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411 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Monday August 22 1 988 TANK licNAIILIIIA Wilander Rallies To Beat Edberg Tennis A gStsiG IOTA CoMt4A4J20 5QuA0 CC CRC-g CAKIAPIAK3 MOO kYttP REP9N-Frta GPGIZIO (-09 AQC76-1-E9 ANIP LUG LO91 ALL OESLkal 131511C-5 10 REPIWORFaa LUAYN) i-09 ANT7F-LE9 ANV WS 1091 ALL Or'r TI tklamr) 415 kmuck) OP FRINJI VW9 No rrzczArr CC GRCIY-Wel 5ALARt1 III Awp A LIMO tee' 4 4 t4- -ei- :1 14 1 1 91g LIM 14Att CM LA4er cs-lAkics I a q000W113GT ty PARLIAmEkry oil ApPRoPRIATE 114E --3 an MCWGki 0 o- ehC1 A ratio ttlrlit i lt- cFiricAL cc 7)414 Pgitam MIWISIIER i ST EEKI 1111035047iNk LA CEF CATALIIJA PRIMG 1 mINIVIER A A I "411A- All 'si'z'- I cyFir ICA CF 14s Ps2Pms mitskisilme Glenn Michibata the top-seeded doubles team won that title with a 2-6 6-4 7-5 victory over No 2 Marc Flur of Durham and Sammy Giammalva Gabriela Sabatini 18 of Argentina won a battle of teen sensations and earned $81000 by beating Natalia Zvereva 17 from the Soviet Union 6-1 6-2 in the final of the Player's Challenge women's tournament in Montreal Sixth-seed Vijay Amritraj defeated Zeeshan Ali 6-3 6-1 to win the Pilot Pen Open at Yale in New Haven Conn From Associated Press Reverts MASON Ohio Second-seed Mats Wilander rallied from a three-game deficit in the second set to beat defending-champion Stefan Edberg 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5) Sunday in the final of the Association of Tennis Professionals Championship Wilander had his serve broken twice and fell behind 3-0 in the second set before rallying to beat his fellow Swede and win the southwest Ohio tournament for the fourth time in its 10 years Top-seed Andre Agassi de feated Jeff Tarango 6-2 6-4 in the final of the Mennen Cup at Livingston NJ to win his 18th straight match and sixth title of the year in the Nabisco Grand Prix In the women's final top-seed Elna Reinach of the Charlotte Heat defeated Susan Mascarin seeded second 6-4 7-5 Agassi earned $18680 to raise his season earnings to $534188 Canadians Grant Connell and I I I A0-4 I Timberwolves Not Disclosing Coach 1 1( i 171 r7r1 LI 41 I' 111- iti Golf Nation WIWOISM11111WIttPatAIIIIMINIWIIINIMMO Tennis enefit A Success Finakound scores end prize 'Nen Sunday In the Internationel golf tournament pia on tho per4 7503-yard Cube Pines Go It Club neuron in Castle Rock Co (Scoring is based on modified Stab leford system awarding light points to doubie eagle five tor eagle two 10f birdie zero to par minus one for bogey and minus three or worse then bogs Ben Crenshaw sal soo a Bruce Lietzlo $3 1000 6 Bill Glossal $29000 5 Tom Kits $27000 3 Andrew dope $23000 2 Mike Reid 623 000 2 Joey Sindeiet S180000 17 Dan Pohl 188000 13 Steve Pate $88000 Mark Webs $48000 12 Chip Beck 940000 DaVIS Lovely 916 000 9 Sam Randolph $23000 Jodie Mudd $19000 Bill Britton $17500 Doug Towel $17500 0 Andy Bean S15500 Richard Zo4o4 $15500 -2 meet and Carl Lewis wasn't even there Americans Calvin Smith and Dennis Mitchell beat Johnson Smith was timed in 1016 seconds a third of a second off Johnson's world record time I Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria set a new world record Saturday in the women's 100-meter hurdles with a time of 1221 seconds reports from Vienna Austria said She recaptured the record of 1225 from fellow-Bulgarian Ginka Sagorcheva Golf OMMOMOISIIMtPGAIIIIMMIPIMNMWIIMI Prom Assecistod Press RovirtS Minnesota Timberwolves President Bob Stein on Sunday dismissed as "speculation" a newspaper story that said Bill Musselman has agreed to contract terms to become coach of the NBA expansion team "We'll probably be scheduling a press conference in the next couple of days to clarify what's going on tiE441 or not" Stein said "But at this point it's speculation" 40'' '4 -44--J Citing an anonymous "reliable source" the Star Tribune in Min- 0 neapolis reported in a copyright story Sunday the former Minne- 01 sota Gophers coach "will be Musselman named Timberwolves coach per- haps by next week" The team begins play in the 1989-90 season Seton Hall's Pooky Wigington scored 15 points to lead the National Invitation Tournament All-Stars to a 102-92 victory over Finland in Helsinki as the American squad completed its eight-game European tour with a 7-1 record Bill Mayfair tries to become only the third golfer in the last 50 years to win consecutive US Amateurs when he plays in his final amateur golf tournament beginning Tuesday in Hot Springs Va Miscellaneous Falai leaders and prize roomy from itse VGA Atlantic City Closale played on the pet-718020-yard Sands Country Club in Sows Point NJ (xwon orwasie sJull Inkster 633750 72-69-65-208 Kathy Postlewalt $2416 70-73-74-217 Beth Daniel $20812 66-68-72-206 Lynn Adams $2478 69-74-74-217 Rosie Jones $ll 109 74-66-70-210 saran LeVeque $1981 75-72-71-218 Betsy King $11109 70-69-71-210 Kathryn young $1981 72-74-72-218 Massey $11109 ----69-69-72-210 Ok-Hee Ku $1981 7372-73-218 Martha Nauss 611109 anammanana st981 7273-73-218 Sally Duinian $6637 71-69-71-211 Amy Benz 61981 724343-218 Cathy Marino $5569 Donm White $1980 7174-73-218 Sandra Palmer $5568 89-70-73-212 Janet Anderson $1980 Sherri Turner $A313 74-69-70-213 Terry-Jo Myets 81570 ----72-76-71-219 Kim San $4313 Margaret Ward $1570 -----74-73-72-219 Colleen Walker $4213 68-73-72-213 Mindy Moore $3601 7449-71-214 Dale Eggeting $1570 73-74-72-219 Kish Amen $3600 70-72-72-214 Susie Redman $1570 Jane Geddes $3010 724548215 JellY116n12 $1570 -----74-7144-219 Kathy Guadagnino $3010 74-70-71-215 Miss Berteotti $1570 -----72-70-77-219 Judy Dtc-kmson $3010 ArtY Read $1261 -74-7541-220 Chns Johnson 63010 2143-11-215 SNOW Nwnlin 81280 ---74-72-74-220 Kann Mundinger $2478 74-73-70-217 Lori West 61260 Figueras-Dotti $2478 6946-72-217 DON klocbrill $1280 74-70-76-220 CeVIrlip Ch071 $2 478 73-70-74-217 Sally Little $1260 7074-76-220 Motors ports 10MINIMONIMINIUSENIORWMINIIIMIIIIM1 Eleven years and 21 stage victories since he first raced in the Coors International Bicycle Classic Boulder Colo native Davis Phinney won the race title in his hometown Phinney led a Team 7-Eleven sweep of the overall standings completing the 15th stage of the 1077-mile race in an unofficial time of two hours 20 minutes 35 seconds Inga Benedict rode her way to the championship of the women's race ending three years of frustration at second- and third-place finishes in the event Cesar Loyola scored twice to carry Sporting Cristal of Peru to the championship of the Marlboro Cup soccer tournament in East Rutherford NJ with a 4-0 victory over Barcelona of Ecuador Ronald Simmons converted a penalty kick to lift the Washington Diplomats to a 4-3 victory in the first game of the American Soccer League championship series against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in Washington The final is Saturday in Fort Lauderdale Edited by Marjo Rankin Bobby Rahal survived the crashed-filled Quaker State 500 Indy-car race at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond Pa ending Chevrolet's season-long dominance and taking the points lead in a Judd-powered Lola Rahal who won $92789 pulled away in the last 10 laps to beat Al Unser Jr by 1705 seconds Joe Amato drove to his third National Hot Rod Association victory of the season by barely defeating Darrell Gwynn in the Quaker State North Star Nationals at Brainerd (Minn) International Raceway Track And Field Final leaders and prize moray from the Greet Orand Rapids Open played id tha 1215yard per71 Elks Country Club in Grand Rapids Mich: Orfilie kloodyS37500 686570-203 Bob BoldtE3050 Gary Playe08033 70-68-04-204 Kel NagleS3050 706970-209 Chi Chi Rodriguez316033 6668-70-204 Mike 70-69-70-209 Chick EvansE16033 Ray Beallo53050 Bruce DevlinE8840 7048-67-205 Jim Ferree32275 Dave 697264-205 Al Chandler52275 Harold 67-67-71-205 Art Wall S2 275 I 10 Jim Hatte4d18840 6870-67-205 Gardner DickinsonS2275 716970-210 Bob acticit93050 het Wag 4)4300 7069-70-209 Mike Fetchiek83050 70-69-70-209 Ray Bea Ito53050 Jim Ferree32275 68-67-75-210 Al Chaadler52275 Art Wa1132275 Gardner Dic1inson92275 Dick Heridneksor92275 Denny Fetton31750 Don Nasserigaiell750 Howie Johnson91750 73-73-65-211 John Brodie11750 70-73-68-211 73-70-68-211 Gordon Jones31336 75-67-70-212 Bob GoalbyS1336 7270-70-212 Butch 6airc181336 68-72-72-212 Lou Graham81336 MAW 8arber81336 71-74-67-212 Phil Dow Finstenvald31336 ------73-66-73-212 World record-holder Ben Johnson lost a 100-meter race at the Cologne (West Germany) International By RICK BARGER Staff Miter The final day of the effort to raise money for Parents for Drug-Free Youth programs began Sunday at Huntingtowne Farms Swim and Racquet Club with an exhibition and by the time it finished Jennifer Sopel and Peter Ayers had been crowned champions in the Third Ju- a Tennis Expo 411) The fans who contrib- uted almost 000 to the local youth an ti-drug pro- grams were treated to the A top two seeds in the boys draw as Ayers met practice partner David Yett Ayers the two-time defending champion went away as three time champion and with a 6-2 6-1 victory "I love playing here" said Ayers 15 ranked No 6 by the US Tennis Association in 14 singles last year "It gets tougher and tougher every year I play a couple of tournaments a year in Charlotte and it feels good to win" Ayers got his first service break in the match's third game on a double fault He got his second in the seventh game for a 5-2 lead Ayers led 2-0 in the second set before Yett 18 won his first point After cutting the lead to 2-1 Yett's ground strokes and serves left him as he dropped four straight games Yett has only the USTA National Indoor Championships in November remaining as a junior Sopel 13 the top seed topped 10-year-old Ashley Maner 6-3 6-4 in the girls final Maner jumped to a 3-1 lead before Sopel rallied to take the next five games and the first set Sopel who lost in the semifinals last year jumped to a 2-0 lead in the second set only to have Maner battle back to tie at 2 With the second set tied at 4 Sopel 4-0 against Maner broke and then served out for the match "Last year we came over and watched" said Maner "I really didn't know I had gotten in the tournament until I got back from Florida a couple of weeks ago I was thrilled" Blity 6847-71-208 Joe 67-7346-208 Jim Cochran25092 71-68-68-207 HOrtlet Blancas95092 87-7149-207 Jim 1005092 88-69-70-207 Bobby NtcholsI4175 Wan Zembnaki94175 73-68-67-208 Gay Bmwec94175 68-70-70-208 Kan S01164175 71-7146-208 Dick Rnyan83950 Doug Datzlei93050 89-7246-209 Roland Stattord93050 70-72-67-209 Mast To Drive For Baker In 5 Races Carolinas Baseball Lightning Flashes As Sindelar Lights Up International Golf firm Associated Press and Staff Worts Rick Mast will substitute for Buddy Baker in five Winston Cup series races this season Mast 31 accepted an offer Sunday to drive the BakerSchiff team's Oldsmobile in five races including the Busch 500 Saturday at Bristol (Tenn) Raceway It was previously announced that Morgan Shepherd will drive the car in the other five Baker 47 will sit out the rest of the season after having surgery Tuesday for removal of a blood clot on his brain In addition to the Busch 500 Mast will run the Southern 500 at Darlington SC Richmond's Miller 400 the Holly Farms 400 at North Wilkesboro and Charlotte's Oakwood Homes 500 Golf In the Charlotte Men's Senior Baseball League at Pineville's Jack Hughes Park the Hendrick A's beat the Charlotte O's 13-2 behind the pitching of Tim Wallace and Rick Forbis Wallace gave up one run and one hit over the first five innings and Forbis yielded one run and two hits the last four Joe Westmoreland doubled in two runs and David Henry had two hits and two stolen bases The nationally affiliated league is for players over 30 For information call Jeff Barkley at 528-6755 between 10 am and 6 pm Miscellaneous From Associated Press Reports CASTLE ROCK Colo Joey Sindelar scored his ninth birdie of the day while lightning flashed and went on to a four-point victory Sunday in the International golf tournament Sindelar finished with a tournament-record 17 points under the modified Stableford scoring system in which five points are awarded for an eagle two for a birdie zero for par minus one for bogey and minus three for double bogey or higher His total broke the old record of 14 set by Billy Pierot in 1986 and twice matched by Bruce Lietzke Jull Inkster fired a tournament-best six-under 65 to force a playoff with Beth Daniel and then parred the first hole to win the Atlantic City (NJ) Classic Inkster came from 10 shots back at one point in the final round to post her second victory on the LPGA Tour this year and the 10th of her career Orville Moody opened a three-shot lead midway through the final round and held on for a one-shot victory in the Greater Grand Rapids (Mich) Open Moody finished at 10-under-par 203 a stroke ahead of Chi Chi Rodriguez Gary Player and Chick Evans Ian Woosnam stuttered briefly before taking a comfortable seven-stroke victory in the Irish Open championship at Portmarflock in Dublin Craig Gilbert of UNCC scalded Eastwood Golf Course with a 62 to win the Par Busters Open by eight shots Gilbert shot 32-30 Sunday Championship Gilbert (69-62): Brown (70-69) W-Don litileiohn (68-74) Phil Neely (66-78) Polito (72-72) Barnett (71-75) Huxley (75-76) Huey (73-79) Jimmy Gaston (74-78) Williams (76-78) Harvey Mc Near (71-83) Evans (74-81) 4n Reed (76-80) Evans (75-83) Edward Cook (76-82) 'won third in a playoff Other winners: first flight Raymond Kindle 79-73-152: 2nd flight Melvin Jackson 82-74-156 3rd flight Howard Glover 88-77-185 4th flight Johnny Campbell 90-79-171 5th flight Randy Edddington 95-88-183 The Metrolina Yosef Club and Appalachian State fans will meet Tuesday night at Whispers Restaurant in the Park Road Shopping Center from pm Mountaineers' football coach Sparky Woods and basketball coach Tom Apke will attend Edited by Glenn Rollins 1 1 Update I BASEBALLAIM Allison Dedicates Victory To Dad San Francisco 34 San Diego 27 Houston 20 LA Rams 17(01) Washington 45 LA Raiders 27 mwArs RESULTS Kansas City Green Bay 21 (0T) Miami 16 Denver 13(01) Seattle 30 Buffalo 13 mintsookre RESULT New Yock Jets 11 Cleveland TooArs GAME Chicago at Dallas I pm Sunday's Results 1 Bobby Bohai Lola 200 $92789 2 Al Unser Jr March 200 557539 3 Roberto Guerrero Lola 199 $37369 4 Derek Daly Lola 199 $29143 5 Raul Boesel Lola 197 $24139 6 Gordon Johncock Lola 195 $22387 7 Howdy Holmes March 195 $21219 8 John Jones March 195 $20635 9 Billy Vukovichill March 195 $20051 10 Scott Brayton Lola 194 519467 11 Rich Vogler March 192 $19233 12 Scott Atchison March 187 $18766 13 Al Unser Penske 182 $11299 14 John Andrettl Lola 166 817832 15 Tony Bettenhausen Lola 135 $13864 16 AJ Foy! Loll 132 $13397 17 Mario Andretti Lola 116 $16780 18 Denny Sullivan Penske 116 816547 19 Dick Simon Lola 98 816430 20 Randy Lewis Lola 78 $16313 21 Emerson Fittipaidi Lola 59 $19696 22 Phil Krueger March 42 $9080 23 Rick Mears Penske 42 $25963 24 Teo Feb March 35 $8846 25 Michael Andretti Lola 28 815729 28 Arse Luyendyk Lola 5 $15612 bialliKTENNISIMMMI PROFESSIONAL ATP Championships Sunday's men's singles final from Mo on Ohio: Mats Mande( (2) Sweden Stefan Edberg (1) Sweden 3-6 74(74) 7-6 (7-5) Mennen Cup Sunday's men's singles final from Lb-Nalco KA: Andre Agassi (1) Jeff Tamp 6-2 6-4 MIN NI doubSes Mak Grant Connell Can Olerm Michibata Canada (1) Marc Flis4ammy Giammalva (2) 2-6 64 7-5 tacmen's singles final: Elna Reinach (t) South Mica Susan Mascarin (2) 64 INNIFOOTBALLiMini MINOR LEAGUES Southern League Easton Division Pet GB Columbus 38 24 613 yGreenville 25 597 1 Charlotte 35 27 565 3 Jacksonville 29 31 483 Orlando 28 32 467 9 Western Division Pd GB Memphis 33 28 541 yChattanooga 31 29 517 1 Birmingham 33 468 44 Knoxville 27 34 443 6 Huntsville 19 43 306 14Y1 yAvon title suNoArs RESULTS Charlotte 10-6 Memphis 54 Birmingham 11 Chattanooga 1 Jacksonville 6 Columbus 2 Odando 5 Greenville 3 Knoxville Huntsville 7 skruNoArs RESULTS Memphis at Charlotte ppd rain Greenville Orlando 3 Columbus 8 Jacasonville 0 Chattanooga 4 Birmingham 3 Knoxville 4 Huntsville 2 TooArs GAMES Greenville at Orlando Columbus at Jacksonville Memphis at Charlotte BirmMghain at Chattanooga Knoxville at Huntsville South Atlantic Northern Division Pct GB Greensboro 38 25 603 )(Asheville 33 29 532 44 Fayetteville 28 32 467 eve xCharlestn WV 26 38 419 11 xySpartanburg 23 30 377 14 )(Gastonia 22 39 361 15 Southern Division Pot GB xCharlestn SC 39 23 629 Columbia 34 26 5437 4 xyMyrile Beach 33 29 532 xSavannah 30 29 508 74 )(Sumter 31 30 508 71 )(Augusta 30 3 492 IPA xIate game not included y-won hist-halt title SUNDAY'S RESULTS Spartanburg 8 Asheville 5 Charleston WVa 5 Gastonia 0 Greensboro 6 Fayetteville 1 Sumter at Augusta late Charleston SC at Columbia late Myrtle Beach at Savannah late Charleston WVa 5 Gastonia 0 Greensboro 6 Fayetteville 1 Sumter at Augusta late Charleston SC at Columbia late Myrtle Beach at Savannah late Fin St Dlititt Car Laps Earnings Nissan out 1 4 Davey Allison Ford 200 680475 Running 2 7 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 200 37256 Running 3 1 Bat Elliott Ford 200 31775 Running 4 9 Morgan Shepherd Oldsmobile 200 19800 Running 5 11 Lake Speed Oldsmobile 200 14650 Running 8 6 Brett Bodine Ford 200 18425 Running 7 28 Minion Waltrip Pontiac 200 12365 Running 8 22 Kyie Petty Ford 200 14365 Running 9 23 Rick ninon Oldsmobile 200 8910 Running 10 2 Goon Bodine Chevrolet 200 12705 Running 11 14 Sterling Martin Oldsmobile 200 9750 Running 12 3 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 200 11695 Running 13 20 Terry latonte Chevrolet 199 12190 Running 14 25 Rodney Combs Buick 199 4860 Running 15 21 Benny Persons Ford 199 8935 Running 18 10 Ricky Rudd Buick 198 7895 Running 17 15 Darrel Waltrip Chevrolet 198 11085 Running 18 35 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 198 5175 Running 19 36 Jim Sauter Pontiac 198 3865 Running 20 13 Phil Parsons Oldsmobile 198 7205 Running 21 27 Harry Gant Chewolet 197 8320 Running 22 18 Dave Marcel Chevrolet 197 8160 Running 23 12 Mike Alexander Buick 197 10075 Running 24 29 Edda theschwale Oldsmobile 197 2965 Running 25 34 Chad Linie Ford 1913 2980 Running 28 37 Ken Bouchard Ford 196 3530 Running 27 42 Brad Mellinger Buick 196 2975 Running 28 38 HB Bailey Pontiac 195 2870 Running 29 5 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 194 14315 Running 30 33 Dona Patten Buick 193 2535 Running 31 32 Mickey Gibbs Frird 186 2490 Running 32 28 Mark Martin Ford 182 3295 Engine 33 40 Emit Iman Pontiac 157 2400 Engine 34 17 Derrike Coon Ford 127 5080 Valve train 35 41 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile 114 3000 Engine 36 8 Alan Kulvilost Ford 104 4955 Engine 37 39 Bobby hem Buick 94 4915 Piston 38 30 Jimmy Meant Pontiac 72 4870 Hub 39 24 Richard Petty Pontiac 68 4825 Distributor 40 19 Neil Bonnett Pontiac 51 9210 Engine 41 11 Dale Jarrett Buick 50 2210 Oil leak 42 31 Greg Sacks Pontiac 21 2710 Engine Time el re Two hours 33 minutes Margin of victory: 443 seconds AVE6911 speak 156663 mph Caution Sauk two tor 12 laps Load Change: 22 among 10 drivers Fourth Quarter I run (Breech kick) 223 Att-42746 fat Cincinnati) COLTS 10 SMITS II New Orleans 0 0 0 0 Indianapolis 0 3 I 0-10 Second OUlfill Biasucti 22 1500 Third Mortar 1 pass from Hogeboom (kick failed) 5:32 Andersen 27 9:34 Andersen 48 14:14 Fourth Quarter 8 pass from Trudeau (Biasucd kick) 7:35 Thompson tackled Hebert In end zone 11:39 Att-54117 (at Indianapol)s) PATRIOTS 24 EAGLES 21 New England 17 7 0-24 Philadelphia 0 7 7-21 First Gustier 78 pass from Comingharit Mgr sly kick) 8:04 Second Owlet 3 nil (Garde Idtki 2:418 21 pass from (IMO 10119- cie kick) 11:02 Garcia 39 14:20 Third Gustier 1 run (Garcia kick) 2117 38 return of lumbli (McFadden kick) 13:12 Fourth Mortar 10 pass from Cavanaugh (Dawson kick) 2:14 Att-41502 (at Philadalphial 49ER0 $4 CHARGERS 27 San Francisco 7 3 3 21-34 San Diego 1010 7 0-27 First Warier Abbott 51 4:56 35 pass from Laufenberg (Abbott kid) 7:19 30 pass from Montana (Cofer kick) 935 Second Nada Cofer 23 1029 Abbott 35 12:42 8 pass 'TOM Laufenberg (Abbott kick) 14:32 Third ()aorta 69 pass from Malone (Abbolt kick) 0:59 OF-60 Coler 37 8:28 Fourth Quarter 12 pass from Young (Cofer kick) 1:53 27 run (Cofer kick) 7:24 4 run (Cofer kick) 12:56 Att-39044 (at San Diego) OILERS 20 RAMS 17 (UT) Houston 10 0 7 3-20 LA Rants 7 3 0 0-17 First Quarter 9 pass from Everett (Lansford kick) 5:07 Second Quarter 11 run (Zendelas kick) 4:58 HFO 24 8:35 1 run (Lansford kick) 13:04 Third Quarter Langton) 31 3:04 Fourth Quarts 1 run (Zendelas kick) 7:05 Overtime 47 5:41 Att-38352 (at Anaheim Calif) Exhibition suNuars PIESULT Minnesota 19 Pncenia 16 (0T) SATURDAY'S RESULTS NY Giants 28 Pittsburgh 17 New England 24 Philadelphia 21 Cincinnati 24 Detrok Atlanta 19 Tampa Bay 14 Indianian la New Orleans Tampa Bay 14 1111 Indianapolis New Orleans I Continued From Page IB Finishing 6-12 and completing all 200 laps were Brett Bodine Michael Waltrip Kyle Petty Rick Wilson Geoff Bodine Sterling Marlin and Ken Schrader Richard Petty making his 500th straight Winston Cup start charged from 24th place to seventh early in the race But his day ended in disappointment when distributor problems struck on Lap 37 and he eventually had to park Wallace boosted his lead in the standings toward the driving championship from 11 points to 21 over Elliott and from 58 to 157 over Dale Earnhardt with I 0 races left Earnhardt fell back because his Chevrolet broke an exhaust valve after he had led 39 laps He finished 29th The pit fire which hospitalized Marlin crewman Gerald Oakley of High Point with third-degree burns on the left arm possibly was the pivotal incident in the race It occurred on Lap 171 as practically the entire field of cars still running streamed Onto pit road when the yellow flag showed for debris on the backstretch A traffic jam ensued and Brett Bodine's Ford spun around when tagged in the rear by Eddie Bierschwale's Olds Pitting behind Brett Bodine was Marlin in an Olds names suddenly appeared between the Bodine and Marlin cars and the area became chaotic People scrambled in every direction and Oakley emerged from the smoke with his uniform on fire He was wrestled to the ground and a fireman doused him with an extinguisher After treatment at the track hospital Oakley was taken by helicopter to the airport at nearby Jackson and then flown by track owner Roger Penske's private jet to the NC Burn Center in Chapel Hill There were several versions of how the fire started The most reliable witnesses said Marlin ran through a puddle of gas in another pit area en route to his own The fuel splashed onto either the hot brakes or headers on Marlin's Olds and blazed The fire intensified when Marlin's crewmen spilled gas while fueling his car Despite the flames smoke and confusion everyone got out of the pits all right except Elliott who was pitting behind Marlin When jackman Tommy Cole saw the flames coming he instinctively dropped Elliott's Ford the signal for the driver to go ElliOtt took off but the lug nuts hadn't been tightened during a change of the left front tire and he had to pit again in the Thunderbird that had led 37 laps This placed Elliott 13th in line for the restart on Lap 176 a deficit he couldn't overcome "I feel we had 'em covered" said Elliott who had won three straight Champion 400s and six of the previous nine NASCAR races at the speedway "But we'll never know Davey was strong I ran as hard as I could to get to where I got after the last yellow" could to get to where I got after the last yellow" TRANSACTIONS Baseball American League Announced that Dill Laskey as chosen to become a tree agent rather than accept a minor-league assignment NEW Activated Ron Guidry from the 15-day disabled list Optioned Lee Guetterman to Columbus ot the Inter natlonal League Activated OF Dave Parker from the 21-day disabled list Placed Malt Sinatro on the 15-day disabled list Football NFL Saturday's Late Summaries REDSKINS 45 RAIDER8 27 Washington 14 10 14-45 LA Raiders -----0 10 7 10-27 First aligner 22 pass from Williams (Loh miller kick) 816 Second Owlet 3 pass from Williams (HO Sheikh kick) 1:05 1 run (Lohmiller kick) 8:25 25 pass from Beuerlein (Bahr kicid 1011 Bahr 35 1430 Third Quarter 3 run (Hay-Sheikh kick) 518 Smith 3 run (Bahr kick) 1028 Lohmilier 22 14:03 Fourth Guider 17 run (Hall-Sheikh kick) 0:12 Bahr 33 3:53 62 pass from NomPflria (Lohmilier kick) 5:02 2 run (Bahr kick) 6:33 Att-40363 (al Los Angeles) GIANTS 20 STEELERS 17 Pittsburgh 7 0 0-17 NY Giants 0 21 7 0-28 First Quarter 8 run (GAnderson kick) 3:11 GAnderson 35 6:24 Second Quartos 18 pass from Simms (Brownlee kick) :46 2 pass from Simms (Al love kick) 4:59 1 run (GAnderson kick) 11:11 12 pass from Rutledge (Brownlee kick) 14:59 Third Gunder 14Y0-0J Anderson 5 run (Allegre kick) 13:50 A11-37816 (et East Rutherford NJ) BENGALI 24 LIONS 7 Detroit 0 7 1 0-0 Cincinnati 0 14 8 7-24 Second Quarter 34 pass from Eamon (Gaffney Inch) 451 3 run (Gaffney kick) 916 7 pass from Long (Murray kick) 14:26 Third Quarter Breech 42 1101 Breech 42 1101 IWO wirier SATURDAY'S RESULTS Greensboro 6 Myrtle Beath 4 Sumter 3 Charleston WVa Charleston SC 3 Gastonia 2 Columbia 5 Fayetteville 3 Spartanburg 4 Augusta 3 (8 mini Asheville 12 Savannah Too Ars GAMES Spartanburg at Asheville Sumter at Augusta Charleston SC at Columbia Greensboro at Fayetteville Charleston Vs at Gat 310001 Myrtle Watch Cl Savannah NFL Acquired WA Jessie Hester from the LA Raiders in exchange for an Undisclosed 1989 draft choice Agreed to tenni with Dave Rimington CLEVELAND Released LB Bruce HOIM68 LB Nick Milier OG Tyrone So rels Lul Passaglia Shaun Burdick RB Aaron Sam AB Marc Logan WA Glen Young WA fiend ley Hawkins and WA Remi Watson Placed CB Danny Cope land TE Eric McKee TE Jeff Modesitt REI Lorne Conyers OT Dave Cullity and LB Darryl Knox GREEN Released WA Lee Morris TE Don Summers TE Frank Harris TE Neal Wilkinson Curtis Burrow DE Thorne' Flasher LB Robert Harper OT Louis Morino NT Tom Poreti DB John Preston DB Eddie Parker and OL Darren Twombley Signed WA Mark Duper to a fourear contract Released DB DeShon Jenkins DB Mark Mathis De Mark McNeil DE tika Menu LB Scot Brantley LB Scott Walters LB Tom Flaherty OL Doug Marrone OL James Hansen Oa Kerwin Bell AB Frank Middleton AB George Cooper AB Willie Cannon TE Steve Holloway WA Harvey Smitn WA Mike Caterbone and NI Anis Jackson Edited by Roc Belot Edited by RIO Barget Shepherd was second starting the last lap but hit a patch of oil between Turns 3 and 4 and bobbled just enough for Wallace and Elliott to sweep by Wallace led more than anyone twice for 75 laps "We had a cracked header that cost us some horsepower then a broken oil line that put me way behind Davey for the finish" he said "1 think he was stronger than I was but maybe not that much stronrr" Allison averaged a track-record 156863 mph as only two caution periods slowed the pace for 12 laps He won $60475 Allison became the 13th winner this season tying NASCAR's modem record set in 1986 One of those winners was Bobby Allison who barely beat Davey to the checkered flag in the season-opening Daytona 500 "1 can't wait to get back home and see him" Davey said said OAOTORSPORTS1 CART Quaker State 500 Sunday's find mutts from Long Pond Pa with cat lops end mornings: Pa wila cot Nos wings nings: i't I 1 1 I I i iot 1.