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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Friday March 16 1990 71 Artificial Lures Attracting Largemouth Bass At Area Lakes Wallace Have High Hopes In Atlanta 1 tion is building toward its seasonal peak on Piedmont reservoirs The most productive spot in the mountains is Fontana Reservoir where smallmouth bass are striking Shad Raps and chartreuse twister-tail grubs Tom Higgins day that in shallow water has produced good catches at lakes Norman Badin Tillery Rhodhiss Murray and Russell Bass are striking spinnerbaits and lures such as Shad Raps Rattle Traps and Rebels Crappie ac The words Carolinas bass fishermen with artificial worms have awaited can finally be announced: Largemouth are hitting plastic and rubber lures in many of the lakes Reports from sportfishing sites in the Carolinas indicated Thurs TOE MWAIiEV COEITItJIlIES NASCAR TODAY Event: Motorcraft 500 Race No 4 (of 29) for NASCAR Winston Cup Series Sunday 1 pm Site: Atlanta International Raceway Distance: 500 miles or 328 laps on 1522-mile oval track Companion Event: ARCA 500K Saturday 1 pm Remainder of schedule: Today 9:30 am alternating ARCA and Winston Cup practice 2 pm qualifying for positions 1-20 in Motorcraft 500 to be followed by alternating practice Saturday 9 am Winston Cup practice 10:30 am qualifying for positions 21-40 in Motorcraft 500 to be followed by final practice Winston Cup Track Records: Qualifying 179499 mph Rusty Wallace Pontiac November 1988 500-mile race 152523 mph Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet November 1986 ARCA Track Records: Qualifying 175756 mph Billy Thomas Pontiac November 1989 500K race 131780 mph Grant Adcox Chevrolet March 1986 Defending champions: Motorcraft 500 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet ARCA 500K Ben Hess Olds Purses: $621922 for Motorcraft 500 $116991 for ARCA 500K RadioTV: Qualifying WFMX Statesville 1057 FM RadioTV: Motorcraft 500 live Motor Racing Network live Channel 9 Charlotte (ABC-TV) Ticket Information: (404) 946-4211 8 am-5 pm By TOM HIGGINS Stall Writw HAMPTON Ga Rusty Wallace hopes will the to Victory Lane to his rivals in the Motorcraft 500 at Atlanta International Raceway on Sunday And Wallace simply voicing that old cliche in looking to the fourth race of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series season The 1989 champion and his Charlotte-based Blue Max team plan to be using a Pontiac nicknamed Katy when qualifying for the 500 begins today at the 1522-mile track "Katy never has gone 500 miles before but got a lot of confidence in the said Wallace had her in the wind tunnel and she shows a lot of down-force aerodynamically which is what you need at Atlanta because of its big sweeping turns testing she has felt a lot better than the car we call which won at Atlanta in the Journal 500 of 1988 very enthusiastic about our chances with this Wallace is intent on returning to the Atlanta form that enabled him to dominate the season finale at the track and also the Motor-craft 500 of a year ago He led practically all the way last March before falling out with a piston problem after 217 of the 328 laps Trace this deep determination to a sputtering performance last November as he and his Blue Max outfit led by Barry Dodson and Harold Elliott struggled to a 15th-place finish and barely held off Dale Earnhardt for the Winston Cup championship Earnhardt won the Journal 500 to finish just 12 points behind Wallace After three races this year Earnhardt is the standings leader eight points ahead of Wallace last time down here I had to drive a way I want to said Wallace who has finishes of seventh sixth and fifth so far style is to mash the gas and run as hard as I can time I have that awful thought man if I fall out running through my head every lap is one of my favorite tracks Before coming to NASCAR I did real well in ASA (American Speed Association) races here I finished second (to Earnhardt) in my first Winston Cup start here in 1980 I hold the track qualifying record 1 79499 mph) and it was at Atlanta that I clinched my championship glad to be back under more normal conditions and I can see what got I just hope we made the right decision on racing Veteran Buddy Baker begins his comeback attempt in the 500 after missing the last 44 races dating to July 31 1988 Baker 49 will wheel a Ford fielded by Junie Donlavey a car owner for whom he drove one time before was a NASCAR Grand National East race in the 1960s at Columbia Baker said car was really hooked up that night and we won the race easily could have won by three laps in fact But every time I came around to lap the second place car the track promoter waved the caution flag Guess who the promoter was daddy (NASCAR pioneer and Hall of Famer Buck Elder makes another debut as crew chief this weekend this time as leader of rookie Rob team Elder succeeded Steve Bird who resigned several days ago NOV 30-DEC 1 CHARLOTTE COLISEUM ALSO HOUSTON VS IOWA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND CONSOLATION GAMES FOUR GREAT GAMES IN 2 DAYS Race Team Debuts Sunday Visa MasterCard Credit Card No Expiration Dale 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