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S2 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR MONDAY, MAY 31, 1993 23 How tliey inished Unofficial results StartFinish Driver (No.) LapsReason out i mm 9 1 Emerson Fittipaldi (4) 200 Running 12 Arie Luyendyk (10) 200 Running 8 3 Nigel Mansell (5) 200 Running 3 4 Raul Boesel (9) 200 Running 21 5 Mario Andretti (6) 200 Running 116 Scott Brayton (22) 200 Running 4 7 Scott Goodyear (2) 200 Running 58 Al Unser Jr. (3) 200 Running 17 9 TeoFabi(8) 200 Running 2410 John Andretti (84) 200 Running 611 Stefan Johansson (16) 199 Running 2312 Al Unser (80) 199 Running 1913 Jimmy Vasser (18) 198 Running 1414 Kevin Cogan (11) 198 Running 2815 Davy Jones (50) 197 Running 3316 Eddie Cheever (59) 197 Running 1817 Gary Bettenhausen (51) 197 Running 26tt Hiro Matsushita (15) 197 Running 1519 StephanGregoire(36) 195 Running 2220 Tony Bettenhausen (76) 195 Running 3021 Willy T. Ribbs (75) 194 Running 3222 DidierTheys(92) 193 Running 2723 Dominic Dobson (66) 193 Running 3124 Jim Crawford (60) 192 Running 2125 Lyn St. James (90) 176 Stalled 2926 Geoff Brabham (27) 174 Engine 2527 Robby Gordon (41) 165 Engine 1028 Roberto Guerrero (40) 125 Crash 1629 Jeff Andretti (21) 124 Crash 730 Paul Tracy (12) 94 Crash 2031 Stan Fox (91) 64 Engine 1332 Nelson Piquet (77) 38 Engine 1233 Danny Sullivan (7) 29 Crash STOPAND-GO: Mario Andretti acknowledges USAC officials waving the black flag after he was Star Start Photo D. Todd Moore penalized for entering the pits'; Fittipaldi Luyendyk ManseH Boesel 00RACEU.

Tire gremlin hurts Lap leaders 50 MILES (20 laps) 1 Kevin Cogan 2 Al Unser Sr. 3 John Andretti 4 Mario Andretti 5 Raul Boesel 6 Robby Gordon 7 Stephan Gregoire 8 Scott Goodyear 9 Arie Luyendyk 10 Paul Tracy 100 Miles (40 Laps) 1 Mario Andretti 2 Arie Luyendyk 3 Emerson Fittipaldi 4 Teo Fabi 5 Nigel Mansell 6 Roberto Guerrero 7 Al Unser Sr. 8 Al Unser Jr. 9 John Andretti 10 Scott Brayton 150 Miles (60 Laps) 1 Al Unser Sr. 2AI Unser Jr.

3 John Andretti 4 Robby Gordon 5 Scott Brayton 6 Paul Tracy 7 Kevin Cogan 8 Stefan Johansson 9 Scott Goodyear 10 Mario Andretti 200 Miles (80 Laps) 1 Nigel Mansell 2 Mario Andretti 3 Emerson Fittipaldi 4 Teo Fabi 5 Arie Luyendyk 6AI Unser Sr. 7AI Unser Jr. 8 Robby Gordon 9 John Andretti 10 Scott Brayton 250 Miles (100 Laps) 1 Mario Andretti 2 Al Unser Sr. 4 Arie Luyendyk 5 Scott Brayton 6 Nigel Mansell 7 Scott Goodyear 8 John Andretti 9 Roberto Guerrero 10 Emerson Fittipaldi final laps untrained observer. "I don't know what the race looked like from the eye of the television," Andretti said.

"From where I was sitting, it was a different story. I had a few anxious moments. "You had to have the car on the razor's edge. I was quite loose a few times, I almost spun it a couple times and all that stuff." Andretti also shook his head over the stop-and-go penalty. In-car camera replays showed the yellow beacon go off at the pit entrance Just as Andretti was entering.

Under USAC he should have continued through the pits and back to the track, returning when the pits were opened for stops. "I'm totally confused how they do things," Andretti said, though USAC officials claim the rule was explained in Saturday's drivers meeting. "You come here sometimes and they do things differently. They talked about it at the drivers' meeting and they do' it different in the race. I don't know." flagged for entering a closed pit and exceeding the 100 mph speed limit in the pits.

"They said speeding, I wasn't and they gave me a stop-and-go (penalty) on the green, everybody else they do on the yellow. "I'm mad and very disappointed they took the race away frpm me." Andretti's bid to end his Iridy Jinx evaporated with his car's handling during the final 25 laps. "I got stung by a bad set of tires the car was very critical on different sets of tires and we left the best set for last, or so we thought," said the 54-year-old legend. "I liked my chances and we gave It all we had, but the last set just threw the car out of balance." The Speedway's narrower configuration and new rules to cut back the car's aerodynamics made for a safe, slow pace. There Was only one serious accident when Jeff Andretti and Roberto Guerrero tangled and slammed into tie wall on Lap 127.

Neither driver was injured, nor was Danny Sullivan, who also crashed when his suspension failed. condition, on my diet, on my men-talization. All that helped together. I am able to drive better now than when I was 25 years old. I have much more experience, but I still have very high desire to win, same as Roger has.

"To win Indianapolis a second time is like a dream. I was very', emotional at end of race. It is something very special and we work very hard to achieve. Like' Roger says, we are here to win." Yes. Just like Roger says, and just like Roger does.

"I come here to win and for no other reason and to have a ninth win is just amazing," Penske said. "But it's just good people, good drivers and a fantastic team. We put it together again." Mario on fifth. "We picked our (tire) sets very carefully," Andretti explained. 'They're so fickle the way the track is now, you have to be right on.

"It (the tire change) gave the car a lot of understeer at the most inopportune time," he added. "With the type of competition we had the last 30 laps, I needed the car to be at least as fast. At least that, and it wasn't. Especially on restarts, the car was stuck like again, victory was out of the question for Andretti. All that was left was to soldier it home as best possible.

"That's all you can do," he said. "Either that or get mad and stick it through the wall. But the wall's too thick so it's best not to do that." Tricky and fleeting setups have plagued drivers all month under the new aerodynamic design of the cars and narrower configuration of the track. Sunday was no exception, although it may have looked like smooth sailing to the safely fend off his challengers. "Emerson tricked me on the restart and did a fantastic job," said Luyendyk.

"He brought me down to second gear, almost to a complete standstill, and then took off. "I threw caution to the wind those last five laps but there was nothing I could do with him (Fittipaldi). He had a clear track at the end and that was the advantage." Fittipaldi replied, "I was really concerned about Arie I knew he was coming fast but I was able to put the power down when I needed to." Mansell, a cinch for Bank One's rookie-of-the-year award, said his competition tempered his third place. "I don't mind being beaten today because I've been beaten by Arie and Emerson. But I'll catch on." Boesel, starting on the outside of the front row in the Duracell-Mobil 1 '93 Lola-Ford, was consistently quick all day and angry about his two penalties afterwards.

"I got two stop-and-go penalities for no reason and this race, in my mind, is mine," said Boesel, black- Do not be deceived. Mr. Clean leaves nothing to chance. He knew what he was doing when he brought the two-time world champion to his stable. But then, so did Fittipaldi.

"I don't agree with Roger when he says this was my win," Fittipaldi remarked. "Sure, it was my win, but the whole team did a beautiful job. We all know that to win, you have to have the best team and I had the best team behind me. With Roger's leadership, everything went like a Swiss watch." Or a Brazilian bullet. "For the time of my career, the age I am now, it was most important victory of my career," Fittipaldi said.

"It's like a bonus. I work very hard on my physical Can you imagine how exciting Michael Andretti would have been in those tight turns? Scott Brayton turned in his finest performance ever, In terms of consistency and staying in the hunt. ABC's camera work was superb, for the most part, but the audio still needs some major adjustment. John Andretti gave A.J. Foyt something to smile about with his 24th-to-10th showing.

I like the new rules, I miss the old groove, Rick Mears was standing in the pits, Tracy crashed, Fittipaldi almost got lapped and Penske still By Mark Robinson STAR STAFF WRrTER Another Andretti clutching at victory, another victory pulled from his hands. What would the Indianapolis 500 be without that all-too-familiar subplot? This time it happened to the originator of family misfortune, 53-year-old Mario Andretti. For the third time in nine years the patriarch of the racing clan led more laps than anyone in the field, but he failed to lead the lap that counted. Improper stagger on his last set of tires forced the 1969 winner to surrender first place in the final 25 laps Sunday. He wound up fifth.

5.4 seconds behind champion Emerson Fittipaldi. The Andrettis are widely known for bemoaning their racing luck at Indy, but Mario is beginning to take it in stride. He refused to blame any Jinx. "You just take it and go from here," he said. lilDY Continued from Page 1 erson chose the right car." Only four of the 33 starters drove the '93 Penske (Paul Tracy, Stefan Johansson and Tony Bettenhausen) but Fittipaldi's was untouchable once he got in front as he ran the fastest laps of the race (214-plus) steaming towards victory.

"Give the credit to Emerson," said Bennett, whose design was clearly the fastest last month at Phoenix. "He set the car up in a way I thought was a big risk, but he said to trust his experience and I'm glad we did." Andretti led the most laps (73) looked strong, building as much as a 20-second advantage in his KmartTexaco '93 Lola-Ford. The '69 Indy winner was out in front as late as Lap 174 before his new teammate took over. On that Lap 175 restart, Man-sell went from fourth to first with a brilliant outside move. The 1992 F-l champ maintained his lead and was looking to duplicate fellow countryman Graham Hill's BEflNER Continued from Page 1 Jump on me," said Fittipaldi.

"And I knew Nigel (in third) was going to try to jump on me. They called me from the pits and said be careful on the restart but I knew I had to be careful. There were only six laps to go and the pressure was on." But then Emmo was off. Running in clean air, with the Chevy power and the Penske chassis delivering peak performance at precisely the right time, there was to be no hope of catching him unless he made a mistake. That wasn't about to happen.

"The car was dialing in, I had the best set of tires (after) the last MILLER Continued from Page 1 300 Miles (120 Laps) 1 Mario Andretti 2 Al Unser Jr. 3 Nigel Mansell 4 Arie Luyendyk 5 Roberto Guerrero 6 Al Unser Sr. 7 Scott Brayton 8 Teo Fabi 9 Emerson Fittipaldi 10 Scott Goodyear 350 Miles (140 Laps) 1 Al Unser Jr. 2 Mario Andretti 3 Al Unser Sr. 4 Scott Brayton 5 Emerson Fittipaldi 6 Nigel Mansell 7 Arie Luyendyk 8 Teo Fabi 9 Scott Goodyear 10 Raul Boesel 400 Miles (160 Laps) 1 Mario Andretti 2 Al Unser Jr.

3 Emerson Fittipaldi 4 Al Unser Sr. 5 Nigel Mansell 6 Scott Brayton 7 Raul Boesel 8 Scott Goodyear 9 Arie Luyendyk 10 Teo Fabi 450 Miles (180 Laps) 1 Nigel Mansell 2 Emerson Fittipaldi 3 Arie Luyendyk 4 Mario Andretti 5 Raul Boesel 6 Scott Brayton 7 Scott Goodyear 8 John Andretti 9 Al Unser Jr. 10 Teo Fabi 500 Miles (200 Laps) 1 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 Arie Luyendyk 3 Nigel Mansell 4 Raul Boesel 5 Mario Andretti 6 Scott Brayton 7 Scott Goodyear 8AI Unser Jr. 9 Teo Fabi 10 John Andretti Jo. Andretti 1 Ma.

Andretti Brayton Goodyear Unser Jr. Fabi Vital statistics i'WM Nil' If But Carl Haas, co-owner of the KmartTexaco '93 LolaFord, help but commiserate a little. "I feel bad for Mario," Haas said. "He sure led a lot of laps. He Just has had bad luck here when it counts." Andretti led 73 laps overall, including a 37-circuit juncture midway through the race.

Despite earning a stop-and-go penalty under yellow on Lap 134 for pitting while the pits were closed, he rose back to the top and was setting the pace on Lap 169 when Robby Gordon's stalled car brought out another caution. All of the leaders made their final stops Including Mario, who took on fresh tires and was back in first after the pit row rush. Goodyear's gremlins strike again. When the green flag returned on Lap 175, teammate Nigel Man-sell bolted from fourth to first on a daunting outside move. Fittipaldi and Arie Luyendyk blew past, and Andretti slipped to fourth.

Raul Boesel eventually dropped him to 1966 effort of winning as a rookie before the caution slowed him on Lap 181. "If that yellow hadn't come out, chances are we might have won," observed Mansell, who started eighth and led 34 laps. "But this is the first time I've raced on an oval, the procedures are new to me and I just goofed up on a couple of them. The restart was one." Following his awesome restart on the previous yellow, Mansell got smoked high by Fittipaldi and Luyendyk when the green waved again to begin Lap 184. "I was a little faster than Nigel coming out of Turn 4 and I think it was a good move," explained the 46-year-old Brazilian.

From there, Fittipaldi opened up an 2-second advantage on Luyendyk and maintained it. The final yellow light flashed on when Mansell glanced off the Turn 2 wall on Lap 192. The crowd of 400,000 was going to get one last sprint and Luyendyk and Mansell were going to get one last shot. But Fittipaldi used an old sprint-car trick to pit stop, the balance of the car was perfect and I had clean air," said Fittipaldi. And the Chevy engine, supposedly In danger of being surpassed by the Ford Cosworth, was as strong as it had been all day.

"It was a combination," Penske said. "But it's amazing how good the engine looks when the car is handling and the driver is running the best race of his life. "Emerson's pass on that (first) restart that's the difference between being second or being first. I've just been fortunate to have the guys who stand on the gas when they have to." Penske was being, in his own way, humble, because to use the word "fortunate" Is to imply a certain degree of luck. Sunday proved Indy can still have exciting moments at 200 mph, that 225 is Just a number, and the paying customer can't tell the difference.

Mansell's move (fourth to first on a Lap 175 restart) was the day's most spectacular, while Luyendyk's outside pass of Nigel took runner-up honors. Everybody was admiring Al Unser's run from 23rd to first and the only active four-time winner was hanging tough until a stalled engine on his last pit stop dropped him to 12th. All that practice Team Penske does In the heat of the day looks pretty smart this morning. Time: 3 hours, 10 minutes, 49.860 seconds. Average speed: 157.207 mph.

Margin of victory: 2.862 seconds. Lap Leaders Laps 1-17, Raul Boesel; 18, Stephan Gregoire; 19-22, Kevin Cogan; 23-31, Al Unser 3246 Mario Andretti; 47-57, Arie Luyendyk; 564, Unser 65, John Andretti, 66-67; Robby Gordon; 68-69, Scott Goodyear; 70-91, Nigel Mansell; 92-127, Mario Andretti; 128-130, Mansell; 131, Luyendyk; 132-133, Mario Andretti; 134, Luyendyk; 135-151, Al Unser 152-168, Mario Andretti; 169-171, Scott Goodyear; 172-174, Mario Andretti; 175-183, Mansell; 184-200, Fittipaldi. Total laps led: 73, Mario Andretti; 34, Nigel Mansell; 17, Al Unser 17, Raul Boesel; 16, Emerson Fittipaldi; 16, Al Unser; 14, Arie Luyendyk; 5, Scott Goodyear; 4, Kevin Cogan; 2, Robby Gordan; 1, Stephan Gregoire; 1, John Andretti. Yellow lights: Laps 16-20, Jim Crawford, spin; 30-37, Danny Sullivan, crash; 88-92, Debris on track; 95-103, Paul Tracy, crash; 127-137, Roberto Guerrero and Jeff Andretti, crash; 168-173, Robby Gordon, lost power; 181-184, Lyn St. James, tow in; 192-194, Nigel Mansell hit wall Total laps under yellow light: 51.

Lap prize money: Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Al Unser Raul Boesel, Emerson Fittipaldi, Al Unser Arie Luyendyk, Scott Goodyear, Kevin Cogan, Robby Gordon, $900; Stephan Gregoire, $450; John Andretti, $450. won for the ninth time. Sadly.it looks like the Buicks are all but history. Considering Mario Ilien and Paul Morgan (llmor) didn't start on the Chevy-C until seven months ago, they done reeeeeeeeeeal good. Hope Nelson Piquet comes back with racier equipment.

I've known Dick Simon a long time but I've never seen him take a USAC official's name in vain so many times as he did Sunday. The more you tell race drivers there's going to be trouble In the first turn, the smoother the start always is. Will it be as hard for NASCAR to pass? way through the race) was crucial. Ford captured six of the first seven positions, but not the one it craved. Raul Boesel, who impressed everyone this month with his steady speeds, says USAC officials robbed him of victory with two bad calls Sunday and you hate to see anybody lose out on a chance to win because of minor infractions.

Fittipaldi took a nap Sunday morning, but Mansell found out if you snooze you lose on those restarts. 'A.