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000 7'0f J5 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS Ai. li 'Y 26, 1998 S3 Race day memory Mauri Rose (right) averaged a record 1 19.814 mph to win in his Blue Crown. It was Rose's second consecutive Indy 500 victory. Rex Mays started on the pole but bowed out on lap 130 after a fuel leak. Duke Nalon replaced Chet Miller and led for nine laps before finishing third.

During practice, Ralph Hepburn crashed in the north chute and was killed. app im9 cooi, --fyp- collected 1 ICn ttiys csi Co Not having to battle his usual bout with nerves helps the 34-year-old stay near the head of the pack. By Mark Ambrogi STAFF WRITER In the past, Steve Knapp would often get nervous before races and even practices. But from the moment Knapp arrived at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, he's been at home. THIRD PLACE "When I walked into the garage area here, I was calm as can be," said the 34-year-old 500 rookie.

"It was kind of like, 'I'm here, I'm I wasn't even nervous when I got in the car for the race. I was confident the car would be under me all day. My biggest worry was myself staying out of trouble." thought we might have a at winning after the last "pit stop when we took a little downforce out of the car, but I couldn't go flat out through turn one and that Kept me from making a run." Steve Knapp third-place finisher Knapp not only stayed out of trouble but charged from the middle of the eighth row to finish third in his Primadonna Resorts forceAuroraGoodyear in Sunday's Indianapolis 500. hasn't even sunk in yet," he Said. "I'd Just as soon go back out there and keep racing.

I could have done another 500 miles. It was so much fun. With 20 laps left, I said, 'This is going to come to an end, and I'm going to have to go back to rookie has finished in the top Ihree for the last six years. Knapp paid his goal was to be rookie of ihe year, and he should be the -heavy favorite when the award is announced tonight at the Victory J3a liquet. Knapp moved up quickly on Sunday.

He had advanced into seventh place after 40 laps. By the ynd of 120 laps, Knapp was in third and remained among the 'leaders from there on. "I thought we might have a shot Jat winning after the last pit stop when we took a little downforce out of the car, but I couldn't go flat through turn one and that 'XSw'j -ftp 1 cmoafo i. I Photo Kerry Keating RELIEF AND CELEBRATION: Steve Knapp was the highest-finishing rookie, ending up third. Rookies also finished fifth, eighth, ninth, 11th and 12th.

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but his first Indy-car race. He Knapp comes rom racmg 'WB ZZTvnZ "They're going to try to put got into an Indy car for the first DacKgrouno. nis mie lauicr. uc ru. together a three-race package for time last November, passing an was a Formula Vee and Super Vee he Newman-Haas test team for ver.

for thg and IRL driver's test at Las Vegas in competitor. By the time Knapp Mario and Michael Andretti. He But IndlanapoIls where he hopefully a full-time deal next one of his cousin Tom Knapp's was 14. he was responsible for the and his wife. Bobbi, started a com- always longed to be sai(J we can preparation ana opcrauun oi vny hp hnnPS tn rnntinoe with set that done.

I love oval racing a cfill m.m rVio rrtmranr mir cars. The only two Indy cars I've tainer two-car race ISM Racim? the Indv Racine and I love the that rnapp men raceu iiiinacii in n.uaw inuunu iu iaui.fi driven have been good cars so Gain Serious accident complicates busy time at medical center SWEEPSTAKES Imagine ovrlf VCre. i eT MmM iff Ai OUTFITTERS (MSRP Hi A complete selection of Licensed llrnnif Prim (MSRP NASCAR Merchandise! 1SS3 mm ronUsior qdiI 1SD8 ililarloi Davlilson "i-ai wf, Visit our shop devoted HOSPITAL REPORT "We were busy all day," she said. "Sometimes very busy." At times, all 17 beds In the facility were occupied. Afflictions ranged from burns and lacerations to possible heart attacks.

At least two concession stand workers were treated for burns from grease flare-ups. On a day in which umbrellas provided protection against the rain in the morning and the sun in the afternoon, heat exhaustion was common. As the day wore on, "heat cases Increased dramatically," Cordell said. "People were collapsing." Also, a few people who showed up for the race were already sick but didn't realize it, and required medical care, she said. There were the usual headaches, foreign objects in eyes and sprains, she said, but few if any alcohol-related cases.

"Alcohol problems have definitely declined" In recent years, said Cordell, who was working her 16th race. A dozen tlrst-ald stations around the track also tended to spectators and there were 69 "walk-ups" at the entrance to the Infield hospital who were treated for minor ailments. Eight physicians and 20 nurses were on duty at Clarlan, which until this year was known as Han-na Emergency Medical Center. The center had been named in honor of the late Dr. Thomas Han-na, who was Its medical director for 21 years.

The name was changed to Clarlan Emergency Medical Center through a paid sponsorship. ByJ. B. Hess STAFF WRITER The new name did not matter to those who sought help at Clarlan Emergency Medical Center Sunday. The same professionals manned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Infield hospital as they have in the past.

Only the name of the building has changed. Five race drivers and scores of spectators and track personnel received medical attention during Sunday's 82nd Indianapolis 500. Four of the five drivers involved In serious crashes were released after examination. The fifth. Jim Guthrie, was transferred to Meth-pdist Hospital where he was treated for a fractured right elbow, a broken bone in his left leg and Cracked ribs.

The other drivers, Sam Schmidt, Billy Roe, Mark Dismore and Stan Wattles, were released after receiving examinations required of drivers after serious accidents. By the time the checkered flag (ell, 92 other people had been examined and treated at the infield hospital. Twenty-one were taken to other hospitals for additional treatment. Most had symptoms of (jardiac problems, said Terri Cor-dell, director of nursing. But the end of the race was not the end of work for Clarian's personnel.

By 5:30 p.m., the number of in-house patients had climbed to 140, and 25 people had been sent to other hospitals. The most hectic time for the staff came when the multicar crash involving Guthrie occurred. "We just happened to be busy vith a lot of othecpatlents at the time," Cordell said. to motorcycle antnusiastsr Booti Jacket! Chips Gloves T-SMrti Leather Aceeiiorlei pluil mi Li i' HARLEY-DAVIDSON Licented Product! Indiana' beat (election of Western Boots and Clothing! 2nd Prize $5,000 Cash 3rd Prize 1,500 Cash 7 Prizes: $500 Cash Each 20 Prizes: 250 Cash Each Only 2,500 certificates will be sold at $100.00 each. Your odds of winning a prize are better than 1 in 841 ill STBTSOII.

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