3. Earnhardt at Shadybowl: Bobby Dale Earnhardt, the grandson of NASCAR Hall of Fame member Dale Earnhardt, is expected to race at Shadybowl Speedway on Saturday. The son of Kerry Earnhardt (and Dale Jr.'s nephew) will run the late model division at the 3/10th-mile paved oval in Champaign County. It's the second visit to the Miami Valley and third race on area tracks this summer for Earnhardt. Racing in the ARCA Truck Series, he finished fifth at Winchester Speedway on June 29 and 10th at Kil-Kare Speedway on July 5.
4. Pigskin preview: Want the inside info on the Greater Western Ohio Conference? Then check out the GWOC football coaches show 5 p.m. Sunday at Fricker's on Woodman Avenue. The event will also be broadcast on 1410-AM. Each of the 18 head coaches will be interviewed along with GWOC commissioner Eric Spahr.
5. Gold medal meet: It's not every day an Olympic gold medalist comes to watch an area cross country meet. It'll happen again Saturday for the Bob Schul Invitational at Lowery Field in West Milton. Schul, the only American to win the Olympic gold medal in the 5,000 meters, claimed gold at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. The West Milton native also excelled for Miami University. As for the meet, it starts at 9 a.m. with the high school runners.
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