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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1990 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- D-3 Kulwicki hangs on for Rockingham win iiiii FONTAINE TRUCK EQUIPMENT COMPANY ASSOCIATED PRESS Rockingham, anyone looking NASCAR driver, N.C. For to sponsor a Alan Kulwicki LARGE VARIETY OF SERVICE BODIES IN STOCK The Truck Equipment Professionals OVER 100 YEARS EXPERIENCE 2770 BLUFF ROAD accident. It took 3 hours. 59 minutes. 27 seconds, the second time in the history of the 26-year-old speedway that a race was completed in under four hours.

After early jockeying among five drivers, Kyle Petty's Pontiac was starting to run away from the field. The charge ended when his car developed engine trouble and began to slow on lap 263. By lap 300, Petty had dropped back to sixth and never made up ground. He finished 20th. From there, the duel developed between Kulwicki and Elliott, the pair battling for the lead between lap 300 and the final turn.

wlcki said. As it turned out. he didn't have to worry about one, and that he crossed the finish line easily didn't bother him. "I would have preferred it to end under green, but it's not like we backed into this win." Kulwicki said. "Alan was Just real good." Elliott said.

"He ran a good race, that's all I can say." Harry Cant, In the top 10 all day, finished third, followed by Geoff Bodine and pole-sitter Ken Schrader. Schrader nearly gave up that spot when he sped his Chevrolet Into the pits during the final caution. There were six cautions, but the race went without a serious FREE INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46225 (317) 787-0718 A $300 ACCESSORY 4 5 Year Limited Warranty I PACnAuE nun puinaw vr a Service Body fikm io 14 ant IIIIU I1MI'7V I With two races left. Martin, who finished 11th on Sunday, has 4.120 points. Earnhardt, who was 10th, has 4,075.

Martin has to finish third or better in the remaining two races, at Phoenix and Atlanta, to clinch the championship. Martin, who started 21st Just behind Earnhardt, got no closer than ninth place during the cloudy and cool afternoon. Earnhardt was up to sixth after 180 laps, but he dropped a lap to the leaders late in the race and never got it back. Kulwicki, driving a Ford, took his last victory at Phoenix in 1988, a drought covering 57 races. He is the 13th driver to win a race In 1990, one short of the record set in 1988.

But before Kulwicki coasted to the checkered flag, he had to drive all out to keep Elliott's Ford behind him. "Last year, we ran good a lot of times, but we'd break down. Now, it's a nlght-and-day difference in our reliability." Elliott held the lead for 45 laps until Kulwicki overtook him for the last time on lap 376. With Elliott running out of time to make up a gap of several seconds, Darrell Waltrip's Chevrolet spun out between Turns 3 and 4 of the 1.017-mile track. The caution flag went up on lap 491 and Kulwicki crossed the start-finish line with just the red pace car In front of him.

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"I think we've got a good team. We're looking forward to the future. And I'm sure we're going to make a good team for another sponsor next year." Kulwicki says he has no sponsors on the horizon, but is looking. "1 think we've got the best available team out there," he said. The race within the race between Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt didn't really materialize.

In the battle for the driving championship, second-place Earnhardt gained Just four points on Martin after the pair started in the middle of the pack and failed to gain on the leaders. "That's better than losing four," Earnhardt said. "What a messed-up day. We Just couldn't go anywhere." COED VOLLEYBALL Sat. Evening League 10 Games $225 898-2233 4002 N.

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There were no serious accidents and no injuries reported in the race, which saw the Porsche team make its final CART appearance. Teo Fabi was seventh and teammate John Andretti eighth for Porsche, which will concentrate on its sports car and Formula One entries In 1991. Didier Theys, substituting In this race for the Injured A.J. Foyt, drove a solid race and finished just in the points In 12th, three laps down. Mario Andretti, Michael's father and teammate, failed to win a race for the second straight season.

He started from the outside of the first row, but went out of the race before the end of the second lap with an electrical problem. Rahal, a two-time CART champion, also failed to win a race this season, the first time in his nine-year Indy-car career. Unser's teammate closed the season with five second-place finishes and a pair of thirds. The race was run under cloudless skies with temperatures iri the high 70s. A crowd estimated at more than 50.000 turned out for the event.

Continued from Page 1 stay with him early in the race," Unser said. "Then I got some help from traffic and I was able to stay with him until the first pit stop. After that stop, it (traffic) seemed to work to his advantage and he Just got away from us." Sullivan, who averaged 103.556 mph and won $86,908, was emotional following the fast race. After taking off his helmet, he said: "I'm having a real hard time. This is great.

I'm kind of thinking about everything that went on these past six years (with Penske). It was a great day. It feels real good." Unser, who had 11 top-five finishes and a series-leading six victories in 16 races, came into the finale with his first CART PPG Cup title already wrapped up. His second-place finish pushed the second-generation Indy-car star's point total to 210, -breaking the mark of 196 set by 1989 champion Emerson Fitti-paldi. Michael Andretti beat Rick Mears in a wild battle for third, wrapping up second place In the series with 181 points.

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