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Garth Tander and Warren Luff have claimed a famous Sandown 500 win, holding steady to defy Shane van Gisbergen and a failing car to win the Supercars endurance race.The Holden Racing Team pair crossed the line ahead of the Red Bull Racing driver on a dramatic day in Melbourne.With 20 laps remaining, the mud guard in Tanders car blew out, barely clinging to the Commodore through the races final stages.Race officials decided against penalising the former series winner for an unsafe car, but Tander still needed to fend off a rampant van Gisbergen.He did so by less than a third of a second - the second-closest margin in the races history.An exuberant Tander jumped on the car to celebrate.The car was really nice until the guard fell of it. Then it was really hard work, he said.I wanted this one on the CV, I didnt have it yet.Van Gisbergen, who competed with Alex Premat, suggested there would be no appeal from Red Bull after the race.Im glad they let it run ... it wouldnt have been right to win that way, he said.Will Davison and Jonathan Webb claimed third.From the first lap to the last, the Enduro Cup opener was spectacular.James Goldings lap one crash brought the first red flag and restart in the 500-kilometre classics history.On his first Supercars start, the 20-year-old hit the tyre wall at 149km/h in his Volvo but walked away unhurt.The remaining 25 cars fought out a battle royale with such carnage, the track and cars resembled a scene from Mad Max.Degraded tyres and muck from many trips into the grass showed the tough conditions.Occasional rain gave team bosses headaches all afternoon, messing with the best-made strategies and throwing cars from the track.While van Gisbergen, who overcame an early double stack and might have wished for a few more laps to close the gap, the result puts him on top of the championship standings.Jamie Whincups unfortunate day ended with him finishing 13th, giving his teammate a seven-point series lead.Whincup and Paul Dumbrell were poised to challenge for their third Sandown crown together until the changeover of drivers.Dumbrell slipped his arm out early from his seatbelt and was served a drive-through penalty.Mark Winterbottoms title fight was also hit by a mistake by co-driver Dean Canto, who produced an otherwise sterling drive.Canto started 22nd but surged to fourth place by refusing wet tyres in the drizzle, only to slip off the track one lap before he was due to hand over to Winterbottom, who finished 24th.Jeff Skinner Jersey .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. 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Pierre Turgeon Sabres Jersey . -- Bryant McKinnie came out of his stance and lowered his shoulder into a practice squad player, causing a crisp thud to reverberate in the Miami Dolphins practice bubble.Running back Doug Martin is expected to play Sunday, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers still want to test him prior to their game against the Chicago Bears, sources told ESPN on Saturday.Martin has not played in a game since suffering a hamstring injury in Week 2. He attempted to come back just prior to the Week 5 game against the Carolina Panthers, but he?reinjured the hamstring during a workout.He was limited in practice all week, and the Bucs were not optimistic he would make it through the week. However, Martins steady improvement in the practices offered an encouraging sign.While the rest of his teammates were warming up during Fridays practice and doing special-teams work, Martin did some resistance runs with head athletic trainer Bobby Slater, pulling a large rubber band behind him. Hes gone from doing individual drills Wednesday to pass-catching work with the quarterbacks and cutting Thursday.Bucs coach Dirk Koetter on Friday said Martin still had not been cleared by the medical staff.Theres still a chance, Koetter said, adding that the team would see what happens within 48 hours.A two-time Pro Bowler, Martin rushed for 1,402 yards last season, second-most in the league behhind Adrian Peterson.dddddddddddd He also had 271 receiving yards and accounted for 28 percent of the Bucs total offense last year. His seven touchdowns were more than any other player on the team, aside from Jameis Winston.The Bucs have struggled to run the ball consistently in their run-first offense this season, averaging 108.0 yards per game -- 20th in the league. Their 3.9 yards-per-carry average ranks 23rd. Last year, with Martin and?Charles Sims?healthy, the Bucs produced the?fifth-most rushing yards in the league, with 135.1 yards per game. Their 4.8 yards-per-carry average was tied for first in the league.If Martin cannot go, the team has rookie?Peyton Barber, who started his first NFL game last week, and Mike James, whom the Bucs re-signed last week. James has three prior starts for the Bucs.To make room on the roster, the Bucs waived Russell Hansbrough, who was brought up from the practice squad Monday.Jacquizz Rodgers, the fourth running back on the active roster, continues to recover from a sprained foot and is still in a walking boot. ' ' '