Richmond Times-Dispatch du lieu suivant : Richmond, Virginia • 19

jiitY- oxvv a-a '-v fry acviggg fr Mi 'VW -'V-rf- Ci PRINTED IN COLOR Comics Monday February 24 1986 ffiiclimoiil timrs-tlispnttl) it i rf" jr' i I T' I 4 it i I -a- 4'-nV -U 17 f' -t '-'r-y r-v-A'i s-- -f 1 4 i Jv 11 'J ir Cm i 'i- 4: -4Tf rJ of 4 'i ih Jr r' hO vrim 1 0 4r I vl v' Staff photo by Kavfn Mortey DECISIVE BLOW Darrell Wal car (11) of the Miller 400 yesterday at Fairgrounds Race- Bodine and Trevor Boys (6) JD McDuffie (70) wreck allowed Kyle Petty to move into the lead rolls toward the guardrail after being hit by Dale way Waltrip had Just taken the lead before the cruises by the mishap which brought out the and cruise to his first victory in a Winston Cup Earnhardt (not shown) in Him 3 of the 397th lap incident that also involved Joe Ruttman Geoff ninth caution flag of the crash-filled event The race Late wreck gives Petty first victory Five cars involved in mishap By Harold Pearson Tlaiei-Diiyatcfc ftaff writer could finish second or third After I saw Ruttman in the grass I knew we could finish He did and gave the Wood Brothers their first short-track victory since 1973 at Martinsville first win at the Fairgrounds since team patriarch Glen Wood won on dirt in 1957 and the first win of any sort since the 1983 Firecracker 400 With the BIG crash bringing out the ninth caution (total of 63 laps Petty the Younger averaged 71101 miles per hour and picked up 837880 for the win plus possibly a half-million dollars from Circle money and other deals Limping behind Petty were Ruttman and Earnhardt but drivers in the lead lap with Bobby Allison gaining fourth Waltrip who had just gained the lead moments before the big bang was fifth two laps down Accounts vary of course but the wreck's sequence went something like this: Waltrip slipped by Earnhardt as they came out of Turn 2 and headed down the backstretch Then Earnhardt came down into Waltrip left front catching right rear and turned Waltrip the track and into the outside rail Ruttman dived low to get under the mr is but Trevor Boys hit him knocked him into the grasj raich put Ruttman into a Aid that sent him careening across the trade and into the rail before he settled back down in the It was defending champion Dale kind of race right up to the but bang yesterday at Fairgrounds Raceway then the Miller 400 became Kyle first Winston Cup victory On a day that featured more crashing than your regular Saturday night demo derby Earnhardt landed the telling blow near the end of the S97th lap of the 400-lap race The blow delivered to the right rear of Darrell Chevrolet as they beaded into Turn 3 of the 542-mile oval and the ensuing chain of events scattered every car in front of Petty into the guardrail or grass or both was sheet metal and trash said Petty a SS-yearwdd third-generation driver was Just trying to weave my way Even when he did he sure that all he had to do to claim his first win was to follow the caution car for two laps to the checkered flag I got to the scene I see the car Earnhardt but I saw Geoff Bodine up against the wall the car Waltrip said Petty who had been running fifth behind Waltrip Earnhardt Bodine and Joe Ruttman see Ruttman though Then when I came back the second time Lap 338 I saw Ruttman down in the grass I had first seen the smoke and dust I figured we Staff photo by Kevin Mortey Victor Kyle Petty celebrates with wife Patti (left) and Kim Ryan Miss Winston: Continued on page 6 coL 1 Cold-shooting Tar Heels Cardinals i stop Cadets in overtime bow to By BUI Bain Thncs-Dispetch staff writer By Jerry Lindquist Tiawa-Dispatdi staff writer and engaging in a wild celebration Nothing could defuse the exhilaration of the moment for State not even the sobering realization the Tar Heels played without Steve Hale and seven-foot Warren Martin backcourt regular and sixth man (sometimes starter respectively rBk appeared so invincible now seems ordinary Naturally Smith said he worried So teams are sup-posed to peak this time of year in anticipation of the NCAA tournment not slide would be concerned if we getting good Smith said Good or otherwise Carolina had a devil of a time making its shots against State The Tsr Heels missed nine of their first 10 from the floor 14 -at 18 18 of 25 and wound up shooting 391 percent For the NCAA Division I leader in shooting percentage (575 that was a low the previous worst 42J in a last-victory at Marquette Hale suffered a partially collapsed lung in last Thursday overtime loss to Maryland Martin has a sprained right foot Both watched in street clothes from the bench Whether be available for the next game Wednesday in Chapel Hill against Virginia is questionable RALEIGH NC For North Carolina State nothing can be finer than beating Carolina and so it was yesterday that the Wolf pack realised its fondest wish The final was 76-65 in a game St itt1 dominated from the moment Be: Bolton Mew by Curtis Hunter for a layup and the first points That Carolina was top-ranked was incidental to State which was No 20 and figures to move up in the next poll while the Tar Heels surely will go down This was hated CAROLINA everything else was superfluous is like winning the national championship Nate McMillan said after students among a sellout crowd of 12400 greeted the final buzzer by charging the flow I r-SS-5 h-5 a kLiiia-- -j I ALEXANDRIA In its domination of Virginia Catholic basketball Benedictine has allowed few opportunities to elude its grasp over the years Mark down yesterday's State Catholic Tournament final as me of those rare occasions After rubbing out an 11-point third-period deficit against heavily favored host Bishop Ireton the Cadets were unable to dose out the Cardinals at the foul line in regulation and Ireton successfully defended its title with a 47-45 overtime decision Once holding a five-point edge midway of the fourth period Benlictine converted only two of a possible six points at the foul line in the last 1:01 of the quarter while trying to protect or expand on a three-point lead Ireton's Sean Smith sank a 15-footer as time expired in regulation to deadlock the game at 45 and Kasey two free throws with 2:08 left provided the only scoring in the detra period Benedictine had three opportunities after free throws Following me missed shot the Cadets regained possession at :46 on a turnover but Alga Evans was off on a 15-footer at :15 Bob Pollard missed a free throw at :13 and the Cadets had a final chance but Charles 15-footer bounced off the Continued page 6 coL 1 rule them rat and I wouldn't rule them coach Dean Smith let the public know something as soon as we know One thing the public already knows is that Carolina which once State opened 104 and twice led by 10 before Chris followup barely beat the clock for a 38-27 halftime lead Things didn't im-Contlnued page 16 coL 1 United Press International NO ROOM NC State's Nate McMillan tries to find an opening to pass between North Carolina's Brad Daugherty (left) and Jeff Lebo in the first half of their game yesterday in Raleigh NC 4 Redus 9 outburst didrit bother Rose much fi By John Markon Times-Dispatch staff writer TAMPA Fla Pete Rose said it didn't bother him Then he said it again Just to make sure you were convinced he also spent the next 20 minutes explaining exactly why it bother him No it bother Rose too much As a manager response was swift During the winter meetings Redus was traded to Philadelphia did the guy a Rose said after being the last player rat of the batting cage (by a full half-hour) following the Reds' second spring workout wanted to play every day now he's got his chance Honestly I appreciate a guy tell you what he thinks with the bark oil I'd be the world's biggest hypocrite if I said I didn't like players with lumbering slugger Nick Esasky off first and at two of his worst positions third base and the outfield It cut into the playing time of Redus and Eddie Milner both of whom had be-low-par seasons and threatened to tall the development of 23-year-old Eric Davis Cincinnati's best outfield prospect Mae than that it provided a focus for anyone who entertained the thought that Rose (who did in fact win several manager of the year awards) ought to stop all that self-serving record-chasing accept reality and get somebody younger and better out there his sights and took some of his best cuts of the year After airing some complaints the ways hitting coach Billy DeMars had fiddled with his batting style Redus went for the fences by saying who could finish second with Pete Rose playing first base must be the manager of the Redus a base-stealing outfielder with some power could have summoned a great deal of statistical evidence to support his statement Rose's decision to platoon himself and 43-ycar-old Tony Perez at first base had a domino effect many of the Reds' younger players It kept ra rr tv I I 44 II IS McFvtand 2 0-14 TUmaSa 11-2 1 Senigga 0 0-0 0 seNencTwe ra FT TP I If 4 1-1 4 Evans I 4 Aiamin 1 7 Cos 1 0-0 Goodman 0 1-11 Ford 0 3-S 17 IMS was possibly the sharpest verbal hit delivered during the 1985 National League season Only me day after the second-place Cincinnati Reds had been been eliminated from pennant contention outfielder Gary Redus got Rose the 44-year-old playermanagerresident legend in IS IMS 47 12 12 IS -4 17 10 4 14 -47 17 Iraton IS Foulad out Smltti Rabounda Bankston 34 (Poaard 13) Han IS A -BOO Dispatches from Florida Rose's 1985 batting log including Continued page 5 coL 2 Total Inula BanadteSno Tumaaa TSchracal loul adfcnna 23 (Plaqsman 7) ovara Banadsbna 0 PRINTED IN COLOR- -A I.