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NEWTON, Iowa -- Every year, Team Penske arrives in Iowa with a host of championship-contending drivers and leaves without a win.The 10th edition of the IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway could be Penskes best shot at breaking through.The grueling demands of Iowas 0.875-mile bull ring typically rewards the most skilled drivers. Penske has plenty of those, as Simon Pagenaud, Helio Castroneves and Will Power entered the weekend first, second and third in the point standings.Pagenaud will start Sundays race from the pole, followed by Josef Newgarden, Castroneves, Max Chilton and Charlie Kimball.Still, Penske has lagged far behind Andretti Autosport, winner of the last six races and seven of nine overall on IndyCars shortest track.Weve been close many times, said Castroneves, winless in Iowa despite two poles and five starts on the front row. The good news is Team Penske is one, two, three, and thats our goal to keep going all the way to the end of the season. But we have a big test here.Andretti could use another strong showing in Iowa to push at least one of its drivers into championship contention.Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi leads the way for the team in 10th, just one point ahead of teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay.Hunter-Reay has won the last two races in Iowa. Last seasons victory helped turn a miserable season into a decent one as Hunter-Reay went on to win at Pocono and finish sixth in the standings.Hunter-Reay has also finished in the top four in each of his last two races.But replicating his previous success here might be tough.Hunter-Reay had a miserable qualifying session and will start 20th out of 22 cars. Although no driver has ever won from the pole in Iowa, no one has taken first after starting from so far behind either.It doesnt really change my mentality at all. Every year I have to come back and work just as hard to get it done. Seems like it gets harder and harder every year, actually, Hunter-Reay said.Perhaps Sunday will provide Newgarden an opportunity to thrust himself into the championship conversation. Newgarden took second behind Hunter-Reay in 2014 and 2015, and hell start on the front row at Iowa for the first time all season.Yeah, its always tough. I mean, when you qualify second you think Ah! Its just really hard to qualify second. You almost wish you qualified fifth or something. That sounds really stupid, but its always tough; we needed that last little bit, Newgarden said. But its nothing to complain about. I think we have fast cars.Should Penske fail to win yet again in Iowa this weekend, it can take solace in the fact its drivers will get at least two more chances here.Iowa Speedway announced Saturday that it has extended its agreement with IndyCar through 2018.Matthew Stafford Youth Jersey . 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She most recently played for Sky Blue FC of the National Womens Soccer League. "It just felt like it was my time to move on," she said in a phone interview from her hometown of Burlington, Ont.Tim Reed has become the first Australian triathlete to win an ironman 70.3 world championship on home soil.Reed hung tough to edge out two-time world champion Sebastien Kienle from Germany on the closing run leg on Sunday.Reed has enjoyed a stellar year, having also successfully defended his ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific title and claimed a debut victory at Ironman Australia.Full credit to Seb (Kienle), said Reed.He broke me about four times but with this amazing crowd I was able to fight back. I owe it to them.?I cannot believe it.?This is something I have only ever dreamed about.Reed was nearly a minute behind after a 1.9km swim leg where fellow Australian Josh Amberger had set the pace.He closed the gap in the bike leg to be only 10 seconds down at the final transition and then dugg deep on the run leg to win in three hours 44 minutes and 13 seconds, with Kienle just one second adrift in second spot.ddddddddddddSam Appleton was the next best Australian in fifth spot, with Nicholas Kastelein (sixth) and Craig Alexander (10th) also claiming top-10 finishes.Australian Melissa Hauschildt finished second in the womens race on Sunday won by Britains Holly Lawrence.Two-time winner Hauschildt was four minutes behind American Lauren Bandon after the 1.9km swim.Lawrence made her move on the bike and it proved enough to stave off the challenge of Hauschildt on the run.Annabel Luxford was the second Australian across the line in sixth spot. ' ' '