shed last in a race in his career.JUNIOR AND JEFFEarnhardt

HOUSTON -- Houstons DeAndre Hopkins was among three NFL players to receive the first pairs of low-top Kanye West-designed Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 cleats on Friday.It was a surprise to me, Hopkins told The Associated Press. It wasnt really nothing thought of or something we talked about. Last night they texted me and were like: `We have a surprise for you coming. And thats what it was.As Hopkins talked, the pair of shoes in the popular turtle dove color sat at his feet near the cleats he wore for practice.The special delivery from West went to Adidas athletes Hopkins, Minnesotas Adrian Peterson and Buffalos Sammy Watkins. They were sent a day after Denvers Von Miller wore Yeezy 750s , which are high top and look more like a boot, in Thursday nights game against Carolina that opened the NFL regular season.Hes a big guy, he kind of needs that ankle support, Hopkins said of Millers shoes. These are more my cleats and what I wear is the same as the Adidas cleats, and they just kind of put the Yeezy cover on it. I like Vons, but I prefer these.Hopkins has tried the shoes on and said they feel just the same as my (regular) cleats if not a little bit better.The star receiver, who was second in the NFL with a career-high 1,521 yards receiving last season, wants to wear them on Sunday when Houston opens the season against the Bears. But he is worried that the color, which unlike Millers pair is not a solid tone, wont be NFL approved.Hopefully somebody doesnt tell me I cant wear them, he said. Im going to still wear them if they do.Then he thought about it for a minute and waffled a little on his plan when asked again if hed wear them even if it would earn him a fine.I dont know, he said. It depends on how much the fine is.Hopkins posted a pic of the cleats on Instagram that quickly received thousands of likes.Just posting a picture, the whole world loves `em, he said. 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We didnt need it all.Well, plenty of other Chase drivers did.Tony Stewart finished 13th, and the three-time NASCAR champion was knocked out of contention in the first elimination race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.Chris Buescher and Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray also dropped out of the Chase. The field was sliced from 16 drivers to 12.Austin Dillon finished eighth and moved from outside the points cutoff of the Chase to a transfer spot and advanced to the next round.Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards and Kurt Busch joined Truex and Dillon in the next round that opens at Charlotte Motor Speedway.Kyle Busch was second, followed by Elliott, Keselowski, Kenseth and Logano -- the only five other cars that finished on the lead lap.Truex won his first career Cup race at Dover in 2007 and didnt win again until 2013. But his career took off in 2015, his second year at Furniture Row Racing, and he used a win at Pocono last year to make the Chase and become one of four drivers racing for the championship in the finale.His career absolutely exploded with FRR and Toyota this season. Truex led a stunning 392 laps in a Coca-Cola 600 victory and then won at Darlington just two races before the Chase opened. He has led at least 140 laps in three of the last four races.The last month has just been ridiculous, he said.Harvick won last week at New Hampshire and was the only other driver to earn an automatic berth in the second round.ddddddddddddHere are other items of note from Dover:SMOKE OUTStewart, the 2002, 2005 and 2011 Cup champion, will retire at the end of the season without a fourth championship.Ill tell you one thing, this one race, whatever happens, is not going to define the season this team has, Stewart told his team over the radio.He fell just short of keeping a drive for four alive.We kept making it better all day. That is as good as we had, he said.GANASSI GAFFESGanassi went from two Chase drivers to none.Larsons race turned into a disaster early when the No. 42 Chevrolet lost power. His Chevy was pushed to pit road and a battery was changed. He then had to serve a pass-through penalty for having too many crew members over the wall during the pit stop.Larson, one of the top young drivers in the sport, had held the final transfer spot entering the race.Jamie McMurray saw his Chase end at Dover for the second straight season. He battled problems in the No. 1 Chevy for most of the race before his engine blew near the halfway point. McMurray was 13th and hoped to race his way into the next round. He held the final transfer spot heading into last years race and lost his spot to Dale Earnhardt Jr.FIRST TO (ALMOST) WORSTHarvick had to take a deep breath and be thankful that he won last week at New Hampshire, or he would have faced sure elimination. Harvicks No. 4 Chevrolet had a broken track bar early in the race that sent the car to the garage. Harvick returned more than 40 laps off the pace and finished 37th. Harvick, the 2014 Sprint Cup champion, has never finished last in a race in his career.JUNIOR AND JEFFEarnhardt watched the race from atop the pit box for the first time because his season ended in July (concussion). Jeff Gordon finished 10th in Juniors regular 88 Chevrolet ride. Gordon, who had retired at the end of last season, has one more race left subbing for Earnhardt later this month at Martinsville.DOUBLE DIPDaniel Suarez won the Xfinity Series, delayed a day by rain, to kick off 600 miles of racing. NASCAR ran its first Xfinity-Cup doubleheader since April 25, 2010, at Talladega Superspeedway.UP NEXTThe second round of the Chase opens at Charlotte and Logano is the defending race winner. ' ' '