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Section Page 14 Star-Telegram Monday June 9 1997 Motorsports 1 WISP 1111111MEMMINIIIIIk Cut tire can't stop Gordon from winning Pocono 500' From Wire Reports Gordon got the break he needed the 25th time in 412 seasons on the Gordon paced all but 10 of the Gordon remained the only Reigning champion Colin Defending champion Jeff Gor- when caution came out because Winston Cup circuit last 68 laps and 59 overall in a race Chevy driver to have won this year McRae of Scotland was forcedito that featured 25 lead changes Fords have taken the other seven don overcame a tire problem that Bobby Labonte spun in the first "We didn't have a great race car left him nearly a lap down then turn on lap 59 Gordon was able to but we stayed after them all day" among a season-high 15 drivers races drop out of the Acropolis Ra after damaging his vehicle on the- controlled the second half of the close up on the leaders Evernham said The winner's average speed was opening day in Athens Greece Gordon also joined Bobby Al- Pocono 500 yesterday for his sixth Burton dominated until the Gordon said he was fearful that slowed to 139828 mph by four eau- Bon and the late Tim Richmond as --6 If victory this season 120th lap when his brother Jeff Burton might close on him late in lions spread over 22 laps the only repeat winners of the Of 101 starters 22 cars abacl doned the race at the end of tript The victory at Pocono Interna- and Gordon closed what had been the race Fords took the next six positions first da Finland's Juta event i Ilona! Raceway in Long Pond Pa a two-second lead to a few car "We had a piece of rubber that behind Gordon with Dale Jarrett Kankunen and co-driver Juha came a week after the 25-year-old lengths The third caution of the fell down on the track bar but we finishing third ahead of Mark Mar- The victory tied Gordon for with Repo took a slim lead at the end Indiana native crashed late in the race came out on lap 131 and all just didn't get the opportunity to tin Jeremy Mayfield and Ted Mus- i Paschal for 19 th on the of the special stages I race while pursuing a record fourth the leaders pitted adjust it" Burton said grave Darrell Waltrip was seventh NASCAR career list consecutive victory at Dover But the slow pit stops that had The victory also gave Gordon a in a Chevy followed by Geoff Bod- Australia's Mat Mladin won Downs checked Burton over the first half tie in the series standings with Hen- ine's Ford and Terry Labonte's Briefly the American Motorcyclist As-This time however a cut tire on of the event bit him again and Gor- drick Motorsports teammate Terry Chevy sociation's MBNA Superbike get- his Chevrolet came after just 20 of don got out first Labonte and an $80000 payoff for Seven-time Winston Cup cham- Tony Kanaan led every lap ries race holding off series leadep 1 I 1 200 laps Gordon was forced to pit "The pit crew was awesome gaining it with a win pion Dale Earnhardt was 10th in a and teammate and fellow Brazil- Doug Chandler by 0724 seconifs under green and regained race today" Gordon said "That's what The bonus was part of a S166080 Chevy extending his winless streak ian Helio Castro-Neves chased in Elkhart Lake WisMladin who speed with Ward Burton just a few did it getting me out in front" payoff from a purse totaling $13 to 40 races A loss Sunday at Michi- him most of the way in the Detroit won the season-opening race at car lengths shy of lapping him The work of Ray Evernham's million It gave Gordon earnings of gan would make it the worst run of round of the PPG Firestone Indy Phoenix averaged 108078 mph "I thought the day was over" crew enabled Gordon to extend his 1 682844 for the season and his career Lights Championship It was the on his Ducati in the16-lap race at Gordon said "At least we were at series lead in victories this year $12009648 for his career He is Burton who eventually blew an first victory of 1997 for Kanaan Road America He jumped to Pocono where there's a lot of race Gordon beat the Ford of Jeff Bur- eighth in NASCAR career earn- engine in his Pontiac led the most whose first Indy Lights win came fourth in the season standings 26 track to work with" ton by 1415 seconds to victory for ings laps with 60 on the same course a year ago points behind Chandler i 11 1 6 It was a great night and FiEVASED 1-11 uck fuel i fer 1 spr 1 TMS Lap leaders a fantastic track and a for i abli The lap leaders at Saturday sit Finish Start Driver CarEngine Laps night's True Value 500 race at Texas fantastic night of racing victory i- From Page 1 1 (11) Arie Luyendyk ForceAurora 208 4 i hay Motor Speedway: We certainly hope we 2 (21) Billy Boat ForceAurora 207 fi- ren' "This is not acceptable for our the opportunity to Took Lost Total 3 (9) Davey Hamilton ForceAurora 207 1 have ppy 19c Driver lead lead laps 4 (5) Scott Goodyear ForceAurora 207 fans or our competitors" Gossage Tony Stewart 1 68 68 come back to the Texas 5 (1) Tony Stewart ForceAurora 206 st al said -We've had only two prob- Eliseo Salazar 69 71 3 The Associated Press 2 72)2 I 9 il 6 (7) Eddie Cheever Jr ForceAurora 206 con nts in an otherwise perfect week Davey Hamilton 72 75 4 Motor Speedway 7 (22) Eliseo Salazar DETROIT This time Gr'g le 204 met and both involved USAC timing Jim Guthrie 76 81 6 Keith Ward 8 (6) Greg Ray DallaraAurora 204 Moore was the guy doing the chtis Billy Boat 82 84 3 US Auto Club chief steward 204 equipment" 1RL qualifying also 9 (17) Vincenzo Sospiri DallaraAurora ing and hoping Robbie Groff 85 87 3 10 (23) Johnny Unser ForceInfiniti 203 And he won again taking had to be revised because of timing Buddy Lazier 88 120 33 yester I problems Eddie CheeverJr 121 125 5 11 (14) Mark Dismore DallaraAurora 203 day's ITT Automotive Detrbli st at performance is totally Billy Boat 126 132 7 TMS isl going to be a great place 12 (26) Alessandro an dro Zampedri DallaraAurora 201 i Grand Prix when PacWest team-- tear unacceptable" Tony Stewart 133 133 1 to race for the IRL" 13 (15) Roberto Guerrero DallaraInfiniti 201 r-)if CoU 14 (25) Tyce Carlson DallaraAurora 184 Buddy Lazier 134 157 24 That's if the IRL does return mates Mauricio Gugelmin 1 )) Gossage said he had no further Tony Stewart 158 169 12 15 (13) Robbie Groff ForceAurora- 173 Mark Blundell both ran out of fuef ture comment and walked off the stage Arie Luyendyk 170 170 1 In just its second year of opera- 16 (2) Robbie Buhl ForceAurora 167 on the last lap onst of the "interview" theater at the Tony Stewart 171 189 19 tion the IRE is attempting to ex- 17 (4) Buddy Lazier DallaraAurora 157 At Milwaukee a week earlief capi TMS media center slamming a Arie Luyendyk 190 208 19 pand its current 10-race schedule 18 (3) Kenny Brack ForceAurora 118 the 22-year-old Moore became the door on his way out for next season Having the TMS as 19 (10) Buzz Calkins ForceAurora 98 youngest winner in the history) 0 20 (16) Affonso Giaffone DallaraAurora 82 With USAC's revision of the re- a featured stop will be vital to the the PPG Championship Auto R4c" -P sults of the True Value 500 the wheel-to-wheel racing and an ap- league's growth 21 (8) Jim Guthrie DallaraAurora 81 22 (18) Allen May DallaraAurora 36 ing Teams World Series when he ball conclusion to the speedway's first parent lead change in the final laps Ward commented about the lin- 23 (20) Sam Schmidt DallaraAurora 36 conserved his fuel just enough toA AAU season becomes more memorable that brought fans to their feet The gering effects of the wrong count 24 (19) Dr Jack Miller DallaraInfiniti 24 beat Michael Andretti on the Mil-v he for a ruling and a fight Echoes of finish with pole sitter Tony Stewart on the weekend's events and the fu- 25 (24) Fermin Velez DallaraAurora 1 waukee Mile oval next NASCAR Winston Cup drivers blowing an engine with two laps to ture of the IRL at TMS 26 (12) Marco Greco DallaraAurora 0 On the tight demanding 2-1-1c1 Tenr Man complaining about the one-groove go might have provided a truly fa- mile 14-turn Belle Isle road cireultN1 "It was a great night and a fantas- Time of race: 2:19:48166 Arlin track and the first-lap wreck of the vorable memory for TMS had it not Interstate Batteries 500 seem to di- been for yesterday's events Margin of victory: 17015 seconds in the middle of the Detroit tic track and a fantastic night of rac- Average race speed: 133903 mph the young Canadian lost the lead minish under this past weekend's Driver Eddie Cheever Jr who ing" he said "I hope fans have Estimated attendance: 128000 when he pitted on during a cautiorl controversies finished sixth was discouraged by the opportunity to come back to Lead changes: 14 among 9 drivers period on lap 51 the last of his tN41' (0 The excitement of Friday's the scoring complications but said it the Texas Motor Speedway scheduled stops NASCAR Craftsman 'Truck Series Idid not ruin the event "We certainly hope we have the Moore kept his worn Firestqn Pi race the Pronto Auto Parts 400 "This is the first time I've ever opportunity to come back to the perience any of the problems about being dangerous" Cheever said tires and took on only a full loaclqt Se -)ii was topped by the main attraction seen this" he said "I thought it Texas Motor Speedway" which A SCA drivers corn- 'But -i14 as fun race I've fuel coming back onto the tra -4- the True Value 500 because was a great race and it was the best Cheever said he would like to plained driven in I think fans saw the best fourth trailing Gugelmin Blundell jur of some scintillating nighttime race we've had all year long I think come back noting that he didn't ex- "There is a lot of criticism on it race we've had all year long" and rookie Patrick Carpentiera1 -( jur of whom hoped to stretch their fact 2r -I unacceptable" blame him? The guy drove 210 no three leaders be- party But the schism in the Indy- enough to make the entire 77-15p jur '10! LeBreton Gossage has every right to be As Keith Ward chief steward of pertise and experience from the angry He's got fleas laps Two over the listed par fore it settled down I can only wonder what the peo- car ranks has siphoned valuable ex- 1617-mile race on one stop Carpentier gave up on lap 67 Oh- 3r mc a off the falling an ang for Less than 12 hours before the IRLUSAC sought to explain pie trying to follow the race from ranks of both IRL drivers and of- ting From Page 1 sage had described the farcical "After the first 18 laps the trans- the stands were thinking But ficials but it appeared the gamble mi ght 130 mma4 st le th off for ace )1- Of scene on victory lane when Arie mitters on the car that register the there's the point An announced Gossage and Texas Motor pity 4 for itself Luyendyk entered the gated area laps were not recording properly It crowd of 128 even without a yellow flag in the Ro 000 paid good money Speedway thoughtthey were doing i-' xl Instead headlines around the and began to shout that an injustice just kind of piled up from there" to go and watch the True Value the right thing rewarding loyalty final 34 laps --4 OF country today are probably reading had occurred Ncxt thing Gossage We noticed The first indication 500 by signing a contract with IRL In- "My crew told me If you sec a Ro something like "Luyendyk wins knew team ownerTexas legend that something could be wrong They were cheated Because of stead they squirmed fitfully as good chance to pass you'd betto 4 )1" OF after major foul-up in Texas" Foyt had whopped Luyendyk on came to us dazed and confused the faulty lap count they were USAC botched the Thursday night take it We think they're going(to Mc 4 DI- Yep they'll say even as far as the back of the head and appeared souls in the press box only 46 laps cheated out of seeing Tony Stewart qualifying session and then sent make it' Moore said Sul away as Indianapolis Those ya- to have his forearm wrapped and Luyendyk battle for the lead 128000 people home thinking the But less than halfway through: into the race A standings sheet was the final lap Gugelmin slowed on stunned Gossae still had the win- hoos can't do anything right around Luyendyk's neck The on lap 190 Instead Stewart offered wrong guy had won the 500K race passed out that listed Billy Boat the long back straightaway as the if The suggestion here is that rest of the leaders charged paSi Pit But excuse me? The most damn- destined for quasi-immortality as little resistance in the turn thinking flifig trophy cradled in his arms Luyendyk was a lap down USAC and the 1RL hit the bricks Bo ing sin that NIS committed it says having led laps 36 and 37 en just two turns from the finish' Boys will be boys But couldn't so to speak and ponder the Then Ca here was trusting the IRL enough Hmm Nobody could recall see- Crazier still Stewart's engine ac- Blundell slowed and Moore darted Foyt have just shouted back'? embarrassing sideshow that they ser to invite them in the first place ing the man around and dashed to the finish'- Luyendyk was out of line to tually blew out on the last official have become is )1 4 lap of the race again beating Andretti jUni "This is not acceptable for our enter the victory lane area He By the 100-lap mark the lighted Texas Motor Speedway and its I if fans or our competitors" TMS vice would have been better served to scoring pylon in the infield had What a mess What a group to be 128000 customers deserve some- The final margin was 1818 seq onds about 10 car lengths )- 2n1 president and general manager have been back in his pit area help- started misbehaving Car numbers letting people drive 213 mph thing classier more professional solo Eddie Gossage said before leaving ing his Treadway Racing team pre- started looking like bingo calls On The criticisms of the new Indy- You gentlemen and ladies of "The team was the difference'm )1- 3rc if a slammed door behimi him pare its protest one lap the computer controlling car circuit are well-documented USAC are the ones who deserve a this one" Moore said 4 A UE "USAC's performance is totally But in another way who can the tall board showed one The Indy 500 is still a memorable slap from AJ Foyt SS 605 tt -1 I' -4 )0' OF 39064 seconds 2 Leos Checa Honda Escort WRC Finland 1 hour 43 minutes 25 Points standings (after 4 of i 0 races) COWTOWN SPEEDWAY jUni POCONO 500 Caution flags: 4 for 22 laps Lead Race Statistics tiac 150 $3200 3 (1 1 Tim Connolly 4242356 3 Tadayuki Okada Honda seconds 2 Tommi Makinen and Seppo 1 Doug Chandler (131) 2 Miguel Du- Iril11 changes: 25 among 15 drivers Lap lead- Time of race: 1:5246143 Margin of Dodge 150 $3150 4 21) Tom Cravenho 42'43 779 4 Alex Criville 'Honda Harjanne Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Fin- hamel 11151 3 Steve Crevier (107) 4 Mat OF (At Long Pond Pa) victory: I818-seconds (about 10 car- Chevrolet 15062250 5 (4) Lee Sherwood Mladin (105) 5 Pascal Picotte (104) 6 lAt Arlington) 21 4 ens: Hamilton 1-19 Gordon 20 Hamilton 42:44:223 5: Takuma Aoki' Honda land 1:43:52 3 Richard Burns and Robert Sunday's results 21-23 WBurton 24-35 Labonte 36-38 lengths) Winner's average speed: 86047 Chevrolet 150 $1950 6 15) Ken Woolley 43:02191 6 Alex Barron Honda 43:19501: Reid Mitsubishi Carisma Britain 1:4352 Aaron Yates (99) 7 Larry Pegram (681 8 ri- Bos Craven 39 Skinner 40-41 Elliott 42-47 An- mph Caution flags: 5 for 18 laps Lead Jr Chevrolet 15051250 7 (14) Tim Arre 7 Norifumi Abe Yamana 43:19396 Al: 4 Carlos Saint and Luis Moya Ford Escort Tommy Hayden 162) 9 Eric Moe 159) 10 Saturday's results OF NASCAR Winston Cup dretti 48 Green 49-53 Waltrip 54-58 changes: 5 among 5 drivers Lap leaders: Chevrolet 150 $1600 122) Ed herb Puig Honda 43228'98 9 Juan1Boria WRC Spain 1:44:47 5 Thomas Radstrom Paul Harrell -771 'f4 5166080 2 118) Jeff Burton Ford 200 Waltrip 66 1 1111 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 200 Jarrett 59-60B Bodine 61-62 Jarrett 63-65 De Ferran 1-27 Moreno 28 Franchini 29-32 Kennedy Coppell Texas Chevrolet' Elf 500 43129985101Anthonk Gobert So' and Denis Giraudet Toyota Celica GT Four NASCAR Grand American Modifieds AuS Green 67-73 Waltrip 74- Moore 33-51 Gugelmin 52-76 Moore 77 150 $1450 9 (27) Rick Fuller Chevrolet 1:4601 6 Ant Vovos and John Alvanos (NWRS Feature Division) "0 DH $52550 3 (2) Dale Jarrett Ford 200 76 Burton 77-95 Mayfield 96-97 Mus- Series points leaders Tracy 94 An- 150 $1400 10 (31) Kevin Collins Chevro- zuki 43:36665 Standin 1 Doohan 145 points' 2 Subaru Impreza 555 Greece 1:48:27 7 A-Feature 1 Keith Green Wacefritl 4 853245 4 (14) Mark Martin Ford 200 grave 98 Green 99-101 Bodine 102- dretti 86 Moore 85 Vasser 69 Zanardi 67 let 150 6850 111281 Dan Avery Chevrolet Criville Okada 74 4 Nobuatsu Aoki Uve Nittel and Tina Thorner Mitsubishi mor $39620 5 (271 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 200 103 Burton 104-132 Gordon 133-174 Pruett 65 de Ferran 60 150 $1300 12 (23) Tony Ferrante Jr Japan Honda 67 5 Luca Cadalora Italy Lancer Evolution Germany 1:49:27 8 6 $33070 6 1311 Ted Musgrave Ford 200 Musgrave 175-184 Gordon 185- 3) Ted schman Chevrolet 149 $1700 14 200 DETROIT Chevrolet 150 $1250 13 (6) Tony Hir- Yamaha 59 6 Abe 51 7 Checa 50 8 Masao Kamioka and Kevin Gormley Suba- TEXAS RACEWAY Sean Jones Irving 3 Jimmy Littlejohn10I1r erman 4 Russell White Kennedale 5 Troy 1 $28875 7 (81 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Series points leaders Gordon 1955 Aoki 48 9 Barros 42 10 Puig 33 ru Impreza 555 Japan 1:49:47 9 Yukihiko (At ENNIS) Taylor Grand Prairie 6 James Lopez 200 530775 8 (241 Geoff Bodine Ford Labonte 1955 Martin 1894 Jarrett GRAND PRIX Christopher Chevrolet 14951050 16117) Sakurai and Ronan Morgan Subaru Im- Joshua 7 Danny Villanueva Arlingtort---- 200 $25975 9 (7) Terry Labonte Chevro- 1826 Burton 1772 Earnhardt 1687 Tom Baldwin Pontiac 149 $1000 16 1251 250cc I let 200 635675 10 1121 Dale Earnhardt Labonte 1602 Rudd 1586 MWaltrip (At Detroit) Tim Mangus Chevrolet 1496995 129 laps) preza 555 Japan 150:12 10 Leonidas Kir- Saturay's results David Gossett Fort Worth 9 Ronnie ctok I kos and Nikes Panou Ford Escort WRC i Chevrolet 200 634025 11 1381 Derrike 1508 Mayfield 1467 Sunday's results 171161 Charlie Pasteryak Chevrolet 149 1 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 40:58951 2 Greece 1:51:07 1 1 Super Pro Tank Tankersley Mansfield 10 Chris Huckebl Mesquitrit 4 Cope Pontiac 200 519525 12 1201 Mor- $975 18 (131 John Biewen111 Chevrolet Max Biaggi Honda 4069604 3 Ralf Wald- Kennedale 5628 elapsed time 12161 All-Star Modified gun Shepherd Pontiac 200 624175 13 DETROIT Indy Lights 149 $555 19 (191 Jamie Tomaino Chevro- mann Honda 40:56185 4 Loris Capirossi AMAMBNA mph Steve Bein Southlake 5259 A-Feature 1 Brandon Hull (32) Michael Waltrip Ford 200 $23875 14 GRAND PRIX 1 (1) Tony Kanaan 85599 mph 2 Hein) CastroNeves 36 3 (3) Geoff Boss 36 tiac 149 $915 21 (20) Rick Mauriello 41:28663 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda UPERBIKE SERIES 21 let 149 $935 20129) Carl Pasteryak Pon- Aprilia 41:07348 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 12753 Kennedale 2 James Burrows Burlesofirl I Marvin Lough Fort Worth 4 Claud Estes 1 140) Kyle Petty Pontiac 200 $16675 15 Pro 1 Mike Pack Haltom City 8298 1281 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 200 (At Detroit) 4 (5) David Empringham 36 5 (8) Sergio Chevrolet 148 $510 22 (11) Frank Board- 41:45716 7 Sebastian Porto April la (At Elkhart Lake Wis) 8967 Biran Williams Kennedale 6993 Godley 5 Keith White Temple 6 James j- 4 $30225 16 1221 Ricky Craven Chevrolet Paese 36 6 191 Mark Hotchkis 36 7 171 wick Chevrolet 146 $495 23 1351 SJ 41 52283 8 Luis d'A nt in Yamaha 9184 Pack Fort Worth 7 Daniel Estes Godley 9 200 823075 17 1131 Wally Dallenbach Sunday's results Naolo Hatton 36 8 (6) Chris Simmons 36 Evonsion Chevrolet 146 $875 24 1121 4155638 9 William Costes Honda Sunday's results No Electronics 1 Hank Hentz Ben- James Moss Grand Prairie 9 Eric Winnett 8brook 8356 8113 Mike Redden 7916 Chevrolet 18 (35) Steve Grts- CART Fort Worth 10 Keith Green Waco 9 (11) Luiz Garcia Jr 36 10113) David De- Eddie Flemke Chevrolet 144 suspension 41:56688 10 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 1 Mat Mladin Ducati 16 laps 108078 Thompson's Appliance Hot Stocks 7 sum Chevrolet 200 $22775 19 (341 Silva 36 11 1121 Christophe Tinseau 36 $855 25 181 Pete Brntain Chevrolet 119 41:51216 379 Ouick 32 Larry Harrison Jr Fort I 1 (71 Greg Moore Reynard Mercedes mph 2 Doug Chandler Kawasaki 16 3 A-Feature 1 Nicholas Littlejohn Ev--4 -i Jimmy Spencer Ford 200 $22525 26 (101 77 216) Michael Andretti Swift-Ford 77 3 12 (17) Robby Unser 36 13 (15) Airton suspension 5435 26 (24) Reggie Ruggiero Standings 1 Biaggi 111 points 2 Aaron Yates Suzuki 16 4 Miguel Du- erman 2 Dane Adelman Art ton 3 ft Rick Mast Ford 200 624750 2116) Ricky Taylor' Grand Prairie 41Cralig9Tho1m1pso4n RenardHonda 77 i are 36 Pontiac 80 rear end $815 27 134) Chris Waldmann 98 3 Harada 81 4 Olivier 5352 12854 Roger Peterson 111 Gil de Ferran Reynard-Honda 77 4 (12j hamel Honda 16 5 Steve Crevier Honda Wort Rudd Ford 199 626505 22 (161 Rusty 14 122) Hideki Noda 36 15 (21) Casey Kopec Chevrolet 78 suspension 5815 28 Jacque Honda 61 5 Ukawa 52 6 Aoki 50 16' 61Pascal1Picotte Suzuki 16:7 Tom Fort Worth 6853 11253M Jimmy Vasser y- 5 131 Arlington 5 James Lopez Wallace Ford 199 $28405 23 39) Ken Mears 36 16 (18) Bob Dorricon Jr 36 17 (91 Sam Russo Chevrolet 63 accident 7 Capirossi 47 8 Takeshi Tsujimura Trophy Street Diane Bryan Grand Roberto Moreno Swift-Ford 77 61131 Raul Kipp Yamaha 16 8 len Bostrom Honda Jimmy Little-ohn 7 John McNeil Delon- ek- SOFTE Schrader Chevrolet 199 $11680 24 1151 1241Andrew Bordin 36 1803Clint Mears $815 29 (101 Mike Ewanitsko Chevrolet Honda 35 9 Nonyasu Numata Suzuki 33 IP(erairie 13591 4797 Mike Seaton Boesel Reynard -Ford Suzuki Gerald 8 Dwayne Brlown1 Arlington 9 Rawdyllinl'- Hut Stricklin Ford 199 $21530 25 137) 77 7 (9) Bran 36 19 (251 Rodolfo Lavin 36 20126) John 61 accident $815 30 171 Jim Long Jr 10 Stefano PeruginiAprilia 29 16 9 Larry Peram Ski 16 10 Gral nnedlae 11542 5696 A lthou Herta Reynard-Ford 77 8115i Al Unser Jr Rothman Jr Ducati 16 11 Tommy Hay- Kennedale 10 Mitch McMillin Arlingtonor: fl Brett Bodine Ford 199 $21605 26 1421 Jones 36 21 091 Didier Andre 35 22 (16) Chevrolet 58 oil line 6415 31 (18) Bucky 125cc Penske-Mercedes 77 9 (11) Bobby Rahal: den Kawasaki 16 12 Chris Carr Harley- Miracle Auto Painting deman Dick Trickle Ford 199 $14205 27 1211 ee Bentham 33 231201 Jaques Lazier 33 Kell Chevrolet 25 vibration $415 32126) (27 laps) ReynardFord 77 10 122) Juan Fangio II Davidson 16 13 Paul Harrell Yamaha 16 Streak Stocks tZ1 Johnny Benson Pontiac 198 $21055 28 (gn 30 25 (4) Fredrik Pat Deonte Chevrolet 3 rear end $815 1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 4010214 2 To- 14 Michael Barnes Harley-Davidson 16 A-Feature -1 Mike Shackelford Inning Reynard-Toyota 77 11 119) Max Papis 01 tourna 1251 David Green Chevrolet 198 $12005 Reynard-To yota 77 12 (201 Christian Dan: 24 14) Shieaki Hattori laarys sao ni i tciimctoacnttect 26 110) Cristiano da Time of race 1 ellosore8airhulle9shanmd 3117 morcni Manako Honda 40:23175 3 Gamy 15 Michael Taylor Kawasaki 16 16 Tho- 29 1191 Ernie Irvan Ford 197 $25930: 30 281 SPEEDWAY 2 Tim Knott Fort Worth 3 Richard Dav(s mentr ner Lola-Ford 77 13 151 Dario Franchitti Time of 52 minutes 59459 sec- Icrogni nso McCoy Yamaha Ul man Wilson Jr Harley-Davidson 16 17 Fort Worth 4 Jim Knight Irving 5 Davinfr)-y 1ynard -Mercedes 77 victory: 111 seconds Caution Frederic Petit Fritz Kling Yamaha 16 18 Andrew Death- (At Stephenville) Reed Mansfield 6 Chris Roan Eules 7 ment il 17) Mike Wallace Chevrolet 197 $10880 Re 31 123) Bobby Labonte Pontiac 197 onds Winner's 3 drivers Lap ge speed: 85599 periods: 8 for 42 laps Lead changes: 6 Honda 4050616 7 Giansanti erage Kawassaki 16 19 Eric Moe Ka- 14 (23) PJ Jones Reynard-Toyota 77 Thomas Clark Fort Worth 8 Danny I $25830 32 15) Bill Elliott Ford 196 ictory: 0355 seconds among Waders: Tim Con- Honda 41:04330 8 Glanluigi SCalSini wasak) 16: 26 Mario Duhamel Suzuki 16 Saturday's aturday's results Back 15 (18l Patrick Carpentier Reyn1 mph Margin of ard- son Kennedale 9 Rob Hart Arlington $20780 33136) Gary Bradberryr Ford 196 Lap leaders: Keneen 1-36 nolly 1-44 Mike Stelanik 45-77 Ken Wool- Honda 4164163 9 Masao Azuma Honda 21 Dale Kieffer Suzuki 16 22 Doug Poles Stock- 1 Brad Mercedes 77 16 (81 Wilma' Gugelmin PPG-Firestone Indy Lights Chompi ley 7891 cormoily 6263 Woolley 94 Con- 41:04 959 10 Dirk Raudies Honda Suzuki 16 23 Rick Kirk Kawasaki 15 24 Duane Shuquist Cedar Hill Comanche' Reynard-Mercedes 76 out of fuel 17 1101 2 Toe ah Biggs B-Feature 1 Jason Rich Joshua 3 510730 341301 Kenny Wallace Ford 196 $20105: 35 1291 Jeff Green Chevrolet 189 onship standings 1 Hello Castro- nolly 95-118 Stefanik 119156 41:09948 II ry Dumas teP envi Dee te- tt Fon Worth 1 Mark Blundell Reynard-Mercedes1 76 out Chris Rankin Suzuki 15 25 James Milroy David Moderow Fort Worth 4 Todd Av1eri- engine failure $20530 36 1261 Joe Nem- Neves 88 2 David Empringham 67 2 Series point standings Stetanik Standings 120 2 gs Rossi Noboru jr Kawasaki 15 26 Day Snow Suzuki 15 Dublin 4 John Patton Granbury 5 CATCH of fuel 18 125) Arnd Meier Lola-Ford 75 Lenard McGowan Tolar echek Chevrolet 166 engine failure Tony Kanaan 67 4 Crtstiano da Mana 64 1235 Rick Puller 1029 Reggie Ro991oro Ueda Honda 99 3 Manako 71: 4 Kanto 27 Don Munroe Kawasaki 15 28 John Ja- 19 (271 Hiro Matsushita Peynard-Toyota 5 Chris Simmons 66 6 Lee Bentham 49 1017 Tommy Cravenho 969 Tim Connolly Sakata Aprilia 89 5 Jorge Martinez Aprilia eobj Suzuki 15 29 Greg Fryer Yamaha Bombers $10955 37 1331 Bobby Hillin Ford 146 Strietn2Stocksc- 1 Rusty Owen Steph- SCORE 72 20 1141 Parker Johnstone Reynard Fredrik Larsson 43 8 Mark Hotchkis A-Feature 1 Paul Hyde Granburptto 're: $10390 38 I3l Ward Burton Pontiac 141 41 951 57 6 McCoy 54 7 Masaki Tokudome 15 30 Daniel Bailey Suzuki 15 31 Shane rl ova' nee Hamilton 1 Gea 74 Kenneth 361eRobeerrt Johnny Suggs brand Prairie 3 Carey Honda 71 engine 21 (21) Goalie Salles FRENCH ADULT engine failure $18755 3911) Bobby Ham- 9 Clint Mears 31 10 Airton Dare 31 Apnila 478 Azuma 41 9 Petit 4016 Katoh 35 Clake Suzuki 15 32 James Randolph Su- Reynard-Ford 61 crash 22 (251 Michel Weatherford 5 Jadk Ciepper WeathegOrd1 Goss Kennedale 4 Marvin Kenley Fay 04 itton Pontiac 129 crash $27990 40 (9) GRAND PRIX zulo 15 33r Kelly LaCount Yamaha 15 34 Jourdain Jr Lola-Ford 43 suspension: 23 SHAMMY SHINE 150 ACROPOLIS Mini Stock 1 David Vann Olden 2 Worth 5 Bob Coppernoll Kennedale 6 John Andretti Ford 121 engine failure Roger Hendricks Suzuki 15 35 Roger Bell 1161 Richte Hearn Lola-Ford 32 crash 24 (At Le Castellet France) James Bailey Dublin 3 Barry Borwn Ste- Larry Smitherman Everman 7 Bobby 817265 41 1411 Mike Skinner Chevrolet AUTO RALLY 2) Scott Pruett Reynard-Ford 25 engine' (At Flemington NJ) II Suzuki 14 36 Boyd Bruner Suzuki 14: phenville 4 George McCormick Blue Dale Pechak Fort Worth 8 Tommy Smith Bur- 79 engine failure 810265 42 141 Greg 25 1171 Andre Ribeiro Lola Honda 161 Sunday's results 37 fhomas Stevens Ducat' 8 38 Jimmy leson 9 Gary Ray Fort Worth 10 Kurt Sacks Chevrolet 8 crash 517265 Sunday's results (At Athens Greece) 5 Bobby Lowery Dublin crash 26141 Alex Zanardi Reynard-Honda Motorcycles Moore Suzuki 2 39 Brian Gibbs Suzuki 2 Bomber 1 Rick Spencer Springtown Marckardt Fort Worth Race Statistics 1 crash 27 (24) Adrian Fernandez Lola- NASCAR Modified 500cc Sunday's results Margin of victory: 0724 seconds Lap 2 Steve Holloway Springtown 3 Bob Cox: B-Feature -1 Tommy Smith Burleson Honda 0 crash Paul Tracy Penske- )2 Mike Stet anik Chevrolet 150 317aps) rik Winner's average speed: 139 828 leaders: Duhamel 1-2 7 Mladin 3-6 8-16 Gorman 2 Gary Ray Fort Worth 3 Eddy Hopewell 1 1 of race: 3 hours 34 minutes ro nods Margin of victory: 1415 serAfs c- Mercedes withdrew back spasms 81977 mph $5200 2115) Jan Leatv Pon- 1 Michael Doohan Honda 42 1 Juha Kank -minutes 7 SaInA8 Gj Eu a Repo Ford Ups of rear 35 minutes 31803 seconds Kennedale 4 Bobby Pechack Fort Intl 1 i i gr Motorsports MIME Cut tire From Wire Reports Defending champion Jeff Gordon overcame a tire problem that left him nearly a lap down then controlled the second half of the Pocono 500 yesterday for his sixth victory this season The victory at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond Pa came a week after the 25-year-old Indiana native crashed late in the race while pursuing a record fourth consecutive victory at Dover Downs This time however a cut tire on his Chevrolet came after just 20 of 200 laps Gordon was forced to pit under green and regained race speed with Ward Burton just a few car lengths shy of lapping him "I thought the day was over" Gordon said "At least we were at Pocono where there's a lot of race track to work with" TMS From Page 1 "This is not acceptable for our fans or our competitors" Gossage said "We've had only two problems in an otherwise perfect week and both involved USAC timing equipment" IRL qualifying also had to be revised because of timing problems "USAC's performance is totally unacceptable" Gossage said he had no further comment and walked off the stage of the "interview" theater at the TMS media center slamming a door on his way out With USAC's revision of the results of the True Value 500 the conclusion to the speedway's first season becomes more memorable for a ruling and a fight Echoes of NASCAR Winston Cup drivers complaining about the one-groove track and the first-lap wreck of the Interstate Batteries 500 seem to diminish under this past weekend's controversies The excitement of Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race the Pronto Auto Parts 400 was topped by the main attraction the True Value 500 because of some scintillating nighttime Le Breton From Page 1 for itself Instead headlines around the country today are probably reading something like "Luyendyk wins after major foul-up in Texas" Yep they'll say even as far as away as Indianapolis Those yahoos can't do anything right But excuse me? The most damning sin that -rms committed it says here was trusting the IRL enough to invite them in the first place "This is not acceptable for our fans or our competitors" TMS vice president and general manager Eddie Gossage said before leaving a slammed door behimi him "USAC's performance is totally POCONO 500 At Long Pond Pa) Sunday's results NASCAR Winston Cup 1 (ll) Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 200 $166080 2 118) Jeff Burton Ford 200 $52550 3 (2) Dale Jarrett Ford 200 $53245 4 114) Mark Martin Ford 200 $39620 5121) Jeremy Mayfield Ford 200 $33010 6 1311 Ted Musgrave Ford 200 $28875 1 18) Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 200 $30775 8 1241 Geoff Bodine Ford 200 $25315: 9(7) Terry Labonte Chevrolet 200 535675 10 112) Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 200 $34025 11 138) Dernke Cope Pontiac 200 519525 12 1201 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 200 $24175 13 (32) Michael Wallop Ford 200 $23875 14 (40) Kyle Petty Pontiac 200 $16575 15 1281 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 200 $30225 16 1221 Ricky Craven Chevrolet 200 $23075: 17 1131 Wally Dallenbach Chevrolet 200512175 18 1351 Steve Grissom Chevrolet 200 $22715: 19 1341 Jimmy Spencer Ford 200 $22525: 201101 Rick Mast Ford 200 524750 21161 Ricky Rudd Ford 199 $26505 22 1161 Rusty Wallace Ford 199 $28405 23 (39) Ken Schrader Chevrolet 199 521680 241151 Hut Snick lin Ford 199 $21530 25 1311 Brett Bodine Ford 199 $21805 26 (47) Dick Trickle Ford 199 $14205 27 1211 Johnny Benson Pontiac 198 $21055 28 (25) David Green Chevrolet 198 $12005 29 1191 Ernie Iroan Ford 191 $25930: 30 (17) Mike Wallace Chevrolet 191 $10880: 31 1231 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 197 $25830: 32 151 Bill Elliott Ford 196 $20780 331361 Gary Bradberry Ford 196 $10730 34 1301 Kenny Wallace Ford 196 $20105: 351291 Jeff Green Chevrolet 189 engine failure $20530 36 1261 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 166 engine failure $10:955 37 (331 Bobby Hillis Ford 146 $10390 38 131 Ward Burton Pontiac 141 engine failure $18165 39 Ili Bobby Ham) itton Pontiac 129 crash $27990: 40 191 John Andretti Ford 121 engine failure $17265 41 1411 Mike Skinner Chevrolet 19 engine failure $10265 42 141 Greg Sacks Chevrolet 8 crash 517265 Race Statistics Winner's average speed: 139 828 110 of race: 3 hours 34 minutes roc-sods Margin of victory: 1415 secAds can't stop Gordon got the break he needed when caution came out because Bobby Labonte spun in the first turn on lap 59 Gordon was able to close up on the leaders Burton dominated until the 120th lap when his brother Jeff and Gordon closed what had been a two-second lead to a few car lengths The third caution of the race came out on lap 131 and all the leaders pitted But the slow pit stops that had checked Burton over the first half of the event bit him again and Gordon got Out first "The pit crew was awesome today" Gordon said "That's what did it getting me out in front" The work of Ray Evernham's crew enabled Gordon to extend his series lead in victories this year Gordon beat the Ford of Jeff Burton by 1415 seconds to victory for Lap leaders The lap leaders at Saturday night's True Value 500 race at Texas Motor Speedway: Took load 1 69 72 76 82 85 88 121 126 133 134 158 170 171 190 Lost lead 68 71 75 81 84 87 120 125 132 133 157 169 170 189 208 Total laps 68 3 4 6 3 3 33 5 7 1 24 12 1 Driver Tony Stewart Eliseo Salazar Davey Hamilton Jim Guthrie Billy Boat Robbie Groff Buddy Lazier Eddie CheeverJr Billy Boat Tony Stewart Buddy Lazier Tony Stewart Arie Luyendyk Tony Stewart Arie Luyendyk 19 19 wheel-to-wheel racing and an apparent lead change in the final laps that brought fans to their feet The finish with pole sitter Tony Stewart blowing an engine with two laps to go might have provided a truly favorable memory for TMS had it not been for yesterday's events Driver Eddie Cheever Jr who finished sixth was discouraged by the scoring complications but said it Idid not ruin the event "This is the first time I've ever seen this" he said "I thought it was a great race and it was the best race we've had all year long I think unacceptable" Gossage has every right to be angry He's got fleas Less than 12 hours before GU-sage had described the farcical scene on victory lane when Arie Luyendyk entered the gated area and began to shout that an injustice had occurred Next thing Gossage knew team ownerTexas legend Foyt had whopped Luyendyk on the back of the head and appeared to have his forearm wrapped around Luyendyk's neck The stunned Gossage still had the winning trophy cradled in his arms Boys will be boys But couldn't Foyt have just shouted back? Luyendyk was out of line to enter the victory lane area He would have been better served to have been back in his pit area helping his Treadway Racing team prepare its protest But in another way who can Caution flags: 4 for 22 laps Lead changes: 25 among 15 drivers Lap leaders: Hamilton 1-19 Gordon 20 Hamilton 21-23 WBurton 24-35 Labonte 36-38 Craven 39 Skinner 40-41 Elliott 42-47 Andretti 48 Green 49-53 Waltrip 54-58 Jarrett 59-60 Bodine 61-62 Jarrett 63-65 Waltrip 66 Green 67-73 Waltrip 74- 76 Burton 77-95 Mayfield 96-97 Musgrave 98 Green 99-101 Bodine 102- 103 Burton 104-132 Gordon 133-174 Musgrave 175-184 Gordon 185-200 Series points leaders- Gordon 1955 Labonte 1955 Martin 1894 Jarrett 1826 Burton 1772 Earnhardt 1687 Labonte 1602 Rudd 1586 MWaltrip 1508 Mayfield 1467 DETROIT GRAND PRIX At Detroit) Sunday's results CART I (71 Greg Moore Reynard Mercedes 77 216) Michael Andretti Swift-Ford 773 ill Gil de Ferran Reynard-Honda 774 (12i Jimmy Vasser Reynard-Honda 77 5 (3) Roberto Moreno Swift-Ford 77 61131 Raul Boesel Reynard-Ford 77 7 (9) Bryan Herta Reynard-Ford 77 8115) Al Unser Jr Penske-Mercedes 77 9 (11) Bobby Rahal Reynard-Ford 77 10 (22) Juan Fangio Reynard-Toyota 77 11 1191 Max Papis Reynard-Toyota 77 12 120! Christian Danner Lola-Ford 77 13 151 Dario Franchitti Reynard -Mercedes 77 14 (23) PJ Jones Reynard-Toyota 77 15 118) Patrick Ca rpentier ReynardMercedes 77 16 (8) Maunclo Gugelmin Reynard-Mercedes 76 out of fuel 17 1101 Mark Blundell Reynard-Mercedes 76 out of fuel 18 126) Arnd Meier Lola-Ford 75 19 1271 Hiro Matsushita Peynard-Toyota 72 20 (14) Parker Johnstone ReynardHonda 71 engine 21 (21) Gaiter Salles Reynard-Ford 61 crash: 22 (25) Michel Jourdain Jr Lola-Ford 43 suspension: 23 116) Richte Hearn Lola-Ford 32 crash 24 (2) Scott Pruett Reynard-Ford 25 engine 25 117) Andre Ribeiro Lola Honda 10 crash 26(4) Alex Zanardi ReynardHonda 1 crash 27 124) Adrian Fernandez Lola-Honda 0 crash Paul Tracy Penske-Mercedes withdrew back spasms Race Statistics Time of race: 1:52:45143 Margin of victory: 818-seconds (about 10 car-lengths) Winner's average speed: 86047 mph Caution flags: 5 for 18 laps Lead changes: 5 among 5 drivers Lap leaders: De Ferran 1-27 Moreno 28 Franchitti 29-32 Moore 33-51 Gugelmin 52-76 Moore 77 Series points leaders Tracy 94 Andretti 86 Moore 85 Vasser 69 Zanardi 67 Pruett 65 de Ferran 60 DETROIT GRAND PRIX (At Detroit) Sunday's results Indy Lights 1 (1) Tony Kanaan 85599 mph 2 (2) Nebo Castro Neves 36 3 (3) Geoff Boss 36 4 15) David Empringham 36 5 (8) Sergio Paese 36 6 91 Mark Hotchkis 36 7 (7) Naoki Hattori 36 8 (6) Chris Simmons 36 9111) Luiz Garcia Jr 36 10113) David De-Silva 36 (121 Christophe Tinseau 36 12 07) Robby Unser 36 13 (15) Airton Dare 36 14 122) Huleki Nods 36 15 121) Casey Mears 36 16 (181 Bob Dorricoq Jr 36 17 1241Andrew Bordin 36 18 (23) Clint Mears 36 19 (251 Rodolfo Lavin 36 201261 John Jones 36 21 (191 Didier Andre 35 22116) Lee Bentham 33 23 (201 Jaques Lazier 33 24 (14) Shigeaki Hattori 30 25 (41 Fredrik Larsson 17 contact 26 110) Drishano da Matta 11 contact Time of race: 52 minutes 59459 seconds: Winner's ge speed: 85599 mph Margin of victory: 0355 seconds Lap leaders: Kanaan 1-36 PPG-Firestone Indy Lights Championship standings 1 Hello Castro-Neves 88 2 David Empringham 67 2 Tony Kanaan 67 a Crtstiano da Matta 64 5 Chris Simmons 60 6 Lee Bentham 49 7 Fredrik Larsson 43 8 Mark Hotchkis 41 9 Clint Mears 31 10 Airton Dare 31 SHAMMY SHINE 150 (At Flemington NJ) Sunday's results NASCAR Modified 1 t2l Mike Stefantk Chevrolet 150 81 977 mph 55200 21151 Jan Leaty Pon Gordon the 25th time in 412 seasons on the Winston Cup circuit "We didn't have a great race car but we stayed after them all day" Evernham said Gordon said he was fearful that Burton might close on him late in the race "We had a piece of rubber that fell down on the track bar but we just didn't get the opportunity to adjust it" Burton said The victory also gave Gordon a tie in the series standings with Hendrick Motorsports teammate Terry Labonte and an $80000 payoff for gaining it with a win The bonus was part of a $166080 payoff from a purse totaling $13 million It gave Gordon earnings of $1682844 for the season and $12009648 for his career: He is eighth in NASCAR career earnings "It was a great night and a fantastic track and a fantastic night of racing We certainly hope we have the opportunity to come back to the Texas Motor Speedway" Keith Ward US Auto Club chief steward i TMS isl going to be a great place to race for the IRIL" That's if the I RI does return In just its second year of operation the IRL is attempting to expand its current 10-race schedule for next season Having the TMS as a featured stop will be vital to the league's growth Ward commented about the lingering effects of the wrong count on the weekend's events and the future of the IRL at TMS "It was a great night and a fantastic track and a fantastic night of racing" he said "I hope fans have the opportunity to come back to the Texas Motor Speedway "We certainly hope we have the opportunity to come back to the Texas Motor Speedway" Cheever said he would like to come back noting that he didn't ex blame him? The guy drove 210 laps Two over the listed par As Keith Ward chief steward of the IRLAISAC sought to explain "After the first 18 laps the transmitters on the car that register the laps were not recording properly It just kind of piled up from there" We noticed The first indication that something could be wrong came to us dazed and confused souls in the press box only 46 laps into the race A standings sheet was passed out that listed Billy Boat destined for quasi-immortality as having led laps 36 and 37 Hmm Nobody could recall seeing the man By the 100-lap mark the lighted scoring pylon in the infield had started misbehaving Car numbers started looking like bingo calls On one lap the computer controlling the tall board showed one two tiac 150 $3200 3 (1) Tim Connolly Dodge 150 $3150 4 (211 Tom Cravenho Chevrolet 150 $2250 5 (4) Lee Sherwood Chevrolet 150 $1950 6 15) Ken Woolley Jr Chevrolet 150 61250 7 (14) Tim Arre Chevrolet 150 61600 122) Ed Kennedy Coppell Texas Chevrolet' 150 $1450 9 (27) Rick Fuller Chevrolet 150 $1400 10 (311 Kevin Collins Chevrolet 150 6850 11 1281 Dan Avery Chevrolet 150 $1300 12 (23) Tony Ferrante Jr Chevrolet 150 $1250 13 (6) Tony Hirschman Chevrolet 149 $1700 1413) Ted Christopher Chevrolet 149 $1050 161171 Tom Baldwin Pontiac 149 $1000 16 1251 Tim Mangus Chevrolet 149 $995 17 1161 Charlie Pasteryak Chevrolet 149 $975 18 031 John Biewen111 Chevrolet 149 $555 19 (19) Jamie Tomaino Chevrolet 149 $935 20 (29) Carl Pasteryak Pontiac 149 $915 21 1201 Rick Mauriello Chevrolet 148 $510 22 (11) Frank Board-wick Chevrolet 146 $495 23 (35) SJ Evonsion Chevrolet 146 $875 24 (12) Eddie Flemke Chevrolet 144 suspension $855 25 l81 Pete Bretain Chevrolet 119 suspension 6435 26 (24) Reggie Ruggiero Pontiac 80 rear end $815 27 1341 Chris Kopec Chevrolet 78 suspension 6815 28 191 Sam Russo Chevrolet 63 accident $815 29 1101 Mike Ewanitsko Chevrolet 61 accident $815 30 (7) Jim Long Jr Chevrolet 58 oil line 6415 31 1181 Eluck1l Kell Chevrolet 25 vibration $415 32 126) Pat Deponte Chevrolet 3 rear end $815 Time of race 1 hour 8 minutes and 37 seconds Average speed: 81977 mph' Margin of victory: 11 seconds Caution periods: 8 for 42 laps Lead changes: 6 among 3 drivers Lap leaders: Tim Connolly 1-44 Mike Stefanik 45-77 Ken Woolley 78-91 Connolly 92-93 Woolley 54 Connolly 95-118 Stefanik 119-150 Series point standings Stefanik 1235 Rick Fuller 1029 Reggie Ruggiero 1017 Tommy Cravenho 969 Tim Connolly 951 FRENCH GRAND PRIX (At Le Castellet France) Sunday's results Motorcycles 500cc 131 hips) 1 Michael Doohan Honda 42 minutes IMOOMMNIMMIN from winning Pocono 500 Gordon paced all but 10 of the last 68 laps and 59 overall in a race that featured 25 lead changes' among a season-high 15 drivers 'The winner's average speed was slowed to 139828 mph by four cautions spread over 22 laps Fords took the next six positions behind Gordon with Dale Jarrett finishing third ahead of Mark Martin Jeremy Mayfield and Ted Musgrave Darrell Waltrip was seventh in a Chevy followed by Geoff Bodine's Ford and Terry Labonte's Chevy Seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt was 10th in a Chevy extending his winless streak to 40 races A loss Sunday at Michigan would make it the worst run of his career Burton who eventually blew an engine in his Pontiac led the most laps with 60 Finish Start Driver 1 (11) Arie Luyendyk 2 (21) Billy Boat 3 (9) Davey Hamilton 4 (5) Scott Goodyear 5 (1) Tony Stewart 6 (7) Eddie Cheever Jr 7 (22) Eliseo Salazar 8 (6) Greg Ray 9 (17) Vincenzo Sospiri 10 (23) Johnny Unser 11 (14) Mark Dismore 12 (26) Alessandro Zampedri 13 (15) Roberto Guerrero 14 (25) Tyce Carlson 15 (13) Robbie Groff 16 (2) Robbie Buhl 17 (4) Buddy Lazier 18 (3) Kenny Brack 19 (10) Buzz Calkins 20 (16) Affonso Giaffone 21 (8) Jim Guthrie 22 (18) Allen May 23 (20) Sam Schmidt 24 (19) Dr Jack Miller 25 (24) Fermin Velez 26 (12) Marco Greco Time of race: 2:19:48166 Margin of victory: 17015 seconds Average race speed: 133903 mph Estimated attendance: 128000 Lead changes: 14 among 9 drivers perience any of the problems about which NASCAR drivers plained "There is a lot of criticism on it no three different leaders before it settled down I can only wonder what the people trying to follow the race from the stands were thinking But there's the point An announced crowd of 128000 paid good money to go and watch the True Value 500 They were cheated Because of the faulty lap count they were cheated out of seeing Tony Stewart and Luyendyk battle for the lead on lap 190 Instead Stewart offered little resistance in the turn thinking Luyendyk was a lap down Crazier still Stewart's engine actually blew out on the last official lap of the race What a mess What a group to be letting people drive 213 mph The criticisms of the new Indycar circuit are well-documented The Indy 500 is still a memorable 38064 seconds 2 Lath's Checa Honda 4242356 3 Tadayuki Okada Honda 42:43779 4 Alex Crivi Ile Honda 4244223 5 Takuma Aoki Honda 43:02291 6 Alex Barros Honda 43:19501 7 Norifumi Abe Yamaha 43:19798 Alberto Puig Honda 43:228989 Juan Borja Elf 500 43:29985 10 Anthony Gobert Suzuki 43:30665 Standings 1 Doohan 145 points 2 Criville 102 3 Okada 74 4 Nobuatsu Aoki Japan Honda 67 5 Luca Cadalora Italy Yamaha 59 6 Abe 51 7 Checa 50 8 Aoki 48 9 Barros 42 10 Puig 33 250cc 129 laps) 1 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 40:58951 2 Max Biaggi Honda 40590043 Ralf Waldmann Honda 40:59185 4 Loris Capirossi Aprilia 41:07348 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda 41:28663 6 Haruchika Aoki Honda 41:45716 7 Sebastian Porto Aprilia 4152283 8 Luis d'Antin Yamaha 4155638 9 William Castes Honda 41:56988 10 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 41:57216 Standings 1 Biaggi 111 points 2 Waldmann 98 3 Harada 81 4 Olivier Jacque Honda 61 5 Ukawa 52 6 Aoki 50 7 Capirossi 47 8 Takeshi Tsuiimura Honda 35 9 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 33 10 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 29 12Scc (27 laps) 1 Valentino Rossi Apnlia 4020214 2 To-morn Manako Honda 40:23175 3 Garry McCoy Aprilia 4032676 4 Youichi Ui Yamaha 40:37895 5 Frederic Petit Honda 4050616 7 Mirko Giansanti Honda 41:04330 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 41:04763 9 Masao Anima Honda 41:04 959 10 Dirk Raudies Honda 4109948 Standings 1 Rossi 120 2 Noboru Ueda Honda 99 3 Manako 71 4 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 895 Jorge Martinez Aprilla 57 6 McCoy 54 7 Masaki Tokudome Apriha 478 Azuma 41 9 Petit 40 10 Katoh 35 ACROPOLIS AUTO RALLY (At Athens Greece) Sunday's results PRST STAGE 1 Juha Kankkunen and Juha Repo Ford Escort WRC Finland 1 hour 43 minutes 25 seconds 2 Tommi Makinen and Seppo Harianne Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Finland 1:43:52 3 Richard Burns and Robert Reid Mitsubishi Carisma Britain 1:4352 4 Carlos Saint and Luis Monza Ford Escort WRC Spain 1:4447 5 Thomas Radstrom and Denis Giraudet Toyota Celica GT Four 1:4601 6 Aris Vovos and John Alvanos Subaru Impreza 555 Greece 1:4827 7 Uve Nittel and Tina Thorner Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Germany 1:49:27 8 Masao Kamioka and Kevin Gormley Subaru Impreza 555 Japan 149:47 9 Yukihiko Sakurai and Ronan Morgan Subaru Impreza 555 Japan 1:50:12 10 Leonidas Kirkos and Nikes Panou Ford Escort WRC Greece 1:51:07 AMAMBNA SUPERBIKE SERIES At Elkhart Lake Wis) Sunday's results 1 Mat Mladin Ducati 16 laps 108078 mph 2 Doug Chandler Kawasaki 16 3 Aaron Yates Suzuki 16 4 Miguel Duhamel Honda 16 5 Steve Crevier Honda 16 6 Pascal Picotte Suzuki 16 7 Tom Kipp Yamaha 16 8 Ben Bostrom Honda 16 9 Larry Pegram Suzuki 16 10 Gerald Rothman Jr Ducati 16 11 Tommy Hayden Kawasaki 16 12 Chris Carr Harley-Davidson 16 13 Paul Harrell Yamaha 16 14 Michael Barnes Harley-Davidson 16 15 Michael Taylor Kawasaki 16 16 Thomas Wilson Jr Harley-Davidson 16 17 Fritz Kling Yamaha 16 18 Andrew Deatherage Kawassaki 16 19 Eric Moe Kawasaki 16 20 Mario Duhamel Suzuki 16 21 Dale Kieffer Suzuki 16 22 Doug Polen Suzuki 16 23 Rick Kirk Kawasaki 15 24 Chris Rankin Suzuki 15 25 James Milroy Jr Kawasaki 15 26 Dax Snow Suzuki 15 27 Don Munroe Kawasaki 15 28 John Jacobi Suzuki 15 29 Greg Fryer Yamaha 15 30 Daniel Bailey Suzuki 15 31 Shane Clake Suzuki 15 32 James Randolph Suzuki 15 33 Kelly LaCount Yamaha 15 34 Roger Hendricks Suzuki 15 35 Roger Bell II Suzuki 14 36 Boyd Bruner Suzuki 14 37r lhomas Stevens Ducat' 8 38 Jimmy Moore Suzuki 2 39 Brian Gibbs Suzuki 2 Margin of victory: 0724 seconds Lap leaders: Duhamel 1-2 7 Mladin 3-6 8-16 tire of race: 35 minutes 31803 seconds 0 0 0 0 IV Section Page 14 I Gordon remained the only Chevy driver to have won this year Fords have taken the other seven races Gordon also joined Bobby Allison and the late Tim Richmond as the only repeat winners of the event The victory tied Gordon for with Jim Paschal for 19th on the NASCAR career list Briefly Tony Kanaan led every lap and teammate and fellow Brazilian He Bo Castro-Neves chased him most of the way in the Detroit round of the PPG Firestone Indy Lights Championship It was the first victory of 1997 for Kanaan whose first Indy Lights win came on the same course a year ago CarEngine ForceAurora ForceAurora ForceAurora ForceAurora ForceAurora ForceAurora Da IlaraAurora DallaraAurora DallaraAurora ForceInfiniti Da IlaraAurora DallaraAurora Da IlaraInfiniti DallaraAurora ForceAurora ForceAurora DallaraAurora ForceAurora ForceAurora DallaraAurora DallaraAurora Da IlaraAurora DallaraAurora DallaraInfiniti Da IlaraAurora Da IlaraAurora Laps 208 207 207 207 206 206 204 204 204 203 203 201 201 184 173 167 157 118 98 82 81 36 36 24 1 0 being dangerous" Cheever said But it fun race I've driven in I think fans saw the best race we've had all year long" party But the schism in the Indycar ranks has siphoned valuable expertise and experience from the ranks of both IRL drivers and officials Gossage and Texas Motor Speedway thoughtthey were doing the right thing rewarding loyalty by signing a contract with IRL Instead they squirmed fitfully as USAC botched the Thursday night qualifying session and then sent 128000 people home thinking the wrong guy had won the 500K race The suggestion here is that USAC and the 1RL hit the bricks so to speak and ponder the embarrassing sideshow that they have become Texas Motor Speedway and its 128000 customers deserve something classier more professional You gentlemen and ladies of USAC are the ones who deserve a slap from AJ Foyt Points standings (after 4 of 10 races) 1 Doug Chandler (131) 2 Miguel Duhamel (115) 3 Steve Crevier (107) 4 Mat Mladin (105) 5 Pascal Picotte (104 6 Aaron Yates (99) 7 Larry Pegram (68) 8 Tommy Hayden (62) 9 Eric Moe (59) 10 Paul Harrell )58) TEXAS RACEWAY (At ENNIS) Saturay's results Super Pro Tank Tankersley Kennedale 5628 elapsed time 12161 mph Steve Bein South lake 5259 12753 Pro 1 Mike Pack Haltom City 8298 8967 Bran Williams Kennedale 6993 9184 No Electronics 1 Hank Hentz Ben-brook 8356 8113 Mike Redden 7916 8379 Ouick 32 Larry Harrison Jr Fort Worth 5352 12854 Roger Peterson Fort Worth 5853 11253M Trophy Street Diane Bryan Grand Prairie 13591 4797 Mike Seaton Kennedlae 13542 5596 281 SPEEDWAY (At Stephenville) Saturday's results Hot Stock 1 Brad Biggs Comanche 2 Terry Dumas Stephenville 3 Dee Stephens Dublin 4 John Patton Granbury 5 Lenard McGowan Toler Street Stocks 1 Rusty Owen StephenvIlle 2 Dean Con Gorman 3 Robert Sloane Hamilton 4 Kenneth Clepper Weatherford 5 Jack Clepper Weathedord Mini Stock 1 David Vann Olden 2 James Bailey Dublin 3 Barry Borwn Stephenville 4 George McCormick Blue Dale 5 Bobby Lowery Dublin Bomber 1 Rick Spencer Springtown 2 Steve Holloway Springtown 3 Bob Con Gorman i0 Star-Telegram I Monday June 9 1997 1- I Reigning champion Colin McRae of Scotland was forced ito 4 drop out of the Acropolis after damaging his vehicle on opening day in Athens Greece Of 101 starters 22 cars abql-v44 doned the race at the end of trf first day Finland's Juta Kankunen and co-driver Juha Repo took a slim lead at the end of the special stages Australia's Mat Mladin won the American Motorcyclist Association's MBNA Superbike geipries race holding off series leadep Doug Chandler by 0724 secon4is in Elkhart Lake WisMladin who won the season-opening race at Phoenix averaged 108078 mph on his Ducati in the 16-lap race at Road America He jumped to fourth in the season standings 26 points behind Chandler Luck fuels--): victory Canadian The Associated Press DETROIT This time aeel: Moore was the guy doing the chas ing and hoping And he won again taking yester-- day's ITT Automotive Detrbli Grand Prix when PacWest mates Mauricio Gugelmin Mark Blundell both ran out of fuel i') on the last lap At Milwaukee a week the 22-year-old Moore became the youngest winner in the history) of the PPG Championship Auto R4cring Teams World Series when conserved his fuel just enough toA beat Michael Andretti on the waukee Mile oval On the tight demanding 21-1c1 mile I4-turn Belle Isle road ciroultN in the middle of the Detroit the young Canadian lost the lead when he pitted on during a caution period on lap 51 the last of his tV41 scheduled stops Moore kept his worn Firestque tires and took on only a full load-1qf fuel coming back onto the tralt 4 fourth trailing Gugelmin Blunda and rookie Patrick Carpentierall -( of whom hoped to stretch their fact enough to make the entire 77-15fi 1617-mile race on one stop Carpentier gave up on lap 67 Oil- ting for fuel and falling off the but it appeared the gamble migh pay off for the PacWest leammats even without a yellow flag in tI 4 i-1 final 34 laps "My crew told me If you sec a good chance to pass you'd betto 4 take it We think they're goingo make it' Moore said But less than halfway through: the final lap Gugelmin slowed on the long back straightaway as the rest of the leaders charged p80 Then just two turns from the finisly Blundell slowed and Moore darted around and dashed to the fini'h'7 again beating Andretti 1 The final margin was 1818 sk onds about 10 car lengths "The team was the differenc4t if this one" Moore said -( 4 -10 10 races) DOWTOWN SPEEDWAY vliguel Du- Iroll1 07) 4 Mat (104) 6 (At Arlington) is) 4 am (68) 8 )e i59) 10 Saturday's results NASCAR Grand 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