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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Friday June 23 I 989 3B NASCAR Today ill 1 11 onus orth Schramm Takes Look At City Event: Miller 400 Race No 14 (of 29) for NASCAR Winston Cup Series Sunday 1 pm (all times are EDT) Where: Michigan International Raceway Brooklyn Mich Distance: 400 miles or 200 laps on 2-mile oval track Companion Event: None Remainder Of Schedule: Today 11:30 am qualifying for positions 1-20 2 pm qualifying for positions 21-40 Winston Cup Track Records: Qualifying 174940 mph Bill Elliott Ford August 1988 400-mile race 156863 mph Davey Allison Ford August 1988 Purse: $615112 RadioTV: 400 first round qualifying live WFMX-FM Statesville (1057) 400 Motor Racing Network 400 CBS-TV live Notes: Rusty Wallace is the 400's defending champion edging Bill Elliott by 28 seconds last June Wallace's victory was the first ever at the track for a Pontiac driver Dale Earnhardt leads the Winston Cup point standings Ticket Information: (517) 592-6666 9 am-5 pm ace By TOM HIGGINS Staff Writer BROOKLYN Mich The top NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams are planning to start gambling more boldly with engine and gear combinations as practice opens today for Sunday's Miller ititz- li 400 at Michigan Inter- bi national Speedway The crews are going i' 4 to be "tuning them tight" right to the ''41t 44 I point of breaking in a search for extra i-1 t-t speed because the Un- ocal "Skins Game" k4 4 bonus has built to $91200 To get a shot at the Wallace extra money a driver must first win the pole To collect it he must then win the race The prize has "rolled over" at $7600 per "skin" for 11 races since Rusty Wallace won an extra S15200 by starting first and then winning the Goodwrench 500 at Rockingham in March "You've got to start concentrating on it and gambling for it because it has increased to the point where winning it pays almost twice as much as winning the race" Wallace said Several teams that normally don't expend a lot of effort on time trials said Thursday they brought special qualifying engines to the 400 Wallace and his Charlotte-based Blue Max team have had chances to collect the bonus the past two races starting on the pole at Sears Point Calif and Long Pond Pa Wallace barely missed winning on the California road course finishing second to Ricky Rudd and appeared to have the dominant car in Pennsylvania last Sunday until a tire problem foiled his charge MUM a ble Wallace is the season co-leader in poles with Ford driver Mark Martin Both have four No 1 starts and are likely to share the favorite's role when time trials to determine all 40 positions in the 400 start Saturday at 11:30 am Also rated a strong rchance is Ford driver Bill Elliott He's tops irlot tornmstatw iiifiplirg active A -) Penske: Michigan track with six and he 1t holds the speedway's ''''ZO ttl stock car record at s1 OP 174940 mph 4 411 i Practice sessions are set for 1 pm to 1 4:30 pm today and Elliott 8:30 am to 10:30 am Saturday Sunday's green flag is scheduled for 1 pm (CBS-TV WBTV channel 3 in Charlotte) Zero Payments January 1990! 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in one European division in a season that would go from early April to early Schramm's group was scheduled to stay overnight in Charlotte meeting with Mayor Sue Myrick officials of the Charlotte Chamber and representatives of two potential ownership groups seeking an expansion team for the Carolinas Schramm planned to discuss the spring league Thursday night with Mark Richardson Mike McCormack and Max Muhleman representing a group headed by Spartanburg's Jerry Richardson He is lo have breakfast today with My1ick and Chamber officials tho Meet with George Shinn and Walter Council representing Shinn's group before leaving town The possibility of having a Worldwide team in the Carolinas brings with it a variety of major 'questions that will have to be answered in a hurry if Schramm is to meet the timetable he wants to meet and quicIdy have a plan ready for NFL consideration Still to be answered Schramm said are Ouestions on the cost of a franchise availability of a stadium and the potential for strong fan appeal No question is bigger for the Richardson and Shinn groups however than the one on expansion and what the operation of a Spring team could do to their Chances "It would be totally overlooking human nature to say the success of a team in this league would not have a bearing on that" Schramm Said "Obviously lack of success pould also have an effect But someone who does well with the new league is going to have a leg up" Schramm said no decisions would be made during this visit "We'll come away with some strong impressions that's what we're looking for" he said "We're just trying to gather the attitude of the people in the community the business leaders' the solidarity and the level of interest "The number one priority in this is fan support We're looking for cities that are going to have fans that's the most important ingredient the enthusiasm of the fans in the stands" Schramm and his group were net at the airport by Mark Richttrdson McCormack and Muhleman 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