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2C FLORIDA TODAY. Monday. February 17, 1986 1 lf 3 hi it iZ odine wins duel Tharpe sts Citadel assist records aytona 500 crown Jimmy Tharpe of Winter Park, Rinaldi advances BODINE, From 1C son of Titusville High boys basket was won by Georgia Allen of El-wood, Ind. Floridians serve on ISHOF committee ball coach Danny Tharpe, set single-season and career assist T7 FR0L1 SPORTS FRONT PAGE records recently at The Citadel, where he is a senior. In setting the new marks, Frank Dempsey of Boca Ra- ton.

William Prew of Delrav I Tharpe took his coach, Randy to a dead stop on the 197th lap, Bodine cruised across the finish line as Labonte moved into Turn 4. Darrell Waltrip finished third, while Bobby Hillin was fourth, Benny Parsons fifth, Ron Bouchard sixth, Bartow's Rick Wilson seventh, Rusty Wallace eighth, Sterlin Marlin ninth and Lake Speed 10th. Nesbit, out of the record books. In a game against Western Carolina, Tharpe broke Nesbit's single-sea ine drove a steady line and still finished with less than a gallon of fuel. "Shoot, that's enough for another lap," Bodine said.

son mark of 120 set in 1978-79 and career of 324 from 1977-80. Bobby Allison was the first Jimmy's father was a four- driver to leave the race. He ran as high as second, but his engine .,,4 Ky 'JT- L-. vS- sport star at Western Carolina from 1960-64 and still ranks seventh on the Catamounts' all-time scor caved in with laps gone. ing list.

Then Richard Petty crashed on lap 51. He was sent to a nearby Brown ninth in hosjmal with a dislocated shoulder and later released. Bahamas road race Also gone were A.J. Foyt and Barry Brown of Gainesville defending Firecracker 400 champion Greg Sacks. won the men masters division and placed ninth overall in the There were eight caution peri Beach, James Stocker of Orlando and Richard Toplin of Fort Lauderdale, all vice "presidents, will serve on the executive committee of the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale for the coming year.

Alice Kempthome and Reed Ringel, both of Fort Lauderdale, will serve as secretary and treasurer, respectively. At the Hall of Fame's recent annual board meeting, Bill Hunter became ISHOF's new executive director, replacing Buck Dawson, who served as executive director since the Hall's inception in 1965. Dawson will serve as executive director emeritus. Humter's top priority at the hall is the building addition. "A hall of fame for swimming is different than other sports," he said.

"Football has just one discipline football. Swimming, on the other hand, includes diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and the swimming pool industry, to name a few. With all of these new disciplines and new honorees, we have run out of space." Kicking off the 1986 fund-raising campaign will be a tribute to "Big Mac" McNeme, a member of the pool and spa industry for the past 40 years. Bahamas Princess 10-kilometer road race Saturday in Freeport. ods that covered 46 laps.

The average speed was a victim to the Earnhardt finished 14th and won $61,655. The big names that were expected to provide a national CBS audience a thrilling show were helpless against mechanical and driving misfortunes. One by one, they dropped until a 10-car crash on the 116th lap turned the race from an all-star show into a two-car sprint. In one bizzare moment in Turn 4, the field was cleaned of Top 10 contenders like Cale Yarborough, Elliott and Tommy Ellis. Also gone were Neil Bonnett, Harry Gant and Joe Ruttman.

Cars driven by Phil Parsons, Lake Speed, Kyle Petty and Buddy Baker were damaged, but continued in the race after repairs. Elliott and Ellis finally got fixed, but were relegated to being back markers during the final 100 miles. Ahead of the spinning confu problems, falling to 148.124 mph the ninth lowest in 28 years. But Bodine and Earnhardt could fly between the wrecks and smoking malfunctions. Earnhardt already had a win in the Busch Clash last week, the 125-mile qua! ifying race on Thursday and the Goody's 300 for Grand National FOREHAND RETURN No.

9 seed Kathy Rinaldi, of Martin Downs, defeated Anna Ivan Sunday in the fourth round of the Lipton International Players Championship. Story, 3C. Another Floridian, 84-year-old Ruth Rothfarb of Miami, who started her running career at age 72, was the oldest finisher. Markus Ryffel of Switzerland, a silver medal winner at the 1984 Olympics, successfully defended his title in the 10-kilometer road race. Ryffel led a pack of 200 runners through the streets of the Bahamia section in 29 minutes, 42 seconds.

The 31-year-old Swiss was runner-up in the race at the Los Angeles Games. Mark Nenow, of Lexington, owner of the world best at 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), finished second Saturday in 29:46.7, while cars Saturday. Bodine was second in qualifying, second to Earnhardt in the 125-mile qualifier and second in the Goody's 300. "His car pushed my car hard in the draft," Bodine said. "When I went high in the corners, he'd get 37-year-old Thomas Wessinghage of West Germany was third in 29:53.2.

Grete Waitz of Norway also defended her women's title, finishing in 33:29.5. She was 10th overall Ellen Wessinghage, Thomas' wife, finished second among the women, in 34:14. Cindy Welte of Lorain, Ohio, was third in 35:41. The masters women's division up underneath and push the air to spin me out. I did it to him Compiled by Barbau Cay wood "I think I had him," Earn hardt said.

"But he could have gotten back by me. I would have tried to get my him earlier, but I was conserving my fuel." The new body style of the General Motors cars celebrated a royal return to racing superiority on the super speedways. All Top 10 cars four Chevys, three Olds and three Pontiacs were GM products. Ford-powered cars won 13 super speedway events last year. sion powered Bodine and Earnhardt i- two of the strongest drivers here all week.

"He (Earnhardt) did some things to make my day miserable," said Bodine, winner of only three NASCAR races before Sunday's effort. "We've had our scrapes and bumps. He's done some things we haven't liked, but when you run up front with Dale Earnhardt, you leam to expect those things. "I'm not going to say what my strategy would have been on the last lap because I may need it again someday." Bodine took control of the race on lap 166 and never trailed. But Earnhardt provided made-for-TV dramatics by overcoming a terrible late pit stop under the green and erasing a five second Bodine lead.

Bodine held a 200-yard cushion with 32 laps left. Nine laps later, Earnhardt was rubbing bumpers. "It was disappointing," Earnhardt said. "I think we had as good a chance as Geoff. I thought we could stretch the gas, but we didn't." Earnhardt's come-from-behind charge was costly.

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