Penske said he was committed to Ford for the 2017 Sup

Former NBA star Steve Blake has enjoyed a winning start to his NBL career, helping the Sydney Kings to a hard-fought 87-78 win over Brisbane on Sunday.A crowd of 6,519 at Qudos Bank arena welcomed the ex-Los Angeles Lakers point guard, who was rushed into starting line-up after captain Kevin Lisch pulled out pre-game with a leg injury.But he showed why he spent 13 seasons in the NBA, shaking off a slow start to finish with a handy 12 points off 4-11 shooting to go with four assists and four rebounds in 36 minutes.With his team up by five points in the fourth quarter, he also hit a timely three-point bomb and showed a jolt of emotion after coming up with a key defensive stop on the next play.But while most of the spotlight was on the NBA veteran, it was Brad Newley who stole the show with arguably his best outing in Kings colours.The former Boomer scored a game-high 29 points, including a 17-point first half effort that negated a strong shooting night from Bullets guard Torrey Craig.Craig paced Brisbane with 22 points and 14 boards but received little help from his teammates, save for Cameron Bairstows 13 off the bench.The victory extends the Kings winning streak to five - the first time theyve put together that many victories since 2008 - and consolidates their spot atop the table, while the Bullets have now lost three of their past four.Brisbane jumped out of the blocks hot with four unanswered layups to force rookie Kings coach Andrew Gaze to burn a timeout barely two minutes into the game.But any early nerves were gone upon resumption as the Kings went on a 13-3 run, with Newley going toe-to-toe with Craig in a ding-dong individual offensive battle.Craig fired off a 13-point first half but Newleys intent, together with the Kings signature swarming defence, propelled his team to a seven point lead at the break.After sinking just one of his first six shots in the first half, Blake got going early in the second, and their advantage hit 12 points on a Jason Cadee three.The visitors refused to buckle and cut the deficit to two midway through the fourth but the Kings held on to exact revenge from their only loss of the season to the Bullets in round one. 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The thought may terrify team founder Dick Johnson.But DJR Team Penske owner Roger Penske has not ruled out the fiercely Ford Supercars outfit changing manufacturers.Three-time Bathurst 1000 winner Johnson is synonymous with Ford after starting the DJR team in 1980.And he reckoned he wouldnt last long with angry punters if he was spotted wearing any other brand.Especially at the Mount Panorama track that also made him - and Ford - famous in Australia.I couldnt imagine myself walking around with a different badge, said Johnson.I certainly wouldnt go on top of the mountain with one, thats for sure.Heres hoping this will continue into the future.But US motorsport great Penske has the final say after buying a controlling interest in the team from Johnson last year.Ford is Penskes US NASCAR team major sponsor.And Penske said he was committed to Ford for the 2017 Supercars season - but not beyond.They will use Falcons next season.But the jury is out on what DJR Team Penske will roll out in 2018 after Ford Australia manufacturing factories closed their doorrs on Friday.ddddddddddddI would expect next year we will be with Ford, said Penske, on his first visit to Bathursts legendary Mount Panorama with the Supercars team.P(But) we are a team that is looking for opportunities.And if something came up that we felt would be a benefit to the overall operation we would take a look at it.But today we are steadfast in the Ford camp.DJR have won the national touring car title seven times and the Bathurst 1000 three times.But they have not claimed a race victory since Penskes takeover.Johnson hoped they could pay tribute to the Ford factory workers who lost their jobs with a Bathurst triumph on Sunday.To perform this weekend would be an absolute blinder, five-time series champion Johnson said.It would be a really good send-off to all of those people.There have been generations of families who have worked there and I have met an awful lot of those people over the years.Its a sad time. 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