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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Monday May 4 1992 38 Mansell splashes to record win Edmonton wins in i overtime Observer Staff and Nawa Services BARCELONA Spain Nigel Mansell splashed his way into the record book winning the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday to tie a Formula One mark with his fourth win in as many races this season Driving a Williams-Renauit Mansell tied the record of defending series champion Ayrton Senna Mansell beat Michael Schumacher by 24 seconds in persistent rain to claim his 25th career victory tying him with Jim Clark and NikW Lauda for fourth spot Jeff Burton overtook Bobby Dotter late in the race and won the Granger Select 200 Busch Grand National race Saturday night In Radford Va Johnny Rumley who started on the pole led the first 135 laps on the 4 1 6-mile layout before his tires began to wear away Dotter wound up second followed by Jack Sprague Tom Peck and Steve Grissom Johnny Chapman won the 100-lap Dash Series race Saturday at Hickoiy Motor Speedway and Dennis Setzer took the 50-lap event Other winners were Joe Rainey in the 25-lap race Squire Ford in the 20-lap and Kevin Townsend and Jeff Sisk in 15-lap events Mike Skinner won from the pole in the 50-lap late model feature at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro on Saturday Jeff McCIaurin won the 30-lap limited stock race Buddy Allred took the 20-lap pure stock Lynn Routh the 15-lap baby grand stock and Brian Shaw the 15-lap Bud truck Michael Ritch won his third race of the year taking the 75-lap Winston Racing Series late model stock event Friday at Ace Speedway in Greensboro In other events: Jerry Scott won the 30-lap Grand American Modified Ricky Billings the 30-lap super stock and Rod Barber and Harry Cosner took 15-lap mini stock races results Cut tire ends chance at Talladega Drive time: Los Angeles Lakers guard Byron Scott gets past Portland's Kevin Duckworth (00) and Buck Williams Sunday Portland won the game 102-76 and the playoff series 3-1 strange season ends with blowout in Las Vegas During Davey Allison's last two pit stops Yates and crew chief Larry McReynoids Pres That let Allison keep the lead and proved pivotal as he held off challenges on Allison's crew once changing four Pres In 1 8 Pres another time in nine seconds to get the out of the pits first Allison staying low on the track although Earnhardt and Ernie Irvan had maneuvered appeared to have a shot at pulling off a Bill (Elliott) behind me and once they Chevys it broke their momentum" Allison said smiling so wide that we're going lofion for our Ford engineer the 13-race Thunderbird winning sPeak Richard Petty had a solid run in his last 15th on the lead lap i Associated Press Porter 2-3 Robinson 1-1 Drexler 0-3) Los Angeles 1-5 (Scott 1-4 Dtvac 0-1) Fouled None Portland 61 (Drexler 10) Los Angeles 46 (Green 14) Portland 28 (Drexler 7) Los Angeles 18 (Threatt Scott Divac 4) Total Portland 19 Los Angeles 27 1 5478 (at Inglewood Call! Clippers 11 5 Jazz 107 ANAHEIM Calif Danny Manning had 33 points and 10 rebounds to lead the way as the Clippers tied the series 2-2 forcing a fifth and deciding game tonight at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City where the Jazz are 39-4 this season including decisive wins in the first two games of the series The Clippers won by outscoring the Jazz 1 1-2 in the final 1:44 Doc Rivers who had 1 1 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter made two free throws with 54 seconds remaining and a three-point play with 24 seconds left to extend a one-point lead to six clinching the victory Ron Harper scored 26 points for the Clippers who won despite an outstanding performance by Karl Malone who had a career playoff high 44 points and 1 1 rebounds Utah LA Clipper 21 29 26 22 31 26 UTAH 107 Edward 4-11 3-6 12 Malona 11-18 22-24 44 Eaton 2-2 0-0 4 Stockton 5-12 3-4 16 Malona 8-19 2-2 18 Corbm 1-5 3-4 5 Brown I-22-24 Banott 2-4 0-04 Totals 3473 35-42 107 LA CUPPERS 115 Norman 6-12 2-2 14 Manning 12-20 9-13 33 Smith 7-13 2-3 16 Harper II-23 4-5 26 Rivers 3-10 10-11 17 Potynle 1-2 1-2 3 Edward 0-00-00 Grant 3-5 0-0 6 Vaught 0-1 OO 0 Totals 43-86 28-36 115 Three-point Utah 4-7 (Stockton 3-5 Edwards 1-2) Los Angeles 1-7 (Rivers 1-3 Norman 0-1 Grant 0-1 Harper 0-2) Fouled None Utah 40 (K Malone 11) Los Angeles 57 (Manning 10) Utah 24 (Stockton 18) Los Angeles 27 (Norman Grant 6) Total Utah 26 Los Angeles 29 Corbin 71 48 (at Los Angeles) Associated Preet VANCOUVER British Columbia Joe Murphy scored at eight minutes 36 seconds of overtime Sunday to give the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Game 1 of the Smythe Division finals Murphy intercepted a poor breakout pass by defenseman Dave Babych raced into the Canucks zone and snapped a 20-foot shot from between the circles over goaltender Kirk McLean's left shoulder for his fourth playoff goal Both goalies were tested in overtime but Edmonton's Bill Ranford made the two best stops when he robbed Pavel Bure and Trevor Linden about two minutes apart both on open shots from the slot Ranford also got his skate on a wrist shot by Robert Kron that was headed for the near comer Game 2 will be Monday night at the Pacific Coliseum Vancouver went ahead 3-2 with 7:15 remaining when Bure the Canucks' sensational Russian rookie got his sixth playoff goal sweeping a pass from Jim Sandlak into a half-empty net But the Oilers quickly retaliated Vincent Damphousse tied it with 5:05 to go when his 10-footer from the slot banked off the left goal post and into the net The Canucks who finished first in the Smythe Division and ended a string of 15 straight losing seasons with their best record since joining the NHL in 1970 appeared to be on their way to a series-opening victory when they took a 2-0 lead Geoff Courtnall who had three goals in series-clinching victory over Winnipeg on Thursday put the Canucks ahead when he beat Ranford When Sandlak made it 2-0 at 5:59 of the second period with a power-play goal the Canucks seemed to be in command But Edmonton which ousted Los Angeles in six games after finishing third in the regular season cut the deficit to 2-1 on defenseman Norm first playoff goal at 10:55 The Oilers' Scott Mellanby was ejected after taking a high-sticking major at 1 3: 1 4 but Bure was called for slashing 91 seconds later and the Oilers tied it during the four-on-four as Bemie Nicholls converted a feed from Greg Hawgood at 15:28 Edmonton Vancouver 0 2 First Period 1 Vancouver Courtnall 5 (Walter Kron) 14 33 Second 2 Vancouver Sandlak 4 (Udv ter Nedved) 5 59 (pp) 3 Edmonton Madver 1 (Murphy Damphousse) 1055 4 Edmonton Nich-oks 6 (Hawgood) 15 28 Third Period 6 Vancouver Bure 6 (Sandlak Lanonov) 12 45 6 Edmonton Damphousse 5 (Murphy Maclver) 14 55 Overtime 7 Edmonton Murphy 4 8 36 Shots on goel Edmonton Ven corner 43 Goode Edmonton Ran-lord 5-2 (43 shota-40 saves) Vancouver McLean 4-4 (32-28) 16123 (at Vancouver British Columbia) jr Shuffletown Dragway in Charlotte saw women place first and second in the street division Sunday for the first time Results: Pm division: 1 Wayns Montgomery Rock Hilt Buick S99 ET 2 Doug McGraw Uncolnton Monza 46 3 Mika Rayano Charlotte Chevelle 716 Street division: 1 Lisa Wilkes Davidson Nova 817 2 Barbara Cantrell Uncolnton Dodge 8 97 3 Robert Billings Chester SC Nova 8 68 Low qualifier: Jimmy Childers Moores villa Roadster 6 50 Dale McSwain won the super pro race at Rockingham Dragway Saturday Other winners were Lawrence Calloway in modified William Rogers in motorcycle and Leslie Davis Sr In trophy street Rich Bickle Jr held off Freddie Query to win the Super 300 Big 10 Series late model sportsman race at Concord Motor Speedway late Saturday Keith Brack won the Super 100 for late model stocks flip on the backstretch by Jimmy Spencer who was unhurt "I was just riding at that time waiting to make the move The caution enabled the rest of the cars to catch up and then Ernie sort of started messing with me I had to race the ones behind me as much as those in front of Shepherd was running fourth with two laps to go but was bumped high in Turn 1 as Irvan and Marlin went three wide to pass him Nineteen drivers finished all 500 miles including all-time NASCAR victory leader Richard Petty who finished 1 5th the first time Petty has finished on the lead lap since last August on the road course at Watkins Glen NY happy there were no major Key to race team owner Robert elected not to change that track position Pie last lap Turning point seconds and two No 28 Thunderbird Best decision Chevy dnvers Dale on the last lap and pass kept got alongside him Quote of Pie day to have to get suntan Preston Miller on Worth menPonlng Winston 500 finishing x-Penallzed from in manifold Time of race Two speed: 167608 mph laps Lead changes: 1-5 Irvan 6 Marlin 24-48 Marbn 78-81 Allison 82-89 103-106 Marlin Allison 1399 2 5 Shepherd 1257 Bodine 1176 9 1080 12 Rudd 1048 15 Schrader 1007 By TOM HIGGINS Staff Writer TALLADEGA Ala A cut tire on Ricky Chevrolet probably cost General Motors its best' chance at stopping NASCAR Winston Cup Series winning streak which Davey Allison stretched to 13 Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway Rudd was running powerfully right with the Thunderbirds of Allison and ling Marlin who had the Winston fe strongest cars when he sud-- denly went slamming into the Turn 2 wall just 44 laps from the finish cut a tire and by the time I got back to the pits and got the car worked on lost a lap" Rudd JsyJ said had a much better run than our finish (26th) indicates Why it happened I know "We were up at the front in that three-car draft a long time and our strategy was to try to pull away from the rest of the cars (The trio built a lead of 73 seconds before accident) I think if avoided the trouble have been there at the end Our car was just as good as it looked "But it was pretty beat up after hitting the wall We probably were about 50 mph slower than we had Falling back Harry Gant and Terry Labonte were the major losers in the race for the Winston Cup championship in the 500 Gant dropped from second place in the standings 14 behind Allison to 110 down in third Labonte tumbled from 4 1 back and third place to seventh 1 7 1 behind Bill Elliott the runner-up climbed from fourth in points to second 67 behind "I couldn't go anywhere after I lost the draft" said Gant whose Olds was 24 th two laps down "This was a brand new car and we've got our work cut out to make it competitive It was just like a ship's anchor today" Labonte also was driving a new car a Ford after posting eight straight top 10 finishes this season in Oldsmobiles and Chevrolets He finished 36th in the 40-car field after being forced out 77 laps into the race by a burned piston Wild ride Jimmy Spencer took a harrowing ride on Lap 176 when his Chevy got tapped in heavy traffic off Turn 2 and he spun into the grass off the backstretch and got airborne The car looked as if it would flip pirouetting on its left front but then slammed bak down on its wheels Spencer was hit by Wally Dallenbach's Ford which had been nudged by Kyle Pontiac "1 just thank the Lord 1 take any more cars with me" Spencer said "It could have been bad It was scary It was absolute quiet It seemed like I was gliding I just said back down We came in about like one too thank God" Kyle Petty accepted responsibility for the incident I "1 hit Wally When car got beside Wally the air stopped him a little bit and I was right on him I hit him just enough to jerk him a little sideways and turn him into Spencer It was my fault" Observer News Services LAS VEGAS Without Magic without James Worthy and Sam Perkins playing on a court 300 miles from the fire-ravaged neighborhood around The Forum the Los Angeles Lakers finally saw their tragedy-marred season end Led by Clyde Drexler and Danny Ainge the Portland Trail Blazers eliminated the Lakers from the NBA playoffs with a 102-76 victory Sunday The win gave the Trail Blazers a 3-1 victory in the best -of-five series and sent them into the second round against Phoenix Originally scheduled for last Friday night at the Forum in Inglewood Calif game was postponed and switched to Las Vegas after violence erupted Wednesday night in the Los Angeles area following the Rodney King verdict been disaster after disaster" Lakers guard Byron Scott said of the misfortunes is a situation been in all season long" Drexler had 26 points 10 rebounds and seven assists as the Trail Blazers dominated the Lakers in the series-deciding game Portland which lost 4-2 to Los Angeles in the Western Conference finals last year took control Sunday by shutting the Lakers down in the first half The 33 points was a season low for Los Angeles and an all-time opponent low for the Trail Blazers in the playoffs Ainge who finished with 19 points came off the bench to help the Trail Blazers take command in the second quarter Portland LA Lakers 22 27 28 16 IS 23 7t PORTLAND 102 Kersey 3-6 1-2 7 Williams 44 1-4 9 Duckworth 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