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Air India Launching New Policy to Monitor Cabin Crew’s Weight

Air India AircraftA controversial new policy is set to take flight at Air India.
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Do The Tiny Handles On Maple Syrup Bottles Serve Any Purpose?

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Taylor Frankie Paul Has Permanently ‘Tainted’ Bachelorette Franchise, Rachel …

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It’s been nearly two weeks since Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette was canceled by ABC.

And members of Bachelor Nation are still trying to make sense of the momentous decision that’s expected to cost the network roughly $70 million.

The latest Bachelorette veteran to comment on the scandal is Rachel Lindsay.

Taylor Frankie Paul on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives on Hulu.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul seems to lean into controversy in this screenshot. (Image Credit: Hulu)

And she thinks the situation is so bad that that ABC might have no choice but to pull the plug on the entire franchise.

“It’s tainted,” Rachel said of the franchise during a recent episode of E!’s “Hot Goss” podcast.

“I’m very logical and I keep trying to figure out, ‘How can you move around this?’”

“I’m sure they’ll find a way, they are a business,” she continued, but added that after having looked at it from every angle:

“I cannot see a road forward with the franchise.”

Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen on 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.'
Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen on ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.’ (Hulu/YouTube)

No one knows the Bachelor/Bachelorette franchise quite like Rachel.

In fact, Lindsay was instrumental in Chris Harrison’s exit from his hosting gig back in 2021. So if she says the Paul situation could be enough to tank the entire franchise, she might be onto something.

For her part, Taylor has mostly remained quiet about the footage that showed her assaulting then-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen.

That could be at the behest of her lawyers.

Taylor is now being investigated for additional domestic violence incidents based on claims made by Dakota.

She’s posted on social media a few times in the wake of her scandal, but she has not addressed Mortensen’s claims directly.

Taylor Frankie Paul's arrest video has left fans shocked.
Taylor Frankie Paul’s arrest video has left fans shocked. (YouTube)

In a statement issued through her PR representative, Taylor insisted that the video did not tell the whole story, and she is the real victim in this scenario.

“Taylor is very grateful for ABC’s support as she prioritizes her family’s safety and security,” her rep told E! News in a March 19 statement.

“After years of silently suffering extensive mental and physical abuse as well as threats of retaliation, Taylor is finally gaining the strength to face her accuser and taking steps to ensure that she and her children are protected from any further harm,” the rep continued, adding:

“There are too many women who are suffering in silence as they survive aggressive, jealous ex-partners who refuse to let them move on with their lives.”

Mortensen is standing his ground, and there’s a good chance that the exes will wind up facing off in court at some point.

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.

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Rams HC Sean McVay Backs Puka Nacua; Mentions Kirk Cousins as Potential Backup QB

PHOENIX – Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay isn’t ready to give up on talented wide receiver Puka Nacua. McVay said the team was already aware of the latest off-field incident with Nacua that occurred on New Year’s Eve before a TMZ report surfaced last week, and the Rams are continuing to gather information on that incident. “I trust his heart,” McVay told reporters here at the NFL owners meeting on Monday. “I trust the human being. And I want to be able to put my arm around him. One of the most important things you can do as a coach is help guys grow. You don’t ever really say there’s one size that fits all. But what I’ve really leaned into the last couple years is let’s build and develop relationships, let guys continue to grow and give them grace in the middle of that journey. “But also, let’s have an understanding of what the expectations are and who you want to become.” Nacua faces a civil lawsuit for an alleged assault and battery by a woman who claims he made an antisemitic statement and bit her on the shoulder on New Year’s Eve. Nacua’s attorney, Levi McCathern, has already strongly denied that his client made any antisemitic statements. He described the bites as “horseplay.” Nacua had previously issued an apology last December after performing a gesture that plays upon antisemitic tropes while appearing on an internet live stream. McVay says Nacua’s off-the-field issues have not risen to the level that the Rams do not want him to be part of the team’s long-term plans. McVay doesn’t believe that Nacua’s behavior hasn’t reached the point of being a distraction to the team, either. “He and I have a close relationship,” McVay said. “We communicate clear, open and honest. The play on the field is amazing. And with what the play has dictated and determined, there’s a responsibility in terms of representing all things, not exclusive to just that. “He knows that. Those are the expectations, and we’re hopeful that this will be an opportunity for him to learn and grow. And we are real hopeful that he’s going to be a Ram for a really long time. But he understands what the responsibility is, not exclusive to the production on the field.” The Seattle Seahawks recently made Jaxon Smith-Njigba the highest-paid receiver in the league, inking him to a four-year, $168.6 million contract. Nacua, 24, would seem to be the next receiver in line to receive a life-changing new deal as he enters the final year of his rookie contract. However, sources I spoke with around the league said Nacua might have to wait to get paid, pointing to how the Rams traditionally handle contract extensions, along with his issues away from the field. “Good players get paid,” an NFL personnel executive recently told me. “[Smith-Njigba’s] numbers will look remarkably low in two years. Puka is a tough one, because his injuries, style of play and hiccups off the field have to be considered.” A fifth-round selection by the Rams in the 2023 draft, Nacua is entering the final year of his rookie deal and is set to make $5.77 million in 2026. Over the last three seasons, Nacua is second in receiving yards (4,191) and fourth in receptions (313). Last year, Nacua led the NFL with 129 receptions, with 1,715 receiving yards and 10 receiving touchdowns. In other roster news for the Rams, McVay shared the team is still exploring the possibility of who will backup 38-year-old quarterback Matthew Stafford. Last year’s backup, Jimmy Garoppolo, remains unsigned, and third-string quarterback Stetson Bennett is the only quarterback other than Stafford currently on the roster. McVay threw another name into the ring on Monday. “I would love to have Jimmy Garoppolo back with us,” McVay said. “That’s a big deal for us. He’s earned the right to be able to take his time and do whatever he wants. Is there an opportunity to explore if it’s not Jimmy, maybe it’s Kirk Cousins? Of course, I’d love to be able to see what that looks like.” Cousins, 37, is still a free agent after getting released by the Atlanta Falcons earlier in March. McVay has worked with Cousins in the past, serving as the quarterback’s offensive coordinator for three seasons when they were in Washington.​Latest Sports News from FOX Sports

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Packers HC Matt LaFleur Responds to His NFLPA Grade: ‘You Can’t Please Everybody’

PHOENIX — In late January, Matt LaFleur received a major nod of approval from the Green Bay Packers in the form of a contract extension. That solidified his position in the organization, likely for years to come. But then came the annual NFLPA player survey, which complicated the picture slightly. The report, which was not supposed to be public this year but leaked through multiple media outlets, revealed that players gave him a B- grade, tied for third-worst in the NFL. That’s after LaFleur received an A- grade after the 2024 season. This year, it came down to “respect for players,” per the report. At the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix on Monday, LaFleur, who’s entering his eighth season with Green Bay, discussed how he’s handling the assessment of his coaching. “I try to take that with a grain of salt, but you don’t want to just dismiss that stuff. You got to look into it,” he told reporters. “I feel pretty confident with my conversations with the majority of our players, but certainly some guys felt a certain type of way. And the one thing I’ve learned in this business is: You can’t please everybody. You can’t be all things to all people. And ultimately, you got to make decisions that you feel are in the best interest of your football team. “Great leaders are great listeners, but that doesn’t mean we’re always going to do what that person suggests. It’s impossible.” The Packers traded for All-Pro edge Micah Parsons at the beginning of the season in a blockbuster deal with Dallas that made them look like a Super Bowl front-runner. But Parsons suffered a knee injury in December and the Packers’ defense looked thin without him. It didn’t help that the offensive line suffered injuries and underperformed. And Green Bay lost its final five games of the season, including its wild-card matchup against the rival Chicago Bears. “If I’m being honest about it, I think there were some guys that were upset about roles last year, and I think that took a toll on our football team,” LaFleur said. The late-season issues increased speculation that, perhaps, LaFleur might not receive an extension. And the losing streak probably didn’t help with morale in the locker room. He was asked, specifically, about comments in the survey regarding his “respect for players.” “I don’t feel that way, but unfortunately, some guys did,” LaFleur said. “And so that tells me I got to do a better job of communicating. And it goes back to the relationship piece. I think it’s so critical. We always talk about, ‘Connected teams are powerful teams.’ And we’ve got to grow that connection. “So certainly, that’s been a topic of conversation within our building. How do we get these guys a little closer? The more they know each other, the more they’re going to battle for one another. Although they may be competing within a certain position, they’re going to help each other grow and ultimately be better individual players, which should help our collective football team.” LaFleur and the Packers didn’t have any blockbuster acquisitions over the offseason, instead bringing in a group of role players — and trading veteran edge Rashan Gary to Dallas for a 2027 fourth-round pick. Green Bay largely stuck with last season’s core. As a result, the Packers must feel optimistic they can recreate the way they started their 2025 season, going 9-3-1 in their first 12 games. In a way, that’s yet another nod of confidence in LaFleur to generate better results with the same ingredients.​Latest Sports News from FOX Sports

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Decades of hostility between Iran and the US were preceded by a little-remembered century-long friendship

The ouster of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh marked a turning point in U.S.-Iran relations. AP Photo

The British- and American-backed plot to overthrow Iran’s prime minister in 1953 laid the groundwork for the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and decades of hostility with the U.S. that have now culminated in a war launched on Iran by the U.S. and Israel.

Many Americans only know the anger and tension with Iran that has grown from those roots set down during the middle of the last century. But as an archaeologist who has spent over 50 years specializing in Iran, and from my research on Iranian history in the context of changes undergone by Iran’s nomadic population through time, I believe it is worth recalling the time when the two countries had a distinctly different relationship.

In the 1800s, American missionaries journeyed to what was then called Persia.

The missionaries helped build important institutions – schools, colleges, hospitals and medical schools – in Persia, many of which still exist.

Dr. Joseph Plumb Cochran, an American physician fluent in Persian, Turkish, Kurdish and Assyrian, founded a hospital in Urmia in 1879, as well as Iran’s first medical school. When Cochran died at Urmia in northwestern Iran in 1905, over 10,000 people attended his funeral.

This image clashes with most American stereotypes of Iran and its people, and is at odds with decades of anti-Iranian sentiment emanating from Washington.

Iran and the United States, in fact, have a deep history of mutual respect and friendship.

From 1834, when the first Protestant American mission was established in Urmia, until 1953, when the CIA’s involvement in Iran’s internal affairs set the United States on the road to conflict with Tehran, Americans were the good guys.

Joseph Plumb Cochran in his medical college at Urmia.
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Imperial bad guys

For years, Americans have seen images of Iranians shouting “Death to America.” President Donald Trump returned the sentiment during his first term, vowing to bring Iran death and destruction. And on Feb. 28, 2026, after weeks of threats and military preparation, the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei; that war continues to this day.

But before all that happened, when Americans were the good guys, there were other countries who were instead manipulators and who exerted undue influence over Iran.

The bad guys, at whose hands Iran suffered most, were Russia and Great Britain. Those two nations – often at the invitation of Iran’s leaders – economically exploited Persia to further their own imperial ambitions, using sustained diplomatic, military and economic pressure.

After two ill-judged wars fought against Russia – the First (1804-1813) and Second Russo-Persian Wars (1826-1828) – Persia (the name Iran was officially adopted in 1935) lost large amounts of territory to the czar.

Much later, Russia found another means of exerting control over the Persian crown, loaning millions of rubles to its rulers, like Mozaffar ed-Din Shah, who reigned from 1896-1902 and needed capital to fund his lavish lifestyle.

With the exception of the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857), Persian relations with Great Britain were less openly hostile. But what they lacked in martial vigor was more than compensated for by economic exploitation.

Toward the end of the 19th century, the shah granted exclusive concessions to the British for everything from telegraph lines to tobacco. Rights to Iran’s oil were given to the Anglo-Persian (later Anglo-Iranian) Oil Company.

So assured were Britain and Russia in their control of Persia that, in 1907, they signed the infamous Anglo-Russian Convention. That agreement divided the country – unbeknownst to its Parliament, let alone its inhabitants – into Russian, British and “neutral” spheres of influence. After it became public it provoked the outrage of ordinary Persians and the international community at large.

Cartoon from 1907 satirizing Russia and England dividing up Persia.
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America the good

Iran’s relations with the United States were completely different.

The 19th- and early 20th-century history of British and Russian imperial ambitions and involvement in Iran put Iran in a dependent, exploited position at the hands of the governments of these two countries.

But the presence in Iran of American missionaries and, later, invited government technocrats, was of an entirely different quality. These were Americans offering aid, with no expectation of advantage to be gained officially for the United States government.

American Presbyterian missionary efforts in Iran began in 1834 and focused on education, with 117 schools established around Urmia by 1895. Efforts were also directed at medical and social welfare. These were nongovernmental missions. The U.S. government was conspicuous by its absence in Iran and Iranian affairs.

By the late 19th century, the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions had opened new stations in cities across northern Iran, from Tehran to Mashhad. American diplomatic relations with Persia were established in 1883. A decade later the American Presbyterian Hospital was founded in Tehran by John G. Wishard.

After the First World War, Presbyterian schools for both boys and girls proliferated, the most famous of which were the American College of Tehran for boys, established in 1925, and Iran Bethel School for girls.

In 1910, the Persian Parliament, aware that the country’s finances were in disarray, invited the U.S. to identify a “disinterested American expert as treasurer-general to reorganize and conduct collection and disbursement of revenue.”

Despite Russian attempts to block the initiative, W. Morgan Shuster, a distinguished career civil servant, was appointed by Persia in February 1911. He arrived in Tehran in May, bringing with him four other Americans.

The mission was a failure, lasting only eight months, and, unsurprisingly, was adroitly sabotaged by the combined efforts of British and Russian diplomats in Tehran.

American William Morgan Shuster, treasurer-general of Persia.
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The country’s financial situation after the First World War was still precarious. With none of the colonialist baggage associated with the two European superpowers, America was turned to, almost as a last resort, to fix what ailed Iran. Riza Shah, father of the last shah, appointed an American, Arthur C. Millspaugh, as the administrator-general of the finances of Persia.

When Millspaugh arrived in Tehran in 1922, a newspaper editorial addressed him with these words: “You are the last doctor called to the death-bed of a sick person. If you fail, the patient will die. If you succeed, the patient will live.”

Despite his often testy relations with foreigners, Riza Shah acknowledged Millspaugh’s American Financial Mission was “the last hope of Persia.” The fact that the mission was far from an unqualified success does not detract from its importance. Nor did it diminish America’s image as an honest broker in Iranian eyes, in contrast to that of Russia and Great Britain.

Of course, not every Iranian-American interaction during this period was positive. Robert Imbrie, the American consul in Tehran, was brutally murdered in 1924, allegedly because a fanatical religious leader accused him of being a Baha’i and poisoning a well.

Riza Shah used the episode to crack down on dissidents and impose strict controls on public gatherings.

Students at the American Memorial School, Tabriz, 1923.
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America the bad

America’s benign image in Iran was forever shattered in 1953 when the CIA, working with Great Britain, engineered a coup against Mohammad Mossadegh, the democratically elected prime minister who had nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.

Even though the overthrow of Mossadegh damaged Iranian trust in America, the years just prior to Iranian revolution in 1979 saw the number of Iranian students in the United States steadily rise.

Over one-third of the approximately 100,000 Iranian students pursuing university degrees abroad in 1977 were in the U.S. By the time of the Islamic revolution two years later, that number had climbed to 51,310, making Iran by far the biggest single source of foreign students in America, with 17% of the total foreign student population. The next-largest contributor of foreign students, Nigeria, accounted for only 6%.

“Iranian students have been here for nearly a century … there are deep and abiding connections that reveal themselves when you look at the historical record,” researcher Steven Ditto, who wrote a report on Iranian students in the U.S., told The Washington Post in 2017.

The legacy of American goodwill, personal friendship and doing the right thing by Iran has not been completely lost, although the war now underway may make it seem as though America’s good relationship with Iran has been lost irretrievably.

Deep friendships dating back well over a century can withstand a great deal. A reservoir of goodwill and affection may lie dormant while political storms rage. Iran and America were good friends in the past, and for good reason. I believe that Americans would do well to remember that.

This is an updated version of an article originally published on Aug. 19, 2020.

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Inside The Garage: Why the Chase Elliott-Alan Gustafson Pairing Works

Here’s what’s happening this week Inside The Garage: Alan Gustafson doesn’t need social media for his crew chief job, so he doesn’t spend time scrolling and looking at what people say about him. He knows he’s the crew chief for the sport’s most popular driver. And considering that the 2020 Cup champion had only three wins from 2023-25, Gustafson knows his fans wouldn’t be happy. Gustafson has worked as a Hendrick Motorsports crew chief for 22 seasons, starting in 2005 with Kyle Busch. He has confidence in what he can do and has the experience to know he must change with the times. He showed what he can do Sunday as he made a strategic call to pit earlier than most in the final stage of the Cup race at Martinsville Speedway. The strategy worked as they got the benefit of a timely caution (they feel they would have been good either way), giving Chase Elliott the track position he needed to win. “Whether it was Dale Earnhardt Jr. or Chase Elliott, whoever is the popular driver in the series, there’s a lot of critics that want to sit on the sidelines and evaluate it,” said Hendrick Vice Chairman and four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon during the winners’ post-race news conference. [NASCAR TAKEAWAYS: Chase Elliott Outduels Denny Hamlin at Martinsville] “You cannot let that tear you apart. You got to keep strong on the inside and believe in yourself and believe in your team, all the things you’re doing. That’s what Alan and Chase fall back on.” Gordon knows something about Gustafson, who was his crew chief from 2011-15. If Gordon felt a change was warranted, Hendrick Motorsports would have made one. And it wouldn’t be unprecedented to see an Elliott-Gustafson divorce. Elliott, driver of the No. 9 car, and Alan Gustafson have the longest driver-crew chief pairing in the Cup garage. And at 11 years, it’s not even close to another relationship. Joey Logano and Paul Wolfe are next as they work their seventh season together. “Alan was my crew chief,” Gordon said. “I love the work and effort he puts in, how smart he is, the team he builds. Nobody is a tougher critic than he is of the team and their performance.” That’s why the Elliott-Gustafson relationship works. They are both relatively tough critics. They both want to go about the business of getting their team better with as little sideshow as possible. When I was visiting Hendrick Motorsports on Wednesday shortly after lunchtime, there was Gustafson in the team’s workout room, doing his workout. He didn’t appear stressed that the team had not won yet this year nor that Hendrick Motorsports as a whole hadn’t won. He’s been through the ups and downs. And so has Elliott. “The more you do this, I think the more you keep an eye internally more than you do externally,” Elliott said during the postrace news conference. “For us, we’re just super honest with each other, what we need to do, where our deficiencies are, where the areas are that we’re good at, whatever. “As time has gone on, we’ve done nothing but just get better at being able to kind of sort out our weaknesses in our own meetings, doing what we need to do to get the job done. It is a very, very straightforward approach.” Some Elliott fans won’t want to hear that. They’ll want to hear that Elliott thinks he needs a change in crew chief. And if he really did want a change, there’s also no doubt he could get one. Then there are days like Sunday. At Martinsville, Gustafson talked with his engineers and made a call that could potentially win the race using a different strategy than most of the other teams. “You can’t sit on your hands and run 10th. You got to do something, right?” Gustafson said in his postrace news conference. “I think that was the best shot.” Sometimes when he takes those shots, whether during a race or the car setup, they don’t work. And that’s when fans get frustrated. “[He] made a great call,” Elliott said. “Glad he picked up on that, saw that. I don’t think anybody else did. “[It] goes to show that he’s pretty good at what he does, which I try to tell y’all that all the time. But he does a pretty good job. I’m happy to work with him. Appreciate his effort, hanging in there, to our whole team for doing that, too. I appreciate that out of all of them.” And there’s no plan to change. “I enjoy working with him,” Elliott said. “I genuinely feel that way. I hope he feels the same way about me. I give him all I got every week, even when it’s not pretty. “I think because of that, it works. It’s simple. We just show up and go to work, man. We try to do the best we can to put the best result out there for everybody involved.” Graham Rahal Shows He’s Got It, Too Chase Elliott’s crew chief Alan Gustafson wasn’t the only person who has had his share of criticism about needing to have a good race weekend. On the INDYCAR side, Graham Rahal placed third at Barber (Ala.) Motorsports Park. It was his first podium since May 2023. The veteran driver of the No. 15 car and son of team co-owner Bobby Rahal, now has 34 podiums in 313 career starts. “There’s enough bull—- out there that I got to deal with,” Rahal said in his postrace news conference. “It’s nice [to perform]. I’ll still hear it. … There’s a whole lot of dumb asses out in this world right now. Got to live with it.” This wasn’t a fluke. Rahal started third and finished third. He sits 12th in the standings among the 25 drivers. “[The podium] is a great reward for the guys and gals,” Rahal said. “Everybody has worked so hard to be back here.” The one eye-opening part of his race is that, while Rahal shined, his two teammates struggled. Granted, they have much less experience with Louis Foster in his second INDYCAR season and Mick Schumacher in his first. “They copied my setup today,” Rahal said. “The last two days they were slightly different. Mick and I are always about the same, which is why we were both good at Phoenix. We both have been very consistently like that. “Louis tends to go off down a little bit of a different tangent. Today they started the day in the exact same car. We all got to sit down and try to understand. I think Louis ran a different gear strategy, but that was kind of small.” What isn’t a small difference? Rahal is listed at 185 pounds in the INDYCAR media guide, 13 pounds heavier than Foster and 31 pounds heavier than Schumacher. “I’m a much heavier driver than they are,” Rahal said. “That does move the center of gravity, that moves the weight distribution and stuff. They tried to get quite close. “We all need to go back and try to understand where the variances may be.” In The News — Denny Hamlin indicated that a contract extension for No. 45 driver Tyler Reddick will be finished soon to keep Reddick at 23XI Racing. Reddick won the regular season in 2024, didn’t win in 2025 but then won four of the first six races of 2026. Hamlin: “He will be [staying here]. Tyler’s one of those guys that was very important for us to get our hands on him very early. … Certainly, last year was not great, but like when his not great years are still in the top 10, those are the elite drivers.” — NASCAR has announced the nominees for the 2027 NASCAR Hall of Fame class. There are four new nominees, one more than usual. Typically, there are three to replace the three inductees but Bob Welborn, a star in NASCAR’s convertible series in NASCAR’s beginning years, was dropped off the Pioneer Ballot. There are 10 nominees in the Modern Era ballot, with two getting in and five nominees from the Pioneer ballot with one getting in. FOX analyst and 60-time race winner Kevin Harvick is on the Modern Era ballot in his first year of eligibility. Engine builder Ernie Elliott and West Series star Ray Elder also were added to the Modern Era ballot. Crew chief Harry Hyde moved from the Modern Era to Pioneer after being on the ballot for 10 years without getting voted in. Herb Nab, a crew chief with 92 victories, was also added to the Pioneer ballot. Voting is May 19. — Musician Darius Rucker has joined Legacy Motor Club as an investor. The news release stated: “As an investor, Rucker will collaborate with the organization on select initiatives that bridge sports, music and fan engagement, while supporting the Club’s continued business and brand development.” — Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced its Carb Day concert for the Friday before the Indianapolis 500. Counting Crows will headline, with Switchfoot opening the show. Under The Radar Eleventh isn’t always a great result. But for two drivers this past NASCAR weekend at Martinsville, it was big as it showed continued relative strength. Shane van Gisbergen was a solid 11th in the Cup race at Martinsville as the three-time Supercars champion continues to adjust to the ovals. The Trackhouse driver is 14th in the Cup standings. In the O’Reilly Series, Parker Retzlaff was 11th. The Viking Motorsports driver, who has shown glimpses of talent but not the consistency (which could be attributed to him, the teams he drove for or a little bit of both) is ninth in the O’Reilly standings. They Said What? Alex Palou, after earning his 13th career pole, wasn’t sure if that number was a good thing or if he should be superstitious about it. You would think the four-time champion wouldn’t get superstitious but the Chip Ganassi Racing driver does. “There’s a lot of superstitions,” he said in his pole-winning news conference. “I could get superstitious about this [red plastic] cup. These glasses? I changed the glasses. I’ve been with the same sunglasses for five years. I changed them this year. … I didn’t know if it was sunglasses [that make a difference].” [PALOU’S REPEAT: 4 Takeaways From Alex Palou’s Victory at Barber] They Said It “We finished P2; we shouldn’t be that frustrated. But when you are up against a car that’s been the most competitive and best car in INDYCAR for the past many years, to have a chance to beat him fair and square, that hurts.” — Arrow McLaren driver Christian Lundgaard after finishing second to Alex Palou at Barber. In Inside The Garage, Bob Pockrass takes us behind the scenes of the motorsports world the way only he can. [SPEED: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Divulges Biggest Regret of Illustrious Racing Career]​Latest Sports News from FOX Sports