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BEST COPY AVAILABLE B2 THE OTTAWA CITIZEN MONDAY, JULY 23, 1990 Sports By Rick Mayoh spoMs wnlef I i 1 Rookie Scott Goodyear of Toronto, the lone Canadian in the field, was ninth in his Mackenzie Financial L89 Judd, posting his fifth top 10 finish in nine races this season. "Sure, I considered going to F-l, it's a series I haven't raced in," said Little Al, son of four-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser and nephew of three-time Indy 500 winner Bobby Unser. "Some teams said they were interested in me but there was no direct contact. I had my young family (daughters Cody and Shannon and Mini-Al) to think of." Unser like most of the drivers, was happy to see the race end early. "The biggest thing was to stay out of trouble it looked pretty grim because we qualified eighth," he said, after gaining the lead when he passed Michael Andretti on Lap 27.

"The groove was disappearing. But rain is the great equalizer." Mario Andretti took the lead for six laps after Unser Jr. pitted on Lap 48. But Unser Jr. led the rest of the way when Mario made a pit stop after 53 laps.

"I was mainly pleased just to finish after three mechanical DNFs (Did Not Finish)," said Goodyear. "Especially in Toronto." "I thought the yellow flag was out and pitted early," said Michael Andretti. "I caught my guys off-guard and they put my tires on backwards. I'm lucky to come away with 16 points." Unser Jr. is the first driver to repeat as a Molson Indy winner after claiming the 1988 title and joins Michael Andretti as a three-time winner this season.

Heading into the second half of the 16-race schedule, Unser Jr. leads one of the most competitive campaigns in CART history with 106 points, followed by Michael Andretti (104) and Rick Mears (102). TORONTO The night before Sunday's Molson Indy, Al Unser Jr. told his Galles-Kraco teammates he had signed on for another three years, ending speculation he would jump to the Formula One circuit next year. He informed his CARTPPG Indy-car World Series opponents on the track Sunday, capturing the series lead with a win in the fifth annual running of the race on a dangerous, rain-soaked road course at Exhibition Stadium.

Despite the rain, which caused officials to call off the 103-lap race with nine laps remaining, a record crowd of 64,245 turned out to watch Unser Jr. grab the checkered flag. i Only the victor and defending champion Michael Andretti were on the same lap when former driver Wally Dallen-bach, CART'S chief steward, pulled the plug after consulting with drivers because of pooling rain and poor visibility. J'l told my guys last night, I'm back and I'm here to said Unser, who guWed his Valvoline L90 Chevrolet to victory in two hours, 15 minutes and 26 seconds, 38,1 seconds ahead of Andretti's KmartHavoline L90 Chevrolet. "After signing the contract, it felt like I could breathe again," said Unser 28, the youngest driver in the legendary racing family from Albuquerque, N.M.

Unser averaged 75.997 miles per hour for the race. Series rookie Eddie Cheever, an F-l veteran, hung in to claim his third third-place finish of the season. The pole jinx continued as pole-sitter Danny Sullivan added a fourth to a third and three second-place finishes here. Sullivan was followed by Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk and Andretti's father Mario. -CP Photo Rainy road to victory: Al Unser Jr.

becomes Molson Indy's first two-time champion Scarborough's Tracy model of consistency 3 By Rick Mayoh Citizen sports writer s. rmwv 0 uuuuiy i Win -V i I erage speed of 86.538 miles per hour. But the 21-year-old's startling performance hasn't translated into dollars. He said he had been hoping to compete in Sunday's Indy race or at the inaugural Molson Indy in Vancouver Sept. 2.

He hasn't found any backers, although he will test with the True-sports Indy team. "The hardest thing is to just try and concentrate when you're running by yourself," said the soft-spoken, baby-faced racer who became the youngest driver to win a Can-Am race at 17. Tracy is quick to credit his teammates for his success. "You can be the best driver in the world, but if the car's not running right "He got by me and it was a matter of trying to stay close," said Prappas, who crossed the finished 8.094 seconds after Tracy, followed by P.J. Jones, son of Parnelli Jones.

Steve Shelton of Fort Lauderdale lost consciousness briefly and was taken to hospital for X-rays following the race after colliding with Hunter Jones of Thunder Bay on Lap 9. TORONTO Paul Tracy of Scarborough is starting to wonder what he has to do to drum up some sponsorship. Tracy's amazing domination of the American Racing Series, CART's official support series, continued at the Molson Indy Tracy jumped off the front row of the starting grid next to pole-sitter Ted Prappas of Los Angeles, made a bold move to pass Prappas on the second lap and pulled away for a record seventh win in eight races. The victory followed a wire-to-wire win at The Meadowlands and is his fourth in a row, another ARS records. Tracy has led in 406 of 431 laps completed this season and won five of eight poles in the 14-race series, featuring identical WildcatMarch chassis and 420 horsepower Buick engines.

"I'm just trying to be consistent this year I like to charge right from the start," said Tracy, following his 42-lap victory for the Landford racing team in 51 minutes and 50.015 seconds at an av IS if Belgian racer Renard killed after losing control of car 7 AUTO RACING CAIIADA'S DEST-OELLIHG LIUE OF EAGLE GAHS Swing a winning deal on a 1990 Vista. Eagle price leader! Ready to clear out with your choice of low financing or hefty rebates. Select from our popular 3-door, 4-door and Wagon models. Hurry in today for a Winner Days deal on a Vista or check out our other fine Eagle cars. Drive home a winner! "THE BEST OF THE BESTMt So honoured by 4-Wheel Off Road magazine, Jeep Cherokee is the legendary sport utility player.

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Renard was 27 and lived in nearby Malmedy in the Belgian Ardennes. Organizers interrupted the race for over two hours and Toyota retired its nine cars still in the The BMW M3 team led by Johnny Cecotto of Venezuela won the Francorchamps race for tourism cars. France's Fabien Giroix finished off the work of teammates Cecotto and West German Marcus Oes-treich, crossing the finish line one minute 21 seconds ahead of another BMW M3 team of West German Christian Danner, Dieter Quester and Belgian Marc Duez. Dodine's gamble leads to victory LONG POND, Pa. Geoff Bo-dine's gamble on fuel paid off, sparking him to victory in Sundays NASCAR AC Spark Plug 500 stock-car race at Pocono International Raceway.

A caution caused by Ken Ra-gen's spin with four laps left helped Bodine's ploy as all but Harry Gant among the nearest challengers had made late pit stops for fuel. The race went back to green for the final 2Vi-rrilc lap, tut Bo- dine's Ford easily held on as Gant ran out of gas and Bill Elliott could get only within 1.29 seconds in the final sprint. Bodine, whose other victory this season was April 29 at Martinsville, averaged 124.103 miles an hour for 200 laps of Pocono's 2 xh -mile tri-oval, where he also won in June 1988. Elliott finished second, followed by Rusty Wallace, Dale Earnhardt and Davey Allison. Bodine, Allison, Wallace, Gant and Mark Martin were running tight with about 20 laps left, but Allison, Wallace and Martin stopped for fuel before Ragen's spin.

Bodine, who led 122 laps, made his last stop on lap 157 during a caution period. Bodine and Greg Sacks proved to have the strongest cars through the first half of the race, with Bodine leading 68 laps and Sacks 31 of the first 109. But Sacks's day was ruined by a five-car crash on lap 139. He was unhurt, but another driver, Jerry O'Neill, complained of a headache and was taken to an area hospital as a precaution. Martin, the polesitter who entered the race with a 63-point lead over Earnhardt in the Winston Cup driver standings, finished sixth to keep his lead.

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