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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Rookie Kenny Clark is poised to take the next step in his young career with the Green Bay Packers.If defensive tackle Letroy Guion cant play on Sunday against Detroit because of a knee injury, Clark should be in line for much more playing time in the home opener at Lambeau Field.This could be a momentous weekend for the 20-year-old Clark, the Packers first-round draft pick from UCLA.He definitely made a big jump from Week 1 to Week 2, and he has to take another step this week, coach Mike McCarthy said.Clark filled in admirably after Guion got hurt in last weeks 17-14 loss to Minnesota. Guion and fellow defensive lineman Mike Daniels have spearheaded the Packers strong start against the run, holding opponents to a league-best 1.63 yards per carry.Last week, Minnesotas Adrian Peterson was held to 19 yards on 12 carries before leaving the game with a knee injury .Clark had two tackles and played in 66 percent of the defensive snaps, up from 12 percent the previous week against Jacksonville.Clark was slowed in training camp by a hamstring injury. Against Jacksonville, the rookie said he was filling into the game too much, or not really getting adjusted.I just needed to just come out and go, Clark said this week. I felt pretty good out there when I played Minnesota, and as the pace started going on, I felt more comfortable out there.He has a pretty good mentor lining up alongside of Daniels, a bulldozer of a lineman who is playing the best football of his five-year NFL career. Daniels consistently wins matchups in the trenches.Ive liked our aggressiveness with the guys up front. ... Its not been sit and read, theyve been attacking, defensive coordinator Dom Capers said Thursday. It comes down to lining up and whipping your man a lot of times.Its not just against the run, either.Daniels has one of the Packers six sacks this season. The pass rush has been strong, and the front seven, especially has played well.Being able to stop the run the way that we have definitely opens up the pass rush much more, Daniels said.You can see by our productivity that the run game is definitely complementing the pass rush very well.Defensive depth will be tested, though, on Sunday.Besides Guion, hybrid lineman-linebacker Datone Jones hasnt practiced so far this week because of a knee injury.Another lineman, Mike Pennel, is halfway through a four-game suspension from the NFL for violating the leagues substance-abuse policy.To help fill depth, the Packers activated defensive tackle Brian Price from the practice squad on Thursday. But expect Clark to get the first chance to line up next to Daniels if Guion cant play.You see signs of what Kenny can do. And so, those young guys have to grow up in a hurry because we need them, Capers said.OTHER INJURIESThe Packers best pass rusher, LB Clay Matthews, missed practice again because of ankle and hamstring injuries suffered in the Vikings game. S Morgan Burnett (hamstring) also sat out on Thursday. ... Starting CB Sam Shields (concussion) remains out. ... OL T.J. Lang was added to the injury report on Thursday with a hip injury.Hes got some testing to do or something. Hell be fine, offensive line coach James Campen said.ITS SPECIALS Chris Banjo and LB Jayrone Elliott, each with hamstring injuries, were full participants in practice for a second straight day. The special teams standouts missed the seasons first two games. Well, youve kind of got two core guys that know the scheme, know what were doing, have got experience, coordinator Ron Zook said. 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Glen Rice Jersey . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over .INDIANAPOLIS -- Just how tedious was the 23rd annual Brickyard 400?The most intriguing story coming out of Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday for people who follow racing was the public confirmation that Tony George was quietly named chairman of the board of the speedway, in addition to its parent company, Hulman & Co., some four months ago.?Sure, there was Indys 160-lap NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race -- actually, make that 170, thanks to a series of overtime crashes -- which to the surprise of no one was dominated by Kyle Busch and the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas.?Busch swept the Indianapolis weekend for the second year in a row, winning the Xfinity Series Lilly Diabetes 250 on Saturday as a warm-up to his triumph in the main show. ?His mastery of IMS was even more convincing this year, as he won from pole position in both races and led 149 laps on Sunday.With the race itself an unwatchable dud, hopes that Jeff Gordons temporary comeback or local hero Tony Stewarts final Brickyard start would provide compelling storylines fell flat.?Gordons return to replace the injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. fizzled out, with the No. 88 car never showing strongly all afternoon and taking a quiet 13th place. And Stewarts recent return to his old form was blunted Sunday by a pit lane speeding violation that relegated the hometown hero to 11th at the flag.That made Georges ascension to the chairmans seat of his familys companies the biggest story of the day, marking a comeback that rivals any weve ever seen on the executive side of the sport. ?The news broke in unorthodox fashion. George was voted into the chairman roles during Hulman & Co.s annual meeting in March, but there was no public confirmation of the change until he was introduced as the IMS chairman over the Speedways public address system when he stepped out to give the command to start engines for Sundays race.Talk about a private company that really keeps things private. ?Now 56, George was named president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1989 when he was just 29 years old, kicking off a turbulent 20-year run.?During his tenure, George brought NASCAR to Indianapolis with the first Brickyard 400 in 1994, and he also built a road course in the IMS infield that hosted the Formula One United States Grand Prix from 2000-07.?But George is more famous (or infamous) for creating the Indy Racing League and using the Indianapolis 500 as a bargaining chip in the quest to take control of Indy car racing from CART. The 13-year civil war between the two Indy car series from 1996-2008 caused huge damage to the sport, which it still continues to recoover from.dddddddddddd?After Indy car racing was unified as the IndyCar Series under Hulman &. Co leadership, George resigned as the leagues CEO in 2009, and he relinquished his board roles in 2011. He was reinstated to the IMS and Hulman & Co. boards in 2013; with his 82-year-old mother Mari Hulman-George in failing health, his recent ascension to the chairman role doesnt come as a surprise. Just family business.?Still, the fact that Hulman & Co. chose not to publicize the move indicates they understand the perception of putting George back in charge still carries some public relations baggage with longtime Indy car fans -- even though as the board chairman, he will have little or no influence on the companys day-to-day operations.Critics should not lose sight of the fact that while TG takes most of the blame for what has happened to Indy car racing over the past 20-plus years, many of the things that he did were positive for the speedway. ?The Brickyard 400 was a huge success for the first half of its 23-year existence, and it still remains a moneymaker for IMS. The F1 race and a subsequent Moto GP event on the road course delivered a new audience to the famous old oval.?George was also the driving force behind the creation of one of the most important safety innovations in the history of oval racing -- the SAFER Barrier, with IMS commissioning and financing its development.?With the Brickyard 400 a total snoozefest, perhaps it was a stroke of genius for IMS to release news of Georges promotion on a day when the track was otherwise generating negative headlines due to the poor quality of racing.?If it isnt clearly obvious by now, NASCAR stock cars are simply not compatible with the Brickyard oval. The unique single-groove track, with long straights and four low-banked 90-degree corners, just sets up for boring, single-file running.?Add in a 110-degree heat index like we had on Sunday, and its no wonder the Brickyard struggles to attract 50,000 fans these days when it was a 250,000-plus sellout in the early years.?Its still a profitable event for IMS, but with all those empty seats, its also a bit of an embarrassment to the grand old track.?As the chairman of the board, its not Tony Georges responsibility to fix the Brickyard 400 -- that job falls to Hulman Motorsports CEO Mark Miles and IMS president Doug Boles, among others.?But you can bet your bottom dollar that hes going to be paying close attention to whatever solutions they come up with.? ' ' '