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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR WWW.INDYSTAR.COM Sports 2nd SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2007 C7 FORMULA ONE 1 champion Alonso takes pole for Monaco GP Associated Press After being upstaged by both Ferrari and McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton so far this season, two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso is back on track. Alonso was fastest in qualifying Saturday and will start today's Monaco Grand Prix (8 a.m., Speed) ahead of Hamilton, who leads the standings. The Spaniard completed the 2.076-mile, twisting street circuit in 1 minute, 15.726 seconds for the 16th pole of his career but the first since the Chinese Grand Prix in October. "To be in pole position here is very, very important and the first pole (this season) for McLaren is very important," Alonso said. "All weekend has been quite good for us." Hamilton was next at 1:15.905.

Felipe Massa of Ferrari, who had the pole in the past three races, was third at 1:15.967 for the 78-lap race. In his debut F-l season, Hamilton leads the standings with 30 points, two ahead of Alonso. Massa is third with 27. Kimi Raikkonen finished 16th after his Ferrari had sus pension problems in the second session, stopping on the next-to-last turn and struggling to get back to the pits. Kane finally gets a victory Kasey Kahne raced to his first victory of the season Saturday night, pulling away on a late restart to win the Busch Series race at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, NC.

A six-time Nextel Cup winner last year, Kahne and his Evernham Motorsports Nextel Cup team have struggled mightily this year. Casey Mears, another Cup driver in need of a decent finish, was second. Clint Bowyer was third and was followed by Jeff Burton. Cup drivers took the top eight spots. Setzer takes trucks win Dennis Setzer outwitted the competition for his 17th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck series victory, running the entire rain-delayed Ohio 250 without a pit stop at Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsport Park.

The winner averaged just 52.873 mph, with 103 laps run under the caution most due to track drying. GREG GRIFFOThe Star FAST ACTION: Billy Wease (80 at left) and Brady Bacon (99 at right) dive into the fourth turn in the first heat race at the Night Before the 500. TOYOTA NIGHT BEFORE THE 500 Son gets the edge over dad Kevin Swindell dominates from start to finish for victory at O'Reilly Raceway Park Act fast, and you'll save your money and your hair. Gurney Jr. also wrecked on lap 49.

Still, the cautions failed to faze Swindell, who drove for Kasey Kahne Racing and gave the NASCAR driver and former Midget Series winner his first win as an owner. Kahne twice won the Night Before the 500 while living in Indianapolis. But for Swindell, it was about more than beating his dad, or winning one for Kahne. Winning the prestigious event, in its 62nd running, is a reward in itself, Swindell said. "This was definitely the one on the midget schedule that I picked out, that I really wanted to win," he said to the post-race crowd, "and we got it." In the other events, Keith Lyons won the ARA trucks race, the first feature race on the night.

Quay Gregory won the ARA cars race, while Tony Dager won the USA Modifieds. Call Star reporter Patrick Dorsey at (317) 444-6648. Westfield graduate Stephanie Mockler, a 19-year-old who took third at last year's race, started 24th but moved all the way up to seventh. Bryan Clauson, 17, Noblesville, took eighth after starting third. It was one of the last runs in a midget car for Clauson, the 2006 Midget Series Rookie of the Year and the youngest winner in midget history.

Clauson will drive for Ganassi in the NASCAR Busch Series later this season. Teammates Dave Darland and Dave Steele finished 10th and 11th, respectively. Midget Series points leader Daren Hagen left the race after just 19 laps, as did Brad Loyet, though neither forced the race to go under yellow. The race stopped only when Dustin Morgan spun off the fourth turn on lap 33, and when Kody Swanson blew an engine after taking over the second position on the 49th lap. Chuck extended his lead over second-place Billy Wease to about three seconds by lap 23.

Only two late cautions on laps 33 and 48 allowed the other drivers to get close. The only driver to give Swindell a run all night was defending winner Bobby Santos III. Santos closed in on Swindell after the second restart but didn't have enough speed through the third and fourth turns to catch the eventual winner. "If we had some more yellows, we would have won," Santos said. "We just needed some yellows." Wease, who started second, stayed in that position almost all night but was passed by Kody Swanson on lap 49 and by Santos on lap 50 after retaking second.

Bobby East took fourth and Kyle Nicholas took fifth. behind Gordon, his teammate. Johnson will start 21st. Despite all that success, Johnson has never been able to break free from the squeaky-clean image he has perfected. At his core, Johnson is as fun as Junior and can party with the best of them.

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"He's probably the most fun-loving guy to be around," Hendrick said. "He has fun on the golf course; he goes to the lake. When it's time to party and play, he can do it with the best of them. But when he walks into that track, he takes his job serious and spends every minute trying to figure out how to get better." ma By Patrick Dorsey patrick.dorsey(3i ndystar.com CLERMONT, Ind. Give Kevin Swindell one up on his dad.

Swindell, the 18-year-old son of veteran dirt-track racer Sammy Swindell, won Saturday's Toyota Night Before the 500 USAC Midget Series race. That makes one win at O'Reilly Raceway Park for Kevin and none for Sammy. "This is probably the only (track) that I can hold that against him," Swindell said. "I don't think he had many tries. I know the last time he was here, he ended up on his head in a crown car." This time, the younger Swindell ended up in first.

Swindell, the pole sitter, dominated from start to finish. He started lapping cars by the midway point of the 50-lap race, and NASCAR Johnson had to sell himself to start career in Nextel Cup. From CI Johnson said. "Junior, he's the same way. In a personal setting, he's not as outgoing and he's more reserved, but in the public persona, he's God.

And Jeff, he's the veteran; with four championships, he can say or do anything he wants. "But me? I just go out there and try to do my best, do my job, and let the results speak for themselves. I have never been that 'Rah-Rah, look at me' kind of guy. I am just me." Who Johnson is has been wildly misinterpreted in the court of public opinion. Perceived by many to be a spoiled California kid, Johnson has had to fight for acceptance from fans who want their heroes to be blue collar.

Because Johnson seemed to pop up out of nowhere he was signed by Hendrick in 2001 after a nondescript Busch Series career and had instant success with one of NASCAR's super teams, many believe he has had everything handed to him. Nothing could be further from the truth. Johnson grew up in gritty El Cajon, Calif, where his father was a heavy equipment operator and his mother drove a school bus to make ends meet. For fun, the family loaded up an old van and headed into the des 11 I ert to ride dirt bikes. Those early years convinced Johnson he wanted to be in racing, but without the means to fund his career, he had to figure out a way to market himself.

"I needed to do all the things your parents tell you to do: Be on time, be well dressed, don't say the wrong thing," he said. "I had to do all those things and be in all the right places. That's the only tool I had to get ahead." Johnson became a master in selling himself, and used his boy-next-door charm to move up the racing chain. But it was only 10 years ago he was at the Daytona 500, bunking on a couch, showing up at any event he could in a desperate attempt to get a top NASCAR owner to notice him. "I went to this Chevrolet function one night and I remember, I was the first one there and I had my shirt all tucked in and my shoes were all clean.

I looked as good as I could look," he said. "And I just stood there waiting for Richard Childress to walk in, waiting for Rick Hendrick to walk in. I remember when they did, I scoped them out and was waiting for the right time, when they weren't speaking to someone, so I could approach them. "I'd give business cards and write letters to these guys. That's all I had and I used it to the best of my ability." It has made Johnson a corporate dream, and his 27 career victories haven't hurt, either.

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