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1 (jup jia 1 IOC THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sunday July 19 1992 UPDATE Wallace in disbelief over bad luck troubles LONG POND Pa Even more than usual Rusty Wallace is Wallace general manager Don Miller and Roger Penske Smith Ireland Carrera 0 13 7 Laurent Fignon France Gatorade 10 It 6 Andy Hampsten Boulder Colo Motorola It 16 9 Giancark) Perim Italy Carrera 12 43 10 Jans Heppner Germany Telekom 13 11 11 Gerard Rue France Caatorama 14 IB 12 Erik Braukink Netherlands POM 14 21 13 Eddy Bouwmans Netherlands Panasonic 16 13 14 Steven Rooks Netherlands Buckler 1627 16 Robert Millar Britain TVM 8 17 Motorsports TOM HIGGINS MOTORSPORTS INDY Aguilera Minnesota 27 Montgom-ary Kansas City 22 JeRuasell Texas 22 Olson Baltimore 21 Thigpen Chicago 19 Reardon Boston 16 National League RBIs: Sheffield San Diego 62 Daulton Philadelphia 60 Murray New Yodt 59 Doubles: Duncan Philadelphia 27 VanSlyke Pittsburgh 26 Lanklord St Louis 22 Triples: DSanders Atlanta 12 Finley Houston 10 Butler Los Angeles 7 Alcea St Louis 6 VanSlyke Pittsburgh 6 Home runs: McQritt San Diego 19 Sheffield San Diego 16 LWalker Montreal 18 Stolen bases: Grissom Montreal 45 DeShwIds Montreal 35 Lank-lord St Louis 28 Strikeouts: Cone New York 167 Smoltz Atlanta 133 SFernandez New York 115 Drabek Pittsburgh 108 GMeddux Chicago 106 Saves: LeSmith St Louis 23 Charlton Cincinnati 21 DJones Houston 19 NOTE: Statistics are through Friday's games Southern League Eastern Division Ruity Wallaca hat had hit thara of problems thla taaaon Including: Daytona 500 Swept into multicar crash among Iront-runnert Finished 31 tt Ooodwrench 500 Lapped car suddenly slowed Resulting collision damaged Wallace radiator Finished 26th Pontiac 400 Pitted just before yellow Hag showed Lost three laps to leaders Finished 17th TranSouth 500 Involved in crash at entrance to pit road damaging suspension Finished 11th Food City 500 First driver to have tire trouble During stop a prt miscue left Wallace three laps down Finished ninth Hanes 500 Broke a crankshaft First time in eight years on circuit that's happened to Wallace Finished 31st Coca-Cola 600 Led 40 laps before the ignition went out While a second ignition box was put on water spit out the radiator cap causing overheating problem Later Alan Kulwicki spun In front of Wallace Collision dented left inner panel directing fumes Into cockpit Finished 18th SaveMart 300 Led 12 laps before three lug nuts jammed during a pit stop Finished seventh Champion 500 Ran over exhaust pipe off another car bursting oil pan which caught fire and filled cockpit with smoke After repairs finished 24th Miller 400 Broke another crankshaft (has since changed supplier) Finished 37th PROFESSIONAL Stuttgart Saturday's results horn Stuttgart Qarmany Samlllneli: Wayne Ferreira South Alrica (7) Karol Novacek Czecho-Slovakia (14) 6-3 6-2 Andrei Medvedev Ukraine Thomas Muster Austria (t2) 6-2 6-2 Pathmark Classic Saturday's results Irotn Mahwah NJ Quarterfinals: Audra Keller (7) Christine 0 Reilly 6-2 6-1 Semlflnala Jennifer Capriati (2) Tank Whitlinger (6) 2-6 6-3 6-4 Monica Seles (1) Audra Keller (7) 6-0 6-3 Federation Cup Saturday's eemlllnal results Irons Frankfurt Germany Germany 2 United States 1: Anke Huber Germany Gigi Fernandez 7-5 6-3 Steffi Gral Germany Lori McNeil 6-0 6-3 Pam Shrlver-Debbie Graham Sabine Hack-Barbara Rittner 6-2 6-2 Spam (2) 3 Australia 0 Conchita Martinez Rachel McQuillan 6-1 6-4 Arantxa Sanchez Vicano Nicole Provis 6-2 6-0 Sanchez Vicarlo-VIrglma Ruano Jenny Byrne Rennae Stubbs 6-3 6-3 NationsBank Saturday's results from Washington Semifinals: Henrick Holm Sweden Derrick Rostagno 6-3 6-4 Petr Korda (t) Czechoslovakia Mali-Vai Washington (6) 7-6 (7-1) 6-0 Doubles Semllnals' Bret Garnett-Jared Palmer Jim Grabb-Richey Rene-berg 7-5 5-7 6-3 mincing no words: 1 a man on a mission today in the Miller 500 at Pocono Raceway The reason for intensity is simple He deeply wants to avoid going a year without a NASCAR Winston Cup Series win Wallace and the Penske South team won since capturing this race last July 28 races ago in my life have I been through anything like this like the season had so Wallace pragued by bad breaks said Saturday at the track before qualifying 19th at 159989 mph "It has been humiliating at Wallace the 1989 Winston Cup champion has only two top-five finishes and three other top 10s entering the 15th of the 29 races 16th in the poinjs standings a distant 508 behind leader Davey Allison "The record is a far cry from what we're capable of" Wallace said i Taking the title this year is unrealistic But winning some Cbadoed'ReUMemph83 races? Wallace is confident Carolina oriando lata an achievable goal starting today Knoxville at Jacksonville lata brOUfiht Our revolvers Greenville at Chattanooga late A Birmingham at Huntsville late packed them full of bullets said Wallace who lives in Concord is the same car I was in Friday's Result Carolina 3 Orlando 1 Knoxville 6 Jacksonville 4 moved to the Grand National team of Winston Cup driver Ernie Irvan hoping for a chance to drive the car sometime in the future Recently there have been reports that Wallace and his partners planned to replace Eddie Dickerson as crew chief possibly with Mike Beam the team leader for Sterling Marlin on an operation owned by Junior Johnson "That was very disruptive It caused a lot of misunderstanding" said Wallace "It started looking for some key people to assist Eddie who became a crew chief for the first time last midseason when Jimmy Makar left us to join the team of Dale Jarrett and Joe Gibbs "What we need is a chassis man who can make the car handle I hire anyone that very good Until that spot is filled the chassis man" Wallace sidelined three times by engine problems feels his motor department is building its best engines since the team was formed to start the 1991 season "David Evans Matt King and Ronnie Phillips have done well moving us to the new General Motors engines with 18-degree heads which NASCAR now requires" he said mothballed all the Pontiac Wallace scoffed at whispered speculation the team has been pressured to win by Penske a successful businessman whose IndyCar teams have a record eight Molson Lineup for today's race In Toronto Bobby Rahal Chevrolet-A 108 505 2 Emerson Fittipaldi Chav-rolet-B 106 416 3 Michael Andretti Cosworth XB 106 390 4 Paul Tracy Chevrolet-B 107 958 5 Mario Andretti Cosworth XB 107 862 6 Danny Sullivan Chevro-let-A 107717 7 Raul Boesel Chevrolet-A 107 519 8 Scotl Pruett Chevrolet-A 107 509 9 John Andretti Chevrolet-A 107 368 10 Al Unser Jr Chevrolet-A 107 263 11 Scott Goodyear Chevrolet-A 107 041 12 Eddie Cheever Cosworth XB 106 614 13 Stefan Johanasson Chevrolet-A 106 571 14 Scott Brayton Chevrolet-A 106 044 15 Robby Gordon Cosworth XB 105 699: 16 Brian Till Judd 105 769 17 Ted Prappas Chevrolet-A 105646 16 Christian Danner Cosworth 104 822 19 Jimmy Vassal Chevrolet-A 104 521 20 Buddy Lazier Bulck 103649 21 Jon Beekhuis Chevrolet-A 102 576 22 Ross Bentley Cosworth 100 757 23 Jetl Wood Buck 100 690 24 Vinicio Salmi Cosworth 96 494 25 Eric Bachs-lart Cosworth no speed was the next caution flag "We've worked and worked and worked on the car the past five weeks to get it better for the return to Pocono We're going to have a lot more powerful engine this time The guys on the crew are pumped up about our chances and I am too Look at the statistics and they show Pocono is a very good track for me" Wallace knows his stats In the past nine races on the 25-mile triangular speedway Wallace has last victory two runner-up finishes and two third places "We started the year in a hole because of a rule change" said Wallace who drives a Pontiac "NASCAR required the Pontiac teams to shorten the cars by 2 inches This caused big aerodynamic problems It decreased the down-force on the rear tires and cost us a lot of traction This in turn meant we had to stand the rear deck spoiler up straighter to make the car stable and this increased the drag "The result? I've been driving harder than ever and looked like I driving as hard" More setbacks developed recently Chassis specialist Jay Smith left the team co-owned by NASCAR USTA Indianapolis 500s victories "Roger calls every day but no pressure from him" Wallace said "Just the opposite very supportive He calls to ask I or there something 1 can If a nail falls in the shop he wants to know it" What Wallace and the rest of the Penske South outfit want most to see fall today is the checkered flag waving over their No 2 Grand Prix Junior League Saturday's results from the National Jr League at Renaissance Rockets 50 Knights 23 Hornets 49 Strings 39 Records: Rockets 2-0 Knights 1-1 Hornets 1-1 Strings 0-2 Birmingham 9 Greenville 3 Memphis 12-3 Chattanooga 2-2 Charlotte 14 Huntsville 2 Today's Games Knoxville at Orlando Carolina at Jacksonville Greenville at Chattanooga Memphis at Charlotte Birmingham at Huntsville South Atlantic Northern Division en route to finishing at least a close fourth or fifth in here in June before I ran over a tail pipe off another car and busted the oil pan With a chassis adjustment planned during the next caution flag we might have gotten the car better than fourth or fifth Then I Pole peps up ailing Allison Musgrave turns down Petty ride PROFESSIONAL British Open Pairings and starting times for today's llnal round in Gullane Scotland 3:20: John Daly (223) 3:30: Danny Mipvc (221) and Paul Mayo (221) 340: Jon Robson (219) and Orrm Vincent III (219): 3:50: Per Ulrik Johansson (218) and Peter O'Malley (216) 4:00: Fred Funk (218) and Bernhard Langer (218) 4:10: Wayne Riley (218) and a-Daren Lee (217) 4:20: Viay Singh (217) and Michael Claylon (217) 4:30: Hendrik Buhr-mann (217) and Craig Stadler (217) 4:40: Tony Johnstone (217) and Mike Harwood (216) 450: Andrew Sherborne (216) and Corey Pavm (216) 5 00: Roger Mackay (216) and Jose Coceres (216) 5:10: Ronan Rafferty (215) and Nick Prce 5:20: Steven Richardson (215) and Rocco Mediate (215) 5:30: Barry Lane (215) and Costantino Rocca (215) 5:40: Mark Brooks (215) and Craig Mann (215): 5:50: Craig Parry (214) and Paul Azinger (214) 600: Jodie Mudd (214) and Ian Baker-Finch (214) 6:10: Payne Stewart (214) and Brian Marchbank (214) 6 20: Roger Chapman (214) and Steve Elkmgton (213) 6 30: Lanny Wadkins (213) and Mark Calcavecchia (213) 6:40: Lee Trevino (213) and David Feherty (213) 6:50: Wayne Grady (213) and De Wei Basson (213) 7:00: Greg Norman (213) and William Guy (213) 7:10: Tom Pudzer (212) and Lee Janzen (212) 7:20: Duffy Waldorf (212) and Peter Mitchell (212) 730: Anders Forsbrand (212) and Mark Meara (211) 7:40: Russ Cochran (211) and Mats Lanner (211) 7:50: Mark McNulty (211) and Tom Kite (210) 800: Billy Andrade (210) and Paul Lawrie (210) 8:10: Hale Irwin (210) and James Spence (209) 6-20: Andrew Magee (209) and Peter Senior (209) 8 30: Raymond Floyd (208) and Sandy Lyle (208) 8-40: Malcolm Mackenzie (208) and Robert Karlsson (208) 8:50 Ian Woos-nam (208) and Larry Rinker (207) 9-00: Jose Maria Olazabal (206) and Chip Beck (206): 9:10: Gordon Brand Jr (205) and Donnie Hammond (205) 9 20: Ernie Els (205) and John Cook (203) 9:30: Steve Pate (203) and Nek Faldo (199) Petty Enterprises shop at Level Cross Petty also met with Ulrich to discuss the problem of the contract Petty said "four or five other drivers" are under consideration A source who asked to remain anonymous said Hut Stricklin who is with Bobby team remains the strongest candidate Bob Keselowski took the lead on the 55th of 60 laps and won the ServiStar 150 for Automobile Racing Club of America cars at Pocono Mounting a late-race charge Keselowski finished 332 seconds ahead of runner-up Clifford Allison brother of Winston Cup standings leader and Miller 500 pole winner Davey Allison Jeff McClure of Harrisburg finished third after leading 25 laps to 29 in front Canadian Peter Gibbons rallied from a black flag waved because his car was smoking and rolled to victory in the lglooSportsman 150 in the second race of a doubleheader at the speedway Gibbons outran Tim Bender and TW Taylor for his first Sportsman Division victory after his crew took the power steering belt off eliminating the smoke that had filled the cockpit in the corners Robby Faggart of Concord Dennis Setzer of Newton and Kirk Shelmerdine of Winston-Salem finished fourth through sixth By TOM HIGGINS Staff Writer LONG POND Pa Ted Musgrave said Saturday he has taken himself out of consideration to succeed Richard Petty in NASCAR Winston Cup Series most famous ride going to stay where I am" Musgrave 35 said at Pocono Raceway where he will drive the RaDiUs Ford today in the Miller 500 "I think we have a good chance to develop a very strong program I had a chance to talk personally about my plans with Richard but sent him word of the decision" The Observer learned that Musgrave likely will sign a contract with RaDiUs owners Ray and Dianee DeWitt and DK Ulrich next Friday before the DieHard 500 at Talladega (Ala) Superspeedway The DeWitts and Ulrich had an option year on a contract with Musgrave for 1993 and apparently have exercised it Petty 55 the Winston Cup all-time leader with 200 victories and seven championships is retiring as a driver at the end of this season continue in NASCAR as a team owner fielding the No 43 he has made so well known for a "hired Two weeks ago Petty conceded talked with Musgrave and that the driver had visited the Sportsman 150 Saturday's results from Long Pond Pa 1 Peter Gibbons Chevy $3500 2 Tim Bender Chevy $3000 3 Taylor Chevy $2500 4 Robby Faggart Chevy $2100 5 Dennis Setzer Chevy $1 800 6 Kirk Shel-merdme Chevy $1600 7 Jerry Knowles Chevy $1400 8 Tom Sherrill Chevy $1250 9 Tuck Trentham Chevy $1100 10 Mark Cox Chevy $975 1 1 David Smith Chevy $850 12 Mickey Hudspeth Chevy $750 13 Red Everette Buick $650 14 Mark Purcell Chevy $575 15 Paul Shaver Chevy $540 16 Doug French Chevy $505 17 Ricky Sanders Chevy $470 18 Michael Goudie Chevy $435 19 Henry Page Pontiac $400 20 Gary Ritter Buick $365 21 Wlliam Hobgood Chevy $340 22 Fred Yelmek Chevy $320 23 Gary Lord Chevy $310 24 Henry Wallace Chevy $300 25 Ronnie Sewell Chevy $290 26 Doug Gold Chevy $280: 27 Neal Connell Jr Chevy $275 28 Stewart Ramseur Chevy $270 29 Steve Clark Chevy $265 Winston Cup Miller 500 Saturday's qualifying results for today's race in Long Pond Pa 1 Davey Allison Ford 162 022 2 Ricky Rudd Chevy 161 525 3 Mark Martin Ford 161 345 4 Ernie Irvan Chevy 161 256 5 Ken Schrader Chevy 160 956 6 Wally Dallenbach Ford 160786 7 Richard Petty Pontiac 160 706 8 Darrell Waltnp Chevy 160631 9 Morgan Shepherd Ford 160 623 10 Alan Kulwicki Ford 160 568 11 Greg Sacks Chevy 160356 12 Brett Bodine Ford 160 342 13 Kyle Petty Pontiac 160 328 14 Sterling Marlin Ford 160 214 15 Derrike Cope Chevy 160179 16 Bill Elliott Ford 160 083 17 Jimmy Hensley Ford 160 060 18 Dale Jarrett Chevy 160 054 19 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 159989 20 Dick Trickle Ford 159 784 21 Geoff Bodine Ford 159 773 22 Harry Gant Olds 159744 23 Hut Stricklin Chevy 159 433 24 Bobby Hamilton Olds 159 210 25 Rick Mast Olds 159 129 26 Chad Little Ford 158912 27 Ted Musgrave Ford 158 851 28 Michael Waltrip Pontiac 158 579 29 Dale Earnhardt Chevy 158 504 30 Bobby Hillm Jr Chevy 157 530 31 Lake Speed Ford 157 233 32 Dave Marcis Chevy 156 462 33 Jerry Neil Olds 155 688 34 Mike Skinner Chevy 155 387 35 Jimmy Horton Chevy 155 261 36 Bob Schacht Chevy 154 530 37 Mike Potter Chevy 153 372 38 Andy Belmont Ford 152 755 39 Jimmy Means Pontiac 152387 40 James Hylton Pontiac 150464 41 Terry Labonte Olds DNQ Points Standings 1 Davey Allison 2257 2 Bill Elliott 2211 3 Alan Kulwicki 2118 4 Harry Gant 2085 5 Dale Earnhardt 2005 6 Mark Martin 1955 7 Terry Labonte 1 941 8 Geolf Bodine 19059 Ricky Rudd 1872 10 Morgan Shepherd 1869 11 Ernie Irvan 1857 12 Sterling Marlin 1801 13 Kyle Petty 1795 14 Ken Schrader 1768:15 Darrell Waltrip 1762 ARCA ServiStar 150 Saturday's results from Long Pond Pa 1 Bob Keselowski Chrysler $18450 112781 2 Clifford Allison Buick $6150 3 Jell A McClure Chevrolet $4225 4 Tim Fedewa Ford $3250 5 Ben Hess Oldsmobile $3675 6 Bill Ventu-rim Chevrolet $3 350 7 Jerry 0 Neil Oldsmobile $2000 8 Bobby Bowsher Ford $2300 9 Ritchie Petty Pontiac $1700 10 Frank Kimmel Pontiac $1700 11 Michael Wren Buick $1500 12 Dennis Setzer Ford $1400 13 Roy Payne Chevrolet $1800 14 Ken Allen Buick $1100 15 Glenn Brewer Buick $1 400 16 Bobby Massey Buick $900 17 Bob Bre-vak Oldsmobile $1250 18 Tim Hepler Oldsmobile $975 19 Graham Taylor Ford $800 20 Patrick Tryson Chevrolet $780 21 Bob Denny Chrysler $760 22 David Simko Oldsmobile $740 23 Alan Russell Ponbac engine $720 24 Bob Williams Chevrolet $700 25 Bob Dotter Chevrolet $1090 26 Mike Skinner Chevrolet $680 27 Robert Ham Buick $670 28 Maurice Randall Chrysler $660 29 Mark Harding Chevrolet $650 30 Rick Sheppard Chrysler $1040 31 Gary Wembroer Pontiac $630 32 George Wiltshire Buck $620 33 Loy Alien Jr Ford $610 34 Mark Gibson Pontiac $600 NOVV-Thore's something bettor than our Famous Earl Sdteib rant Service HOLE-IN-ONE Carlos Belcita on the No 14 185 yd par -3 ol the Pawtuckett course He used a 5-iron and it was his first Saturday's Result! 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PAINT SERVICE Includes Seal Coat Acrylic Enamel Choice ot colors including Reds 6 Melalltcs 5 Year Guarantee A quality paint job at an affordable price By TOM HIGGINS Staff Writer LONG POND Pa Davey Allison gave himself a dose of excellent medicine Saturday for the lingering virus suffered the past two weeks the pole for Miller 500 at Pocono Raceway Allison the NASCAR Winston Cup Series point standings leader qualified the Robert Yates Racing Ford at 162022 mph and will take the green flag from the No 1 spot in a 4 1 -car field at 1 2: 1 0 pm (ESPN) That clocking easily eclipsed the 161525 lap Chevrolet driver Ricky Rudd had logged a few minutes earlier on the 25-mile triangular track Rudd will start the 200-lap race alongside Allison Lining up third through 10th: Mark Martin Ford Ernie Irvan Chevy Ken Schrader Chevy Wally Dallenbach Jr Ford Richard Petty Pontiac Darrell Waltrip Chevy Morgan Shepherd Ford and Alan Kulwicki (Ford) winner of Champion 500 in June the best Winston Cup qualifying effort for Dallenbach And the first top 10 at Pocono for Petty making his final start at the track since he was also seventh fastest in July of 1986 Defending 500 champion Rusty Wallace starts 19th in a Pontiac and two-time defending Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt 29th in a Chevy All positions were set Saturday after thick fog forced postponement Friday of first-round time trials sorry for the inconvenience that calling things off Friday might have caused the fans who were here" said Allison who was hospitalized from Wednesday afternoon through Friday morning at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte it sure worked out in my favor I still feel kind of weak but getting a little better each day The medications the doctors gave me in Charlotte are working "Having a car this strong peps me up even more say about 95 (healthy) compared to just 55 Allison said he was surprised to wind up with his second pole this year the 1 4 th of his career and first at Pocono "I got through Turn 1 better than I ever have in qualifying here but then I missed making it around Turn 2 said Allison who has led the standings all season in attempting to take the $1 million Winston Cup title for the first time "I figured be in the top five but not the fastest" Allison has a 46-point lead entering the 500 over Bill Elliott who starts a Ford 16th Allison said he Yates and crew chief Larry McReynolds decided on much the race chassis for qualifying because the day lost to fog had cut into practice time He also divulged that shift gears every lap at Pocono for the first time a tactic other drivers have developed successfully "Like most of the rest use third and fourth gears" Allison said shift points are along the main straightaway and going into Turn Why shift especially since most drivers and their crews rather not do it? ilPOOTBALM PROFESSIONAL Arena League Northern Division CHARLOTTE 2408 TRYON 334-6446 Explained Junior Johnson team owner for Elliott and Sterling Marlin and a man noted for his mechanical expertise: use it but rather not Shifting gears makes the cars go quicker but it greatly reduces the chance of finishing the race Even when working right it puts a lot of extra strain on the engine And if a driver misses a shift especially up it over-revs the engine the valve springs fly off and the motor is history Rudd said he and his Hendrick Motorsports team led by Gary DeHart adapted a qualifying strategy exactly opposite crew "We put some speed in the Rudd said "We knew from practice we had nothing to lose so we gambled and made a lot of changes We knew we had a good motor and a shot at the pole Said Petty strongly backing up his second-fastest qualifying effort for the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway July 4: knew it was a good lap but not that good (160706 mph) This is a track always liked and we usually run good here The car is there and up to me to do it keep it up there at the Petty made his strongest run toward victory No 201 since last winning July 4 1984 at Daytona in the June 500-miIer at Pocono in 1988 He led Laps 138-146 but wrecked on Lap 147 while trying to re-pass Ken Schrader and Geoff Bodine off the second corner the infamous Tunnel Turn "1 got over-anxious and went to the outside knowing you do that" Petty said I get that good a chance this time that happen again" Rahal on pole Bobby Rahal 40 had history on his mind after winning the pole for today's Molson-Indy with a record-breaking qualifying lap in Toronto Rahal said he was thinking back to 1986 and 1987 the two years in which he won series championships Rahal broke Michael year-old track qualifying record speed of 108469 mph with a sizzling lap of 108505 Paul Tracy a Canadian driver filling in for injured Rick Mears this weekend took the early lead when he topped the first group of qualifiers with a lap of 107958 mph on the 178-mile 1 1-tum street circuit The Associated Press contributed to this article tWATER POLOS BASEBALW PROFESSIONAL Major Leagues 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