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1 4 4 4 -i i 4 4 '4 i -till. I i I I t' I i' I Expect Tom Kendall's year was pro- gressing in storybook fashion. He received an economics degree from UCLA last month, became engaged to a model who can be received an economics degree from UCLA last month, became engaged to a model who can be THE PALM BEACH POST THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1991 3C Kendall to speed on road to recovery was to Kendall's right ankle, where placed fourth at Palm Beach. Ken- I jnn 1 iT the socket was shattered. Kendall dall is fifth in the points standings 1 CDS1 4UU CiriVCrS CXDeCt nCW SDOller tO StalJllZC rillC who is 6-foot-4 was in a with 69.

Co-leaders Chip Robinson 1 11 JJ.V pretzel-like position when the and Lantana's Geoff Brabham have By TOM D'ANGELO nackaee designed in emergency crews arrived, sitting 132 points. Palm Beach Post Staff Writer n- Aff iT pretzel-like position when the emergency crews arrived, sitting 132 points. Pepsi 400 with General Motors and Ford, DAYTONA BEACH A new spoiler, designed to increase handling in stock cars, will debut Saturday at the Pepsi 400. NASCAR officials approved the additional spoilers Tuesday following testing at the Daytona International Speedway. They were added to each car prior to Wednesday's practice session and will be used throughout the week, concluding with the 11 a.m.

race. "It stabilizes the car," said Richard Childress, who owns the Chevrolets driven by defending NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt. "I think everybody is out to make it as safe and as competitive as we can for all makes of cars." Two half-inch aluminum strips have been attached to the rear window and two 1-inch strips on the trunk area from the window to the bumper. The standard rear spoiler will be raised from 30 to 35 degrees. The rules affect only races held at Daytona and the Talladega Superspeedway.

seen. on the pages of Vogue and other magazines, and has had a promising first full season on the IMSA Camel GT tour. Sunday, everything was overshadowed following a horrifying one-car crash at Watkins Glenn, N.Y. Kendall, 24, underwent nine hours of surgery Monday at Indianapo- Tom D'Angelo AUTO RACING lis Methodist Hospital after he hit a tire wall head-on going 140 mph in his Chevrolet Intrepid prototype car. He is listed in good condition.

was so far and away worse than anything I ever could have imagined," said Jack Bodner, manager of marketing services for MTI racing, the team that has employed Kendall since the start of the season. "I wasn't sure he was alive." Indy-CART surgeon Dr. Terry Trammel performed the surgery to repair two broken ankles, a broken right thigh bone and broken right calf bone. The worst injury mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm '(' 1 Wayne Taylor fourth in the standings with 96 points will continue driving the No. 64 Chevy Intrepid as the team is reduced to one car.

As far as Kendall's return to racing, nothing has been announced. First, he has a difficult rehabilitation period ahead. He will return home to La Canada, in two weeks and has been instructed to stay off his feet for three months before beginning a four- to eight-month rehabilitation period. Kendall and Caroline Kreefft are scheduled to be married Aug. 31.

Unless the wedding is postponed, Kendall will have to be in a wheelchair. For those who would like to send a note or card, address it to Tom Kendall, Indianapolis Methodist Hospital, Krannert Pavilion, 1701 N. Senate Indianapolis, Ind. 46206. Ernie Irvan is looking to become the fifth driver to win the two NASCAR events at the Daytona International Speedway in the same year.

Irvan won this year's 500 with an average speed of 153.649. The Pepsi 400 will be run at 11 a.m. Saturday. Irvan is hoping to join a list that includes Fireball Roberts (1962), Cale Yarborough (1968), Lee Roy Yarbrough (1969) and Bobby Alli- helps funnel air to the rear spoil-' er, which adds downforce to the.J,v back wheels. The extra downforce creases handling but slows car slightly.

Random timing duf-ing Wednesday's testing had Sterling Marlin with a top speed of 190.864 mph. "My car felt good and sta-J ble," Marlin said. "We'll slory down a couple of tenths (of second), but it'll bring more sta-bility and assurances in hari-'A; dling." Said Ernie Irvan, "I don't think it will cut down on competition at all. It might make" it better. Basically, the 35-degree spoiler rule will slow us down a bit for qualifying, but I think most everybody runs that much1 spoiler during the race Qualifying for the top 20 posi-" tions will begin at 10 a.m.

today. NASCAR hopes to the spoiler system to increase the" ''I size of the controversial carbure' tor restrictor plates in the The plates are used at Daytona' and Talladega to reduce speeds. 203.666 mph set in a Chevrofet'in 1986. Bobby Allison's speed' 173.473 mph in a Mercury in 1980 stands as a world record for a 400-mile race. At A Glance When: Saturday, 1 1 a.m.

Where: Daytona International Speedway's 2.5-mile trioval in Daytona Beach. Purse: $695,035. Television: ESPN. Schedule: Today Qualifying for positions 1-20, 10 a.m.-noon. Practice, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Friday Practice, 9 a.m.-10 a.m.; 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Qualifying for positions 21-40, 11 a.m.-noon. Saturday, start of race, 1 1 a.m. Tickets: Reserved Tower $55, box seats $40, lower grandstand $30. Unreserved grandstands go on sale at 7 a.m.

Saturday for $25. Infield $25, opens at 6 p.m. Friday. Directions: Take Interstate 95 north to Daytona Beach. Exit U.S.

92 East (Volusia Avenue). Speedway is 1 mile on south side of road. Information: For tickets call (904) 253-RACE. For general Information call (904) 254-2700. "The windshield and rear-deck lid spoilers seemed to give the drivers some added comfort," said Les Richter, NAS-CAR's vice president of competition.

Richter said the aerodynamic Allison will join 46 other drivers for today's qualifying, which will determine the top 20 positions. Sterling Marlin holds the 400 qualifying record with a speed of son (1982). Davey Allison will be trying to become the eighth driver to win the pole for both races in the same year. West Palm Beach beats St. Pete 6-1 on his right leg.

The site was so unnerving that Danny Banks, Kendall's crew chief for six years, turned away and nearly vomited. "They feel comfortable they did a pretty good job on him with rods in his legs and rebuilding his foot," Bodner said. "He's a strong, healthy guy and has a lot of enthusiasm. It'll be difficult for him not to progress very quickly." Kendall who won the pole at the Grand Prix of Palm Beach in March lost control of the car on turn 5 when the metal hub covering the left rear wheel was sheared and took the entire assembly, including the wheel. He sat in the car for about 15 minutes as workers cut away the steering rack and roll bar.

The entire front end of the car disintegrated. When Kendall was carried to the ambulance he managed to wave to the crowd with his left hand. He told Bodner he was in excruciating pain until he was given painkillers. "It was pretty rough," was how he described the crash. Kendall had five top-five finishes and won three poles in seven Camel GT events this season.

He also finished fifth and seventh in two IROC (International Race of Champions) races. His best GT finish was second at Miami and he Florida State League Krause. Designated hitter Steve Fanning gave St. Petersburg its first run when he led off the top of the fourth with a home run, his first of the season. West Palm Beach scored its first two runs in the bottom of the first.

Mayo led off with a double, Barry followed with a bunt single and McDonald's sacrifice fly scored Mayo. Barry advanced to second on a fielder's choice and scored on Lake's double. WPB 6, St. Pete 1 ST. PETERSBURG art Beanblossm 2b 4 WEST PALM BEACH bl bl 2 0 0 OMayocf 2 I Barry rf 0 0 McDonald 3b 1 0 Bargas lb 1 OLakedh I 0 Krause ss 0 0 Woods If 0 0 Ramirez 2b 1 0 Cramer 6 1 Totals Fanning dh Thomas It Ellis Hamlin lb Lewis rf Ochs 3b Herrera cf Cromer ss Total! St.

Petersburg WP Beach 000 200 100 000 1 130 00 6 DP West Palm Beach 2. LOB St. Petersburg 4, West Palm Beach 5. 2B Lewis, Mayo, Lake, McDonald. 3B Krause.

HR Fanning. SF McDonald. IP ER BB SO St. Petersburg Green L.4-6 4 6 5 5 1 I Smith 2 3 2 2 0 3 Gorton 2 0 0 0 1 1 West Palm Beach Logan 5-6 8 5 1 1 Kilgo I I 0 0 1 0 HBP By Green (Cramer). 2:15.

A 5,532. Clearwater 6, St. Lucie 1 PORT ST. LUCIE Donnie Elliott (3-1) pitched 6V3 innings to lead the Phillies (5-6) over the Mets (6-3) at Thomas J. White Stadium.

Elliot gave up one run on six hits. He struck out six and walked two. Clearwater 6, St. Lucie 1 CLEARWATER Neitzel 2b Paulsen ss Lockett lb Taylor rf Nunevlller If Brady 3b Hyde dh Ventress cf Agostinelli Totals ST. LUCIE ab I bl 4 0 11 Saunders 2b 5 0 0 ODiazss 4 0 0 0 Fordyce 4 I I 0 Morhsette 3b 5 2 11 Pride cf 3 2 2 1 Thomas If 3 I 2 2Hofmerdh 3 0 1 0 Harris lb 3 0 11 Cameron rf 34 8 9 8 Totals 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 110 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 11 Clearwater St.

Lucie 001 203 000 8 000 000 100 1 Morhsette, Cameron. DP Clearwater St. Lucie I. LOB Clearwater 8, St. Lucie 6.

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A 6,230. miss game Smith of St. Louis at shortstop; and Chris Sabo of Cincinnati at third. The starting NL outfield is Dar-ryl Strawberry of Los Angeles, Andre Dawson of Chicago and Tony Gwynn of San Diego. Gwynn leads the majors with a .359 average.

Strawberry, however, has said he will not be going to the All-Star game in order to rest his injured left shoulder. He led all NL outfielders with 1,393,009 votes followed by Gwynn's 1,381,602. San Diego's Benito Santiago was selected as the NL starting catcher for the second straight season with 1,751,399 votes. He was unable to play in last year's game at Wrigley Field because of an arm injury. The 62nd All-Star Game is scheduled for Tuesday night at Toronto's SkyDome.

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UW ill thOWfl nV dlfttf fTOtTl KtU ffOdUCt NoUOtpOntlbW (Of tpogriphtCll Of tOf. By JOE BONIKOWSKI Palm Beach Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH Pitching and defense carried the West Palm Beach Expos through the first-half of the Florida State League season. "Wednesday night, the Expos added a revived offense to beat the Stc Petersburg Cardinals 6-1 in front of 5,532 at Municipal The St. Lucie Mets' 6-1 loss to Clearwater moves the Expos into a first-place tie with St. Lucie in the East Division.

TThird baseman Chad McDonald drove in three runs with a sacrifice fly and a two-run double, and designated hitter Ken Lake had two hits and two RBI. lot of things that we hadn't been doing lately came back to us," Expos manager Felipe Alou said. "We've been working on a lot of areas, and we're starting to gather the fruits of a more mature club. "It usually is tough for us to play in front of big crowds, but everyone here was great tonight." "The crowd, which watched a postgame fireworks display, also was to a solid pitching performance by right-hander Joe Logan (5-6), who broke his four-game losing streak and, aside from one inning in Saturday's FSL All-Star; game, hadn't pitched since Jane, 17. He struck out five, walked one and allowed five hits and one run over eight innings.

"I don't feel like I did anything different tonight," Logan said. "I was a little behind in the beginning, and I was a little rusty by not being out there in so long." "We had some big hits, especial-lyjor extra bases," Alou said. "But we got some good pitching by Logan, too. When we got the first two rurjXin the bottom of the first), I knew it would be tough to beat him.r lWest Palm Beach added a run in the fourth and gave Logan a five-run lead with a three-run fifth. Catcher Bill Cramer led off and was I hit by a Daryl Green (4-6) pitch- Todd Mayo's single sent Cramer to second and brought on reliever Mark Smith.

Right fielder Jeff Barry singled to load the bases. McDonald doubled to score Cramer and Mayo and one out later; Lake singled to score Barry. "IThe Expos scored a run in the fourth inning when Lake, who had reached on a fielder's choice, scored on a triple by shortstop Ron Strawberry to STARTERSfrom 1C injury. He's hitting .205 with no homers and four RBI in 34 games for the Cleveland Indians. Sandy Jr.

earned a $15,000 bonus for the selection. "He's been hurt a lot this season, but a lot of the times the fans know best what a player can do," Roberto said. "They know when he's he's one of the best." Sandy Jr. beat out Carlton Fisk 61 the Chicago White Sox at catcher Yflth 1,367,734 votes to 998,340. The rest of the AL infield has Mark McGwire of Oakland at first base; Cal Ripken of Baltimore at Shortstop; and Wade Boggs of Bos-tpn at third.

"The AL starting outfield is Griffey Rickey Henderson of Oakland and teammate Dave The NL starting infield has Will Clark of San Francisco at first Sandberg at second; Ozzie.