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C2 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR MONDAY, JULY 31, 1995 Powell eager to reclaim world long jump record World champ makes history on home track Schumacher first German to win his country's Grand Prix as arch-rival Hill hits wall. ZJlZSX Zm Associated Press SPIN, BUT NO WIN: Damon Hill loses control of his car on the second lap, enabling Michael Schumacher (background) to easily win the German Grand Prix. He added: "I went from shock to sadness, trying to hold onto my confidence. I went through the day rationalizing. Now I'm hyped up." Located at 6,726 feet, Sestriere Is welcomed by long jumpers the way the Green Monster in Fenway Park is welcomed by power hitters.

Before the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Powell Jumped a wind-aided 29-6 at Sestriere. Last year, he matched his longest Jump ever with a wind-aided leap of 29-4 at the alpine resort. At sea level, Powell said, Pe-, droso becomes a "low to middle" 28-foot Jumper. However, he con- cedes that it will be difficult to defeat the Cuban at the world track and field championships, which begin Friday in Goteborg, Sweden. Powell, bothered by a bruised heel, Jammed vertebrae in his back and hamstring problems, has lost to Pedroso three times this season; his best Jump has been a wind-aided 28-.

Powell had planned to Jump Saturday in Sestriere, but returned home a week ago to nurse his injuries. In fact, Powell said, he would prefer to skip the world championships and begin concentrating on the 1996 Summer Olympics, but "I have to finish out the year and take my lumps." At least for himself, Powell said, next season would be a different story. After defeating Carl Lewis and breaking Bob Beamon's 23-year-old world record at the 1991 world championships in Tokyo with a jump of 29-4'2, Powell said he grew "very spoiled and By Nesha Starcevic ASSOCIATED PRESS Hockenhetm, Germany One lap. That's how long Damon Hill's much-touted challenge lasted Sunday at the German Grand Prix, where history was made by Michael Schumacher. Schumacher's victory In a Benetton-Renault riot only was the first by a German in that' nation's only Formula One race, but it gave the defending series champion a commanding 21-polnt lead over his British rival after 10 of 17 events.

As Schumacher crossed the finish line, fans celebrated by shooting off flares and firecrackers and waving thousands of flags on a hot, sunny day. "Delighted is' not the right word," Schumacher said. "It's crazy, to win here, to win in Germany, in front of these fans. It's crazy, it's unbelievable, it's a dream. "This win here is more emotional for me than the world championship title," he said, Both Schumacher and Hill were surprised by the spin and crash that ended the Briton's effort after Just one lap.

Schumacher was able to cruise to his fifth victory of the year. "I thought the first corner could be quite slippery and I braked early," Schumacher said. "I saw Damon slide sideways and hit the wall, and I couldn't believe it." Hill was unable to explain how his Williams-Renault skidded out of control. "I am very shocked because 1 was comfortable in the car," he said. "I went into the German Grand Prix Top Finishers 1.

Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 2. David Coulthard Williams-Renault 3. Gerhard Berger Ferrari 4. Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault 5. Jean-ChristopheBoullion Sauber-Ford 6.

Aguri Suzuki Ugier Mugen Honda 7. Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 8. Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 9. Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot Points leaders: Schumacher 56; Hill 35; Alesi 32; Herbert 25; Coulthard 23. corner and the rear end suddenly locked up.

I don't have an explanation for it." Hill had beaten Schumacher in both qualifying sessions and started from pole, with the German second. But what had the makings of an epic thriller turned out to be a non-event. Once in front, Schumacher relinquished the lead only after Lap 18, when he made the first of his two pit stops. He was back in front by Lap 24 and never lost the advantage thereafter. Pushing his car to the limit, Schumacher built enough of a lead to survive another pit stop, on Lap 34, although his follower, Hill's teammate, David Coulthard, made only one stop.

Schumacher completed 45 laps at the 4.240-mile circuit in 1 hour, 22 minutes, 56.043 seconds. He beat Coulthard by 5.988 seconds, averaging 133.272 mph. Austrian Gerhard Berger was a distant third in a Ferrari, overcoming a 10-second penalty for anticipating the start. He staged an impressive run to his spot on the podium after falling as far back as 14th. New York Times The phone call came at 4 a.m.

Saturday, delivering this cryptic message: "8.96 on his last jump." Mike Powell was hoping to get through the night as the world record-holder in the long Jump, but he feared the worst. Now his fears were confirmed. Jumping at altitude in Sestriere, Italy, Ivan Pedroso of Cuba had surpassed Powell's four-year-old record by a quarter inch, jumping 8.96 meters, or 29 feet, 4 inches. "I was definitely upset," Powell said Sunday in a telephone interview from his home In Rancho Cucamonga. Calif.

"I predicted he would jump beyond my record, but I hoped it would be wind-aided." Officially, the swirling wind was well below the allowable limit of 2 meters per second (4.47 mph), although it remained uncertain whether someone interfered with the wind gauge by standing near it and accidently or deliberately blocking the flow of air. The Italian press made much Sunday of a mysterious man wearing a blue coat. A track steward, Denis Morino, told an Italian sports daily Gaz-zetta Sportiva that, while he had complained earlier of people near the wind gauge, he saw no one near the gauge before Pedro-so's record Jump and that the wind did not appear "very strong." "I wasn't but I feel like he Jumped the distance," Powell said. "I'm a fair person. I take it as a challenge to get the record back." design flying on Sunday.

"I had a strong car all day and, what can I say, we both drove our hearts out today," said the two-time CART champion. However, the strongest combination belonged to the Honda-powered cars of Parker Johnstone and Andre Ribeiro. Had they been around at the end, neither Pruett nor Unser could have challenged. Polesitter Johnstone made his first oval race a memorable one by leading 52 of the first 57 laps in the Comptech '95 ReynardHonda and building a huge lead before losing a wheel bearing. "We had the fastest car and I was leading without breaking a sweat," said Johnstone, who ran the race's fastest lap of 231.659 mph.

Following Johnstone's problem, Ribeiro took charge in the LCI '95 ReynardHonda. The Brazilian SKI Continued from Page 1 The 30-year-old Relnhart is old-'er than average tour skiers. The wear and tear of skiing has left him with two bad knees, including la right knee that has no anterior cruciate ligament. However, he's hot about to relinquish his grip on world of freestyle jumping. "I really don't have anything more to accomplish, so now 1 try to learn more tricks," he said.

"I try to compete more against my Sports The Sports Department is responsible for all local and national sports-related news. If you wish to discuss a story or make a suggestion, call the telephone numbers listed here after 2 p.m., weekdays. If you are a coach or other person reporting a score or event results, please call 633-9110 after 4:30 p.m. Sports Editor Glen Kemery 633-9182 Assistant Sports Editor Pat McKee 633-9182 Toll free (800)669-7827 self. If I can do that, the tournament wins will keep coming." And coming.

And coming. Other winners Sunday included Jonathan McDonald, who set a record with 10,885 points in the kneeboard. Tawn Larsen won the women's figure (7,790 points), Sherri Slone won the women's distance jump (142 feet), Andy Mapple won the men's slalom (3.5 buoys at 39 off), Kristi Overton won the women's slalom (5 buoys at 38 off), and Bruce Neville won the men's distance Jump (200 feet) in a tie-breaker with Carl Roberge. 317 633 6400 "Remember The 3J TANGLING TWOSOME: Lyn St. James' car (left) is rear-ended by Danny Sullivan's machine after made contact with the wall in the Michigan 500.

Sullivan suffered a fractured pelvis in the crash. ALL LOCATIONS AVAILABLE PENTHOUSE GRANDSTAND PADDOCKS VISTAS TICKETS IN STOCK Published Price Sheets Major Credit Cards FREE City Wide Delivery Dependability Since 1 978 Associated Press she lost an engine, spun and rookie led 68 laps and was out in front when electrical problems ended his afternoon. Notes Danny Sullivan suffered a fractured pelvis after crashing into Lyn St. James, who lost an engine in front of him. The 1985 Indy winner was airlifted to Foote Hospital in Jackson, and will be transferred to Indianapolis Methodist Hospital today Adrian Fernandez, in the Tecate Quaker State '95 LolaMercedes, had a very strong run to third in earning his best IndyCar finish Despite an 8-minute pit stop to replace a wheel bearing, Jacques Villeneuve came back to finish 10th and increase his PPG lead to 30 points over Bobby Rahal Firestone's first victory since 1974 ended Goodyear's streak at 315.

800-860-INDY FAX IN YOUR ORDER 317-633-6410 BEAT ANY ANYTIME" bring it home safe and I thought it was plum over with," said Unser, whose victory at Portland last month was taken away when his car failed technical inspection. Pruett also thought it was over so he dropped into top gear and started backing off with a 28-sec-ond advantage. But when Ales-sandro Zampedri crashed on Lap 237, it was suddenly a showdown. "I saw the caution and thought, 'Oh, it's going to be recalled Pruett. "It was," laughed Unser.

The Penske chassis hasn't been much of a threat since winning two out of the first five races. Team Penske missed Indy and, other than Portland and some good qualifying runs from Junior, IndyCar's most successful team has been struggling mightily. But Unser had Nigel Bennett's on and then dueling brilliantly with Unser. "I was doing everything I could to get an advantage after that last yellow but Al came on like a bat out of hell," said Pruett. "We were the only two guys who could run high or low and It was a pleasure to race with Al everywhere.

"I was real high on the last turn, it was getting pretty gray and my heart was trying to jump out of my body. But it was fun and you couldn't have written a better script." Nor could victory have come to anyone more deserving. Notes The FordHonda engine story for '96 keeps getting better. It was originally believed NewmanHaas and Team Green would join Steve Home in Honda's corner, with Patrick Racing also a strong candidate. But now it looks like Derrick Walker and Jim Hall are Honda bound because Ford either threw motors or money (or both) at Haas and Green Best bets to replace Tracy at Newman-Haas? Jimmy Vasser, Christian Fittipaldi and Scott Goodyear Wonder why those Conseco boys were visiting with Chip Ganassi Sunday morning? Motorola sponsoring A.J.

Foyt at the Brickyard 400? It was a classic finish and all, but it's time to drop Michigan back to 250 miles or a PRUETT Continued from Page 1 Just past the start-finish line. "Scott was so strong in the corners I thought about waiting (to pass) until the backstretch but when I got to him I said, 'What the heck, I gotta go for said Un-ser, who led 66 laps in the Marlboro '95 PenskeMercedes. "Then he got a run In 3 and 4. 1 did the same thing in an IROC car to Darrell Waltrip that Scott did to me. It was real fair and a helluva race." It looked like Pruett would breeze to his initial checkered flag when Unser pitted on Lap 230 with a blistered right rear tire and surrendered the lead.

"1 couldn't decide if I wanted to stay out or not, but we decided to MILLER Continued from Page 1 today was a team victory. They say the first victory is always the sweetest and I couldn't agree more. I really can't put it into words, it's really heartfelt." Months of rehabilitation from his '90 injuries were rewarded with an IROC win in his comeback drive at Daytona in '91 But his Indy rides were lame and he was dangerously close to falling into that "Whatever Happened To" file. But Firestone came calling and, after spending '94 testing tires, Pruett was back with new equipment, Patrick, Steve Newey, Jim McGee and a bona fide chance to prove himself. A collision with Paul Tracy deprived him at Phoenix and he was chasing Goodyear at Indy when he likely hit some oil and then the wall.

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