New owner Curtis Francois has changed the name of Gateway International Raceway to Gateway Motorsports Park. The 152-acre facility in Madison, which was built in 1996 by Chris Pook, had been called Gateway International Raceway for 16 years. Before that, the area where the track is located had been called St. Louis International Raceway.

Also, there will be a title sponsor when the National Hot Rod Association returns to the track after a two-year hiatus on Sept. 28-30 for its national event. It will be called the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals.

The race is the third of six races in the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship. (Ken Roberts)

Force wins NHRA event • John Force raced to his 134th career Funny Car victory at the O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, Calif. The 62-year-old Force used a holeshot start to claim his sixth win at the event and 15th at the track with a performance of 4.080 seconds at 315.84 mph in a Ford Mustang. Runner-up Mike Neff finished in 4.036 at 316.82 in his Mustang. Spencer Massey (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also were winners of the season-opening NHRA Full Throttle event. (AP)

Rangers' Napoli gets $9.4 million • Catcher Mike Napoli and the Texas Rangers finalized a $9.4 million, one-year contract to avoid a salary arbitration hearing. Napoli set career highs last season by hitting .320 with 30 homers and 75 RBIs in 113 games in his first season with Texas, making starts at catcher, first base and designated hitter. He spent his first five major league seasons with the Los Angeles Angles before being traded twice in a five-day period last winter. Napoli severely sprained his left ankle running the bases in Game 6 of the World Series against the Cardinals. Hei finished that game and even played Game 7, though the Rangers aren't certain that he is fully recovered yet. But he has been checked several times this offseason by team doctors, who are confident that the ankle is structurally sound. (AP)

Repeat winners in Missouri Grand Prix • Cesar Cielo and Amanda Weir each earned a second gold medal at the Missouri Grand Prix, winning in the 100-meter freestyle on Sunday, one night after taking first in the 50 free at the event in Columbia. Cielo, from Brazil, surged past Richard Hortness of Canada after the turn to finish in 49.51 seconds Sunday. American Matt Grevers was third. Weir had an easier time, leading throughout to win in 54.41 seconds over Hannah Wilson. In the men's 200 backstroke, 16-year-old Ryan Murphy of Jacksonville, Fla., outlasted Canadian Tobias Oriwol to win in 1 minute, 59.11 seconds. Murphy hopes to appear in his first Olympics this summer. (AP)

Kerber, Hantuchova win titles in tennis • Angelique Kerber won her first WTA title by overpowering second-seeded Marion Bartoli 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3 in the Open GDF Suez final. Kerber became the first German to win the Paris tournament since Steffi Graf in 1995, clinching victory with a forehand winner. ... Daniela Hantuchova won her second straight Pattaya (Thailand) Open title, defeating Maria Kirilenko 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3. This was Hantuchova's fifth career title and her first since winning in Thailand a year ago. (AP)

Gerrard is endorsed for England soccer captaincy • Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says Liverpool star Steven Gerrard is the ideal choice to be England's soccer captain. England is without a captain or coach after manager Fabio Capello resigned Wednesday following John Terry's dismissal as captain by the Football Association. Terry is awaiting trial for racial abuse but is eligible to play for the national team at the European Championship. (AP)