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June 25, 1989 Dayton Pally Nw ALL STEEL Chassis wiz works his magic for Schrader BUILDINGS WCDGCOt. Big Discounts On Special Sizes Industrial Shop Storage 30' -40' 50' -60' By Leal Seattle STAFF SPORTS WRITER BROOKLYN, Mich. Ken Schrader gives a lot of credit for his race team's recent success to a guy named "Suitcase Jake." That's Jake Elder, a chassis wizard who's made a career out of bouncing from team to wiatns djn iniiin.il Call Today! Limited Time Offer! 885-5121 or 278-001 9 team. "He's made a lot of difference," Schrader said after capturing the pole posi Diesel Engine 1 Rusty Wallace and Darrell Waltrip, who rank second and third in the point standings, will start ninth and 14th. By claiming the pole, Schrader earned a crack at the Unocal 76 Challenge bonus.

That prize, auto racing's version of golf's "Skins Game," is now worth $91,200. If Schrader wins today, he stands to collect about $155,000, including first-place money of approximately $65,000. But he insisted the financial incentives won't affect his driving style. "I ran a one-fifth-mile dirt race Thursday night that paid $500 to win, and I drove my butt off," Schrader said. "The bonus is neat, but you've got to run hard anyway, just to keep from getting lapped." While Schrader has just one career win in Winston Cup competition, a trip to Victory Lane would be nothing new to "Suitcase Jake." Elder's skill at preparing cars has helped such drivers as David Pearson, Benny Parsons, Morgan Shepherd, Bobby Allison, Dick Hut-cherson, Mario Andretti, Earnhardt and Waltrip to wins.

"Kenny (Schrader) is an easy driver to work with maybe a little too easy," Elder said. "I've got to get a little fire under him, like Dale Earnhardt has." BCar owner Junie Donlavey announced that Stan Barrett will drive his car in next weekend's Firecracker 400 at Daytona Beach, with actors Paul Newman and Burt Reynolds providing sponsorship. Barrett, 46, is a Hollywood stunt man who drove on the Winston Cup circuit briefly in the early '80s. BGreg Sacks, replaced as driver by Jimmy Spencer in Buddy Baker's car last month, showed up at MIS in Ohioan Tom Winkle's car. He'll start 21st after qualifying at 171.645 mph.

Elder, who's served as crew chief for 13 different drivers this decade, was employed by Buddy Baker's team earlier this season. But last month, Elder packed his suitcase and moved down the road to Hendrick's racing complex in Charlotte, N.C. In the three oval-track races run since then, Schrader has finished third, third and fourth. On Saturday, he was among 1 1 drivers who eclipsed the old Miller 400 qualifying record, averaging 174.728 mph in his Chevrolet Lumi-na on one lap around the two-mile track. The old mark was 172.687, set by Bill Elliott a year ago.

On this hot, humid day, the Ford-driving Elliott had to settle for the other front-row spot with a lap of 174.516 mph. Alan Kulwicki (174.495) and Mark Martin (173.846) earned the second-row positions, followed by Geoff Bodine (173.515) and Winston Cup series point leader Dale Earnhardt (173.490). tion for today's Miller 400 at Michigan International Speedway. "Dennis Connor is still Specialists -k Injection Pomp Rebuilding Complete Machine Shop Engine Parts Stan Bay Sons 5368 Hillgrov So. Rd.

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Raymond, again plagued by engine problems, failed to make the 40-car lineup for today's Miller 400 NASCAR Winston Cup stock car race. Then he confirmed that he has split with LC Racing, the Georgia-based team for whom he drove in this year's Daytona 500. "I'm feeling pretty low. This is right next to retirement," Raymond said. "But I'm not giving up.

I'll race something. It might be go-karts, but I'll race something." Earlier in the week, Raymond said his deal with LC Racing was at a standstill. "I haven't quit and they haven't fired me," he said then. But the team owned by Lucky Compton arrived at MIS with Ronnie Thomas as driver. Thomas earned the 24th starting position at 171.156 mph.

"They thought I should've won the Winston Open (at Charlotte last month)," Raymond said, "so they're going with Ronnie." Raymond was entered here in a car owned by Jim Coyle of Newark. A cracked piston forced the team to bypass the initial qualifying session while a different engine was being installed. Without any additional practice time, Raymond then posted a speed of 165.677 mph during the second round of time trials. That was 1 mph slower than No. 40 qualifier H.

B. Bailey (167.034). "We just didn't get dialed in," Raymond said. "We should've changed gears. I had the gear in for the other motor, which was probably 40 to 50 horsepower stronger.

"It just fell flat in the corners. I should've known to change gears, but hindsight is always 20-20." It was an old story for car owner Jim Coyle, who said his team has suffered five engine failures in six trips to MIS. Coyle said he would stick with Raymond. Their next Winston Cup outing will probably be the second race at Michigan in August. Fabi overtakes Fittipaldi for Portland pole PORTLAND, Ore.

(AP) Teo Fabi drove a Porsche-powered March to a track record and the pole position for today's Joe's 200 Indy-car race at Portland International Raceway. The 34-year-old Italian earned the seventh pole of his Indy-car career, his first since 1983. He turned a fast lap of 57.634 seconds, 120.054 mph in Saturday's qualifying session on the I. 922-mile, nine-turn road circuit. Provisional pole winner Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil had problems with the fuel pump on his Penske PC 18-Chevrolet and failed to improve on his Friday lap of 57.884, 1 19.536.

Fabi was third after provisional qualifying. His quick lap on the sunbaked slippery course gave the Quaker State-Porsche Indy-car team its biggest success since it entered the CART-PPG series 22 races ago, late in the 1987 season. "When I joined Porsche I expected to be successful a lot earlier," said Fabia, who made the move at the beginning of the 1988 season. He left the Indy-car series in 1985 and ran in Formula One for several years. "We still have a long way to go to be the best team in the series, but now we have some reward." The pole win by the March-Porsche broke a string of 16 straight pole victories for Chevrolet-powered cars.

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