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-SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1979 PAGE J-SEC. 2- THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR ALSO SHOULD AVOID PIT DISASTER New Bunch-Up Rule To Help Pace Car PIT PASS nity wondered if that included the Mini-Indy cars. BILLY SCOTT, WHO failed to qualify for today's race, despite giving Dick Beith's old Eagle a couple good laps (183 and 182) before pulling in last Sunday, will be the color man for the Speedway Network today. The personable ex-drag racer, who made the show here in 1976, will assist Paul Page in calling "The Greatest Spectacle In Racing" or provide comedy relief in case it rains. THE AMERICAN Automobile Racing Writers 4 Broadcasters Association (AARWBA) had their annual breakfast Saturday morning and came up with the best award of the month.

They presented the "Jigger Sirois Award" for hard luck to "The month of May, may it rest in peace." AARWBA also honored Jim Gilmore, sponsoY of A.J. Foyt's cars for many years, with its Presidents Award for contributions to racing. THE CECIL C. PECK Award for race car fabrication was won by Derrick Walker, who designed the Penske Gould Charge driven by polesittsr Rick Mears. Walker, assisted by Nick Gooze, Ivor Evans, Martin Webster and Mick Bow-ron, gets $1,000, a bronze plaque and inscription on a permanent trophy in the Speedway Museum for creating the Penske PC-6 'T'HE BUNCH-UP RULE will be in effect on yellow lights during today's 500-Mile Race but with one significant change from what was announced earlier and what is standard operating procedure at other USAC and CART races.

Cars will not be required to get into the pack behind the leader before the pits are opened up for service stops. As soon as the yellow comes out, the pits are open. The reason for closing the pits until a pack could be formed has been to make sure that the pace car (which will be driven by 1960 winner Jim Rathman after Jackie Stewart does the honors to start the race) got out in front of the race leader. But there also was the spectre of a yellow flag with 34 cars dipping into the pits as soon as they opened and about 14 coming out with the rested tangled among one another on the pit road. DICK FERGUSON'S last hope of making it into the 500 died in Judge Michael T.

Dugan's Marion County Superior Court, Room 5 Saturday afternoon. After car owner Wayne Woodward's court-ordered appeal to the United States Auto Club was denied, the case went back before Judge Dugan at 2 p.m. After hearing arguments from both sides, the jurist refused to grant a temporary restraining order allowing Ferguson's car to start today's race. Dugan said that the second count in the suit, which asks for $500,000 in damages, will be scheduled for further hear- seemed to be quite serious. All three headed downtown a little later to join in the "500" Festival Parade.

(Star Photo by Jerry Clark) A HAPPY MOMENT 500 Mile Race drivers Al Unser (left) and A.J. Foyt (center) found time to joke during the drivers meeting Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Johnny Parsons AIK CK ASH STIRS ATHLETES ZJ I l.ky JK ings. Woodward was asking that he be granted $250,000 in actual damages and an equal amoung in punitive damages from USAC and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp. In making his ruling, Dugan said, "The plaintiff (Woodward) is a voluntary private member of a private racing association.

It is not the role of the courts to operate or (supervise) a private organization whose activities are bound by internal rules." THE DRIVERS OF Championship Auto Racing Teams and just two of the CART owners were invited to compete in the Pocono 500 Saturday. Getting mail-o-grams from Dr. Joseph Mattioli, President of Pocono International Raceway, the CART members were asked to compete in the June 24 race using USAC rules but were assured they'd be treated with no prejudice. However, following a CART meeting at the Speedway, the general consensus was that no CART members would run at Pocono unless CART rules and officials were maintained. "To my knowledge, only myself and Pat Patrick were the only CART owners that got telegrams," said Roger Penske.

Mattioli claims to already have 29 or 30 entries, and many of the racing frater Race. Vuky njade qualifying session gone even faster Saturday "But on my quickest lap I missed a gear and this disturbed the car. The key thing on Sunday is to make no mistakes. I'm not gambling, just playing safe," he said. Scheckter denied his Michelin tires were giving the Ferrari team much advantage over the Goodyear tires which many other teams use.

"They help, but only at 10 percent," he said. Austria's former world champion Niki Lauda, in a Brabham, was fourth in 1:27.21 and Laffite fifth in 1:27.26. Laffite and Depailler have been taking intensive treatment on their injured wrists and were clearly satisfied with their efforts. DEPAILLER, last year's winner, said, "We knew when we came here that Ferrari would be difficult to beat. I'm We Will Tear Down Garage and Haul It Cro hi nJiiiwXwof toil.

"Vi our Jet Way implores the jetliner to "get up, get up," as it roars down the runway. Two decades ago Jackie Jensen, then a slugging outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, retired from baseball because of his fear of flying After a year of therapeutic hypnosis, he resumed his career. Don Newcombe, the big right-handed pitcher of that era, also needed hypnosis after the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles from Brooklyn. L'ntil then he usually traveled by train rather than plane but the railroad was no longer feasible. I'hil Rizzuto, now a New York Yank-ees broadcaster, prefers a window seat but pulls down the shade, then curls up with his back to the shade ALWAYS LOOKING FOR the edge, Leo Durocher, once the crusty manager of the New York Giants, demands a seat near an emergency exit door.

Baseball law prohibits two teams from traveling on the same flight, although that rule is occasionally ignored when airline schedules are tight. But when the Australian Davis Cup team dominated tennis, it had a rule that it never ignored. Its best players never took the same plane. Lew Hoad traveled on one flight, Ken Rosewall on another. Every so often a team has a close call.

One of the most memorable occurred in 1HS9 when a DC-3 transporting the Minneapolis Lakers basketball team made an emergency landing in an Iowa cornfield. Once the New York Jets charter was taxiing away from a gate with a bubble in one tire. Fortunately a pilot in another plane noticed it. The Jets' plane returned to the gate for a new tire Another time the Jets' charter was roaring down a runway on takeoff when a noise bang-bang bang developed in one engine. Skid green flag when his engine began to break up and he hit the kill switch.

"I really couldn't afford to blow a $25,000 engine for a $15,000 payoff," reasoned "Boom Boom" who'd practiced right at 180 ph. By this time, almost two hours had gone by since Vuky's run, and the track had changed. John Martin, hot-lapping at 184-plus, went out and could only manage a 182 463 average that was faster than his original effort of 182 103 but not quick enough. "WE GOT WHAT WE wanted and I tried as hard as I could," replied Martin "Believe me, I used up all of the race track just trying to turn in three." Theirs A By DAVE ANDERSON c1979 N.Y. Times News Service New York Perhaps no group of travelers relates to an airplane disaster as people in sports do.

Their team schedules are predicated on the big jets getting them to another city in a matter of hours. Their overseas trips would be impractical without them And when one of those big jets crashes in flames, as did that American Airlines DC-10 Friday at Chicago with the loss of 272 lives, people in sports think of all their takeoffs and landings. They also think of the crashes that have taken personalities and teams from Knute Hockne in 1931 to the Evsnsville University basketball team in 1977 Out at Shea Stadium shortly after the crash occurred, Manny Sanguillen of the Pittsburgh Pirates obviously was thinking about all his plane trips "flow many years have you been in the somebody casually asked him. "About 16. isn't if" "ONLY 12 YEARS," the Pirates' catcher replied.

"I'm not going for 16 years Too many planes are going down Just because athletes fly does not mean they enjoy it Athletes are considered fearless and poised in their profession But they are people, too. Many athletes tolerate flying Some actually suffer. Rusty Staub, the Detroit Tigers' designated gourmet, usually needs a drink or two to fortify his nerves before boarding an airliner When he was with the New York Mets. he had a clause in his contract requiring that the club's chartered flights not use runways of less than 1,500 (eet. When the Mets take off now, Willie Montanez, their emotional first-baseman, Speed Continued rom Page 1 his wreckage was removed, the speeds recorded the practice session just weren't there anymore AL LOQL'ASTO, WHO brushed the wall during hot laps, came close in Gehlhausen's other car but his 183 355 fell a bit shy and was just a tick off his original 183 318 Jerry Karl, in the Tonco Trailer McLaren-Offy, started off with a high 182 but gradually began losing horsepower and pulled in before his run was completed Larry Cannon, the slowest qualifier to be bumped at 180 932, had just taken the THANKS POP Billy Vukovich III (left) gets a pat on the cap from his overjoyed dad Saturday after the latter qualified 34th for today's 500-Mile Scheckter On Monaco Pole Of Life ding to a stop, the pilot informed the team that another takeoff would be attempted.

"Not with me it won't," said Winston Hill. "And not with me either," said Joe Namath. When the two Jets created a commotion, the plane returned to the gate for a more thorough check. But a "mechanical problem," as the airlines like to call them, once provided three Jets a free night at Miami after a long delay. "Anybody who doesn't want to stay on," announced Weeb Eubank, the Jets' coach, "can stay here overnight." Three of the Jets' free spirits Curley Johnson, Paul Rochester and Larry Grantham were off that plane before Eubank could change his mind.

They returned to New York the next day, happily. HOCKEY TEAMS PROBABLY travel in the worst flying weather the winter storms of the northern United States and Canada. During one frightening flight with the Montreal Canadiens, a stewardess spilled a cup of coffee on the shoulder of Jean Beliveau's expensive suitcoat when the plane suddenly lurched. Nearby was Lome (Gump) Worsley, the maskless goaltender who defied pucks traveling at his face at 100 miles an hour but who was terrified of plane rides. For the remainder of the flight, the stewardess fussed over the spot on Jean Beliveau's suitcoat.

As the team disembarked, the stewardess was still apologizing. "Send us a bill for your coat, Mr Beliveau," she said. Behind him, Gump Worsley glanced at the stewardess as he passed her. "What about my pants?" he said. The last man out was Dana Carter and most figured he'd get in, based on his practice times and aggressive attitude.

But the rookie who resides at Brownsburg finished just about one mph off with a 182 964 average. "The car was just pushing real bad for him," said a disconsolate Johnny Parsons, Dana's half-brother, who lent a helping hand all month. "It's a shame because he was running last enough this morning earlier (1851." So. after many trying hours, it's time to get on with the main event. Thank God.

(iregg, Ilohbs Set Lime Kock Records Lime Rock, Conn. (AP) Peter Gregg and David Hobbs set lap records Saturday to qualify for the Memorial Day Winston GT Challenge feature in auto racing Monday at Lime Rock. Gregg, 38, of Jacksonville, won the pole position. He drove his Porsche Turbo 935 around the twisting 1 53-mile circuit in 52 29 seconds at an average speed of 105 51 miles an hour. SECOND WAS THE 40-year-old Hobbs of Upper Boddington, England, in his BMW 320 Turbo with a time of 52.708 seconds at an average speed of 104.51.

it into the field during a special at the Speedway. (Star Photo) quite happy. I was further down the grid last year and still won. I plan to make my effort in the later stages of the race." Laffite is less ambitious "Im not driving to win. I'll settle for a place in the top four My wrist is still giving me a lot of pain." Neither of the Lotus drivers, Mario Andretti of the United Slates or Argentina's Carlos Reutemann, the closest challengers to the Ferrari and Ligier teams, are highly placed.

Reigning world champion Andretti, from Nazareth, is in 13th position with 1:28.33 and Reutemann is 11th with 1:27.99. Brazil's former world champion Emerson Fittipaldi broke a half shaft of his Copersugar and had to walk to the pits. He relied on Thursday's first qualifying time to make certain of competing in today's race. Old Away June! Monte Carlo, Monaco (UPI) South African star Jody Scheckter sped round the sun-baked streets of his adopted home town Saturday to grab the pole position from his Ferrari teammate Gil-ies Villeneuve of Canada for today's formula 1 Monaco Grand prix. Scheckter, joint leader in the world championship standings with Frenchman Jacques Laffite, posted the fastest qualifying time in Saturday's final official practice session with 1 minute 26.45 seconds.

VILLENEUVE, who shares third in the standings with Patrick Depailler of France, shook off the handicap of severe fuel blockage which kept him off the circuit for over third of the li hour session to finish in 1 minute 26.52 seconds. Third was Depailler with 1:27.11. Scheckter, who averaged 85.70 mph, for the 2.058 mile picturesque circuit around the harbor said he might have Kenyon Wins USAC Midget Race At IKP Mel Kenyon won the 50-Iap U.S. Auto Club-sanctioned midget race at Indianapolis Raceway Park Saturday, but rain prevented completion of other events. Kenyon, of Lebanon, Ind was high qualifier for the $5,000 race with a 23.497 average time around the five-eighths mile track, topping more than 80 entries.

Completing the top five finishers, in order, were Steve Lotshaw, Bruce Wal-kup, Sleepy Tripp and Gary Bet-tenhausen. Geoff Brabham. Sidney, Australia, was the fast qualifier for a mini-Indy race, but rain delayed the race until Sunday when it is scheduled to run after the Indianapolis 500. DUNN GALLERY OF HOMES OF INDIANAPOLIS, INC. A NATIONAL NETWORK Of LOCAL REALTORS rjinrSrS with the Purchase ITLLbUi of a New Garage ten '4' tflti 1 "I "il or, 49 South Franklin Road Indianapolis INSPECT OUR DISPLAY AT 3130 S.

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