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5 i 1 i I i i A motorsports Thursday September 12 1996 I Star-Telegram Section Page fiL 0 NASCAR Winston Cup Leaders (Through Sunday) Manufacturers' standings Chevrolet Ford i Pentiac 180 178 98 12 Race No 25 scheduled for 500 miles500 laps 12 0 Speedway wins 1- 4 1 Johnny Benson This week's schedule NASCAR Winston Cup: MBNA 500 around the 1-mile Dover Downs (Del) International Defending champion: Jeff Gordon ints TV: 11 am Sunday TNN at Richmond 187 Outlook: Gordon's rpnner-up finish tang 227 9 Bill Saunders Chevy Camaro yCChevrolet ri Manufacturers 8moa radnor 0 uJ of2 n3lot80 uBi rnoger Boris soSaid da i standings al sl naf nodgr di 2no 8Mgu ss 8 y-Clinched 1996 chamPpoloilnn94Citss3hip Win5s AMA Superbike Series Leaders Mwough Aug 25) fd)- IT! )11''' JOHN STURBIN A 0pr 7 1: 7 t': et: MOTORSPORTS REPORT 1 NASCAR Busch Grand Va on Saturday night was his third of the season and Points ihi i I t- 4 1 Miguel Duhamel Honda (4 victories) 4 National Leaders second in three races It was his fifth consecutive top- 252 points 2 Doug Chandler Kawasaki (1) 4 five In the last two weeks Gordon has made up 110 250 3 Tom Kipp Yamaha 236 4 Mat Mla- 4 (ThroughStmdoy) 4 points on series leadernative Texan Terry Laborite din Suzuki 225 5 Pascal Picotte Suzuki i 4 Points trimming his deficit from 114 to four Pi 222 6 Aaron Yates Suzuki (1) 182 7 1 Larry Pegram Ducati 173 8 Shawn Hig- Points standings following the Dura-Lube bee Ducati 163 9 Thomas Wilson Harley- Bornstein chasas Utley and an astorlelt i 2b0 with driver hometown car make and NASCAR Busch Series: MBNA 200 Davidson 153 10 Steve Crevier Honda twice) Owensboro ar points 149 Race No 23 scheduled for 200 miles200 laps -r 1 David Green llst Texas Motorplex 1 Ky Chevrolet 3240 ound the 1-mile Dover Downs (Del) International ct i 2 Randy LaJoie (1st four times) Nor- Speedway Leaders T- walkevrolet Conn Chevrolet 3112 k--1 3 Jeff Green f3rd) Owensboro Ky Defending champion Johnny Rumley (At Ennis) A 1 Ch 2575 TV: 12:10 pm Saturday TNN Points 4 Jeff Purvis (1st twice) Clarksville Outlook: Native Texan Bobby Labonte set the e- fc!) 4 4 Tenn Chevrolet 2563 Super Pro stp A ELT i 4 5 Todd Bodine (1st) Chemung NY ries qualifying record at 149963 mph on May 31 in a 1 Mike Young 643 2 Cylde Griffith Jr 6Curtis Markham 5th three times) Fre- i Chevrolet 2541 Chevrolet David Green the 1994 series champion and 592 3499 Bria 484 6 Davi Huckaby 551 4 Rusty Bra- num 5 Greg Howard art dericksburg Va Pontiac omordwo al --L-'-i 2 522 current points leader has built a 128-point advantage Rider 477 7 Kevin Huckaby 475 8 Todd i 464414LAA" 4 7 Jason Keller Ord) Greenville SC over Randy LaJoie with four races remaining EMI 4669 Mike Crader 451 10 Brandon P9 1YI 1 ow 1411i 1711k Nr Chevrolet 2439 Allen 447 4 8 Chad Little (3rd) Spokane Wash Pro I ud fringe la Pontiac 2406 NHRA: Pioneer Keystone Nationals 1 Greg Howard 8472 Mike Cruder 770 9 Dick Trickle (2nd) Wisconsin Rapdi Kenny -s 3 Mike Young 648 4 James Morgan 529 Bernstein's CO Mb 00 flu Wis Chevrolet 2394 Race No 16 of the National Hot Rod Association's 5 Brian Huckaby 516 6 Kevin Huckaby 10 Phil Parsons (3rd three times) De- 511 7 Phil Easley 483 8 Danny Fletcher quest for his liot troit Chevrolet 2377 Winston Drag Racing Series scheduled at Maple 479 9 Vince Roberts 453 10 Mark Hucka-smk Grove Raceway Mohnton Pa today through Sunday by 449 rtilit NHRA Top NASCAR Craftsman Defending champions: Scott Kalitta (Top Fuel) No Electronics Fuel title has Truck Leaders Chuck Etchells (Funny Car) Warren Johnson (Pro 1 Steve Echols 692 2 Jason Wright 687 3 Lyle Vanden 608 4 Michael Martin been tarnished (ThroughSuncley) Stock) John Myers (Pro Stock Bike) 606 5 Dale Wilkins 589 5 Jim McCormick by the death of TV 4 pm Sunday TNN Points 589 7 Chris Boswell 575 8 Larry Bain 564 9 Frank Midkiff 500 10 Joe Mc- ies-0' friend Blaine Outlook: Pro Stock points leader Jim Yates has a 129- Glothin 475 Point standings following the Federated Johnson: Photos courtesy of King Racing Auto Parts 250 with driver best finish point advantage over two-time champion Warren John- 1 Billy FrijsItenylcITtlarckie Bressie hometown car make and points son in a battle of Pontiac Firebird A finalist at this event 582 3 Jody UtseY 567 4 Tommy Sparks I Ron Hornaday Jr (1st four times) for five consecutive years (winning three times) John- Jr 512 5 Eric Richardson 480 6 Jordan Kenny Bernstein's bid to write profession- Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Monhton 1 Palmdale Calif Chevrolet 2954 son is approximately seven rounds behind Yates with Stevenson 479 7 Brandon Meyer 464 8 2 Mike Skinner (1st six times) Susan- Al Paszek 447 9 Elizabeth Woodford al drag racing history during the final four events Pa "We're all competitors out here and fighting yille Calif Chevrolet 2802 only 16 rounds remaining 419 10 Kimree Lynn Alcala 402 3 Jack Sprague (1st three times) Spring Motorcycle of the National Hot Rod Association season will to win but we're all family Ake Mice Chevrolet 2778 1 Mike Hullett 567 2 Louis Melin 483 3 be done with a heavy foot and a heavy heart "Winning the Top Fuel championship would ''i 4 Dave Rezendes OK twice) Assonet IRL: Las Vegas 500K Bill Bottoms 465 4 Joe Doshier 404 5 Mass Ford 2419 Bernstein of Dallas is a four-time NHRA be a great accomplishment If we do pull off the 5 Mike Bliss (lot twice) Milwaukie Ore Race No 2 of the Indy Racing League's 1996-97 sea- tgrri se lenttt 33 3203 6 Gary Guthrie 270 7 8 Shane Eperjest 206 Winston Funny Car champion His goal since championship in two classes we'll be proud But Tord 2394 son scheduled for 310 miles207 laps around the 15- 9 JJ Hughes 19410 Chris Bowen 133 6 Jimmy Hensley (2nd) Ridgeway Va 11 Kenny Hester 7212 Robert Renker 57 returning to the premier Top Fuel ranks in 1990 it'll have an asterisk besides it in our minds Dodgeutch ller (2nd) Coopersville Mich Defending champion Inaugural event 2348 mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway 13 Chris Oravecz 11 14 Shawn Cochran has been to become the first NHRA driver to win because of Blaine Everything from this point 71 iford 2308 TV: 3 pm Sunday ABC world titles in both nitromethane-burning divi- this year will always have the thought of 'what i 8 Rick Carelli Ilst) Denver Chevrolet -1292 Outlook: Richie Clyne's oasis in the Nevada desert Boyd Raceway sions if and there's nothing we can do about that" 9 Bryan Reffner (4th) Wisconsin Rapids roars to life with this race Scott Sharp who drives for Bernstein exited the tragic US Nationals over Bernstein driver of the Budweiser King yvis1D Ford 2275 i Joe Ruttman (5th) 1 A Upland Calif car-owner Foyt of Houston won the inaugural Leaders Labor Day Weekend trailing the late Blaine Dragster could pass Johnson this weekend by Ford 2271 race of the IRL's 1996-97 season at New Hampshire In (At Boyd) 0 Johnson by 94 points Johnson like Bernstein a qualifying fourth or better and finishing at least NASCAR Sunbelt ternational Seedway on Aug 18 Points li three-time winner in Top Fuel this season was runner-up Bernstein won this event in Top Fuel Hot stock Region Final Leaders 1 Jimmy Littlejohn 1106 2 Troy Taylor killed in a crash on Aug 31 after qualifying No in 1992 and in Funny Car in 1988 a NASCAR Craftsman Truck: Idle 1098 3 James Lopez Lopet 940 4 John McNeil ribroughSundly) 1 at Indianapolis Raceway Park in Clermont Ind Bernstein has a 102-point lead over third- jr Wins Next up is Race No 19 the Hanes 250 at Martinsville 940 5 Randy Burkhart 912 6 Brardan El- i 1 Carl Trimmer Tucson Raceway 11 lison 902 7 Larry Simpson 900 3 Mitch Bernstein is in the sensitive position of chas- place Larry Dixon That translates into five (Va) Speedway on Sept 21 McMillin 834 9 Jay Bransom 714 10 2 Mike Love Lanier Nat'l Speedway 16 ing the memory ofJohnson who might have won rounds of racing 3 Paul White Hean O' Texas 10 Defending champion: Joe Ruttman Tony Marcum 640 Browning Jr Jax Raceways 9 Street Stock his first Top Fuel crown in another month' "I'm not real comfortable with that" 5 Michael Fitch Volusia City Spdy 5 1 Jim Knight 986 2 Kevin Clemmons Formula One idle 836 4 Dane Surington "Regardless of who wins this championship Bernstein Said "Bottom line is we have a job to 6 Jimmy Littlejohn Boyd Receway 7 3 Tony Taylor 828 7 Donnie Bazemore Oglethorpe Spdy 5 800 5 Rob Hart 792 6 Dennis Bissonnette ies going to be tarnished or bittersweet for the do We got three or four guys behind us feel- 8 Marvin Lough Cowtown Spely 3 Next up is Race No 15 of the Federation In 778 7 David Place 662 8 Dennis Bryson 9 Mike Ray Las Vegas Raceway 10 ternationale de l'Automobile's World Driving Champi- 644 9 Bert Colon 628 10 Robert Clark loss of Blaine" Bernstein said prior to heading mg the same way because we all go out to win i 10 Donny Horelka River City 6 602 Modified for this weekend's Pioneer Electronics Keystone every week no matter what happens" onship the Portuguese Grand Prix scheduled for Esto- NHRA Leaders ril Portugal on Sept 22 1 Darryl Campbell 960 2 Varian Sisson 4 914 3 George Melton 818 4 Ronnie Pen- MwoughSunday) Defending champion: David Coulthard nington 790 5 Carey Felkins 788 6 0 Shawn Ward 770 7 Robert Kruger 722 8 At "Aria stvesr has flay smear it and say something to the xlAr wild mnnidnrtilrer nninte Motorsports NASCAR Winston Cup Leaders rrbrough Sunday) Manufacturers' standings Points Wins assrole 180 12 Ford 178 12 Peon 98 0 Rookie points Points 1 Johnny Benson 187 NASCAR Busch Grand National Loaders 4 rrbroughSimclay) Points Points standings following the Guma-Lube 200 with driver hometown car make and points 1 David Green 11st twice) Owensboro Ky Chevrolet 3240 2 Randy LaJoie (1st four times) Norwalk Conn Chevrolet 3112 3 Jeff Green (3rd) Owensboro Ky Chevrolet 2575 4 Jeff Purvis (1st twice) Clarksville Tenn Chevrolet 2563 4 5 Todd Bodine (1st) Chemung NY Chevrolet 2541 6 Curtis Markham (5th three times) Fredericksburg Va Pontiac 2522 7 Jason Keller Ord) Greenville SC Chevrolet 2439 Chad Little (3rd) Spokane Wash Pontiac 2406 9 Dick Trickle (2nd) Wisconsin Rapdis Wis Chevrolet 2394 10 Phil Parsons (3rd three times) Detroit Chevrolet 2377 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Leaders MvoughSunday) Points Point standings following the Federated Auto Parts 250 with driver best finish hometown car make and points 1 Ron Hornaday Jr (1st four times) Palmdale Calif Chevrolet 2954 2 Mike Skinner list six times) Susanville Calif Chevrolet 2802 3 Jack Sprague list three times) Spring Ake Mich Chevrolet 2778 4 Dave Rezendes (ist twice) Assorlet Mass Ford 2419 5 Mike Bliss (1st twice) Milwaukie Ore Ford 2394 6 Jimmy Hensley (2nd) Ridgeway Va Dodge 2348 a- 7 Butch Miller (2nd) Coopersville Mich iFord 2308 8 Rick Care))) list) Denver Chevrolet 292 9 Bryan Reif ner (4th) Wisconsin Rapids Wis Ford 2275 10 Joe Ruttman (5th) Upland Calif Ford 2271 NASCAR Sunbelt Region Final Leaders (illaoughSundly) Wins 1 Carl Trimmer Tucson Raceway 11 a 2 Mike Love Lanier Nat'l Speedway 16 3 Paul White Heart 0' Texas 10 a 4 Browning Jr Jax Raceways 9 5 Michael Fitch Volusia City Spdy 5 Jimmy Littlejohn Boyd flocalway 7 a 7 Donnie Bazemore Oglethorpe Spdy 5 a Marvin Lough Cowtown Sotly 3 a 9 Mike Ray Las Vegas Raceway 10 0 11 10 Donny Horelka River City 6 NHRA Leaders MilrOlighSiindirt) 4 This week's schedule NASCAR Winston Cup: MBNA 500 Race No 25 scheduled for 500 miles500 laps around the 1-mile Dover Downs (Del) International Speedway Defending champion: Jeff Gordon TV: 11 am Sunday TNN Outlook: Gordon's runner-up finish at Richmond Va on Saturday night was his third of the season and second in three races It was his fifth consecutive top-five In the last two weeks Gordon has made up 110 points on series leadernative Texan Terry Laborite trimming his deficit from 114 to four NASCAR Busch Series: MBNA 200 Race No 23 scheduled for 200 miles200 laps around the 1-mile Dover Downs (Del) International Speedway Defending champion: Johnny Burnley TV: 12:10 pm Saturday TNN Outlook: Native Texan Bobby Labonte set the series qualifying record at 149963 mph on May 31 in a Chevrolet David Green the 1994 series champion and current points leader has built a 128-point advantage over Randy LaJoie with four races remaining NHRA: Pioneer Keystone Nationals Race No 16 of the National Hot Rod Association's Winston Drag Racing Series scheduled at Maple Grove Raceway Mohnton Pa today through Sunday Defending champions: Scott Kalitta (Top Fuel) Chuck Etchells (Funny Car) Warren Johnson (Pro Stock) John Myers (Pro Stock Bike) TV: 4 pm Sunday TNN Outlook: Pro Stock points leader Jim Yates has a 1 29 point advantage over two-time champion Warren Johnson in a battle of Pontiac A finalist at this event for five consecutive years (winning three times) John son is approximately seven rounds behind Yates with only 16 rounds of competition remaining IRL: Las Vegas 500K Race No 2 of the Indy Racing Leagues 1996-97 season scheduled for 310 miles207 laps around the 15- mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway Defending champion: Inaugural event TV: 3 pm Sunday ABC Outlook: Richie Clyne's oasis in the Nevada desert roars to life with this race Scott Sharp who drives for car-owner AJ Foyt of Houston won the inaugural race of the IRL's 1996-97 season at New Hampshire International Speedway on Aug 18 NASCAR Craftsman Truck: Idle Next up is Race No 19 the Hanes 250 at Martinsville (Va) Speedway on Sept 21 Defending champion: Joe Ruttman Formula One: Idle Next up is Race No 15 of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile's World Driving Championship the Portuguese Grand Prix scheduled for Estoril Portugal on Sept 22 Defending champion: David Coulthard Camaro 234 8 Boris Said HI Ford Mustang 227 9 Bill Saunders Chevy Camaro 218 10 Jon Gooding Ford Mustang 208 Manufacturers' standings Points Wins y-Ford 103 8 Chevrolet 94 5 y- Clinched 1996 championship AMA Superbike Series Leaders (Through Aug 251 Points 1 Miguel Duhamel Honda (4 victories) 252 points 2 Doug Chandler Kawasaki il) 250 3 Tom Kipp Yamaha 236 4 Mat Mladin Suzuki 225 5 Pascal Picotte Suzuki Ilk 222 6 Aaron Yates Suzuki (1) 182 7 Larry Pegram Ducati 173 8 Shawn Higbee Ducari 163 9 Thomas Wilson Harley Davidson 153 10 Steve Crevier Honda 149 Texas Motorplex Leaders (At Ennis) Points Super Pro 1 Mike Young 643 2 Cy Ide Griffith Jr 592 3 Brian Huckaby 551 4 Rusty Branum 499 5 Greg Howard 484 6 David Rider 477 7 Kevin Huckaby 475 8 Todd Erwin 466 9 Mike Crader 451 10 Brandon Allen 447 Pro 1 Greg Howard 8472 Mike Crader 770 3 Mike Young 648 4 James Morgan 529 5 Brian Huckaby 516 6 Kevin Huckaby 511 7 Phil Easley 483 8 Danny Fletcher 479 9 Vince Roberts 453 10 Mark Huckaby 449 No Electronics 1 Steve Echols 692 2 Jason Wright 687 3 Lyle Vanden 608 4 Michael Martin 606 5 Dale Wilkins 589 5 Jim McCormick 589 7 Chris Boswell 575 8 Larry Bain 564 9 Frank Midkiff 500 10 Joe McGlothin 475 Junior Dragster 1 Billy Frisbey 585 2 Jackie Bressie 582 3 Jody Utsey 567 4 Tommy Sparks Jr 512 5 Eric Richardson 480 6 Jordan Stevenson 479 7 Brandon Meyer 464 8 Paszek 447 9 Elizabeth Woodford 419 10 Kimree Lynn Alca la 402 Motorcycle 1 Mike Hu Vett 567 2 Louis Melin 483 3 Bill Bottoms 465 4 Joe Doshier 404 5 Darrell Aday 303 6 Gary Guthrie 270 7 Chris Bennett 233 8 Shane Eperlesi 206 9 JJ Hughes 194 10 Chris Bowen 133 11 Kenny Hester 72 12 Robert Renker 57 13 Chris Oravecz 11 14 Shawn Cochran Boyd Raceway Leaders Mt Boyd) Points Hot stock 1 Jimmy Littlejohn 1106 2 Troy Taylor 1098 3 James Lopez 940 4 John McNeil 940 5 Randy Burkhart 912 6 Brardon Ellison 902 7 Larry Simpson 900 3 Mitch McMillin 834 9 Jay Bransom 714 10 Tony Marcum 640 Street Stock 1 Jim Knight 986 2 Kevin Clemmons 836 3 Tony Taylor 828 4 Dane Burington 800 5 Rob Hart 792 6 Dennis Bissonnette 778 7 David Place 662 8 Dennis Bryson 644 9 Bert Colon 628 10 Robert Clark 602 Modified 1 Darryl Campbell 960 2 Varian Sisson 914 3 George Melton 818 4 Ronnie Pennington 790 5 Carey Felkins 788 6 Shawn Ward 770 7 Robert Kruger 722 8 Bornstein Kenny Bernstein's quest for his first NHRA Top Fuel title has been tarnished by tile death of friend Blaine Johnson Kenny Bernetoin's bid to write professional drag racing history during the final four events of the National Hot Rod Association season will be done with a heavy foot and a heavy heart Bernstein of Dallas is a four-time NHRA Winston Funny Car champion His goal since returning to the premier Top Fuel ranks in 1990 has been to become the first NHRA driver to win world titles in both nitromethane-burning divisions Bernstein exited the tragic US Nationals over Labor Day Weekend trailing the late Maine Johnson by 94 points Johnson like Bernstein a three-time winner in Top Fuel this season was killed in a crash on Aug 31 after qualifying No 1 at Indianapolis Raceway Park in Clermont Ind Bernstein is in the sensitive position of chasing the memory ofJohnson who might have won his first Top Fuel crown in another month "Regardless of who wins this championship ies going to be tarnished or bittersweet for the loss of Blaine" Bernstein said prior to heading for this weekend's Pioneer Electronics Keystone At odds over the fax JOHN STURBIN MOTORSPORTS REPORT: chases titioy smear it and say something to the Thursday September 12 1996 Star-Telegram Section Page tVi231i and an astoricit Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Monhton Pa "We're all competitors out here and fighting to win but we're all family "Winning the Top Fuel championship would be a great accomplishment If we do pull off the championship in two classes we'll be proud But it'll have an asterisk besides it in our minds because of Blaine Everything from this point this year will always have the thought of 'what if' and there's nothing we can do about that" Bernstein driver of the Budweiser King Dragster i could pass Johnson this weekend by qualifying fourth or better and finishing at least mnner-up Bernstein won this event in Top Fuel in 1992 and in Funny Car in 1988 Bernstein has a 102-point lead over third-place Larry Dixon That translates into five rounds of racing "I'm not real comfortable with that" Bernstein said "Bottom line is we have a job to do We've got three or four guys behind us feel- ing the same way because we all go out to win every week no matter what happens" I 4 1 ver and manufacturer points 1 i SCCA Trans-Am: Idle Next up is Race No 14 of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Championship the Reno Grand Prix at the 135-mile Reno Hilton Complex temporary street circuit on Sept 22 Defending champion: Inaugural event Points Point standings after 15 events of the 19- race NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series: Top Fool Wins Points 1 Blaine Johnson 3 1161 2 Kenny Bernstein 3 1067 3 Larry Dixon 1 965 4 Scott Kalitta 1 943 5 Cory McClenothan 2 912 6 Mike Dunn 1 843 7 Joe Amato 1 838 Kalitta 795 Anderson 2 791 10 Eddie Hill 1 783 Won-lost records 1 Blaine Johnson (29-12) 707 2 Kenny Bernstein (26-11)-703 3 Larry Dixon (23- 14) 622 Cory McClenathan (20-13) 606 5 Scott Kane (21-14) 600 6 Mike Dunn (19-13) 594 7 Shelly Anderson (16-14 571 8 Joe Amato (17-13) 567 9 Eddie Hill (14-13) 519 10 Connie Mate (15-15) 500 Points 1161 1067 965 943 912 843 838 795 791 783 Funny Car Wins Points 1 John Force 2 Cruz Pedregon 3 Tony Pedregon 4 Al Hofmann 5 Chuck Etchells 6 Mark Oswald 7 Whit Bazemore 8 Del Worsham 9 Gary Densham ID Kenji Okazaki 11 on' 1 on 1 1 Ms 1 1656 1028 1021 925 849 789 711 707 610 579 Won-lost records 1 John Force (54-4) 931 2 Cruz Pedrogon (25-14 641 2 Tony Pedregon (25-14) 641 4 Al Hofmann (20-14) 588 5 Chuck Etchells (17-14) 548 6 Mark Oswald (15- 15) 500 6 Del Worsham 113-131-500 0 Whit Bazemore (11-15) 423 9 Richard Hartman (5-7) 417 10 Gary Densham (8- 14) 364 Pro Stock Wins 5 Inson 5 rds 2 on 2 is Points 1277 1148 890 820 807 790 771 692 646 614 1 Jim Yates 5 2 iNarren Johnson 5 3 Mike Edwards 2 4 Kurt Johnson 2 5 Chuck Harris 6 Rickie Smith 7 Steve Schmidt Tom Martino 9 Bob Glidden VI Troy Coughlin Won-lost records 1 Jim Yates (37-10) 787 2 Warren Johnson (30-10) 750 3 Mike Edwards 121- 12) 636 4 Kurt Johnson (17-12) 586 5 Chuck Harris (16-13) 552 5 Sickle Smith (16-13) 552 7 Steve Schmidt 115-131-536 a Ray Franks (9-8) 529 9 Tom Martino (13-12) 520 10 Troy Coughiln (10-12) 455 IndyCar Final Leaders (Through Sunday) Rookie standings Points 1 Alex Zonardi 132 2 Greg Moore 84 3 Mark Blundell 41 4 Eddie Lawson 26 5 Jan Magnussen 5 Manufacturers standings Points 1 Honda 271 2 Ford Coswonh 234 3 Mercedes-Benz 218 4 Toyota 9 Constructors standings Points 1 Award 276 2 Lola 260 3 Penske 139 4 Aar Eagle 9 Formula One Loaders (ThwoughAue 25) Points Points 1 Damon Hill Britain 81 2 Jacques Villeneuve Canada 68 3 Michael Schumacher Germany 49 4 Jean Altai France 44 5 Mika Hakkinen Finland 27 6 David Coulthard Britain 18 7 Rubens Barrichello Brazil 14 6 Olivier Pania France 13 9 Eddie Irvine Britain 9 10 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Germany 6 10 Martin Brundle Britain 6 Constructors' standings Points swi Williams Renault oe 149 2 Benetton Renault 61 1'1 Larry Ray 614 9 Keith McCullough 564 10 John David Merrell 550 Mini-Stock 1 Calvin Williamson III 946 2 Bill Vanderbilt 900 3 Bobby Lidwick 895 4 John Foster 893 5 Steve Greenfield 851 6 Tammy Hook 809 7 Doug Kennemer 803 8 Brian Davis 775 9 Terry Eakman 748 10 David Jones 723 Mini-Modified 1 Ronnie Stevens 998 2 John Stevens 964 3 Charlie Moore 938 4 Jim Fletcher 918 5 Kent Trice 778 6 Richard McDaniel 728 7 Don Vesta 628 Sam Keith 596 9 Waylon Maynard 586 10 Carroll Graff 566 Cowtown Speedway Leaders Kennedale) Points Modified 1 Marvin lough 824 2 Keith Green 794 3 Walther Clement 740 4 James Moss 714 5 Claud Estes 704 6 Keith White 662 7 Daniel Estes 660 8 Dike Hoke 628 9 James Burrows 620 10 David Suggs 586 Hot Stock 1 John McNeil 906 2 Jay Bransom 878 3 James Lopez 818 4 Craig Thompson 802 5 Randy Burkhart 796 6 Mitch McMillin 716 7 Willie Nelson 606 8 Phil Harris 594 9 Jimmy Littlejohn 588 10 Rawdy Hull 572 1 Carey Felkins 926 2 Varian Sisson 748 3 Darryl Campbell 696 4 Jay Bransom 632 5 Robert Burrows 630 6 Gene Lenderman Jr 610 7 Sean Jones 584 8 Duane Wolff 580 9 Gary Keeney 580 10 George Melton 538 11 Phil Whisman 494 12 David Gossett 464 13 Blake Mallory 436 14 George Keeney 432 15 Steve Williams 424 16 Gary Milner 406 17 Richard Graves 406 18 Michael Cozad 402 19 Larry Harrah 400 20 Larry Ray 374 Street Stock 1 Richard Davis 856 2 Rusty Stewart 802 3 David Reed 646 4 Richie Martin 664 5 Michael Shackelford 638 6 Tony Taylor 596 7 Duane Shuquist 596 8 Russell Reppert 586 9 Joe King 568 10 Jason Ilich 535 Bombers 1 Angie Kirchmeier 714 2 Jason Smith 656 3 Lee Sicilio 648 4 Ken Sissing 600 5 Tommy Smith 586 6 Ronne Miller 572 7 Larry Smitherman 568 8 Eddy Hopewell 540 9 Becky Jerden 498 10 Mike Enox 446 Texas Raceway (At le) Points Super Pro 1 Chtick Weir 704 3 David Etrodnax 623 3 Fred Cortez 613 4 Tom Carrell 612 5 Jeff Lopez 573 6 Larry Eidson 560 7 Jerry Powell 523 8 Larry Harrison 512 9 Sallie Hutchinson 491 10 Chris Eidson 490 Pro 1 Brad Young 756 2 Ron Watson 695 3 Mike Pack 684 4 Darryl Noe 552 5 Betty Shores 520 6 Bill Moody 510 7 Rick Huffman 501 8 Kim Humphrey 500 9 Davie Easter 492 10 Clint Wallace 471 No Soctronice 1 Hank Heinz 789 2 Karen Powell 613 3 Pat Carrithers 596 4 Larry Lovell 592 5 Danny Acord 543 6 Richard Evilsizer 540 7 Paul Phillips 524 8 Richard Womack 501 9 Don Sturgeon 480 10 Larry Weir 480 Quick 32 1 Bill Shores 584 2 Larry Eidson 514 3 Chuck Weir 504 4 Tom Carrell 430 5 Tony 373 6 John Stepan 370 7 Chris Eidson 370 8 Chad Broom 361 9 Mickey Blankenship 355 10 Jemmy Hefter 342 Junior Dragster Sportsman 1 Samantha Ramirez 641 2 Mia Ramirez 482 3 Daryl Hamlin 467 4 Wesley Sullivan 465 5 Michael Hollis 394 6 Erica Endicott 380 7 Macey Mayfield 321 8 Deidre Johnson 301 9 Jeffrey Huffman 300 10 Parker Strode 262 Junior Dragster Modified 1 Allen Sturgeon 623 2 Andrew Brady 519 3 Elizabeth Brady 436 4 Traci Clouse 405 5 Amber Eidson 361 6 Michael Gibson 346 7 Jacob Reeves 283 8 Brandon Rowold 263 9 Drew Lagow 263 10 Farm Hanson 232 Pro Mod Ouick 8 Sedan 1 Thomas Patterson 123 2 Tony Thorn 102 3 Don Smith 80 4 mato Green 71 5 Grant Hensley 70 6 Charles Wooten 62 7 Hankie Taylor 60 8 Clayton Pool 51 9 Gaylen Smith 30 9 Tommy Adams 30 IMSA: Idle Next up is Race No10 of the International Motor Sports Association's World Sports Car Championship and Exxon Supreme GI at Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach Fla on Oct 6 Defending champions: Inaugural event CART: Season completed Jimmy Vasser is the Championship Auto Racing Teams' 1996 PPG Cup champion with 154 points Driving for TargetChip Ganassi Racing the 30-year-old Californian won four races and four poles effect it's not safe That's something you just don't say about a speedway That's infuriating and that's wrong And yet here they are still trying to get us to sign "It's a moot point Go away" Unsafe at 8 degrees? Despite Gossage's hard-line stance Texas International Raceway's proposed dual-banking concept intrigues Jimmy Vasser CART's newly crowned champion But Vasser 1 and team-owner Chip Ganassi Vir I are holding to i i 1 the CART party I tt line espoused -14 by Dallenbach -11( 1: "Some peo pie feel it's Vasser unsafe for Indycars on the dt-iver's side" Vasser said "Like Chip I haven't seen the track And I'd have to see it before I decided if I wanted to drive on it I understand the difference in banking from 8 degrees to 24 degrees is so severe it could cause a problem" Vasser and Ganassi agreed that the series needs to be at Texas International Raceway which is scheduled to play host to the rival Indy Racing League's inaugural Longhorn 500 on the evening of June 7 The IRL is committed to running on the track's 24-degree banking with its new specification chassis and engine package Texas connection Wally Dallenbach the chief steward for Championship Auto Racing Teams has come up with a design for a temporary retaining wall to accommodate the dual-banking at Texas International Raceway Dallenbach faxed his plan to Eddie Gossage the track's vice president and general manager yesterday morning After a quick review Gossage declared the plan too little too late "They say we have an unsafe speedway It's not wide enough They're not going to run here" Gossage said after scanning two pages of rough sketches "Yet they're sending us diagrams very scientific diagrams I might add "We've told them we're not running a CART race End of story" Dallenbach announced last weekend that he would recommend against CART racing on the 15-mile trioval's 8-degree banked turns until a temporary retaining wall was designed and tested by Indy Car CARTIndyCar wants a barrier that will keep its cars and drivers from sliding up on the track's 24-degree banking and impacting the outside wall Dallenbach's sketches contain notes for "10-foot or 12-foot sections" of barrier supposedly concrete placed end to end and linked together through the corners along the tapered 8-degree banking "I'm OK with them not running here if they don't want to run here" Gossage said "But we told them we're not going to run a CART race Then they go out and chases are so fender-rubbing close that one has to wonder why 4 series officials have again decided to tinker with the rules Two technical changes are scheduled to go into effect begin- ning with qualifying tomorrow at Dover Downs (Del) International Speedway The first allows Chevrolet Monte Carlo teams to lower the minimum ground clear- ance of their front air dams from 4' inches to 375 On Ford Thunderbirds the minimum clear2'' ance goes up to 4 inches from 35''L The changes should translate- into more stability and cornering: speed for the Chevys on "The Monster Mile's" all-concrete degree banked turns The other adjustment calls for all Monte Carlos to run with a rear spoiler 57 inches wide by 6 4 inches high up from 575 inchesv The only spoilt AoPMC'w er allowed on rktgkittt T-Birds will be' V' valk 57 inches by 625 inches high The change 7 should give the Chevys more downforce in Burton the turns but make them a tie slower down the 9-degree straights Ward Burton a member of Roush Racing's three-car Ford stable said the T-Bird and Monte Carlo have at long last reached parity "The cars are equal the engines are equal and it comes down to the teams" said Burton the 1994 Cup rookie of the year who finished third under the lights at Richmond Va on Saturday night "It's all about who's right on a certain day" Updating professional drivers with Texas ties in major racing series: NASCAR Winston Cup Terry Labonte Corpus Christi: The series points leader's fifth-place payout at Richmond Va on Saturday night put him over the $12 million mark for his Cup career His average finish through 24 races in 1996 is 896 Bobby Labonte Corpus Christi: Finished 1 lth last car on the lead lap at Richmond to barely miss his fourth top-10 in the last five races in the Interstate Batteries Chevrolet Bobby Hillin Jr Midland: Finished 32nd four laps off the pace after starting 40th in the Jasper Engines Ford Thunderbird Without a top-10 finish in 21 Cup starts Indy Racing League AJ Foyt Enterprises Houston: Scheduled to receive the inaugural IRL Entrant Champion Trophy during "An Evening of Champions and the Future" at the MGM Grand Hotel Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday night Foyt's driver Scott Sharp and Buzz Calkins are to receive 1996 IRL Driver Co-Champion Trophies at the event CART PPG IndyCer Wodd Series Hall Racing Midland: A broken rear suspension on the Pennzoil Reynard-Honda relegated driver Gil de Ferran of Carmel Ind to a 25th-place finish in the season-ender at Monterey Calif on Sunday It was the final race of car-owner Jim Hall's legendary career National Hot Rod Association Kenny Bernstein Dallas: Trails the late Blaine Johnson by 94 points in the Top Fuel driver's championship heading into the Pioneer Keystone Nationals this weekend Eddie Hill Wichita Falls: Remains 10th in Top Fuel points only 28 behind Shelly Anderson (who failed to qualify at the US Nationals) and 32 behind eighth-place Connie Kalitta Andy Woods Irving: Failed to qualify in Top Fuel at the US Nationals Doug Foxworth Lytle: Has been a Top Fuel qualifier in two consecutive nationals events Bruce Allen Arlington: Stands 19th in Pro Stock points after not qualifying at the US Nationals in the Slick 50 Pontiac Firebird co-owned by David Reher and Buddy Morrison also of Arlington If it ain't broke etc NASCAR's Winston Cup dri Money $1530343 1958978 2045600 1460986 1232960 958898 1270097 843507 1063818 1082915 NASCAR Leaders Driver Points Starts VVins Top 5 '410 1 1 Terry Labonte 3542 24 1 IS 18 2 Jett Gordon 3538 24 7 16 19 3 Dale Jarrett 3456 24 4 12 15 4 Dale Earnhardt 3324 24 2 11 13 5 Mark Martin 3185 24 0 11 16 6 Ricky Rudd 3008 24 0 4 13 7 Ernie irvan 2962 24 2 11 14 8 Ken Schrader 2960 24 0 3 10 9 Rusty Wallace 2887 24 5 7 12 10 Sterling Marlin 2881 24 2 4 9 Final IndyCar Leaders Last laps Promoter Andy Adamc lk has added a Demolition Derby to the regular racing program at Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale on Saturday night For complete rules contact Ira Stacy at 534-0117 Marlboro Team Penske' which won a record 12 events two years ago went winless season for the first time since theI3-race 1976 campaign Six-time National Hot Rod-: Association Funny Car champion' John "The Brute" Force has signed a contract extension that will keep him driving Pontiac- bodied cars through the year 2000 John Sturbin's Motorsports Report appears each Thursddy ek2f101 Run Laps Laps Mlles St End Led Comp Comp 16 16 162 1990 3637606 16 10 610 1563 2838807 16 10 281 1571 2777955 16 13 125 1967 3581396 16 13 80 1913 3494381 16 11 172 1741 3105203 16 12 2 1618 2887994 16 13 41 1839 3327557 16 9 73 1691 3008895 16 11 12 1613 2895096 Driver Pts 1 Jimmy Vasser 154 2 Alex Zanardi 132 3 Michael Andrett1132 4 Al Unser Jr 125 '5 Christen Fittpall 110 6 Gil de Ferran 104 7 Bobby Paha! 102 8 Bryan Herta 86 9 Greg Moore 84 10 Scott Pruett 82 3 Ferrari 58 4 Marlboro McLaren Mercedes 45 5 Jordan Peugeot 20 st- Clinched 1996 championship Indy Racing League Leaders (rhroughAug18) Points Points 1 Scott Sharp 35 2 Buzz Calkins 33 3 Michele Alboreto 32 4 Mike Groff 31 5 Davey Hamiltoo 30 6 Roberto Guerreh5 29 7 Marco Greco 28 8 Stephane Gregoire 27 9 Eliseo Salazar 26 10 John Paul Jr 25 SCCA Trans-Am Leaders (Through Sept 1) Points 1 Tommy Kendall Ford Mustang Cobra (4 victories) 352 points 2 Dorsey Schroeder Ford Mustang (4) 336 3 Ron Fellows Chevrolet Camaro 228 (31 252 4 Jamie Galles Chevy Camaro C) 247 5 Scott Sharp Chevy Camaro 243 6 BOn Simo Ford Mustang 239 7 Greg Pic Itht Chevy i I I I i NaidailidommoigNhimftwadmihm.