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Friday, May 24, 1 996. THE DAILY LEDGER Page B3 rr a trpaldi md Al Unser Jr. They'll be- month. "It's nice to be the fastest every day. It gives the team a lot of confidence.

It gives me a lot of confi Carburetion Day cut short rain INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Arte Luyendykliolds nearly every record for; speed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and he's delighted being considered the favorite to win Sunday's Indianapolis 500. f'lt's good to be in this situation. It's a situation that I wanted to be in whn I signed up with Treadway Rating. We Wanted to win the Indi-anipolis 500 this year," he said Thursday. Luyendyk's winning speed of 18J.981 rriph in 1990 remains the fastest of the 79 previous Indy 500s.

This month, he, drove the; fastest unofficial lap Of 239.260 mph in practice and then set official one- and four-lap qualifying records of 237.498 and 236.984. frhe Netherlands-bom driver, who now resides in Scottsdale, has recorded the day's fastest speed on eight of the 13 days of practice this add 25 minutes of track time late is the afternoon, but only eight drivers took advantage of the surprise session. "Today was pretty much a mean-ingless day for our team," said Luyendyk, the only former winner in the field. "I never really did a (fast) lap. I started a lap, and the second lap there was a yellow.

That happened to me twice and we didn't want to run more than 10 laps today, so we just parked it" Luyendyk's top speed Thursday was 228.300. The fastest lap Thursday was 231.372 by rookie pole-sitter Tony Stewart Eddie Cheever, one -of his Menaid teammates, was second at 230.621. "Team Menard is going to be a factor. You can't entirely count them out. There is a lot of experience o'n team," Luyendyk, said when asked about drivers who have the best chance to challenge him.

"There' going to be a lot of competition. There is a lot of quality in this field. I think this race is going to surprise a lot of people as far as how competitive and interesting it is going tobe." dence," said Luyendyk, whose only disappointment this month came on the opening day of time trials when he had to switch to a backup car because of engine problems and apparently qualified for the middle of the front row. That run was then disallowed when Luyendyk's car came up seven pounds underweight in a technical inspection. As a result, he had to requalify the next day and will be starting in the middle of die seventh only thing Luyendyk gained by have to requalify was that he was able to climb back into the car he preferred and was able to set the qualifying records.

5 "I guess we aire the favorites. It's a nice place to be," Luyendyk said. "Still we have to stay on things and not get complacent and make mistakes like we did on pole day." And the disappointment of that day could wind up being an asset "It kind of brought the team i Asociated Press Arte Luyendyk is the only former winner among the starters for Sunday's Indianapolis 500. The final practice before the race was cut short by rain Thursday as the traditional Carburetion Day lasted just 57 minutes only 23. under a green flag.

Officials later decided to Basal skull fracture lulled Brayton jfones makes fast flush. Brayton was buried in bis hometown of Coldwater, on Wednesday. ad WMHiWTrtMiW driving in the inaugural VS. 500. the race scheduled in Brooklyn, MictL, to compete with the IRL's Indy 500.

"It (a victory) will mean me same for me. I dunk we're going to see a good race on Sunday, and I think a lot of people will witness it," he said. "I've been competitive ever since I got the right equipment to be competitive and, without bragging, I don't care who would be here anyway. "I stili think I would be where am now. It's really more unfortunate, for them that they wouldn't be able to finish second behind me." As for race strategy, Luyendyk said, "It's not going to be very difficult to pass a lot of people, but I don't think that will happen until the second or third lap.

You let everybody kind of fan out and find a position on the race track. "When three guys are entering turn oneI'm not going to be number four on the outside. We'll have to bide our time and make each pass a clean one, and do a lot of thinking, not just for myself, but for the guys I'm going to pass." i Paul Hennessy, Frank Rafferty and Jim Copeland. Guerrero's crew of Doug Barnes, Kevin Conley, Bob Grubbs.s.Mikei Barnes; John Sumhef Tuhd Tirrf Kelly; earned $10,000 for second place. stop INDIANAPOLIS (AP) An autopsy showed Indianapolis 500 pole-winner Scott Brayton died of a basal skull fracture, Speedway medical director Dr.

Henry Bock said. Brayton was killed during practice last Friday. Bock did not elaborate on the injury Thursday, and the Marion County coroner's office, which conducted the autopsy was closed. Bock's one-sentence statement on the cause of Brayton' death was based on information from chief deputy coroner Robert L. Ward.

Bock said Ward indicated the full autopsy report would be released at a later time. Brayton, 37, who had started 14 previous Indy 500s and captured the pole position in 1995 and 1996, died about a half-hour after his crash! The accident occurred when his right rear tire went flat in turn two, sending the car spinning the wall more than 230 mph. The left side of the car hit the wall MDCA6I laUlfNUIMCMCnB mi ovist M-n puma Ma IttitMilMiW-TiW TWISTM fis thtMitMrM-TilS-tiSS ISSIOMIMPOMIILlDTSOItW mi Ii1S4iW-Ti1Mi HeBmnnSSii into mmsiiLi pn t2i1H44i1-Ti3HMa mhmaSmn TWBTiR 1J4iW-TiH-ti meawT tditi aion ears ro PRIIU1HAB jWIWtr1M MMiM liaMiM MVirs MHMiRS I 1W4iW4iWi INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The crev of Indianapolis 500 front-row starter Davy Jones won the annual pit stop contest and a $35,000 first prize on Thursday. The crew changed all four tires and made a simulated refueling in 14.176 beating the 16.386-second stop for the crew of Roberto Guerrero. The record is 11.742 seconds by Danny Sullivan's crew in 1985.

"It's for the crew. They deserve it," Jones said of the $35,000 payoff. "It was just up to me to get the car in and out as quick as possible. I hope it's 'a good omen for Sunday!" Jones will start the race Sunday from the middle of the first row. Last Associated Press Davy Jones drives out of the pit area as his crew wins the annual pit stop competition held on Carburetion Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Gle Racing famlHea support network. Pag A5. 500 Festifal Fun. Psg AS. together more and made them a stronger team," he said.

Coming to Indy fresh from a victory in "the second Indy Racing League event at Phoenix provided momentum heading into May. "Winning Indy," that's- our goal Along the way it was great to win Phoenix, but our main goal has been to win the Indianapolis 500. So far, I think we're ready for it" Luyendyk discounts talk that the winner of Sunday's race will have his accomplishment lessened by the absence of drivers like Michael Andretti, Bobby Rahal, Emerson Fit- V1 1 A. pole-starter Tony Stewart, whose crew was disqualified for having equipment outside the designated area. Mitch Davis is Jones' crew chief.

Other members of the winning crew are Kurt Huntoon, John Stanchina, 1st Jhit East Division Atlanta Montreal Florida Philadelphia New York Central Division Houston Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh West Division San Diego San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado 30 29 24 22 19 22 21 20 18 18 29 24 24 22 16 18 24 23 26 26 26 26 24 28 18 21 24 22 Pet .652 .617 .500 .489 .422 Pet .458 .447 .435 .429 .391 Pet .617 .533 .500 .500 GB 1 7 7'4 10 GB 1 1 1 3 GB 4' S'4 5'4 Friday's Game Atlanta (Smoltz 9-1) at Pittsburgh (Darwin 2- 4) 6:05 p.m. St Louis (Morgan 0-0) at Florida (Burkett 3- 5) 6:05 p.m. San Diego (Valenzuela 2-2) at New York (Isringhausen 2-5), 6:40 p.m. Los Angeles (Astacio 3-3) at Montreal (Uitrina 2-0), 6:35 p.m.

Chicago (Trachsel 3-3) at Houston (Wall 1-0), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Schourek 4-3) at Colorado (Thompson 3-3), 8:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Schilling 1-6) at San Francisco (Watson 5-3), 9:05 p.m. second Kansas City player to do it in two days, and Craig Paquette and Sal Fasano hit solo homers as the Royals won their fourth straight Blue Jays 5, Twins 4 At Toronto, pinch hitter Charlie O'Brien singled home the winning run in the 10th inning as the Blue Jays snapped a three-game losing streak. Reds 7, Rockies 5 Chris Sabo's pinch-hit single tied the game 5-5, and Cincinnati went ahead on Thomas Howard's bases-loaded walk three batters later.

Padres 7, Phillies 5 At San Diego, Steve Finley capped his first career 5-for-5 game with a two-run homer in the' eighthg. Finley's home run gave the Padres a 6-5 lead. Eastern Division Pet GB Buffalo (Indians) 29 12 .707 Indianapolis (Reds) 24 21 .533 7 Nashville (WSox) 18 25 .419 12 Louisville (Cards) 15 27 .357 14'4 Western Division New Oneans(Breweni) 26 23 .531 Iowa (Cubs) 24 22 .522 '4 Omaha (Royals) 22 23 .489 2 Okla. City(Ranoera) 21 26 .446 4 Friday's Games Oklahoma City at Louisville Buffalo at Iowa Nashville at Omaha Indianapolis at New Orleans Casey Goodman will fly round trip to Washington, D.C. courtesy of US Air to represent Marion and Hamilton counties in the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee on May 29-May 31.

As regional champion she was awarded the all-expense paid trip. Prizes from Merriam Webster and Franklin year's pit stop winner, Jacques Vil- leneuve, went on to win the race. Jones reached the final round of the pit contest with a semifinal victory over Eddie Cheever. Guerrero advanced with a victory over rookie 7 East Division Pet GB New York 26 17 .605 Baltimore 25 19 .568 1V Toronto 21 25 .457 6'4 Boston 18 26 .409 8 Detroit 12 35 255 16 Central Division Pet GB Cleveland 30 14 .682 Chicago 26 18 .591 4 Milwaukee 22 22 .500 8 Kansas City 22 26 .458 10 Minnesota 19 26 .422 114 West Division Pet GB Texas 28 -18 .609 Seattle 24 21 .533 3'4 California 21 24 .467 6'4 Oakland 21 24 .467 6V Friday' Games Cleveland (Anderson 0-1) at Detroit (Gohr 2-6), 6:05 p.m. Oakland (Wengert 1-2) at Baltimore (Mussina 7-2), 6:35 p.m.

Minnesota (Robertson 0-7) at Toronto (Hanson 5-5), 6:35 p.m. Milwaukee (Sparks 3-4) at Chicago (Magrane 1-0), 7:05 p.m. Texas (Witt 4-3) at Kansas City (Gubicza 3-6), Boston (Sele 2-3) at California (Finley 5-2), 9:05 p.m. New York (Kamieniecki 1-1) at Seattle (Hitchcock 3-2). 9:05 p.m.

Indians 5, Brewers 1 Orel Hershiser rebounded from his poorest outing of the season with his first win since May 2. Hershiser (4-3), tagged for seven runs and eight hits in three innings last Friday against Texas, held the Brewers to seven hits in seven innings. Yankees 4, Athletics 3 At New York, Wade Boggs hit a tiebreaking Single in the eighth inning for the Yankees. Ruben Rivera, who earlier hit a two-run double for his first major league hit was hit by a pitch from Billy Taylor (1-1) with two outs in the eighth. Derek Jeter bunted for a single and Boggs singled.

Royals 4, Rangers 2 David Howard stole home, the sinks Tribe In the third inning, Belk drilled a three-run homer off Zephyrs starter Byron Browne to give the Indians a 4-1 lead, Indianapolis scored again in the fourth on a solo home run by right fielder Chad Mottola. The Zephyrs scored three runs in the fifth before left fielder Kenny Felder drove a solo homer to left center field in the sixth inning and Unroe cracked an RBI double to give New Orleans the win. records Electronic Publishers were awarded to Casey, Kelly Youck of Northview Middle School and Scott Ferguson of Craig Middle School. Casey, an eighth grader from Creston Middle School Associated Press Roger Clemens stepped to the plate wearing Mo Vaughn's forearm pad and Kevin Mitchell's shinguard. Bill Haselman's bat for his firt career regular-season at-bat swing and a single later, the best pitcher in Boston history had a higher career average, than Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski and Jim Rice combined.

Clemens got his first major-league hit off hard-throwing Norm Charlton and pitched his second complete gajne of the season Thursday night leading the Red Sox to an 11-4 win over the Seattle Mariners. vl wasn't scared," Clemens said. "I just told them to give me all that hotkey equipment" After breaking his bat fouling off a pitch, Clemens grounded a single through Charlton's legs to become the first Boston pitcher to get a hit sirjee Luis Tiant on Oct 3, 1972, the lasVyear before the designated hitter was used. i "Once I got down to first base I was like a fish out of water. I had no idea what to do," said the three-time Cy Young Award winner, who was forced out at second base.

Clemens placed Hasselman's bat ori the top shelf of his locker after the game. "He can keep it" said Haselman, who struck out with it in the eighth. "At least somebody got a hit with Clemens went 0-for-4 but scored a run in the 1986 World Series against the New York Mets. i Troy O'Leary homered and drove inlfour runs, and John Valentin, Jose Cinseco and Tim Naehring all homered for Boston. jKen Griffey Jr.

hit his 1 2th homer, a solo shot for Seattle, iinch double $JEW ORLEANS (AP) New Orleans pinch hitter Tim Unroe hit an RBI double in the sixth inning Thursday to lead the Zephyrs to a 6-5 victory over Indianapolis in the American Association. Indianapolis took a 1-0 lead on first baSeman Tun Belk's sacrifice fly to center field in the first inning. New Orleans center fielder Kevin Koslofski smacked a solo homer in the bottom half the inning to tie the game 1-1. will compete winners from the -United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Japan, the Virgin Islands and Saudi Arabia. Meroain VVVbstcrs Pi'- with 247 regional Sponsored this year by -J USAir USAir begins with you NEWSPAPERS S- Indianapolis Rotary Club rtSlo Lilly Endowment, Inc..