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Thursday September 11 1997 The Macon Telegraph 3C ittipaldi is expected to walk again Continued from 1C through a hot day and a cold night His 6 year old son Luca the only other person in the plane was not injured Emerson ittipaldi also sustained a big cut on his head cuts on his arms and bruises were actually swimming through rivers with snakes and everything risking their own lives to save Green said ittipaldi is in great physical shape and has an upbeat attitude both working to his advantage the neurologist said better than I Green said I saw the big smile on his face at the airport we knew his head was not Surgeons will make an incision on his left side above his hip and repair the damaged area from the front A surgical team of 10 doctors will remove the shat tered second lumbar vertebra and the discs on either side decompress the nerves reconstruct the spine with a bone graft and implant titanium rods and screws After arrival in Miami the driver was immobilized on a bed that swivels from side to side to prevent complications from paralysis such as pneu monia blood clots and skin breakdown Both surgeons are well acquainted with spine They operated and supervised the part time Miami recovery last year after he fractured a neck vertebra in a crash during an IndyCar race in Michigan Eismont and I were joking earlier that this is the highest most serious test ever had of our previous Green said gave him a 100000 mile The planned surgery is similar but in a less vital part of the spine a section called the tail about two inches above the hip bone making it a nerve injury rather than a spinal cord injury Green said ittipaldi won the ormula One drivers champi onship in 1972 and 1974 and the Indianapolis 500 in 1989 and 1993 Pugh finds remedy for disappointing spring Continued from 1C injury that had bothered him for much of the 1996 sea son during which he still led the with 102 tackles Pugh refused to blame his health saying simply focus on football exactly After his uninspired effort Pugh decided to stay in ort Valley this summer passing up an internship he had held at an Atlanta power company the previous three summers was going to be my last Pugh said I wanted to come out and do everything I could to help the team Something the 6 foot 2 220 pounder did must have worked Said Schoolfield: worked himself into some kind of shape this summer He was the first guy I noticed this fall when we put the pads on He was fly ing around and really looked Pugh recorded 12 tackles in last season open ing loss to Morehouse and believes he can easily improve his team leading total of a year ago my opinion that (102) number exception al Middle linebacker in a 4 3 (defense) should average 150 tackles so I exactly say I had a stellar Pugh admits that he is his own worst critic but he is also a young man who goes after what he wants After receiving little playing time as a fullback his first two years under former coach Doug Porter Pugh took matters into his own hands at the start of spring drills his sophomore year When the equipment manager was distributing jer seys Pugh said he the defensive colored jersey and went over with the His reason: like the fact that people were trying to hit me (at running or the last three years Pugh has been hitting back will definitely hit Schoolfield said will put his face in there and tattoo you and a good sign if a In addition to his strength (340 pound bench press) and athletic prowess Pugh has something else smarts He takes classes each quarter that only an electrical engineer could love and spends much of his free time sketching designs of engines car bodies and air planes In fact Pugh claims Aquatread tire was a design he drew up as a sixth grader in lorida people call me a mad scientist and I think that might be the term that describes me a mad sci And after a disappointing spring it looks like Pugh has concocted the perfect remedy for a solid fall Elliott takes 1st laps on new Atlanta track Bill Elliott made the last lap on the old Atlanta Motor Speedway layout a couple of days after the Primestar 500 last March then climbed on a bulldozer to begin knocking down the backstretch re taining wall so that workers could begin rebuilding the track Monday he took the first Lap on the newly reconfigured and re paved track has been a privilege to be part of this whole Elliott said of his ceremonial part in the renova tion Previously a 1522 mile oval the track lias been reconfigured as a 154 mile quad oval What was the backstretch is now the frontstretch with the center portion of it pushed out to leave a grassy area between the new frontstretch and new pit road much the way there is at Charlotte Motor Speedway think Elliott said of the reconfigured and repaved track have to admit that I was a little skeptical because of the changes but there are absolutely no problems It will take a little get ting used to because new but Elliott drove fewer than a dozen laps Monday in his ord Thunder bird but he had one lap at 2984 seconds which translates into 185791 mph The track record on the old layout set by Robby Gor don in qualifying for last race was 186507 mph speed that we run here in qualifying (for the NAPA 500 in mid November the first race on the renovated track) will depend on what type of tire Goodyear Elliott said see why we can't run wide open though I was almost wide open today after only a couple of laps and the track is a lot wider now particularly on the new backstretch With some tuning and changing we should be able to run wide open all the way around kJIL wq I rj rf Motorsports Chuck Thompson Although work on the track itself has been finished much still re mains to be done to complete tire new garages and other buildings being added to the infield and the new seating and luxury boxes on the frontstretch But everything is on schedule to be ready for the Winston Cup season ending NAPA 500 on Nov 16 CORDELE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: The Cordele dirt track will hold its annual Georgia State Champion ships riday and Saturday Compe tition begins at 8 each night There will be qualifying heat races dash es for cash plus Stock and Minis tock features slate will be highlighted by the $4000 to win 50 lap Late Model Spoilsman race a $1000 to win 30 lap Super Street race and normal feature races in the other classes Call (912) 273 9306 or 2735102 SILVER DOLLAR RACEWAY: Tire Reynolds dragstrip will hold its 12th and final Sears Craftsman points series race for 1997 Saturday night Mike Dike of Hampton clinched the Super Pro title a couple of weeks ago but the championships in the other divisions remain up for grabs The series winners qualify to compete in the quarter mite divi sional finals to be held in Gaines ville la Oct 25 Call (912) 847 4414 COCHRAN SPEEDWAY: Bon Mike Wortham secured his first victory of the season in the En duro class last week driving a car he borrowed from Mark Griffey Wortham actually finished third but inherited first when Keith car was disqualified for il legal heads and Eddy car was disqualified for an illegal cam shaft during the postrace inspec tion The track will hold another slate of regular races Saturday night Call (912) 8364412 ELKO BOGGIN: James Hester Brad Hudson and Andy Hardy were tlie winners in the mud bog ging competition last Saturday night The next event is scheduled for Sept 27 Call (912) 987 0865 LAST RESULTS COCHRAN SPEEDWAY Sportsman: Wiley McDaniel Macon Andy Stewart Ev ans Dennis McDaniel Macon Hobby: Jimmy Grantham Cochran Mike loyd Coch ran Kerth Garrison Macon Super Street Todd Griffin Gray Larry Wheat Macon Richie Jolley Ocilla Pure Stock: Doug Lumley Macon Tony Pettis Haw kinsville Wayne Barfteld Byron Enduro: Mike Wortham Bonaire Shannon Moye ort Valley Ron Dykes Kathleen Ladles: Terri Dunn Macon Lyn Hanna Hawkinsville: Kim Simpson Cochran CORDELE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Late Model Sportsman: Steve Barrett Bonaire Randy Ellenberg Valdosta: Woody Calloway Bonaire Super Street Gary Youngblood Cordele Randy Woo dard Perry Durwood Hutto Cordele Stock: Milton Posey Albany Mike Hitt Sylvester Craig MMstocte Jason Richardson Cordele Ricky White Pelham Gene Self Americus Legends: Stephen Curiee Americus Mark Michael Americus Roger Alexander Warner Robins ELKO BOGGIN irst Class: James Hester Rocky Hudson Charles Ma rony Second Ciass: Brad Hudson Andy Thompson Norman ord Third Class: Andy Hardy Louie Lumley Daryl Kelly 441 SPEEDWAY Hobby Mo Gordy Steve Ussery Glen Evans Super Street Ricky Salter Chuck Williams Brian Dent Pure Stock Bubba Burkes Daryll Dunn Jottie Burga my MMstock Bobby Bowen Ronnie Hilliard Billy Jenkins Enduro: Joe Cartwright Tony Miller Joe Blair SILVER DOLLAR RACEWAY Super Proc Keith Robinson Gray Charles Stribling Ma con Sportsman: 01 Lackey Woodland Jimmy Lackey Tal botton Street Jeffrey Green Lilly Tracy Konkle Hampton Jr Dragster Chris Cox Butler Candice Grimsley Butler Readers with information about local motor sports should call Chuck Thompson at (912) 7444400 Track operators should fax race results to 7444646 by 5pm Tuesday Smoltz finds the key to beating the Dodgers Continued from 1C (Greg) Dodgers manager Bill Russell said matter who you are playing Good pitching is going to beat good hitting any time Smoltz pitched like Cy After lasting only 3 13 innings in a 12 4 loss to the Tigers last Wednesday Smoltz said he felt like been given 10 days off It showed in the life on his fastball which he used to strike out 10 his third double digit strikeout game in his last five starts If there was any team that Smoltz would have picked to face following one of his worst starts it would be the Dodgers With start made 17 con secutive starts against them dating back to 1991 without allowing more than three earned runs and has allowed two earned runs or less in 14 of his last 15 starts against them had real good life on my fast ball and stayed on top of Smoltz said who improved his record to 14 11 guys have a great line up now You put (Otis) Nixon in the mix with (Eric) Young and (Brett) Butler always been a thorn in my side and I got them out almost every Indeed he did Smoltz struck out Young three times and Butler hitting eighth was for 3 against him with a strikeout Only Nixon had any success at all with a first inning single and stolen base then a ninth inning hit and another steal approached it like a playoff Smoltz said needed a game like So did the Braves who won for the fourth time in five games on this West Coast trip and coupled with the 7 6 loss in 13 innings to the Padres reduced their magic number for clinching the National League East to 14 The Braves got just enough offense to beat Dodgers starter Ismael Valdes whom they had beaten just once in five career deci sions against them Javy Lopez col lected three hits including a pair of doubles and drove in two runs while Jeff Blauser powered his career high 16th homer in the sev enth inning which ultimately proved to be the game winning run In seven of his eight previous at bats Blauser had struck out including twice against Valdes but he evened the odds by jumping on a fastball down the middle of the plate leading off the seventh time you walk up to the plate and get a hit the next time you go up there your chances go Blauser said With a clutch hit or two the Braves could have broken the game open instead of sweating through another ninth inning They left 11 men on base nine in scoring posi tion and were 2 for 18 with run ners in scoring position scrounged around for some manager Bobby Cox said hitting the ball pretty Wright is hoping to turn the Gamecocks around Continued from 1C had an excellent ball game Saturday night He really settled into an awfully good quarterback Wright needed to mature There were times last season when he showed the problems of inexperi ence After backing up Steve Tanneyhill for one season Wright stepped in last year to help South Carolina to a 6 5 record But first season as the starting quarterback was definite ly 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