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MONDAY, JULY 10, 1995 Martina caDtures mixed title: THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR frustrated JL with Seles' treatment Gamble that pays off helps 'fiieP Villeneuve's triumph 1. 7 MM getting out even the second time. It was very painful. "My foot is very, very sore. Actually, it feels like my heart.

It's Just pounding, 'Boom, boom. Gordon a non-factor Robby Gordon entered the weekend leading the series points race with Villeneuve. After that he was rarely seen, except for two trips off-course during the race. "What didn't go wrong?" he asked rhetorically. "We never found a setup and we struggled every day.

It's disappointing." Gordon said he was bumped off the track the first time, then went off on his own trying to pass competitors. "I was slow on the straightaways, so I couldn't pass," he said. "I had to try (entering the corners)." Notes De Ferran pitted twice without a clutch, it having lost fluid on the second lap Reynard cars have won six of the 10 races. Lola and Penske cars have won two each Morning practice speeds do not guarantee quick results in the race. Rookie Christian Fittipaldi was tops Sunday morning at 137.675 mph.

with Scott Pruett second. Villeneuve was 11th of the 28 cars The crowd of 75,000 was the largest to see a professional sporting event in Wisconsin. Road America officials announced 115,000 for the three-day weekend. the two fastest cars Sunday, with the winner posting the day's best lap (136.255 mph). De Ferran's team might be to blame for the 21st-place finish because it botched the fuel game.

When Villeneuve pitted at the end of Lap 30, de Ferran stayed out for three extra laps, meaning he would have plenty of fuel for the rest of the race. The problem was, he came out that pit stop far behind the leaders. The Jim Hall-owned car was shuffled to 15th he had been running second to Villeneuve before the yellow and de Ferran was forced to be aggressive. He drove off course and into the tire barriers on Lap 46 of 50. "We made a mistake." Hall said.

"We should have pitted with the leaders." Tracy puts foot down Not lost in Tracy's second-place finish was the strength he showed in his left foot, which was broken and filled with screws following a go-kart accident last week in Phoenix. Tracy's only misstep came on his first pit stop, when the left foot failed to properly engage the clutch. The car stalled and his NewmanHaas crew had to refire via the manual push. "When I pushed in the clutch, it felt like somebody Jabbed a knife right through my foot." he said. "1 Jumped off the clutch real quick and it stalled.

I had a tough time By Curt Cavin STAR STAFF WRITER Elkhart Lake, Wis. Road America's backwoods can look peaceful and lonely all at the same time, especially when a driver's out-of-fuel race car is stranded on the 4-mile circuit. That's why fuel management is as' much a part of the annual TexacoHavoline 200 as the actual pit -stops. When the bulk of the Indy-car field pitted after 17 laps, front-runners Jacques Villeneuve and Paul Tracy each went for an a tour. Villeneuve stopped with 1.2 gallons left.

Twelve laps later he was back in the pits on a caution. That lit the concern light. AUTO RACING NOTEBOOK How was he to race the final 20 laps without a fuel stop? A yellow would be required. had to take a gamble or we would have been caught behind the field." said Kyle Moyer, Villeneuve's chief mechanic. "The next yellow (for Alessandro Zampedri on Lap 37) helped us and the third (for Gil de Ferran on Lap 45) clinched (going the distance on two stops).

it would have stayed green, it would have been very, very close." Villeneuve and de Ferran were A STILL WINNENG: Martina Navratilova hugs partner Jonathan Stark after they win the mixed doubles crown. they're not willing to give back to her perhaps what they gained by her absence." Seles, who hasn't played a tournament since she was stabbed more than two years ago, will begin her comeback July 29 in Atlantic City. N.J., with an exhibition match against Navratilova. Seles was ranked No. 1 when she was stabbed, but won't be ranked at all when she returns because the players rejected a proposal to make her co-No.

1 gives team good benefits Associated Press with Steffi Graf. 7t "She (Seles) may get fed, up because basically there was an agreement in principle and -the players took it backi" Navratilova said. "So I wouldn't blame her one bit if she said, 'Forget it, I'll do it my way. I won't need any special consideration because I'll be playing great "And she will be playing great tennis. She was number one, she's 22 years old.

The talent doesn't go anywhere. Look at me. I'm 38, I'm still going." operating the stadium for games. Rapport previously had written that marketing and operations expenses "may total almost million per year." That figure now appears to be vastly understated, according to details within the new documents. The city and county will authorize the marketing operation alone to spend up to $25 million over the next 16 years.

If Rapport's $2 million average is correct and the marketing operation spends its full allotment, that would leave under a breakeven scenario less than $500,000 a year to pay for stadium operations and maintenance. That includes everything from Janitors and security to the staff required to move the physical structure of the building around each time it switches between baseball and football use. The new documents contain several other notable surprises. For one, the Coliseum will have to pay all property taxes assessed on the Raiders, except those that go to schools, which the team will pay. Generally, about 60 percent of property faxes go to schools, although figures for Alameda County were not available Saturday.

For the Raiders, the savings will be considerable, because the team technically will own an $80 million chunk of the Coliseum, a $10 million practice facility and a future Hall-of-Fame building of unknown value. Associated Press Wimbledon. England After winning the mixed doubles championship Sunday for her 19th overall Wimbledon title. Martina Navratilova said there's a slim chance she might play singles next year at the All England Club. Navratilova said her coach, Mike Estep, was so pleased with her play that he suggested she return to the singles competition.

"I don't think I have the nerve for it anymore," said Navratilova. who retired from singles after the 1994 season. "When the time comes, if I'm fit, who knows. I don't think so, but I'm not ruling it out." Navratilova. who won a record nine Wimbledon singles titles, teamed with Jonathan Stark to defeat Cyril Suk and GIgi Fernandez 6-4, 6-4 in the mixed doubles final.

Navratilova needs only one more overall title to match Billle Jean King's record of 20 at Wimbledon. Stark and Navratilova teamed for the first time at Wimbledon. Now they're planning to compete together at the U.S. Open. "And," added Navratilova, "we're going to the (champions) ball tonight together." Navratilova, who is president of the WTA Tour, also criticized top women players for rejecting a special ranking for Monica Seles when she returns to the tour.

"The players protect their turf more than I think the tournament promoters," Navratilova said. "What's frustrating to me Is that the players benefited the most from Monica's absence, because they won more money, they won more Grand Slams, because she wasn't around. And Raiders deal But taxpayers may be less than pleased with the package. Knkjht-Ridder Newspapers Oakland, Calif. When East Bay elected officials on Tuesday affix their expected rubber stamp to the deal to bring back the Raiders, they'll give themselves a generous perk: the rights to buy 100 field-level tickets at face value.

Because of their political status, county supervisors and city council members will avoid the $1,000 to $4,000 "personal seat licenses" that average fans must pay to get in the Oakland Coliseum door. The vote will grant Al DaVIs and Co. some previously hidden benefits as well. Among them: an exemption from a large chunk of the property taxes assessed on the team and publicly paid, charter-plane trips for Davis, his team, his other employees and their families from Los Angeles to the games In Oakland this year. But for the taxpayers, the fine print is less enticing.

Not only are they potentially on the hook for the Items listed above, but the. deal commits civic checkbooks to cover all cost overruns for what has been budgeted as an $85 million renovation of the Coliseum. Those are some of the major details contained in an inch-high, double-sided stack of lease docu 'There really are simple, medical solutions for common sexual concerns" Impotence Premature Ejaculation Lack of Desire No Scalpel Vasectomy Complete Urology Services for a Cmfuknlinl (317) 387-0602 THE GREY CLINIC For Sexual Medicine Associated Press CAN'T CATCH ME: Paul Tracy (rear) has no hope of catching the front-running Jacques Villeneuve as they weave their way down the Road America course. ments released by Oakland city officials a few minutes before City Hall closed Friday. Burned by public questioning of a proposal to bring the Raiders back five years ago a proposal that ultimately led to an angry voter petition drive city and county officials this time have waited until the last possible moment to divulge details of the agreements.

But even the documents released Friday make it impossible for an outside observer to evaluate the likelihood that the Raider deal will pay for itself. The bottom-line question remains: Will cash from fans fully cover the cost of stadium renovations and payments to the Raiders, or will a taxpayer subsidy be necessary to repay more than $200 million In bonds and pay for stadium operations? While assuring all concerned that the deal will pay for itself, Oakland deputy city manager Ezra Rapport who has shepherded the negotiations on behalf of the city and county has refused to release the detailed cash flow analyses that lay out anticipated Income and costs. But those summaries, issued Friday night with the lease documents, are virtually meaningless because they show all of the income and only some of the costs. What's missing are the costs the Coliseum acting on behalf of the city and county will Incur in marketing Raider tickets and FREE WITH ACTIVATION NOKIA LX12 FREE WITH ACTIVATION NOKIA 100 FREE ACTIVATION 'tNk. WIl2YMtSvlM FREE WITH ACTIVATION OLE' SUCK PRICE drove through Turn 8 of Lap 8 and lost three positions.

Eric Ba-chelart's wheels helped send Eddie Cheever and Alessandro Zampedri to the sand. At least six others, including de Ferran, went AWOL on what had become a slippery surface. "It was difficult to pass, especially with the cars running the same speed," said Jimmy Vasser, who finished third. 'There were some incidents on the track that put a lot of smoke and dust on the track, and I had a couple close calls with my teammate, too. "But that's racing." The victory was Villeneuve's third of the season and fourth in Indy cars.

Villeneuve and Tracy, each Canadian, have won eight of the past 13 events. The series is in the midst of four consecutive race weekends, next week on a street circuit at Toronto. "Remember The BEAT ANY PRICE. In the midst of a fight. He and Tracy had touched wheels, pushing Boesel in the dirt and three spots back in the order (from second to fifth).

When partner Bobby Rahal pulled alongside in the hunt for Turn 6, Boesel had a transmission problem in tight quarters and bailed out in the sand. There were other excursions. Michael Andretti and Al Unser Jr. were on the move on Lap 3 when Unser sneaked in his rival's blind spot. Of course, that led to trouble at at least 160 mph.

Andretti slid to the right and clipped Unser's left front tire, sending both hopelessly out of control. It was Unser's first did-not-finlsh of the season. "I started to get my line for the next turn and I lost him in my mirror," Andretti said. "I assumed he was going on my left side." Gordon went off the course twice, once because of his own aggressiveness. Rookie Andre Rl-beiro, who rallied to finish fourth, Bodine fast but unlucky all day hit the wall with 32 laps remaining.

Gordon again took Just two tires, but the field was able to close on him. But Gordon, who threw away an almost certain victory last month because of poor gear shifting on a restart at Pocono, was flawless when the green fell with 25 laps left. He immeditately drove away from Shepherd and cruised to victory from there. Gordon averaged 106.999 mph in a race slowed for 29 laps by six caution flags. There were 15 lead changes among eight drivers.

He assumed the Winston Cup lead from Sterling Martin, who brought his Chevrolet home ninth. Martin, who dominated the early portion of the race, missed out on a bonus of $106,400. That bonus, offered by Unocal to any driver who wins from the pole, will be wfrth $114,000 next Sun- VILLENEUVE Continued from Page 1 do" that, you can save your fuel and brakes. "Fabulous weekend, almost perfect," said car owner Barry Green, whose only setback was an electronics gremlin in the Sunday morning practice session. The 2-hour event was considerably longer than expected because of a six cautions spanning 14 laps.

There were no injuries and few emotional flares. Twice, teammates were involved in memorable moments. On Lap 30. Mauriclo Gugelmin zig-zagged in Turn 2 trying to find a gear while passing Adrian Fernandez. Seconds later, Gugelmin was in the path of oncoming fellow PacWest driver Danny Sullivan.

They ended up nose to nose on the edge of the course. Six laps later, Raul Boesel was GORDON Continued from Page 1 Gordon. fole-sitter Mark Martin was third in a Ford, followed by the Chevy of Terry Labonte and the Ford of defending race champion Ricky Rudd. "We didn't have anything for Jeff," Rudd said. After assuming the lead.

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Earnhardt, who lost the series lead to Marlin in the previous race, succumbed to late mechanical problems and finished 22nd..