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When in doubt, just go crazy.And thats exactly what Shane van Gisbergen did in the opening race of the Sydney 500 on Saturday to clinch his first Supercars championship.The Holden gun finished third behind Red Bull Racing teammate Jamie Whincup for an unassailable 170-point lead with one race to go on Sunday.He becomes the first New Zealand-born driver to win an Australian touring car crown since Jim Richards in 1991.Its a pretty awesome feeling, the 27-year-old said.To finally be champion of your sport, a lifetime goal.It almost didnt happen.The Kiwi started on pole position but was jumped by Whincup and slipped back to sixth by the end of lap one.He then copped a drive-through penalty for spinning reigning champion Mark Winterbottoms Ford and fell towards the back of the grid.But a safety car with 25 laps to go helped shoot him up to ninth, before clawing his way up to third with some superb driving and brave passing.I knew people would take advantage if they had a shot and I was just too conservative, he said.I hesitated and it cost us.But once I was in that position, there was nothing to lose and I just went crazy. I hit everything except other people.Whincup, while disappointed to miss out on an unprecedented seventh title, said his intra-team rival deserved to win.Him and his crew deserve it more than anyone else, he said.The winner of the championship is the most consistent, and theyve been the most consistent.Van Gisbergen had been considered a mercurial talent since he started racing in the category in 2007 as a gung-ho 18-year-old.But, after switching to the factory-backed Red Bull outfit this season from the family-run Tekno Autosports, the 27-year-old has been incredibly consistent and measured.He finished on the podium in each of the past eight races leading up to the finale, including Sandown, Bathurst and Gold Coast.Three of those were wins, while Whincup took out the other five.Van Gisbergens hot form continued on the streets of Olympic Park, setting a new lap record in practice on Friday before smashing it again in qualifying.Having seen Shane develop since he first came in the series to where he is now, mature and settled down, has been impressive to watch, said Holden Racing Team veteran Garth Tander, who finished the race second.The drive that he put in today after what happened in the early laps, to come back on the podium the way he did, is probably a sweeter way to win the championship.The season ends with a second 74-lap race on Sunday, the last time Sydney will host the finale before it heads to Newcastle in 2017. 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I know its common knowledge that all players are responsible for their sticks. We witnessed that when Zack Kassian hit Edmontons Sam Gagner in the face after a missed check. NAPLES, Fla. -- Steve Stricker returned from a long layoff to team with Jerry Kelly to take the first-round lead in the Franklin Templeton Shootout.The Madison, Wisconsin, duo shot a 16-under 56 on Thursday in the scramble format for a one-stroke lead over Harris English and Matt Kuchar at Tiburon Golf Club.It was just a great team effort today, Stricker said. We both played well. We both kept the pedal down all the way around, we never let up. We made a lot of good birdies, threw in an improbable eagle at the sixth hole, but other than that it was just good, solid golf all the way around, all the way to the end. Usually we have little hiccups here and there or a little lull period and today that never happened. We just continued that good play every hole really.On the eagle, Stricker holed a breaking 60-footer on the par-5 sixth.The pin was in a very difficult position kind of on the left side of the green, Stricker said. It was kind of up and over and speed was tricky. He put a good putt on it, on the first one. It was difficult, it had a lot of break. But speed was the issue and he gave me great speed and the line because I ended up givinng it a little bit more.ddddddddddddThe 49-year-old Stricker had not played since the Deutsche Bank Championship on Labor Day. Hes teaming with the 50-year-old Kelly for the record eighth time. They won in 2009, and Kelly also won with Rod Pampling in 2006.We know everybodys going to get in the fairway and get on the green in this format, so its really rolling in the putts, Kelly said. I just need to do my job and hit solid putts, so he can see where the line is and make it like he does.Harris and Kuchar won in 2013 in their first start together and finished second the last two years.Charles Howell III & Rory Sabbatini were third at 59, and defending champions Jason Dufner and Brandt Snedeker were at 60 with Kevin Chappell-Kevin Kisner and Luke Donald-Russell Knox.Lexi Thompson and Bryson DeChambeau were eighth after a 62. Thompson is the second woman to compete in the event, following Annika Sorenstam with Fred Couples in 2006.The teams will play modified alternate shot Friday and close with better ball Saturday. ' ' '