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ByJennaFryer TheAssociatedPress DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. Ame- lia is in the graveyard located in the woods of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s property in North Caro- lina, where he collects ruined race cars. The beloved Chevrolet failed Earnhardt in the Daytona 500 and again at Talladega. He thought he'd drive Amelia to another victory in both races — after all, she'd won four times in six restrictor-plate starts over a 13-month period — but he crashed in both superspeed- way races this season. After the Talladega wreck, he retired Amelia and added her to his eclectic graveyard. So when NASCAR's most pop- ular driver races Saturday night at Daytona International Speed- way, it will be in a new Chevy built by Hendrick Motorsports that won't have a name. "We're not going to be nam- ing cars anymore," Earnhardt said Thursday. "I knew as soon as we did that, it sort of took off and put a lot of pressure on that car and the team. These cars just don't stick around long enough to get names. You used to race cars for years and years and they would show a personality. "These days, you only keep a car for maybe a year before it's unrecognizable or it's cut out of the herd." In fact, Earnhardt believes Amelia probably outlived her worth. In hindsight, he doesn't think he should have raced her at Daytona or Talladega. "There are newer ideas and theories and better ways to do NASCAR SPRINT CUP Earnhardt hopes new car gets him win Most popular driver, with 'Amelia' retired, looks for first victory of season at Daytona WILFREDOLEE—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Dale Earnhardt Jr., second from le , chats with his crew in the garage during NASCAR Sprint Cup practice Thursday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. By Howard Fendrich The Associated Press LONDON After two days filled with rain, the sun actually made an appearance at Wimbledon on Thursday, allowing for plenty of play all around the grounds, a chance to finally conclude the first round — and several sur- prises, the biggest of which was French Open champion Garbine Muguruza's exit. No. 2 Muguruza, who reached her first Grand Slam final at the All England Club a year ago and won her first Grand Slam title less than a month ago, was one of 18 seeded players who lost on Day 4, including 11 women. Admittedly lethargic, and dis- playing none of the verve or con- fident shotmaking she's known for, Muguruza lasted less than an hour in the second round Thursday, beaten 6-3, 6-2 by Slo- vakia's Jana Cepelova, a quali- fier ranked 124th. "My energy was not really there," Muguruza said. "I was trying, but (it) didn't work at all." That same sentiment might have been expressed by some of the other players who joined her on the way out of the tour- nament, including No. 31 Kris- tina Mladenovic in a weather- delayed first-round match, and No. 7 Belinda Bencic, No. 14 Sam Stosur, No. 15 Karolina Pliskova, No. 16 Johanna Konta, No. 17 Elina Svitolina, No. 20 Sara Er- rani, No. 22 Jelena Jankovic, No. 30 Caroline Garcia and No. 32 Andrea Petkovic, all in second- round matches. That group includes a Grand Slam champion (Stosur), major finalists (Errani, Jankovic), the first seeded British woman at Wimbledon since 1984 (Konta, eliminated by 2014 runner-up Eugenie Bouchard) and a top- 10 player considered a possible future star of the sport (Ben- cic, who retired because of a left wrist injury while trailing American qualifier Julia Bose- rup). There was nearly another big name gone. But No. 3 Ag- nieszka Radwanska, the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up, saved three match points, then took advantage when her opponent, 18-year-old Ana Konjuh of Cro- atia, twisted her right ankle by accidentally stepping on a ten- nis ball during a point. That happened at 7-all in the third set and, although Konjuh continued to play after a medical timeout, Radwanska was able to finish off a 6-2, 4-6, 9-7 victory. The seven seeded men who lost, all in the second round, were No. 8 Dominic Thiem, No. 13 David Ferrer, No. 16 Gilles Si- mon, No. 23 Ivo Karlovic, No. 25 Viktor Troicki — who launched an epic tirade at the chair um- pire because of a call two points from the end of his five-set de- feat — No. 26 Benoit Paire and No. 30 Alexandr Dolgopolov. Muguruza was never able to get going, making 22 unforced errors and managing to produce only nine winners. She said she felt tired and on the verge of an illness. She also wished she had taken more time to rest after the gru- WIMBLEDON Raingone,butsoare Muguruza,17ofseeds Muguruza unable to find form that brought her recent French Open title BEN CURTIS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Garbine Muguruza of Spain has a drink during a break in her singles match against Jana Cepelova of Slovakia on day four of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on Thursday. TIM IRELAND — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ana Konjuh of Croatia holds her ankle a er falling during her singles match against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland on day four of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on Thursday. WIMBLEDON Up next: Coverage begins on ESPN at 5a.m. TUNEIN Staff Report DURHAM The Corning Manta Rays swim team competed at the Durham Invitational recently and Haley Tomas scored first place in all of her events, according to coach Renae Turner. Tomas, 16, turned in a 1 min- ute, 20.84 second swim in the 100-yard backstroke; 2:58.56 in the 200 butterfly and 1:07.97 in the 100 freestyle. She achieved a B time in the 100 fly. Kara Beckwith, 14, achieved a BB time in her 100 free with a 1:06.23 and 50 free and had a 1:21.38 in the 100 back. Danielle Gallegos, 17, achieved a B time in her 50 free at 30.48 and 100 free and had a 1:23.94 in the 100 back and 2:59.74 in the 200 individual medley. Tayler Snow, 13, achieved a B time in her 50 free and had a 3:16.85 in the 200 breaststroke and 1:29.46 in the 100 breast. This was the first invitational for Tyler Morris, Emily Diaz, Landen Coates, Colby Grueter and Ezekiel Humphrey. Logan Ellis dropped 32 seconds from his 200 freestyle time from last week, Turner said. Following are the remain- ing results: Landen Coates, 6, 25 free 41.87; Reagan Coates, 8, 25 back 32.93, 25 free 26.28; Ma- leah Costello, 9, 50 free 1:01.70, 50 back 1:03.91; Emily Diaz, 10, 50 free 55.01; Logan Ellis, 10, 200 free 3:54.78, 50 back 53.62; Tina Feelo, 16, 100 breast 1:39.71, 100 free 1:25.65; Isaac Funder- burk, 15, 100 breast 1:02.77, 200 breast 3:24.79; Ivan Funderburk, 12, 50 breast 1:02.77; Colby Gru- iter, 11, 100 free 2:06.76, 50 back 1:09.29; Ezekiel Humphrey, 8, 25 back 38.09; 25 free 59.75; Lluvia Mendoza, 13, 200 back 3:47.83, 100 breast 1:44.65; Tyler Morris, 11, 50 back 1:06.01, 50 free 56.70; and Julia Turner, 11, 50 fly 54.11; 50 breast 1:03.60. SWIMMING Tomas has 4 victories at meet in Durham Corning Manta Rays have many personal-best times TONY DEJAK — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS William McGirt tees off on the third hole during the first round of the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club on Thursday in Akron, Ohio. By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press AKRON, OHIO Golf in Ohio must bring out the best in William Mc- Girt. One month after his first PGA Tour victory at the Memorial, Mc- Girt looked just as good two hours up the road at the Bridgestone Invitational. In his World Golf Championship debut, he opened with six birdies and finished with a 45-foot par for a 6-under 64 and a three-shot lead. An Ohio sweep? That's only happened four times, and McGirt guessed right at the answer. "Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods, Ti- ger Woods and Tiger Woods?" he said. "That would be pretty spe- cial company." He had some decent com- pany behind him after an open- ing round of warm sunshine and fast conditions at Firestone. Jason Day, the world's No. 1 player, was among three players at 67, while Jordan Spieth somehow man- aged to post a 68 despite having GOLF McGirt goes lo w, l ea ds a t Firestone by th re e sh ot s TENNIS PAGE 2 NASCAR PAGE 2 GOLF PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, July 1, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1