The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 35

THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Friday February 28 1986 3C 1986 3C Labonte Runs To Pole Record In Olds At Rockingham Steve Hmiel and Pete Wright The track's new pavement and tires that Goodyear has designed drew praise from Labonte for helping boost speeds "The tires are a bit softer than what we had last fall here when the pavement was brand new and hadn't cured in" said Labonte "The rubber we've got now suits this asphalt a lot better and I think it'll mean a good show Sunday With these tires we can run about anywhere we want to go on the track high or low" The pole victory qualified Labonte for next February's rich Busch Clash at Daytona International Speedway He joins Bill El liott the Daytona 500 pole winner in the field "What a relief to get a pole this early" said Labonte "The clash is good race to be in but it's a hard one to get in This takes a lot of Continued From Page IC said Labonte "He had a very good lap "Plus we never got our car to handling quite right It was off just a little bit pushing (under-steering) in the corners Just before qualifying began we made one little change and hit the chassis setup exactly right When I came through the third and fourth turns I knew I had a good lap going" Labonte was clocked at 25017 seconds to 25117 for Richmond The pole is the first for Olds in NASCAR Winston Cup competition since Buddy Baker's for the 1980 Talladega 500 a stretch of 162 races Labonte's team switched to Olds this year after fielding Chevys for several seasons including in his 1984 championship campaign The team is led by his father Bob s' r' Pi :1 (- 'L 't Lt l'i 'e "14 riri I Till I 111 a GOODWRENCH QUALIFYING PosDriver Car eased' I Terry Laborde Ode 148 348 2 Tim Richmond Chong 145168 3 Geoff Rodim Chevy 144918 5 OM Earnhardt Chewy 144500 6 Bobby Allioom---- Buidt------ 144136 Kan Schrader Ford 143616 9 EMI Elko 11 Ford 10 Cale Yarborough--- Ford----- 143273 11 Dave laarce---- Cheat 143161 12 Kyle Petty------ Ford-- 142954 13 Richard Party---- Pontlec----- 142865 14 Ricky Rudd----Ford--- 15 Lake Speed-- Pontlac-- 142465 IS Tommy 142420 17 Mike Waltrip--- Pontiac --141429 18 Neil BonnetL--- Chery--- 141786 19 Kirt Bryant Pontiac-- 141315 20 Rusty Wellace----Pontlac---- 141217 'Speeds in mph "'oats track qualifying reorad told record 145084 sal by Harry Gant March 1984) 9 Experienced Machine Tool Salesman Charlotte territory excellent opportunity Contact John Wrenn 803-794-4100 kl 13 Kyle Petty last week's winner qualified 13th just ahead of his dad Richard the sport's all-time victory leader with 200 wins Defending 500 champion Neil Bon-nett took the 18th starting spot Time trials to fill the field continue today at 2 pm and will be followed by qualifying for Saturday's Protecta Liner 200 a race featuring NASCAR's Busch Series (sportsman) cars Willy Ribbs ran a fast lap of 164541 Thursday before brushing the wall and slightly damaging his car in tests for the March 16 Motorcraft 500 at Atlanta International Raceway his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut Ribbs is driving a Ford Thunderbird owned by the Di Gard team of Charlotte Ribbs hit the wall after having tire pressure problems and damage was sufficient to cancel tests scheduled for today pressure off" Labonte laughed "Speaking of relief man I like to be up front at this track" he said "It can get a little confusing back in the pack when they start the races here" "It was the best we could do and I knew it wasn't over till it's over" said Richmond "I ran the qualifying just like I plan to run the race for the glory" Geoff Bodine was third fastest Thursday at 144918 mph Completing the top five were Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt the principals in a Miller 400 wreck last Sunday that has stirred one of NASCAR's hottest controversies in years Rounding out the top 10 of the first 20 positions decided were Bobby Allison Gant Ken Schrader Elliott and Cale Yarborough mem" ES ANAL ti PAW US BEST ON RADIAL TEWALLS PRICE IWO ELER BEST RADIAL ITEWALLS PRICE 1114 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