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E2 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1993 rw i' mm w-M ndy's NASCAR test Petty gets in 4 laps, but it was just for PR a Jones family affair Parnelli watches sons take laps on oval where he won in 1963. 1 in before countless photographers and permanently turned the stock car over to the IMS Hall of Fame Museum, which has been its home since May. "This takes a lot of pressure off me," he said. "1 didn't want my autograph on the wall down there." Petty announced his retirement two years ago and drove a farewell tour in 1992. So was Tuesday part of a comeback? No.

"I really had second thoughts about getting back in after telling everyone 1 was done," he said. "1 hope everyone realizes that this was a one-time public relations thing. "But it's like typing or playing an instrument it Just takes a little time to get back Into the swing of things." ByCurtCavin STAR STAFF WRITER Richard Petty raced nearly ev-! ery major race track in America during a checkered 35-year career spanning 1,185 championship NASCAR races. Tuesday he got four laps at a new race track, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which will host a race, the Brickyard 400, that Petty will never participate in. Before a large crowd and under a hot sun, it didn't matter.

Seeing the famous No. 43 In STP colors brought a thunderous roar from Tower Terrace spectators. The seven-time Winston Cup champion wasted little time sight-; seeing. Once he got in the Pontlac, i he was off. He ran one lap at 151.605 mph -TSr jy The boys are working on building a pair of NASCAR careers.

P.J., who has an eighth-place finish (at Watklns Glen) in six starts this summer, Is close to lining up 1994 with Melling. Page, who has run midgets and West Coast stock cars, Is trying to follow his brother to NASCAR's glamour series. Watching both test Indy was a strange sight to Parnelli. "1 have to admit, the first time I heard about (NASCAR at Indy), I had a thick emotion run through me," he said. 'Then I got to thinking that If I ran this place I'd probably have brought (stock cars) here three, four, five years ago.

It's such a financial thing. "It doesn't matter to me what (form of racing the boys choose). I let them make their own decisions But you don't have to be very smart to see that NASCAR is on a roll. With all of the TV exposure these (NASCAR) drivers have gotten, they've become heroes. Movie stars don't get this kind of exposure from the media.

"The sport Is growing In spite of itself." Parnelli looked at the car and at P.J., who, despite the heat and humidity, was eager to get back on the track. "I'm not against running the car," he said, "but (P.J.) needs to get more confidence and he really hasn't been able to get seat time. "That's more important to me and to him." Star Staff Photo Grefl Griffo SPEEDWAY IS HIS KING-DOM: Fans have cameras ready as Richard "The King" Petty gets ready to take some ceremonial laps. He later donated his car to the Speedway Museum. By Curt Cavin STAR STAFF WRITER P.J.

and Page Jones share a family name rich In auto racing tradition, thanks to their father, Parnelli. Monday and Tuesday, they watched the beginning of a new tradition. NASCAR at Indy. Tuesday, they nearly all participated. P.J., 24, spent much of the two days trying to feel his way around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Harry Melllng's stock car, driven for years by Bill Elliott, who led the team to a Winston Cup championship In 1988.

By Tuesday afternoon, Page, 21, had a helmet In hand. Soon he had the steering wheel. Moments later, he had his Indy debut, driving cautiously around the oval which his father conquered in 1963. He totaled 10 laps before returning to Gasoline Alley, where his father stood patiently. Parnelli, one of the great oval fighters of open-wheel racing history, had a driving suit handy himself.

The boys were pushing to get him in the car, going so far as to discuss the possibility with NASCAR officials, who apparently gave their OK. The Jones trlfecta the three Bodlne brothers took a couple ceremonial laps together Tuesday afternoon might have rolled had P.J. not scraped the wall Tuesday morning. The IMSA GTP series runner-up scrubbed the right side of the Ford Thunderblrd and had to spend considerable time In the garage. "1 really want to see him out there," said P.J., who ran 32 laps Tuesday and 59 total.

"We both do." "I don't want to show you up," Parnelli fired back. NOKIA MOBILE PHONES PT612HANDPORTABLE Monte Carlo part of package Tony George stood at Victory Lane Tuesday and officially welcomed five sponsors to the Brickyard 400. Budweiser, Chevrolet, Delco Electronics, GM Service Parts Operations and Pennzoll were Introduced as major players In the 1994 stock-car game at the Speedway. In turn, Chevy announced part of its participation in the inaugural Winston Cup event at IMS. A 1995 Monte Carlo will pace the field.

Chevy has paced a record nine Indianapolis 500s. ABC-TV, the Indy 500 network for the past 29 years, will televise the 150-lap Brickyard event. It will begin at noon, local time with the Speedway's network handling the radio portion of the live broadcast. The Indianapolis ABC affiliate, WRTV-Channel 6, will carry the race on a same-day, tape-delay $49 tyurOTEMobilnat Savlctkgrumanl Sliced To Cudil Appro CUrfllconl(ly b297-9797P stop for fuel, meaning that the Brickyard 400 will have a minimum of four stops. Notes Kenny Wallace, who broke his right shoulder In a crash Monday, was back at the Speedway Tuesday with his arm in a sling It took less than an hour Tuesday for Bobby Labonte's Monday mark (165.624 mph) to fall Al Unser Jr.

was at the Speedway Tuesday. Other Indy-car drivers at the NASCAR tests were Stan Fox, Eric Bachelart and Pancho Carter There were 36 cardriver combinations during the two days, totaling 1,969 laps Mark Martin was credited with the fastest trap speed of the NASCAR boys, stopping the electronic device at 180 mph at the end of the backstretch. By contrast, Indy cars were clocked at 240-plus In the same spot. basis, as It has with the "500" the past two years. No restrictors needed Some have wondered if the Speedway, known as one of the world's fastest race tracks, would force NASCAR officials to call for restrictor plates, Items placed on carburetors to slow the stock cars.

The answer Is no. Although the series uses the plates at Talladega and Daytona, those tracks have severe banking in the turn (33 and 31 degrees). Indy is 9 degrees, which means that the driver has to lift off the accelerator and tap the brake before conquering the turn. With the restrictor plates, the stock cars need nearly a full lap to reach top speed, but that conserved power and fuel, improving gas mileage. A Winston Cup car can travel 100 miles without a pit CENTURY CAR PHONES 5720 West 71st Street I IS- TXT1 Jones' not alone The Jones brothers weren't the only ones to change drivers during Tuesday's test session.

Winston Cup regular Dave Marcis turned his seat and car over to crew chief Dale Flschleln, who ran six laps. Fischlein certainly wasn't able to match Marcis 160-mph laps. The Speedway's timing and scoring system failed to record a lap for the garage ace turned Lumlna relief driver. Marcis posted a lap of 160.663 mph during 28 circuits. juiu a DimLiimu i earn TODAY! WESTERN? WOODLAND SMOKE-FREE BOWLING ENVIRONMENT EXPO SOUTHERN 421 r.

Briefly Sports Compiled by Mark Schneider TENNIS j' ll is Pierce tells magazine of abuse Mary Pierce is 18 years old, the 17th-ranked player In women's tennis and famous mostly for 'A uwwJ reasons other tnan ner tennis ability. Her father, Jim Pierce, has become tennis' most notable "bad boy." In the Aug. 23 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine, Mary Pierce talks about hiring bodyguards, checking Into hotels under assumed names and twice filing restraining orders, all Just to protect herself from her father. Canada's Patricia Hy. In first-round matches involving seeds, No.

7 Anke Huber of Germany beat Brenda Schultz of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-0; No. 9 Helena Sukova of the Czech Republic stopped Noelle van Lottum of France 6-3, 6-3; No. 14 Katerlna Maleeva of Bulgaria defeated Natalia Medvedeva of Ukraine 6-1, 6-4; No. 16 Lori McNeil beat Elena Llkhovtseva 6-1, 7-5; No. 17 Natalia Zvereva of Belarus dropped Rachel McQuillan of Australia, 6-2, 2-6.

6-1, and No. 18 Miriam Oremans of the Netherlands downed Meredith McGrath 6-4, 6-1. BOWLING Williams leads PBA tourney Walter Ray Williams Jr. rolled games of 300, 290 and 279 while winning five of eight matches Tuesday night to move into first place In the $130,000 Greater Harrisburg (Pa.) Open. Williams, of Stockton, has a pinfall of 7,765 for 32 games as he attempts to become only the third player In PBA history to win as many as seven titles In one season.

He won his sixth title last week at Grand Rapids, Mich. HOCKEY Stein's induction to be nullified Former NHL president Gil Stein "Improperly manipulated" his nomination and election to the Hockey Hall of Fame and should not be inducted, according to a league report released Tuesday. Stein, with his appointees on the Hall of Fame's board of directors, was elected to the shrine March 30. He says he disagrees with the report's conclusion but is still declining induction, although he did not specify his reasons. Stein said he notified commissioner Gary Bettman of his decision several months ago.

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(4 PN P-l I i Ill III II I i I-t ana tt wiams i-iyrrei Lace lock Encap II Midsole for Outstanding Cushioning WOMENS RUNNING SHOE VOLLEYBALL Dillman new IUPUI women's coach Lisa Dillman has been named head women's volleyball coach at IUPUI. Dillman, 23, a 1987 high school All-American at Perry Meridian and an IHSAA's Mental Attitude Award winner, takes over for Tom Pingel. CYCLING s64.99 coupon iA. W520 Andre Agassi made quick work of Kelly Evernden 6-0, 6-3 In the first round of the Volvo International, perhaps a little too quickly in the opinion of new coach Pancho Segura. Segura would have preferred Agassi take advantage of the easy match to work on parts of his game like the serve and volley.

Instead Agassi battered Evernden into submission from the baseline, winning the first eight games in a match that lasted only 46 minutes plus a brief 10-minute rain delay. "I wanted him to come In behind the ball more and serve and volley. Today he did that only once. He needs to do more of that," Segura said. Five seeded players were beaten Tuesday: No.

9 Arnaud Boetsch, No. 12 Marc Goellner, No. 14 Richard Fromberg, No. 15 Jan Siemerink and No. 16 Carl-Uwe Steeb.

Aside from No. 10 Agassi, the only seeded players to advance were No. 11 Marc Rosset and No. 13 Jonas Svensson. Mats Wilander, playing In only his second ATP tournament In two years, also lost, beaten by Buff Farrow 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Austin continues comeback in win Tracy Austin, playing In a tournament she won 12 years ago, took another step In her comeback Tuesday with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Audra Keller In the first round of the Matinee Ltd. Canadian Open. Austin, a two-time U.S. Open champion who has won nearly $2 million, has been beset by assorted back Injuries through the years and a broken leg from a car accident in 1989. Top seed Steffi Graf of Germany defeated Ros Nideffer of South Africa 7-5, 6-3 in the second round.

No. 5 Jana Novotna of the Czech Republic beat Marianne Werdel 6-1, 6-2, and No. 6 Jennifer Capriati, the 1991 Canadian Open champion, advanced with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Chanda Rubin. No. 8 Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere of Switzerland downed Ruxandra Dragomir of Romania 7-5, 6-4, and No.

15 Naoko Sawamatsu of Japan won the last 12 games en route to a 7-5, 6-0 decision over final price Rearfoot Encap Midsole and Widths Z-Carbon Rubber Outsole France's Rousseau wins Florian Rousseau became the first Frenchman since 1966 to win the tempo velodrome event In a world cycling championship at Hamar, Norway, by nipping Australian Kelly Shane by 1-thousandth of a second In the final on Tuesday. Rousseau, 19, was clocked in 1 minute, 3.393 seconds to Kelly's 1:03.394. Erin Hartwell of Indianapolis was sixth In 1:04.420. BASEBALL Garvey loses battle in tax court Former major league baseball star Steve Garvey has lost a court battle to force his ex-wife to help pay $500,000 In back taxes to the federal government. A U.S.

Tax Court Judge in Washington, D.C., ruled last week that he wouldn't interfere with an agreement between the Internal Revenue Service and Garvey's former wife, Cynthia Garvey. The agreement freed her from liability In a case involving a tax shelter, declaring her entitled to "Innocent spouse relief." Garvey challenged the March 22 stipulation, arguing that he should be entitled to show that his ex-wife had been deeply involved In the family's finance, 'TiiHTTl mm.