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iia TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1995 CLASSIFIED ADS Pages 6-10 The Indianapolis Star 234 Luyendyk throttles Indy at rrnrv E2E3K3D HIGHLIGHTS Monday: Arie Luyendyk runs 234 mph and Paul Tracy is impressive. Up to speed: Drivers' time chart. Page 5. Daily updates: Call The Star's Info-Line service at 624-4636 (punch in 1512) for updates from the Speedway. that.

"Today (235 mph) was definitely possible but we're satisfied with what we ran. The car is still very consistent and I couldn't be happier." Asked if he felt excited about owning the unofficial mark, the 1993 pole-sitter replied. "I'd be more happy if it was qualifying but I'm excited we've achieved this as a team." Luyendyk opened practice Saturday at 233.281 mph, then traveled 232.715 Sunday. He was asked about running early and if he was concerned with the heat of the day. "This car has been consistent in a lot of different conditions," he replied.

"We ran 231.7 right after lunch yesterday and 232 on the hottest day so I'm very comfortable." While most teams point to the Menard V-6's power advantage, Luyen-dyk's cornering speeds would suggest his 1995 Lola shares the credit. And By Robin Miller STAR ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR The record book and morale in Gasoline Alley took a quick, but substantial beating Monday as Arie Luyendyk roughed up the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a lightning lap of 234.107 mph. It was the fastest unofficial speed ever turned at 16th Georgetown as the 1990 Indianapolis 500 winner continued to push the limits of adhesion in his Glidden '95 LolaMenard. Luyendyk didn't waste any time eclipsing Jim Crawford's 1992 standard of 233.433 mph. He went out at 11 a.m., warmed up and, on his fifth pass, went storming into Turn 1 at 230 mph, slowed to 228 through Turn 2, whistled down the backstretch at 240, smoked through Turn 3 at 234 and blasted off Turn 4 at 233 mph.

Two-and-one-half miles in 38.444 veteran engineer Tim Wardrop drew raves from his drivers. "Tim is a pleasure to work with. He's one of the best and he's making our job easy," said Luyendyk. "The more comfortable I feel, the faster we go and right now I'm very comfort' able." Teammate Scott Brayton kept this a 1-2 Menard month by running 232.859 mph in his guaker State '95 LolaMenard late on a windy afternoon. While many teams have conceded Saturday's pole to Team Menard, Paul Tracy at least gave the Ford-powered operations some hope by turning a lap of 231.315 mph in the KmartBud-weiser '95 LolaFord.

"I wouldn't say we're out of range (of Team Menard) we've still got time left and I'm not giving up," said See LUYENDYK Page 5 seconds. "I always look at my speedometer at the start-finish line and my next lap might have been a 236 because I got through (Turns) 3-4 flat out but it didn't pick up the fuel and stumbled a little," said Luyendyk, who parked John Menard's car for the day after Associated Press ANOTHER JOYRIDE: Arte Luyendyk relaxes on the way back to Gasoline Alley after setting the unofficial Indy lap record of 234.107. (Tn Sidebar issues wony Brown miey 9 (4,4 ''-ZXi-rJ- Pacers need more players involved; Smits-Ewing matchup concerns Knicks. From Staff and Wire Reports New York While the New York media and much of the rest of the sports world focuses on Reggie Miller and his remarks, Larry Brown and Pat Riley are as concerned with other issues as the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks prepare for tonight's Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Brown stresses the need to get more bodies involved offensively.

He says the Pacers can't win the series with an over-reliance on Rik Smits (34 points), Miller (31) and a miracle Miller's eight points in 8.9 seconds the propeled them to a 107-105 victory in Sunday's series opener. Riley, while aware of Miller's explosive potential, seemed more concerned about the inside matchup of Smits and Ewing and the relative health of the latter. "Whether or not he is 100 percent is Irrelevant right now," Riley said of Ewing, who managed Just 11 points and 10 rebounds while allowing Smits a personal playoff high of 34 points on 13-for-19 shooting. "He's out on the court, and we've got to get the very best from him. He is banged up somewhat, but he's got to go.

He knows it, we know it. So I expect him to be as ready as he can be." Ewing left quickly after Monday's practice without comment, but last week he complained of sore calf muscles in both legs, and he admitted that he was "banged up." If Ewing cannot contain Smits, the Knicks may be forced to double-team him, which would be dangerous, because it could create more openings for Miller. "He was getting deep post position," Riley said of Smits. "He was shooting the ball extremely well. We have to make some kind of adjustment with him.

We just did not defend him well from the time the ball was caught. In spite of all that, I don't want to overreact." The Knicks also want to avoid fouling Miller needlessly. Miller shot just 7 for 18 from the field in Game 1, but he was 14 for 15 from the line. "Reggie Miller was fouled four times in the act of shooting, II times off the ball," Riley said. "We have to be a little more careful.

We have to understand the See PACERS Page 2 xMvr Hc Star Staff Photo Susan Plageman WELCOME TO THE HYPE: Reggie Miller offers more incendiary comments for the media assembled for the Pacers-Knicks second-round series. Does choker tag fit? Pacers mistakes leave Brown fretting Bill Benner By Ira Berkow NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE New York Well, Pat Riley, what effect. If any, will Reggie Miller's characterization of the Knicks as COMMENT Pacers vs. Knicks (Pacers lead series 1-0) All games on WNDE-1260 AM, FM Sunday: Pacers 107, New York 105 Today: at New York, 7 p.m., TNT, WTTV-4 Thursday: at MSA, 7 p.m., TNT, WTTV-4 May 13: at MSA, 2:30 p.m., WTHR-13 x-May 17: at New York, 7 p.m., TNT, WTTV-4 x-May 19: at MSA, 7 p.m., TNT, WTTV-4 x-May 21: at New York, time TBA, WTHR-13 x-lf necessary New York Have you heard the one about Larry Brown? Goes something like this: "Larry Brown, you've Just won the NBA championship and you're going to never-ending Maalox moment. "That's Brownie," Pacers president Donnie Walsh said Monday.

"We pay him to be unhappy." Brown's ever-fretful state was never more obvious than in the aftermath of Sunday's stunning 107-105 Pacers victory over the New York Knicks. Reggie Miller's eight-points-in-nine-seconds outburst had created one of the wildest, most Improbable finishes in NBA playoff history and given the Pacers a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals. Yet in Indiana's Madison Square Garden locker room afterward, poor Larry looked like he'd Just gotten word that his dog died. "I can't get excited," he admitted. Understand, Brown isn't about to give this one back.

As he said Monday, "I'm sure I feel better about it than (Knicks coach) Pat (Riley) does." But in Brown's mind, what Miller had done to win the game in the last 18 seconds had not erased what the Pacers had done to lose it over the previous 47:42. That feeling hadn't gone away Monday, when the Pacers practiced in Madison Square Garden prior to tonight's Game 2. See BENNER Page 2 "choke artists" after Sunday's mortifying loss to the Pacers have when they play Game 2 of their playoff series? "I don't know," Riley said Monday, after the team's workout and a study of game films for tonight's game. Well, Coach, will you address to the team Mr. Miller's characterization at any time before the game? "I don't know," he replied.

Disney World!" To which Brown replies in his somber monotone: "Yeah, but the lines are so long." So it goes for the Indiana Pacers coach, for whom an NBA season Is a See KNICKS Page 2 LplayT1 Arrested Braves manager, wife dispute police report ton County Stadium and supported his account. She said police over-reacted to her request that officers break up an argument Sunday night. She said she did not sign an arrest warrant and that Cox was Jailed despite her request he be allowed to remain home. "There was no hitting of any sort," Bobby Cox said. He said the redness in his wife's face noted in the police report was a result of her crying.

Cox called the Incident "Just a domestic dispute that has been San Antonio 97 LA Lakers 90 Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE a Atlanta Atlanta Braves man- 'anCl Crty. 2 C.hlc.a9 briefly after his wife called police Tsxas 4 to thelr homei appeared with her u-ritui league at a news conference Monday to NATIONAL LEAGUE deny he had assaulted her 3 Cox sa(d he tQ cont)nue managing the club. General man- ager John Schuerholz, who at- Chicago 4 tended the news conference, said San Diego 5 Los Angeles 2 he agreed it was not necessary for Cox to take time off. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Pamela Cox sat next to her hus- Indians 9-4 Oklahoma City 1-7 band of 18 years at Atlanta-Ful- office. The police report said Pamela Cox called officers and met them at the door.

She told officers her husband and some guests were drinking when Cox spilled a drink on the carpet and she made a comment about it. After the guests left, he hit her in the face with his fist and pulled her hair. "When they left we got into an argument and basically that was it," Cox said. "There was no hitting of any sort. I grabbed her forehead and her hair a little bit Just to keep her away from me." brewing a little bit for the last five, six months" because he hadn't been paying enough attention to what was going on at home.

A brief account of the dispute, including tape from the news conference, was shown at the beginning of the Braves' telecast Monday night. Cox made no appearance on the field after the stands filled and there had been no noticeable fan reaction at game time. Police in Cobb County, in Atlanta's northwest suburbs, charged Cox with simple battery for alleg- i. edly punching his wife and pulling her hair. Asked at the news conference if she had told officers Cox had hit her, Pamela Cox replied, "No, no." The police report said he was intoxicated, but Pamela Cox said Monday alcohol was not a factor In the argument.

Cox, 53, was arrested about 10:15 p.m. at his home near Atlanta Country Club. He was released on $1,000 bond and faces a court hearing May 26, said Lt. Bob Kimbrough of the Cobb sheriffs J..