racing NASCAR: In an event that did not finish until the wee small hours of the morning because of rain, Jimmie Johnson won the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge in Concord, North Carolina. Earlier, Scott Riggs earned his way into the event by winning the NEXTEL Open, and fans voted Kyle Petty into the event via online, cellular and on-site balloting. Indianapolis 500: Sam Hornish Jr. wins the pole for the 90th edition of the race, which was delayed one week due to inclement weather. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland: Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro pulls up at the start of the Preakness and injures his leg, thus is unable to finish and so extends the Triple Crown drought to 28 years. Bernardini eventually wins the race. NHL 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs Eastern Conference Final, Game 1 Buffalo Sabres 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 Bufalo leads series 1–0 Rugby union: 2006 Super 14 Semi-Finals Crusaders 35, Bulls 15: On the back of three second half tries, the Crusaders comfortably cruise to victory over the Bulls in the second semi-final and make their fifth successive Super Rugby final. The Crusaders will now have appeared in all but one of the past nine finals. The win also ensures an all New Zealand final next Saturday at Jade Stadium. XtraMSN NZ Heineken Cup Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Biarritz 19 – 23 Munster: In their third attempt to win the final since 2000, Munster defeat the Basque team to take the Heineken Cup and become the European club champions. All but 1,500 of the 74,000 fans filling the Millennium Stadium were Irish supporters. (BBC) Cycling Giro d'Italia: Italian Leonardo Piepoli wins a tough mountain stage after attacking provisional leader Ivan Basso on the final descent. Basso retains the Maglia rosa, and gains time on all his main rivals. Boxing Marco Antonio Barrera defeats Rocky Juarez by split decision in a very competitive fight, with Juarez breaking Barrera's nose in the early rounds. The fight was originally announced as a draw until it was later revealed that there were two scorecard tabulation errors. 19 May 2006 (Friday) NHL 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference Final, Game 1 Edmonton Oilers 3, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1 Edmonton leads series 1–0 Rugby union: 2006 Super 14 Semi-Finals Hurricanes 16, Waratahs 14: After 3 semi-final losses the Hurricanes make their first final in Super rugby history