournament.We know what weve got to do, well go back and improve on a few things, he said.Well have to play well to beat Scotland and then well regroup and get ready for Australia. No-one in our team is thinking all is lost. ' ' '