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MADISON, Ill. -- Its hardly business as usual for ThorSport Racing team. Not when, as one of the drivers quipped, the temporary headquarters is a Kroger parking lot.Results indicate a well-oiled machine in the NASCAR Truck Series, and not one reeling from a devastating fire to the teams 100,000-square foot shop in Sandusky, Ohio, earlier this month.Were making it up as we go, general manager David Pepper said in a telephone interview. The guys have risen to the occasion.Rookie Ben Rhodes had a career-best second-place finish in last weeks event at Gateway Motorsports Park after winning the pole, and is close to qualifying for the series first Chase playoff, which begins in September.Rhodes described last weekends experience in Illinois as a blast.Its a lot more fun racing up front for me, even if I finished second, Rhodes said. Theyve been working their butts off to prepare these trucks.Pre-blaze, Rhodes compared the shop to the Taj Mahal, pristine and spacious with an elevator to transport trucks. Pepper said the facility rivaled some of those in the Sprint Cup series. ThorSport, run by Duke and Rhonda Thorson, is the longest-tenured team in the series with four trucks in the competition.Its a little bit of a charred mess in the back, said the 19-year-old Rhodes. Its devastating, but at the same time all of our guys are so resilient.Two weeks ago in the first event since the fire, ThorSport drivers finished 2-3-4 at Iowa Speedway.Two-time series champion Matt Crafton, who won in consecutive weeks earlier in the series, led the points race and had been in contention last week before getting knocked out in a collision.Theres been different challenges each day, it seems like, said Kevin Bellicourt, crew chief for Rhodes. Nobodys seen it as an excuse and its been really cool to see.Pepper said the June 13 fire started in the basement, destroying the fabrication shop. Flames could be seen shooting through the roof in the overnight blaze. The Ohio fire marshal was still investigating the cause but indications were that it was not suspicious in nature.The front half of the shop was not damaged but elsewhere the damage, much of it from smoke along with water from the firefighting, is significant. Walls have been torn down to the studs.Pepper said it will be a while still before a dollar figure can be made and several months before restoration is complete and the shop can re-open.Pavement outside an abandoned Kroger market about a quarter-mile from the shop was the main location for the temporary shop early on. It remains headquarters of sorts for Rhodes team, while other operations are scattered across town. Businesses have stepped up to help.I cant say enough about those folks lending a hand, Pepper said.Work days are now 12-14 hours instead of the usual 8-10. At the track, those involved say, its easiest to block out the challenges.Weve been very competitive, weve led laps, had an opportunity to win races. Its hard to be disappointed at all, Pepper said. We have not seen a drop-off in our performance in any way, shape or form.Joe Greene Womens Jersey . Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury. Joe Greene Jersey . Rob Manfred, baseballs chief operating officer, testified last week during the grievance filed by the players union to overturn Rodriguezs 211-game suspension. 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Thats about all he can do right now, so hes trying not to think about when he might be able to play again for the Los Angeles Lakers.BOSTON -- Alex Rodriguez has been turned down in his request to play the field for his final game with the New York Yankees.Manager Joe Girardi said A-Rod wouldnt be at third base Friday night at Yankee Stadium against Tampa Bay.Rodriguez had asked to return to his old position for the last game. He hasnt played the field this season.We thought about it but he hasnt done any work, Girardi said before Thursday nights game at Boston. Its not that I wouldnt like to see it, but were in a part of the season where we are trying to win. Were still in this and I just felt that the situation hasnt presented itself.The Yankees pllan a pregame ceremony Friday night to recognize Rodriguez.dddddddddddd. The team announced last weekend that after the game, he will be released and then become an adviser and instructor for the club.Rain is in the New York forecast Friday night.Rodriguez batted cleanup as the designated hitter Thursday. He was booed by Red Sox fans when he came to the plate in the second inning and had a soft lineout.Rodriguez did not play in the series opener Tuesday and was a pinch-hitter Wednesday night. ' ' '