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Monday, August 21, 2000 Auto Racing if immune. Feud upstages Wallace victory NASGAR rivals Stewart, Gordon clash again at Michigan Speedway V' VV 1 i h-r. "I just lost it down there," Stewart said. "We were just racing hard out there. It was my fault.

I just got down into one and I don't know why I got loose. I hadn't been loose there all day. "For some reason, it just got loose that one lap down there and I crashed a bunch of people I didn't mean to crash. It was my fault. I just lost it." Actually, the only driver he caused to crash was Gordon.

But that was Star News Services brooklyn, mich. Rusty Wallace's third win of the season was almost upstaged Sunday by another altercation between Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart. Wallace, riding with four fresh tires on his Penske Ford, took the lead with 15 laps to go and steadily pulled away from Ricky Rudd's Ford and Bobby Paul Tracy of Canada makes turn five during the CART Motorola 220 at Road America In Elkhart Lake, Sunday. Behind Tracy Is Memo Gldley, left, and Mark Blundell. Tracy won the race.

AP photo: Andy Manis Kool comeback Canadian Tracy comes from behind for hard-earned CART win in Motorola 220 enough. The start of the race had been overshadowed all week by the feud a week earlier between Gordon and Stewart at Watkins Glen. In that race, Stewart caused Gordon to go into the wall while Gordon was trying to pass on an 'S' curve. Gordon vowed a payback during a shouting match later in the garage area. "I'm sure a lot of people were wondering what was going to happen with the 20 and 24," Labonte's Pontiac in the Pepsi 400.

"I had a fast car," said Wallace, who has won five of his 52 career NASCAR Winston Cup races at Michigan Speedway. "I figured I had a first- or second-place car all day I knew I'd have to race Ricky Rudd, because he was quicker than me." Wallace, who beat Rudd by 2.971 seconds, averaged 132.586 m.p.h. in a race which took 3:01.01 to complete. Dale Jarrett, the series points leader, was fourth and Johnny Benson of nearby Grand Rapids, was fifth. For the second straight Rusty Wallace holds up his winner's trophy Sunday at Michigan Speedway In Brooklyn, after winning the NASCAR Pepsi 400.

AP photo: Bob Brodbeck said Gordon, whose car was taken to the garage. "But it had nothing to do with this weekend at all. He was racing hard and it looked By Mike Harris the associated press elkhart lake, wis. Paul Tracy's initial response to his engine dying seconds before the start of Sunday's Motorola 220 was panic. After that, it was all racer's instinct as the Toronto native overrode a stuck throttle sensor, restarted the engine and overcame a huge deficit to earn what he called "the most satisfying win of my career." "I went for the start and started com- ing up the hill and like he just got real loose.

"I saw the 20 car wiggle and it looked like it got real sideways." The race went on for 41 laps while Gordon's crew installed new brakes He rejoined the race while the leaders still had 119 laps to go, but completed only 141 laps before retiring the car. Bodine ends Slump Todd Bodine the engine just died and the thing shut week, the outcome of the race was almost upstaged by an incident involving Gordon and Stewart. The brash Stewart, as he did a week earlier at Watkins Glen, took Gordon into a wall, causing serious damage. That time, the two almost got in a fist-fight. But it didn't lead to such bad blood on this occasion.

Stewart was running second to Wallace when his car got loose and touched pole-sitter Dale Earnhardt Jr. on lap 37. Earnhardt Jr. drove on, but Stewart's Pontiac began to swerve badly. The car got sideways between the first and second turn and spun into Gordon, who was trying to get past the trouble on the high side.

Gordon's car slammed into the wall, damaging the front end, and he had to take the multi-coloured Chevrolet in to have the brakes repaired. winless in 69 races dating back to "We just drove hard to the end." Paul Tracy 1997, held off Michael Waltrip Satur 'Crfw off," said Tracy, who fell from seventh to 23rd on the first lap after the day to win the NAPAonline.com 250 lead and pulled away to win by 7.450 seconds over Adrian Fernandez. It was the 17th career victory for Tracy, who averaged 136.457 m.p.h. in the race run without a full-course caution. CART rookie Kenny Brack was third, followed by Moreno, Jimmy Vasser, Memo Gidley and Max Papis, the last driver on the lead lap.

Tracy ran out of fuel on the second turn of his cool-down lap, coasting to a stop three turns later. He hopped out of the car, waved to the spectators, then jumped back into the cockpit and took the remainder of his victory lap while towed to victory lane by a safety truck. "I didn't know how low we were on fuel and I don't think the team knew, either," Tracy said. "We just drove hard to the end." Andretti remained in the season lead with 125 points. Moreno has 112, de Ferran 106, Fernandez 103, Brack 102 and Tracy 100.

Disqualified Cristiano da Matta slid into his pits on his first stop in Sunday's Motorola 220, hitting a crewman and prompting CART to disqualify him after the race. Robby Maschhaupi, the right rear tire changer on his PPI Motorsports crew, suffered an unspecified knee injury. He finished the race before going to the CART medical trailer for examination. Maschhaupi was to undergo an MRI later Sunday Da Matta, who fell far off the pace during that first pit stop, went out after 43 laps with a mechanical failure and was initially scored 13th. But CART officials said after the race they had decided to exclude his results following the injury and credited him with only the 14 laps prior to the pit stop.

That moved the rookie from Brazil, who won his first CART race in July in Busch Series race by .192 seconds at Michigan Speedway. "It's about time," Bodine shouted as he climbed from his Chevrolet. "We never gave up. We knew we had a championship team." Jeff Burton was third in a Ford and Ward Burton, in a Pontiac, was fourth. Champion pit crew Canadian Paul Tracy celebrates In the winners circle Sunday after the Motorola 220 at Road America In Elkhart Lake, Wis.

AP photo: Andy Manis day and was second in the points standings heading into the race. Tracy steadily moved through the field, finally taking the lead for the first time on lap 38 when Tagliani's car, which had been leading by nearly six seconds, coasted to a stop on course. The new leader made his final fuel stop on lap 45, giving up the top spot to Roberto Moreno while taking on just enough methanol to finish. When Moreno had to make his last stop on lap 51, Tracy reassumed the sensor stuck open and killed the Honda engine in his Team Kool Green Reynard. "When something like that happens, a race driver just panics because he figures something is broke and his race day is done," Tracy said.

"I had to do a bunch of sequences with the reset buttons. It took 25 to 30 seconds and, by that time, everybody was gone. I couldn't see anybody." With his engineer directing the process, Tracy did manage to shut down the sensor and restart the engine. But, by then, he was a quarter-lap behind on the 4.048-mile, 14-turn road Road America course. At that point, the downhearted Tracy got some advice over the radio from team owner Barry Green.

"He said, 'Don't lose your patience. Run it like qualifying. Run it as fast as you can, as long as you can. We'll make three pit stops, so don't worry about the Tracy explained. "After that, I just got into a rhythm, into a zone, and just kept going faster and faster and faster and getting better and better mileage." The 55-lap race was filled with attrition, with only 11 of the 25 starters running at the end.

Most of the problems were broken gearboxes, which eliminated several top contenders, including rookie Alex Tagliani of Lachenaie, defending series champion Juan Montoya and Gil de Ferran, who started second Sun- Chicago, to 22nd in the 25-car field. Father and son duo Jack Beclc, centre left, and Jordan Beclc of Bradford were surrounded with congratulations and Bud-girls after winning the Ontario Budweiser Pit Crew Challenge held at Charly's Brew Pub In Windsor. Winners of the challenge from bars all around Ontario were bused to Windsor to compete In the finals and to watch the Pepsi 400 NASCAR races In Michigan Sunday. star photo: Tim Fraser Mlmmm The Windsor Star Deliver The Star early in the morning. It's a great way to earn extra cash, plus you have the rest of the day to enjoy your summertime activities.

Mail in the form below for your route and a chance to Motorola 220 ELKHART LAKE. Wis I AP) Results Sunday ol the Motorola 220 FedEx Championship Series race at Road America with starting position in parentheses, driver type ot car. laps completed and reason out. it any 1. (7) Pul Tracy, Toronto.

Honda Reynard, 55 2. 15) Adrian Fernandez. Ford Reynard. 55; 3. (91 Kenny Brack.

Ford Reynard. 55: 4. (11) Roberto Moreno. Ford Reynard. 55: 5 (16) Jimmy Vasser.

Toyota Lola. 55. 6. (18) Memo Gidley. Toyota Reynard.

55: 7 (15) Max Papis. Ford Reynard. 55, 8. (17) Tony Kanaan. Mercedes Reynard, 54 9 6 Helio Castroneves.

Honda Reynard. 54; 10. (14) Onol Servia. Toyota Reynard. 54 11.

(20) Mark Blundell. Mercedes Reynard. 48. mechanical. 12.

(1) Dano Franchilti. Honda Reynard. 43. mechanical: 13. (3) Alei Tagliani.

Lachenaie. Ford Reynard. 37. mechanical; 14 (8) Christian Fimpaldi. Ford Lola.

31. mechanical. 15. (12) Juan Monloya. Toyota Lola.

30, mechanical: 16 (10) Mauncio Gugelmin. Mercedes Reynard. 20. mechanical; 17 (21) Michel Jourdain. Mercedes Lola, 19.

mechanical 18 (4) Michael Andretti. Ford Lola. 17. mechanical; 19 (25) Quarter Salles. Ford Lola.

16, mechanical. 20. (19 Patrick Carpenlier, Jolielte, Ford Rtynanl. 15. mechanical.

21. (23) Shinji Nakano. Honda Reynard. 15, mechanical. 22 113) Cristiano da Matta.

Toyota Reynard. 14. disqualified lor hitting crew member; 23 (22) Tarso Marques. Ford Swift. 3, off course.

24 (24) Lmz Garcia. Jr Mercedes Reynard. 2. mechanical. 25 (2) Gil de Ferran Honda Reynard.

1, mechanical. Race Stilrttia Time tf net: 1 hour. 37 minutes. 53 681 seconds Margin ol victory: 7.450 seconds Winner's avenge loeed: 136 457 mph Caulion periods: Hone Lead changes: 10 among 5 drivers. Series points loaders: 1, Andretti.

125; 2. Moreno. 112; 3. de Ferran. 106: 4.

Fernandez. 103. 5. Brack. 102: 6.

Tracy. 100; 7. da Matta. 82. 8.

Castroneves. 81 9. Vasser. 78, 10, Monloya. 77.

Pepsi 400 BROOKLYN. Mich (AP) Results Sunday ol the Pepsi 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series race at Michigan Speedway, with finishing position, starting position in parentheses, dnver. type ot car laps completed, reason out, tf any. and money won 1 (10) Rusty Wallace, Ford. 200 $110.460.

2 (4) Ricky Rudd, Ford, 200, $94 530; 3 (5) Bobby Labonte, Pontiac. 200 $73,430: 4 (2) Dale Jarrett, Ford. 200. 5 (23) Johnny Benson Pontiac, 200 $44,740, 6 (37) Dale Earnhardt. Chevrolet 200, 7 (39) Jimmy Spencer.

Ford 200. $50.365. 8 28) Matt Kenseth. Ford. 200, $42 490 9 (9) Ward Burton.

Pontiac. 200. $49.540. 10 24) Jeff Burton. Ford.

200. $60,090 11. (7) Mark Martin. Ford. 200.

$44.515, 12 (8) Jerry Nadeau, Chevrolet. 200. $39,815. 13, (6) Jeremy Mayfield. Ford.

200. $37 915; 14 41) Boboy Hamilton Chevrolet. 200. 15 (21) Sterling Martin. Chevrolet 200, $40.165: 16 (14) Mike Skinner.

Chevrolet 200. $36,665: 17 (11) Scott Pruett, Ford, 200 $25,115 18 (30) Kevin Lepage. Ford. 200, 19 (12) Ken Schrader, Pontiac. 200, 20 (33) Terry Labonte Chevrolet.

200. 21 (18) Michael Waltrip Chevrolet 200. 22 (36) Chad Little. Ford. 200 $34 665 23 125) Joe Nemectiek.

Chevrolet. 200 $34 440 24 (22) Dave Blaney. Pontiac 200 $23,040, 25 20) Wally Dallenbach. Jr Ford. 200 $26 090.

26 140) Ted Musgrave. Chevrolet 199. $34,190 27. (291 John Andrea Pontiac. 199 $40,615:28 (31) Mike Bliss, Poniiac, 199 $22,565 29 (3) Rick Mast.

Pontiac. 199 $23,240 30 34 Kenny Wallace. Chevrolet. 199. $33,915: 31 (1) Dale Earnhardt, Jr Chevrolet.

199. $37,730: 32 (38) Robert Pressley, Ford. 188, engine failure. $25,180: 33 (15) Steve Park. Chevrolet.

179 engine failure, $32630:34 43) Robby Gordon. Ford. 177 accident, 35 (35) Andy Houston. Ford. 156.

engine failure. $22 030: 36 (16) Jett Gordon Chevrolet 141. handling, 37 (13) Ricky Craven, Chevrolet. 124. handling.

$21.990. 38 (17) Bill Elliott. Ford 123. accident. $29.905, 39 126) Hut Stncklin, Ford, 101.

accident $22.395: 40 32) Elliott Sadto. Ford. 63. accident. $29,860 41 (19) Tony Stewart.

Pontiac, 36, accident $41,250: 42. (42) Brett Bodine. Ford. 23. engine failure, 43 (27) Kerry Earnhardt.

Chevrolet. 5. accident. $21 ,830. Race SMslics Tims of net: 3 hours.

1 minute Minjin of victory. 2 971 seconds Avtngo speed: 132 597 mph Lead changes: 21 among 8 dnvers. Caulion periods 8 lor 38 laps Point leaden: Bobby Ufflome 3.335. Dale Jarrett 3.224, Dale Earnhardt 2 098, Jeff Burton 3.083. Rusty Wallace 2.983.

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