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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Monday March 3 1986 3C Rockingham 500 Results 1 Pressure's Off Now Fin Driver Car Laps Earnings Reason DPI Oilers' Overtime Goal Defeats Philadelphia Winner Labonte Says NHL 1 1 Terry Laborite Oldsmobile 492---944550--Ruming 2 7 Hwy Gant Chevrolet-- Running 3 13 Richard Petty 4 22 Morgan 9295----Romning 5 4 Datrail Weltrip---- Chevrolet 6 10 Cale Yarborough Ford-- 490-- Rsmning 7 9 Bill Elllott-------Ford--- 8 5 Deis Earnhardt---- 490---- 9 18 Neil Bonnett---- Chevrolet-- Aunnima 10 15 Lake Speed 489-- 9965--Running 11 12 Kyle Petty -Ford 489 10870---- Running 12 20 Rusty Wallace 487-- 8165-- Running 13 30 Ron Bouchard Buick 486 7 645 Running 14 16 Tommy Ellis 19 27 Alan Kuhvicid Ford 483 3970-- Running 16 2 Tim Richmond Chevrolet 3170-- Rtmning 17 34 Buddy Arrington--- Ford 477-- 6935--Running 18 19 Kirk Bryant- Pontine-- 476--- 0575--Running 19 33 Jimmy Means--- Pontlec-- 20 3 Geoff 10470-- Engine 21 17 Mike Waltrip Pontiac-- 457-- 22 8 Ken Schrader-----Ford--- 457-- 23 29 Pancho Carter 436-- 24 35 Jonathan Edwards-Chevrolet 432-- Running 25 29 Davey Allison Chevrolet 410-- 26 37 Ronnie Thorn's Chevrolet-- 356 End 27 11 Dave 352--- 8 5 Deis Earnhardt 9 18 Nell Bonnett--- 10 15 Lake Speed 489-- 11 12 Kyle Petty -Ford 489 10870---- Running 12 20 Rusty Wallace 1165-- Running 13 30 Ron Bouchard Buick 486 7 645 Running 14 16 Tommy Ellis 15 27 Alan Kulwicid Ford 483 3870-- Runnkig 16 2 Tim Richmond Chevrolet 17 34 Buddy Arrington--- Ford 18 19 Kirk Pontiac-- 19 33 Jimmy Pontlac-- 20 3 Geoff 10470-- Engine 21 17 Mike Waltrip 457-- 22 8 Ken 457-- 6785--Aunning 23 29 Poncho Carter Ford 24 35 Jonathan EdwardsChevrolet Running 25 213 Davey Allison Chevrolet 410-- 26 37 Ronnie Thornas Chevrolet-- 356 End 27 11 Dave ktarcia------Chevrolet---- From Associated Press Reports EDMONTON Alberta Sari Kurri scored with a sharp-angled backhand at one minute 29 seconds of overtime Sunday night to give the Edmonton Oilers a 2-1 NHL victory over the Philadelphia Flyers Kurri scored his second goal of the game and 48th of the season by bursting down the left side and lifting a shot past Flyers' goal-tender Darren Jensen It was Philadelphia's first overtime loss of the season in seven games The teams battling it out for first place overall a position worth $200000 and home-ice advantage through the playoffs had been tied at 1 since late in the second period Philadelphia had the better of the play in the third period and had some excellent scoring chances as Brian Propp and Pelle Eklund missed from point-blank range 28 14 Ricky Rudd Ford 315 9 715 Engine 29 25 Eddie Blerschwale Pontiac 1865----Axis 30 28 Phil Parsons-- 31 38 JD klcDulfte Poraiec 170 4300 Engine 32 35 Earl Canavan Pontiac 165 33 21 Joe Rutin Buick 117 34 6 Bobby Allison Buick 117 1375--- Ignition 35 31 Trevor Boys Chevroiet 101 4090-- Brakes 36 39 Wayne Clark Chewolet 96-- 4055--Accidant 37 23 Greg Sacks-- Pontiac 81 8300-- Rear End 38 32 Bobby Wewsk Chevrolet 72 1 250 Engin 39 8 Bobby Hahn Buick 47 3960---Accident 40 20 Rick Newsom Buick 41 Average Speech 120488 mph lime of Race four hours nine minutes 10 seconds Itergin ot Victor 47 seconds Lead Chingos: 22 MON 10 drivers Caution Flagg nine for 50 isos Wales Conference PATRICK DIVISION Pie OF OA Philadelphia 41 19 4 85 267 195 Washington 39 19 5 83 243 216 NY islanders 30 23 10 70 258 231 Pittsburgh 31 26 7 69 260 228 NY Rangers 30 29 4 64 223 216 New Jerwy 20 39 3 43 233 293 ADAMS DIVISION Pts GP OA Montreal 35 23 6 76 274 214 Quebec 34 27 4 72 266 238 Boston 31 27 7 69 259 238 Buffett) 30 28 6 86 244 231 Honked 29 33 2 60 251 253 Campbell Conference NORRIS DIVISION I Pt OF OA yChicago 33 24 8 74 291 275 St Louis 29 26 8 66 245 237 Minnesota 28 27 9 65 261 250 Toronto 19 38 6 44 252 308 Detroit 13 45 5 31 209 329 SMYTHE DIVISION I Pts OF OA yEdrnonton 44 14 6 94 336 253 sCalgary 31 25 7 69 275 243 koll Angela 20 37 6 48 229 309 Vancouver le 35 9 45 217 257 Winnipeg 19 40 6 44 231 308 game not Included piayoff berth summrs RESULTS Chicago 8 St Louis 4 Hartford 4 -Boston 1 New Jersey 8 Winnipeg 4 Washington 4 NY Rangers 2 Edmonton 2 Philadelphia 1(07) Calgary at Los Angeles -late SATURDArS RESULTS Boston 8 Jersey 3 Pittsburgh 5 1 Buffalo 8 Quebec 4 Washington 4 Rangers 0 Detroit 6 Toronto 4 Calgary 3 Vancouver 2 St Louis (1 Chicago 3 By TOM HIGGINS Stitt Writer ROCKINGHAM When Terry Labonte woke up Sunday the first thing he said to his wife Kim wasn't "Good morning" Instead Labonte's words were "I think I'm going to run good I really believe I'm going to have a good day" Labonte was looking ahead to the Goodwrench 500 stock car race in which he was to start from the pole position at noon Labonte had better than a good day He enjoyed one of the best dominating the NASCAR Winston Cup Series event and flashing across the NC Motor Speedway finish line four car lengths in front of Harry Gant That his sunrise prediction came true was especially enjoyable for Labonte because of some lessthan-flattering speculation about his High Point-based team during the offseason With veteran crew chief Dale Inman departing to reunite with Richard Petty some predicted little success for Labonte's outfit "We had a lot of personnel changes along with changing from Chevrolets to Oldsmobiles and some people thought we'd fall on our faces" Labonte said "But the way it has turned out this team works better together than any one I've ever been with Everybody has a lot of Input If I want to try something on the car I can "This win takes a lot of pressure off Everybody was watching us and we knew it We knew we had to prove ourselves" Labonte led 304 of 492 laps a feat he credited to being able to run low on the 1017-mile track throughout Third-place finisher Richard Petty also termed it a "good day" for his team "Midway through the race we lost our brakes for some reason" said Petty who led for 62 laps "We finally got some brake fluid In the car on the last pit stop and got a bit of brakes back "But by then we had jacked so much wedge into the car to make It get through the turns without brakes that we had everything way off and couldn't run with the leaders at the end We still had a good day" It appeared that a LabonteGeoff Bodine duel for the checkered flag was building but that possibility evaporated on lap 459 when the engine in Bodine's Chevrolet went sour "I heard this terrible sound" said Bodine who was racing on Labonte's bumper "The engine sputtered and puffed a little smoke It probably dropped a valve or broke a timing chain "We were ready to give Terry a run He was real strong but we could stay close" It was a rough day for Ford fans who saw Thunderbirds win 14 superspeedway races last year A Ford was in front for only one lap when Kyle Petty led under caution "We didn't have what it took to win today" said Cale Yarborough Ptiliodolphis Edmonton 0 1 0 0-1 0 1 0 1-2 Labonte Holds Off Gant For Rockingham Win First Second Period-1 Edmonton Kurd 47 (Gretzky Hunter) 16:27 2 Philadelphia Kerr 44 (Eklund Propp) 18:12 Third Overtime-3 Edmonton Kurd 48 1:29 Shots on 33 Edmonton 10-9-8-2-29 Jensen (29 shots-27 saves) Edmonton Fuhr (33-32) Att-17498 (at Edmonton Alberta) Washington 4 New York Rangers 2 Alan Haworth scored the last two goals as the Capitals who defeated the Rangers 4-0 Saturday in Landover Md put the game in New York out of reach with three straight goals Montreal Los Angeles 4 Too Ars GAMES Winnipeg at Toronto 7:35 pm Minnesota at Detroit 7:35 pm 0 2 2-4 Washington NY Rangers 101-2 Third Psdod-5 Hartford Mac Darned 8 (Jarvis) 19:14 Shots on 0-12-7-25 Hartford 13- 14-6-33 Goa Riggin (33 shots-29 saves) Hartford Liut (25-24) Att-13800 (at Hartford Conn) New Jersey 0 Winnipeg 4 Mark Johnson scored three goals Including two in the last three minutes to power the Devils past the Jets at East Rutherford NJ GEPOIML-1 Not TIRE 41WPErldIrsiryllil 1 a 616M 1 0 CENCARO I 1 MEZErESSEE1 Continued From Page IC Gant gave a strong effort to finish second the third time in the last four Rockingham races that he has been the runner-up For the last 50 laps Gant drove with only his left hand using the right to hold his Chevrolet in gear Earlier he'd sped to the ragged edge to make up a lap lost because of a cut tire He lost the lap on 101 and got it back on 435 beating Labonte back to the start-finish line as the yellow came out "I'm tickled with the second place because of all the trouble we had" said Gant "With about 50 miles or so left the car kept jumping out of gear I had hands everywhere trying to keep the car on the track and in high gear" It is the 25th time Gant has finished second in his Winston Cup career including 12 times in the last three years He has won nine times but never at Rockingham Richard Petty finished third in the lead lap although he drove approximately the final 100 laps without brakes on his Pontiac A lap down in fourth and fifth came Morgan Shepherd in a Buick and Chevrolet-driving Darrell Waltrip Completing the top 10 were Cale Yarborough Bill Elliott Dale Earnhardt Neil Bonnett and Lake Speed Waltrip appeared poised to challenge but bad luck cost him a lap As he pitted on lap 435 the yellow flag was shown for Kirk Bryant's spin on the backstretch Labonte also had started in for service but was able to swerve back onto the track and stay out thus getting a "free" stop Waltrip never made up the deficit Chief mechanical victim was Geoff Bodine who kept his Chevrolet in contention with Labonte much of the way before experiencing engine failure on lap 459 while running second He was forced to park Labonte started from the pole after qualifying Thursday at a record 146348 mph After leading the first nine laps he turned conservative and watched as Petty Earnhardt and Bodine took turns at the front Earnhardt led 70 laps Petty 62 and Bodine 44 But when the time came to go Labonte's baby blue Oldsmobile was clearly the class of the field He led 255 of the last 270 laps Including 144 of the final 145 A capacity crowd was estimated at 47500 for the season's third race Those that came in anticipation of further fireworks from Earnhardt and Waltrip principals in a controversial wreck a week earlier at Richmond saw hardly a spark Although the two Chevrolet drivers raced for position several times they had only one close encounter a minor tap in the second turn on lap 457 Earnhardt is to have a hearing in Charlotte today on his appeal of the $5000 fine and year's probation imposed by NASCAR for his part in the Richmond crash Others however brought out the caution flag eight times mostly for single-car spins or brushes with the wall There was one multi-car crash on lap 48 Involving the cars of Rick Newsom Bobby Hi Ilin Mike Waltrip and Bryant No one was hurt in the front-stretch incident Fifty yellow-flag laps held Labonte's average speed to 120488 mph as he earned $44500 for his sixth career triumph That purse put Labonte 28 over $3 million in career winnings The win was the first in NASCAR's big-time for an Oldsmobile since Buddy Baker took the Winston 500 at Talladega Ala in 1980 192 races ago Winnipeg 2 1 1-4 P4sw Jersey 1 1 4-8 First Period-1 Winnipeg Mullen 20 (Hawerchuk PMecLean) 8:06 (pp) 2 New Jersey Higgins 8 (Cirella McNati) 15:14 3 Winnipeg PMacLean 22 (Hewerchuk Maros) 17:23 (pp) Second Period-4 Winnipeg Steen 13 (Hawerchuk 'MacLean) 8:59 5 New Jersey Johnson 12 (Higgins Anderson) 913 Third Period-6 New Jersey Higgins 9 (Anderson Hefter) 3:10 7 Winnipeg PMaclean 23 (Steen Hawerchuk) 14:31 8 New Jersey Adams 29 cLean kW) 15:35 9 New Jersey Johnson 13 (JMacLeem Anderson) 17:13 10 New Jersey Johnson 14 (Bridgman) 19:46 (shen) Shots on 1544-29 New Jersey 7-10-16-33 Hayward (32 shots-27 saves) New Jersey Chewier (29-25) Att-10262 (at East Ruthedord NJ) First Period-1 New York Sundstrom 8 (penalty shot) 7:21 Second Poriod-2 WasNngton Adams 10 (Gustaf son Gartner) 15:09 (pp) 3 Washington Stevens 1 (Petterason Gartner) 17:23 Third Period-4 Washington Haworth 21 (Stevens) :43 (pp) 5 New York MacLellan 13 (Ruotsalainen) 8:10 6 Washington Havoorth 29 19:48 (en) Shots on 13-10-10-33 New York 9-9-17-35 Jensen (35 shots-33 saves) New Toot Venbiesbrouck (32-29) An-17408 (at New York) Chicago 6 St Louis 4 Darryl Sutter broke a 4-4 tie early in the third period as the Blackhawks beat the Blues at Chicago The victory increased the Blackhawks' Norris Division lead over the Blues to eight points and avenged a 6-3 loss at St Louis on Saturday SI Louts 1 1 1-4 Chicago 2 1 3-1 First Period-1 Chicago Thlurray 42 (Fraser B11Ison) 8:31 2 Chicago Brown 9 (Lyslak 9:24 3 St Louis Reeds 10 (Federko Gilmour) 19:31 Second Pedod-4 St Louis LaValise 10 (Barr) :36 (po) 5 St Louis Hunter 39 (Pavese) 7:55 6 Chicago Fraser 22 (Brown 13:26 (pp) Third Period-7 St Louis Cavallini 11 (Meagher Barr) 22 8 Chicago Fruer 23 (Lysiak TMurray) 1:45 9 Chicago Sutter 14 (Lyslak 4:10 10 Chicago TMurray 43 (01cyzk Fraser) 19:35 (pp) Shots on Louis 9-11-13-33 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