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B8 GETTYSBURG TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 30,1998 I I I On TV Tones Eastern Winston Cup Qualifying 530 p-m. Friday ESPN2 NASCAR 50th Anniversary Gala 7 Saturday TNN Winston Cup, California 500 330 pjn. Sunday ESPN ruiaii auuiutnto WINSTON CUP 1 Rust-, Wafece 1 353 2. Jerar-y 3- Terry 1 .256 4. Date Jane-.

1.255 S. Jefl Gordon, 1.245 S.UaiKMaiin.1 7 Bobby LaDwse. 1.120 asaEioa, Lies 9 Date EamhanS. 1.085 10 Jmry 1.0"3 BUSCH 1243 2 3 Ear-mars Jr 4 ESoe Sase-. 132 -toss 1 130 5 --ef'se Saser OS4 7 T.CSG DtcsT-crue.

1.Q71 9 Jason ess' 1 CM! 10 MiAeO-Jon '033 TRUCK i 660 2 3gr Hof-taciay 652 3 Oay SSS Joe Rier-an. 55! 5 PJSX Cares. 55' 7 or-, 496 8 C-awteRj 9 B-yan 4S2. 10 Boo Kesefcwsk. 479 THE WINSTON CUP SERIES COMiNG UP: CALIFORNIA 500 WHERE: California Speedway, Fontana WHEN: Sunday, May3 DEFENDING CHAUPION: Jeff Gordon EVENT QUALIFYING RECORD: Greg Sacks, Chevy, 183.753 mph, June 21, 1997.

RACE RECORD: Jeff Gordon, Chevy. 155.012 mph, June 22, 1997. OTHER FORMER WINNERS: The 1997 California 500 was the first NASCAR event at the two-mile, D-shaped track. NOTABLE: Last year's inaugural race saw Chevrolet Monte Carlos finish first ALMOST HOME COOKING Where is the average pizza topped with ham, chicken and bteu-cheese dressing? Why in southern California, of course, where mellow is a way of Me. LA.

cuisine is innovative and appalling to traditionalists. A hint This is not the piace to order chicken fried steak. Gordon and second with Gordon and Terry Labonte, white Ford drivers Ricky Rudd, Ted Musgrave and Jimmy Spencer completed the rest of the top five The track qualifying record was set by Sacks in the second round. Joe Nemechek started the race on the pole. T.

Labonte Rudd BUSCH GRAND NATIONAL DIVISION After taking a week off, action resumes with the New Hampshire 200 at Loudon on May 9. CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES After a week off, the next race is the NAPA Card 200 at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, on May 9. PRORIE Randy LaJoie flffiE FROM LAST WEEK WINSTON CUP SERIES Bobby Labonte ised drafting help from Jimmy Spencer to pass brotner Terry with two laps to go in the DieHard 500 Talladega Superspeedway. Labonte has already exceeded his victory total of each of the past two having won earlier this season at Atlanta. BUSCH GRAND NATIONAL Joe NemecheK steered clear of several multi-car crashes to take the Touchstone Energy 300, Tal'acega's annua! 6GN event Like Labonte, Nemechek started on the poie.

CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES Stacy Compton, an unheralded young driver from Virginia, pulled cff an astonishing upset in the truck stop at Portland (Ore) Speedway TOP TEN Weekly rankings by NASCAR This Week writer Mcnte Dutlon. Last week's ranking is in parentheses S.Terry Labonte (5) Beaten by baby bro 7. Jeremy Mayfield (7) Still second in points 8. Dale Earnhardt (10) Taken out at Talladega 9. Jimmy Spencer (NR) Rne performance 10.

Jeff Burton (6) 1. Jeff Gordon (1) No friends in the draft 2. Bobby Labonte (9) Won from the pole 3. Mark Martin (2) Third two-win man 4. Rusty Wallace (3) His day will come 5.

Dale Jarrett (4) Third in last two Engine went sour OK THE SCHEDULE John CfelMJASCAH Ths Week Randy LaJoie, center, is filling in for Ricky Craven on the Winston Cup Series. Date May3 MaylS May 24 May 31 Junes June 14 June 21 June 28 July 4 July 12 Jury 25 Aug 1 Aug 9 Aug 16 Aug. 22 Aug 30 SeptS Sept 12 Sept 20 Sept 27 OCL4 Oct 11 OCL25 Nt, 1 Nc .8 Race CaHcrma 500. FcnSna CaM The Winston Coca-Cote 600, Concert), MJlerSOO, Dover. Dei Pontac 400.

Richmond Va. MU'er 400, BrooKlyn. Mich Pocono 500. Lcrg Pond, Pa. Save Mart 300, Sonoma.

CaK Peps 400. Daytona Beach. Ra. Jiffy Lube 3OO, Loudon. H.

Pennsylvania 500 Long Pond Pa Brickyard 4OO Ind Bud at the Glen, Waftms Glen. DeVBbiss 400. Bnxxtyn. Sficn Goody's 500. Bnstci.

Tenn. CUT 300. Loudon Nh Southern 50O. Darimgtop. Bode 40O.

RKhmcnd. Va. MBNA 400. DOJST. Del Hanes 300.

Martmsviile. Va. UAW-GM5OO Concord, NC Winsion 500. TaUacfega, Ala. Dura-txoe 500.

Avondaie, Are. AC-Defco 400. Roctangham. NAPA 500 Concord, 1997 Winner Gordon Gordon Gordon Rudd Wallace Gordon Martin Andred Bu-on Jsrret! Rudd Gordon Marfcn Jarrec Gordon Gordon Jarrett Marfcn Bu'ton Jarrett Labor.te Jarrett harn-ttcn Labonte Poie NemecheK BBott J. Gordon Labonte Labonte Jarrett HamSton Martm SKmner Scnrader Nernechek Srvan T.SooTre Benson Wallace Schractef Labcnte Marfcn Burton G.

3oo3Pe Irvsn Hamilton Labonte Bodine event By Monte Duttori NASCAR Tnis Week It has become a rather strange year for two-time Busch Grand National champion Randy LaJoie, On the one hand, LaJoie has slumped so far in his bid to win the BGN title for the third year in a row. On the other, he has been filling in quite creditably for injured Ricky Craven in the Winston Cup Senes. LaJoie finished fifth at then followed that up with a 10th Sunday at Taiiadega. AGE: 36 WiFE: Lisa CHILDREN: Cory (6), Casey (3). CAR: Busch Grand National No.

74 Fina Chevrolet, owned by Bill Baumgardner; Winston Cup No. 50 Sudweiser Chevrolet, owned by "Papa Joe" Hendrick. CAREER RECORD: Winston Cup 32 starts, 0 wins, 0 poles, 1 top-five finish, 3 top 10s, career earnings of more than S500.00C. FIRSTS (WiNSTON CUP): Start (March 17, 1985, at Atlanta), pole (none), win (none). WHAT DOES YOUR PERFORMANCE AS RICKY CRAVEN'S SUBSTITUTE DO FOR YOUR CAREER? That 1 hard to say, and I don't really think about it a lot.

The last two weeks the Budweiser team has done a wonderful job. I'm j'ust filling in." 1 ARE YOU SURPRISED AT HOW WELL YOU ARE DOING? "If you're filling in, you're supposed to do a good job. This is Ricky Craven's car. His name is stii! on it. I'm over 50 percent for top 10s in my Busch career.

There's no good reason why you can't do that in Winston Cup, too, if you've got a good race team. Hendrick Motorsports obviously has a good race team. This whole team is great I can't say enough for these guys. What they have available to them is just awesome, i'm honored to be driving this thing for them. It won't hurt my feelings if I win a race for them along the way.

It ain't we're not trying." FEUD OF TOE WEEK Dale Earnhardt vs. Taiiadega Superspeedway ft was a mistake by Vv'srrj Button that touched on a 20- car catastroprte in the DieHard 500, but EamharcS passed up a chance to lam- bast Burton. Tne real cuiprit, Earnhardt said, was restrictor- pfete racing on the woncfs fastest dossti circuit "We cant keep racing Eke this, run- ning over each other like this," sac Esmharot NASCAR This Week writer Monte Dutlon gives his opinion: "Earnhardt is absolutely right, and it's not like ns lacks standing. He has won eight restn'ctor-pSate races, more than any other driver." WHO'S HOT? Dale Jarrett has only one victory, but he has finished third two races in a row and has seven finishes of 11th or better in nine races. WHO'S NOT? Jarrerfs teammate, rookie Kenny Srwin, has gone five races without finishing better than 19th.

I I A 1. What was Frank nickname? 2. What three-tone winner of the Indianapolis 500 won a 100-mile qualifying race at Daytona in 1963? AROUND THE GARAGE FROM THE ARCHIVES: Joe Osfebs makes adjustment from head coach to owner The rich history of NASCAR Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway are only memories, but the of botn tracks are only a few miies from Cafifomia Speeaway. Roger Penske's lovely track. Ontano, a virtual carbon copy of IndianaooliS Motor Speedway last hostea a race, won by Benny Parsons in 1980.

and Riverside, a 2.62-rn,;e road course, ended its hrstonc ran with a Rusty Wallace victory in 1988 By Monte Dutton NASCAR This Week TALLADEGA. Ala. Joe Gibbs said it Aas dnTicult for him to adjust to bsing an owner and not a coach The man wno once led the Washington Redskins to four Super BOA Is. three of is novi fauilamg a iuai empire Bobfav Labonte won hia second race of the seaion in the No 18 Ponnac Grand owned Gibba dragsters Pedregon and are curremiv of National Hot Rod standmas their respective categories. At the Joe Gibbs Racing "Winston Cup shop, the crew chief, Jirnmy Makar.

is realiy the coach. Gibbs said. "They to shut up and don't touclgjljst headset." he added used to vender how Jack KearCook could derive so much pleasure out of owning the Redskins You've got to hire people who are winners and can work with each got to let them 4o their jobs." Another difficuiw was adjusting from a sport where success is measured in ins and losses to one in one team v.ins every others go home with losses "Oh, one of the toughest Gibbs. "The hard to get to, an4the is harder, buC'at the you can't iet yonrself be sstis- fied anything shy of a victory. It definitely a tough FISHING: Geoff Bodme, uinner of I Winston Ccp races, failed to make the starting field for the DieHard 500.

Bodine had started every Talladega race since Dennis Setzer. making feis Winsion Cup debut in a Ford entered by Bill Elliott, was the fastest Saturday qualifier, earning the 26th starting position ivith a lap at 192.332" mph. Three Roush Racing drivers had to take and a fourth. Matt Kenssth, failed to make the field. Jeff Burton qualified the fastest car.

Chad Little qualified on Saturday to lock down 34th position One of the p-ovisional starters. Roush Mark Martin, vas the race defending champ WHAT'S NEXT? TOILET Moores is the official marinade of Talladega This is not a joke Copyright 1993 The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette Distributed by Universal Press Syndicate (800) 255-5734 For release week of April 27 ttots Off Kudos Dear NASCAR This Week, I have been foiicmmg NASCAR for 30 years. I have never seen so many rule changes in all my life since Gary Nelson has taken over as technical director. Let's face it. The Chevy teams have had their heyday for the past 20 years, including 18 Winston Cup championships and 17 manufacturer's championships.

Now ibe table has turned, and there are more good Ford teams than there are Chevys and Pontiacs. The only good Chevy teams are Gordon, Terry Labonte and Earnhardt, but he's getting old, and Scnrader. Then why don't they let the Fords alone? Or won't NASCAR be happy til! guys like Dave Marcis or Darrell Waltnp run up front? The Chevys are like the Dallas Cowboys. Their dominance is over. Let them rebuild their teams like everybody else's.

without NASCAR's help. Kurt Peacher Hagerstown, Md. Dear Kurt. Let me guess you're a Ford fan, right? rf you've got a question or a comment, write: NASCAR This Week Your Turn, Gaston Gazette, 2500 E. rankli.n BIvcL, Gastonia, N.C.

28054 Newt Moore and his Square pit crew overcame a ccsBy mistake on pit road -a tire came off when Kenny Wallace pulled off to get "Wallace bach into contention in the DieHard 500. Wallace's sevenih- piace finish was his third top 10 of the year, one more than all of last season. Get ready for the latest Jeff Gordon entry in tne die-cast coItecffiUes market In tne Winston at Chariotte Motor Speedway on the night of May IS, Gordon will defend his mis in a DuPont- sponsored Monte Carlo mat changes colors (deep red to metallic goirj) based on the angie at which it is viewed. WhatTi they think of next? RAQNGONIfftWep Official Pontiac www.pontiac.eQm Strong points: Everything you always wanted to know-, about division fut did not have itse, time to ash-irradiSfion to a review "of Pontec's racing activities, visitors can cfiSgs medals, review colors options, practteafly do any-s trfing but drive one off. Weak points: This page fej sfiB, after an, about selimg cars, whirai'rneans is atsi Cv Em Gastoo Gazers CONNECT VOICE INrORMATlON SYSTEM or 334-0505 Enter Selection AUTO PARTS AdamsGoiSityl NAPA LAWN GARDEN TRACTOR BATTERY 165 CCA's of F.

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