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E2 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR MONDAY, OCTOBER 4 1993 i i -C 1 insistent Tracy wins IiidyCar finale IV. w4t i i Makita 300 1. Paul Tracy Penske-Chevy 2. E. Fittipaldi Penske-Chevy 3.

Ane Luyendyk Lola-Ford 4. Scott Goodyear Lola-Ford 5. Al Unser Jr Lola-Chevy 6. S. Johansson Penske-Chevy 7.

Bobby Rahal Lola-Chevy 8. TeoFabi Lola-Chevy 9. Mario Andretti Lola-Ford 10. Robby Gordon Lola-Ford Final series leaders: 1. Nigel Mansell 191; 2.

Fittipaldi 183; 3. Tracy 157; 4. Rahal 133; 5. Raul Boesel 132. By David Benner STAR STAFF WRITER Monterey, Calif.

Arie Luyen-dyk finished third and he was singing with a smile, "I want to he like Mike." Emerson Fittlpaldi finished second and he joked about the Christmas present he was going to buy Hlro Matsushita: "A mirror this big," said Fittlpaldi, spreading his arms far apart. Rut Paul Tracy had the last laugh of the IndyCar season with a first-place finish in Sunday's Maklta 300 at Laguna Seca Raceway. Tracy, leading all but three laps of the 300-kilometer (185.98 miles), race, won the final race of Ithe 1993 Indy Car PPG World Se-ries by finishing 27.491 seconds ahead of Fittlpaldi. his Team Penske teammate. For both Marlboro Racing drivers, it was a dominant performance.

With the points championship That was by Lap 66. and the two would fight their way through one crowd, then encounter another. Finally, on the 79th lap, Tracy got by Al Unser Jr. and Matsushita. Fittipaldi got by Unser.

Fittipaldi, trying to get by Matsushita in Turn 5, ended up spinning off the course and into the dirt. He didn't kill the engine and got back on the track, but Tracy was long gone. "When I was lapping Hiro, big problem," said Fittipaldi. "I know I'm going to give a Christmas present to Hire a mirror this big. That's what he needs.

Coming out of Turn 5, Paul managed to go inside of Hiro, I tried to go Inside, but I don't think he saw me. "He went to the side, then came back to the middle of the track and I had to turn hard on the steering wheel and when I did, I spun and I went cross-country in the desert." Luyendyk would finish third, 19 seconds behind Fittipaldi, In his final drive for the Target-Scotch Video FordCosworth XB. He ll be replaced on Chip Ganassi's racing team by Michael Andretti next season, which prompted the slng- (tying Mansell) and with a record speed of 106.303 mph in his '93 PenskeChevy-C. Fittipaldi made it interesting. At Lap 60, Tracy had a 6.67-second lead, but began to encounter some jams and a roller-coaster ride.

"I hit that last wave of traffic with about 20, 25 laps to go and I undid the seatbelt of my car by accident with my glove," said Tracy. "From there 1 was just hanging out of the car, trying to brace myself in the car, and coming down through the corkscrew I thought I was going to come out of the top of the thing. "I never realized how hard It is to drive with the seatbelts off. Here, it's almost impossible to keep yourself in the car with the elevation changes and how fast the corners are. It really throws you around.

I was just trying to keep my body In the car. "By then, I was struggling with the traffic, a lot of guys were racing with each other and I didn't want to stick the nose in and have somebody take it away from me. I was trying to be careful and Emerson was right back on top of me." Associated Press already secured by Nigel Mansell, this race over the 2. 214-mile, 11-turn road course was more or less a polite formality. After the start, in which the front row of Fittipaldi and Tracy jumped to a commanding lead, so were the first two positions.

Tracy, who beat pole-sitter Fittipaldi to the first turn, led the first 26 laps before the Brazilian took over while Tracy pitted. But when Emmo took his turn in the pits, Tracy took over for good in winning his fifth race of the season LEADING THE PACK: Paul Tracy holds his advantage on teammate Emerson Fittipaldi at Laguna Seca. layed 45 minutes due to fog and poor visibility Bryan Herta of Dublin, Ohio, won the Firestone Ing afterward. Notes The start of the race was de- Indy Lights race. HAIRTEC CUSTOM-MADE OR READY-TO-WEAR SYNTHETIC OR HUMAN HAIR Briefly Sports I WE WON'T BE UNDERSOLD I Wallace wins, moves closer to Earnhardt UNDETECTABLE Hand Made S398-S69S 898-1116 Mt7 E.

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Most felt he had an excellent chance of winning each. Kalitta posts NHRA record Scott Kalitta recorded the fastest quarter-mile in NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series history Sunday to win his first Top Fuel victory at the Sears Craftsman Nationals at Heartland Park at Topeka, Kan. Kalitta, of Ypsllanti, covered the quarter-mile distance in 4.806 seconds at 308.64 mph to defeat Cory McClenathan, who earlier had set the NHRA elapsed time record earlier In the day at 4.762 seconds. Chuck Etchells (funny car) and Larry Morgan (pro stock) also won. P.J.

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Wallace overtook Earnhardt and won the championship by 12 points. "If I win, that would be great. If I lose, I can honestly sit back and say I've had a wonderful year," Wallace said. The only obstacle between Wallace and his eighth victory this season was slower traffic. At one point, he squeezed his Pontlac between two cars In Turn 2 to keep his edge.

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