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umi, sunt rt Zi. IjU- IHfcl INDIANAPOLIS STAR- PACE -57 a gets world racing title VvX FROM WIRE SERVICES I Sports In Brief foh MIKI Lauda of Austria won his third world auto racing championship Sunday at Estonl. Portugal, edging Mclaren teammate Alain Prost of France by a half point after finishing second to the Frenchman in the Portuguese Grand Prix. Even his 04OTIL seventh victory of the season equalling the record set by Jim Clark of Britain in 1963 not for Nelson finished with a bunder-par 266. the low on the PGA tour this year, and won $72,000.

It was Nelson's first victory since last year's S. Open and his seventh in 11 years on the PGA Tour. Hubert Green, winner of the Southern Open last week, was sec ond with a final round 68 and a 268 total. He won $43,200. Chip Beck, playing in the final threesome with Nelson and Green, took himself out of contention early with a double bogey on the second hole.

He finished in a three way tie for third with rookie Brad Faxon. Connors victorious Jimmy Connors defeated Ivan Lendl 64, 36, 60 to win a $375,000 Grand Prix tennis tournament. The top seeded American broke service three times in the final set to overtake Lendl ranked No. 2 in the world after John McEnroe and claim the $60,000 top prize. Lendl, the second seed, came back strong in the second set But in the final set he lost momentum after his first serve was broken and was troubled by Connors' powerful ground strokes.

was enough Prost to come the NC. driver will remain in Moore Memorial Hospital's intensive care unit for the next 72 hours. Doctors conducted a brain scan Sunday morning and said it showed no additional swelling. Ard. who suffered a concussion Saturday during the Komfort Koach 200 at the one mile speedway, continued to slip in and out of consciousness.

But doctors said he was responding more to verbal stimuli. Elder captures Seniors Lee Elder fired a six under par 66 to overtake Peter Thomson and earn his second straight Senior Tour victory in the 200.000 Hilton Head Seniors International Golf Tournament at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Elder, who won the Suntree Senior Classic in Melbourne. last week, picked up $30,000 for the win, finishing the 54 hole tournament at 13 under par 204. Thomson, the five time British Open champion who led the field over the first two rounds, shot a one under par 71 and finished three shots behind Elder at 207.

Nelson wins Disney golf Larry Nelson scrambled to a two under par 70 to win the $400,000 Walt Disney World Gassic at Lake Buena Vista, by one shot Frenchman to move up from 11th starting place on the grid. Within 30 laps he was in third place but knew he needed to go one better to deny Prost the championship. Lauda's task was extremely dif ficult being almost 40 seconds down on second placed Nigel Mansell in a Lotus. But Mansell spun on the 51st lap and had to retire because of brake failure. -I didn't think I could do it" Lauda said.

"It was the hardest race of my life. I took risks I've never taken before but when I saw Man-sell in the pits I knew I was lucky." The six points Lauda earned for second place left him with a season's total of 72. to Prost's 715. It is the second successive year Prost was edged for the title in the final race. Ard remains critical Sam Ard.

NASCAR's national Late Model Sportsman champion, remained in critical condition with injuries he received in a fivecar crash at North Carolina Motor Speedway at Rockingham. One of Ard's relatives told track officials the 45yearold Asheboro, 1W mm win the world Lauda title. "I did everything that I had to and got another victory." Prost said. "But it was no use for the Prost drove flawlessly and was 'never in danger of not winning. But he had to concede the championship to Lauda when for the first time since 1967 the drivers title was decided between two teammates in the season's finale.

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At the end, he was just watching the separation between himself and Andretti. "I didn't care if I won by five seconds or 15," he said. "I just drove according to the splits." At that, he broke the race record by almost 10 mph. He covered the 186.2 miles in 1:35:47.97 for an average speed of 116.619. Teo Fabi won the inaugeral race last year at 106.943.

Based on qualifying, this figured to be a three man race, but Danny Sullivan quickly fell out of it The Domino's Pizza Lola was 13 seconds behind Rahal by the 16th lap, and brake troubles eventually dropped it back to ninth at the finish. At the end, it was Michael Andretti joining his father on the victory stand for the first time. He took third in the ElectroluxKraco March with Al Unser Jr. in the Coors Silver Bullet March in fourth. He was the only other car on the lead lap.

FIFTH PLACE went to the other Kraco car with Geoff Brabham wheeling, followed by Al Unser Roberto Guerrero, Bruno Giacomelli, Sullivan and Sneva to finish the top 10. It was Guerrero's first finish since Elkhart Lake in mid August and virtually wrapped up Vandervell rook-ie-of theyear honors. He now has 44 points with Jacques Villeneuve and Emerson Fittipaldi next at 30. Either would have to finish second or better to catch the Columbian. Continued From Page 29 "I've experienced a lot of disappointments in my career." he said, "but last week has to be one of the biggest, to be so close to finishing up the championship and then have that happen.

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