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CONCORD, N. Adidas Teppo Numminen Jersey .C. -- Of the 12 drivers remaining in NASCARs playoffs, the odds makers have ranked Austin Dillon last in the championship race.Very few expected him to make it out of the first round. Only he did make the cut, and now Dillon intends to creep even further into the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.I like this role, Dillon said of being a longshot, `because it puts the pressure on the guys that I guess are projected to make it to the next round -- whatever projections mean.This is Dillons debut in the Chase and he went into last weekends elimination race at Dover in danger of being bounced from the field. But he stepped up with a strong eighth-place finish -- his first top-10 in six weeks -- and advanced into the round of 12.Hell start 19th on Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the opening race of the second round of the Chase. Rain from Hurricane Matthew washed out all track activity on Friday, but Dillon, like most teams, used Thursday to prepare for the race.We had a good car in practice. We just missed our balance a little bit in qualifying, Dillon said. Well be fine. Im really happy with our Chevrolet.Although his results have been mediocre -- Dillon was 14th at Chicago in the Chase opener, then 16th at New Hampshire -- he did what he had to do at Dover while the drivers ahead of him in the standings struggled.Jamie McMurray and Kyle Larson didnt make the round of 12, and Dillon capitalized with his Richard Childress Racing team. He has no doubt it can happen again in the second round, which includes Charlotte, Kansas and Talladega Superspeedway.You just never know what can happen in a race and you never know what the outcome will be, he said. There is so much that goes into every little piece and part of these cars. Im confident in the company I drive for with RCR and the people around me, myself also, that we can make strong finishes and that is what Im confident about. I love the underdog role because that means when we do knock people out, its going to be fulfilling.Dillon could surprise some at Charlotte, where he finished seventh in this race a year ago. The RCR organization is also accustomed to working the system of the Chase to its benefit.Ryan Newman two years ago advanced into the championship race through points racing instead of chasing wins. Dillon understands theres a strategy that can be followed for success in the Chase. Everyone wants to get through Charlotte and Kansas next week in solid shape to not have their fate decided at Talladega.As the only RCR driver in the Chase, hes got the organization behind him.I had multiple guys come up to me in the shop this week telling me how proud they were and proud to be a part of RCR, Dillon said. 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The 1.83-meter (6-foot) Leapai defeated the previously unbeaten Denis Boytsov in November to become the WBOs mandatory challenger. BEAUMONT, Texas -- A Southeast Texas youth football team that received publicity and threatening messages after player protests during the national anthem ended its season early amid strife among coaches and parents.The president of the teams predominantly black executive board, Seterria Anderson, told the Beaumont Enterprise (http://bit.ly/2dAsPBk ) that the Beaumont Bulls disbanded because the team of 11 and 12-year-olds no longer had enough members after several players quit. Three weeks ago, the teams board removed the head coach amid fallout over the protests, and some players then stopped coming to games.The Bulls were among players across the U.S. who followed the lead of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has cited racial injustice and police brutality among the reasons for his protest.Strife among the Bulls leadership, coaches and parents started after players first decided to kneel during the anthem at a Sept. 10 game to protest social injustice.Anderson said coach Rah-Rah Barber was removed after creating a hostile mood at a team meeting and trying to divide the team by singling out and pressuring players who decided not to kneel at the Sept. 17 game.Fourteen of the 19 players took a knee during the anthem before that game, according to the Beaumont Enterprise. Cheap Adidas Coyotes Jerseys. Three of the coaches and five players stood, linking arms in solidarity.But parent April Parkerson disagreed with how Anderson characterized what has happened with the team. Parkerson -- who was banned from practices because of what Anderson called out of line behavior -- said that the board ended the season because of the protests. Parkerson said that after Barbers removal, some of the teams players stopped attending practices or games.We are not practicing anymore, nor did we quit, Parkerson said.Barber did not reply to a Facebook message from The Associated Press, nor did he reply to the Beaumont Enterprise for its story.In a statement after the first protest, the teams board said it supported the players silent and peaceful action.Since the seasons early ending was publicized, people from all over the world have called and sent Anderson hate mail.They dont know were predominantly an all-black organization, she said.---Information from: The Beaumont Enterprise, http://beaumontenterprise.com ' ' '