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ip yi pt 'lyij H1 iy fj1 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Friday June 1 7 1 994 3C Roc Value tn Town1 Doz Roaea Arranged ONLY $1995 tl Wallace abandons winners at Michigan 1 NASCAR today By TOM HIGGINS Staff Writer three drivers have combined to win five straight this season 332-5167 FLOWERS APERDOLLW IloungemR The Grand Daddy Event: Miller Genuine Draft 400 Race No 14 of 31 for NASCAR Winston Cup Series cars Sunday 1 pm Where: Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn Mich Distance: 400 miles or 200 laps on 2-mile oval track Companion event: All Sport 200 for Automobile Racing Club of America cars Saturday 2 pm Remainder of schedule: Today 8 am ARCA practice: 10 am qualifying for positions 21-40 in 200 (positions 1-20 decided Thursday): 11 am Winston Cup practice 1 pm ARCA practice 1:30 pm Winston Cup practice 3:30 pm qualifying for positions 1-20 in 400 Saturday 9 am Winston Cup practice 1 1 am qualifying for positions 21-40 in 400 4 pm final Winston Cup practice Winston Cup track records: Qualifying 180750 mph Ken Schrader Chevy August 1993 400-mile race 160910 mph Davey Allison Ford June 1991 ARCA track records: Qualifying 1174634 mph Bob Schacht Buick August 1991 200-mile race 130293 mph Tracy Leslie Olds August 1990 1993 winners: 400 Ricky Rudd 200 Jeff Purvis Purses: 400 $1 0021 68 200 $1 46930 TV: 400 CBS 200 ESPN Radio: First-round 400 qualifying WFMX-FM 1057 400 Motor Racing Network affiliates Ticket information: (517) 592-6671 The best hospitality friendship entertainment prices in town BROOKLYN Mich Although Rusty Wallace has been on a NASCAR Winston Cup Series charge in Fords nicknamed and Rider" he plans to put the two cars to bed for the Miller Genuine Draft 400 Sunday at Michigan International Speedway Wallace and his Penske South team led by crew chief Buddy Parrott have opted to use a new unnamed Thun-derbird when time trials begin today at the 2-mile track in the Irish Hills southwest of Detroit tested extensively up here last week and felt the new car ran a little better than so we loaded our old standby back on the said Wallace concentrated on dialing in the new car" a courageous decision Wallace led 187 of 400 laps in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 29 in before Chevrolet driver Jeff gamble on a late two-tire pit stop paid off in victory and destined Wallace for second place Wallace spurred Rider" to victory in the Budweiser including a victory in the Indianapolis 500 by A1 Unser Jr Penske-owned machines have swept the NASCAR and IndyCar races the past two weekends The IndyCar circuit has an open date this weekend so Wallace feels attention is on him to keep the streak going for his team owner intent on doing it we tested at Michigan last week it was part of what Todd Parrott our tire specialist called our Whirlwind Mystery said Wallace we left Mooresville for Dover we were gone 1 1 straight days We came to Michigan from Dover to test then doubled back from the Midwest to the Northeast to race at Pocono before going home to North Carolina "During our test Roger dived right in there with the rest of us He was changing tires crawling under the car everything He left the track at night with grease all over him and I think he was as happy as ever seen Penske for all his success including a record nine Indianapolis 500 victories never has had one of his Winston Cup cars win at the track known throughout Michigan as The closest his drivers have come to the checkered flag were third place finishes by Wallace in the 1991 Champion 400 and by Bobby Allison in the CAM2 400 in the spring of 1976 500 at Dover Downs in Delaware on June 5 leading 150 of 500 laps He drove the same car in taking a second straight Winston Cup victory Sunday in the UAW-GM Teamwork 500 at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania leading 141 of 200 laps The record of is a remarkable one certain to go down in NASCAR lore along with the 007 Ford of the late Davey Allison and his Robert Yates Racing team Wallace has won 11 times and posted 22 top-five finishes in 24 races with it "Midnight has gone to Victory Lane in its past three starts just think the new car which has a Ronnie Hopkins chassis is a killer addition to our stable" said Wallace we want to use the car and see what do named the new car yet One of the crew guys found a heads-up penny near the car when we tested last week at Michigan He suggested we name the car for Abraham Lincoln considered that but the game plan is to win the race and name the car in honor of our team owner Roger Penske If we win name it something like or The latter is nickname on the IndyCar circuit where his HOT NEW FEATURES Stores 20 Messages Has An Alarm Auto OnOff Date Time $y1 A95 Plus Tax Wallace's Michigan wins in 1988 and '89 were in Pontiacs owned by former drag racing champion Raymond Beadle A third straight victory Sunday should be a message that the WallacePenske South team although currently third in the standings 295 points down to leader Ernie Irvan is going to be a factor 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