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The News Monday September 5 1994 C11 AUTO RACING No fade for Elliott in Southern 500 'Bill Elliott shook offlthe tag Sunday to win the Southern 500 at Partington Raceway ByPete lacotMlli Associated Press sports writer DARLINGTON SC Bill Elliott was tired of the talk He hopes ended it now heard people call me a former fading champion but at least I got here said Elliott who powered past Dale Earnhardt 13 from the finish to win the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday It was the first Winston Cup vic tory for Elliott in 52 races since Nov 15 1992 at Atlanta Motor Speedway heard Rusty Wallace com ment one time doubt your said Elliott who earned 568330 for his third Southern 500 won enough races that my ability should never be in doubt I felt like won races for a rea "On Sunday it was because his ord Thunderbird held up to sear ing summer temperatures that hajftstrung many of the top com petitors Elliott who averaged 127915 mph said his water gauge was at 260 degrees while his oil pressure never had a car run this hot hold together for as long as it he said finished second in a Chevrolet Lumina Morgan Shep herd was third in a ord Thunder bird Ricky ord Thun derbird was fourth and Sterling Marlin in a Chevrolet Lumina was fifth There were no other cars lead lap Earnhardt who held on to his' Wiriston Cup points lead was 15 miles from his record tying 10th victory at Darlington But Elliott reeled him in on the backstretch enfering turn three was slipping and sliding and I thought I was going to have a hard time getting to Earnhardt but I got to Earnhardt and! kept on said Elliott his 40th Winston Cup career race Earnhardt the TranSouth 400 winner at Darlington in March lejMbr 87 of the 367 laps but was tumble to cope with the slick track surface Bill was just too strong and our car got a little Earnhardt said to Bill he really needed the Elliott said the final caution pe riod which came with 67 laps left AP Bill Elliott shows what he thinks of his victory Sunday in the Southern 500 at Darlington SC It it IS Wk lZZIL TT hr Si i 4 ''RLwb Swl ''WzWB bhb 111111 i 11 i when Brad Teague hit the wall in turn two let his crew douse the en gine with water to bring down the temperature After the restart El liott vowed to run as hard as could to the end and easily outdistanced Earnhardt just happened to catch Earnhardt with a little something wrong with his car I said team owner Junior John son was as strong as we were all day long We happened to be better at the right Mark Martin the defending Southern 500 champion pulled out to a four second lead over Earnhardt with 50 laps remaining But the temperatures in the mid 905 caused his ord Thunderbird to overheat He had won the Busch Grand National race Saturday his fifth victory in the last seven events at Darlington were sure looking awful good there for a while but like ev eryone else the heat just got to he said Ken Schrader dominated the early part of the race leading for 133 of the first 237 laps However his Chevrolet Lumina started blowing smoke for several laps be fore being forced out know but we think it was an oil said Schrader the second fastest qualifier a sad day for us because we were running so Jeff Gordon was sixth followed by Rusty Wallace Jeff Burton Dale Jarrett and former Southern 500 champion Terry Labonte Earnhardt widened his Winston Cup points lead He stands with 3450 227 in front of Wallace Martin who was second dropped to third with 3 1 67 There are eight races reamining this season AUTO RACING RESULTS SOUTHERN 500 DMUttOTON BX Tb arer of fWofi wtdoy'o twim WO UKM WtaMM Cw aMk Mrraw kfarting paaMan in garanthaaaa hamalawnt maka of oor iaacniglH raooon oof any oandnga aM wtaMKa 1 (9) Bill Elliott Blalravllle Qa ord Thunderbird 367 lapa 127915 mph SM330 2 (27) Dale Earnhardt Doolie NC Chevrolet Lu mlna 367 $45030 3 (13) Morgan Shepherd Conover NC ord Thunderbird 367 $32730 4 (18) Ricky Rudd Lake Norman NC ord Thun derbird 367 $24715 5 (24) Sterling Marlin Columbia Tenn Chevrolet Lumina 367 $26870 8 (7) Jeff Cordon Huntersville NC Chevrolet Lu mine 366 $22765 7 (19) Ruety Wallace Concord NC ord Thun derblrd 366 $23620 8 (14) Jeff Burton South Boston Va: ord Thun derbird 366 $19500 9 (35) Dale Jarrett Hickory NC Chevrolet Lu mine 365 $23370 10 (22) Terry Labonte Archdale NC Chevrolet Lumina 365 $21930 11 (11) Kenny Watlace Concord NC ord Thun 1 derblrd 364 $20765 12 (37) Kyle Petty High Point NC Pontiac Grand Prix 362 $19 13 (21) Darreh Waltrip ranklin Tenn Lumina 362 $1618C 1 14 (36) Hut Stricklin ualera Ala ord Thunder bird 361 $11890 15 (34) Phil Parsons Denver NC ord Thunder bird 361 $8750 18 (29) John Andretti Indianapolis Pontiac Grand Prix 360 $11930 17 (39) Mike Wallace Concord NC ord Thun derblrd 359 $11160 18 (41) Butch Miller Coopersville Mich ord Thunderbird 359 $7885 19 (12) Greg Sacks Winter Park la ord Thun derbird 358 $10705 20 (10) Rick Mast Rockbridge Baths Va ord Thunderbird 356 $14 335 21 (42) Loy Allen Jr Raleigh NC ord Thunder bird 354 $7200 22 (18) Bobby Hamilton Nashville Tenn Pontiac Grand Prix 353 $13780 23 (32) Steve Grissom Liberty NC Chevrolet Lumina 350 $9560 24 (33) Billy Standridge Shelby NC ord Thun derblrd 347 $6785 25 (6) Mark Martin Daytona Beach la ord Thunderbird 342 engine $20975 28 (23) Todd Bodine Chemung NY ord Thun derblrd 333 $9015 27 (1) Geoff Bodine Chemung NY ord Thun derbird 323 engine $17805 28 (38) Dave Marcls Avery Creek NC Chevrolet Lumina 321 engine $8595 29 (5) Brett Bodine Harrisburg NC ord Thun derbird 290 $12385 30 (28) Brad Teague Johnson City Tenn ord Thunderbird 281 accident $6125 31 (26) Michael Waltrip Davidson NC Pontiac Grand Prix 278 overheating $12040 32 (2) Ken Schrader Concord NC Chevrolet Lu mina 272 engine $13350 33 (25) Jeremy Mayfield Goodlettsvllle Tenn ord Thunderbird 265 engine $7785 34 (3) Ward Burton South Boston Va Chevrolet Lumina 236 engine $5750 35 (20) Derrlke Cope Huntersville NC ord Thunderbird 213 accident $11140 38 (8) Bobby Labonte Trinity NC Pontiac Grand Prix 185 overheating $10080 37 (30) Jimmy Spencer Mooresville NC ord Thunderbird 181 accident $5570 38 (17) Dick Trickle Iron Station NC Chevrolet Lumina 143 engine $5478 39 (31) Ted Musgrave Troutman NC ord Thun derbird 128 overheating $9390 40 (40) Lake Speed Concord NC ord Thunder bird 112 overheating $15330 41 (15) Harry Gant Taylorsville NC Chevrolet Lumina 94 accident $9330 42 (4) Joe Nemechek Mooresville NC Chevro let Lumina 66 oil pump belt $5330 Time of race: 3:55:09 Caution flags: Six for 42 laps Lead changes: 28 among 10 drivers Margin of victory: 639 seconds Lap leaders: Geoff Bodine 1 6 Ken Schrader 7 27 Mark Martin 28 33 Schrader 34 43 Bill Elliott 44 50 Martin 51 67 Schrader 68 69 Michael Waltrip 70 71 Rusty Wallace 72 79 Dale Earnhardt 80 81 Martin 82 130 Schrader 131 141 Darrell Waltrip 142 144 Schrader 145 183 Sterling Marlin 184 187 Schrader 188 218 DWaltrlp 219 Earnhardt 220 223 Schrader 224 236 Earnardt 237 259 Ricky Rudd 260 Earn hardt 261 297 Elliott 298 Earnhardt 299 306 Martin 307 334 Rudd 335 336 Martin 337 341 Earnhardt 342 354 Elliott 355 367 MOLSON INDY VANCOUVn British CetumMe The enter ef finish fc WJ hi ww ww swasns pwipwi psrsnthssss resMsnss typs of oar laps rss eon strt If any snd orinnsrs svsreps spssd In mphi v1 (8) Al Unser Jr Albuquerque NM Penske ll mor V8 102 89166 mph 2 (1) Robby Gordon Orange Calif Lola ord Cosworth XB 102 3 (3) Michael Andretti Nazareth Pa Reynard ord Cosworth XB 102 4 (4) Scott Goodyear Canada Lola ord Cos worth XB 102 a 5 (13) Mauricio Gugelmin Brazil Reynard ord Cosworth XB 102 6 (18) Arie Luyendyk Netherlands Lola llmor Indy V8 102 7 (15) Bobby Rahal Dublin Ohio Lola Honda V8 102 8 (18) Mark Smith McMinnville Ore Lola ord Cosworth XB 102 9 (12) Emerson ittipaldi Brazil Penske llmor V8 101 crash 10 (2) Nigel Mansell England Lola ord Cos worth XB 101 crash 11 (10) Mario Andretti Nazareth Pa Lola ord Cosworth XB 101 12 (14) Scott Sharp Wilton Conn Lola ord Cos worth XB 101 13 (25) Parker Johnstone Redmond Ore Lola Honda V8 101 14 (21) Mike Groff Worthington Ohio Lola Honda V8101 15 (22) Jimmy Vasser Discovery Bay Calif Reynard ord Cosworth 101 16 (23) Marco Greco Brazil Lola ord Cosworth XB 100 crash 17 (17) Eddie Cheever Aspen Colo Lola ord Cosworth XB 99 18 (5) Too abi Italy Reynard llmor V8 98 19 (19) Dominic Dobson Truckee Calif Lola ord Cosworth XB 96 20 (6) Paul Tracy Canada Penske llmor V8 94 1 suspension 21 (24) Claude Bourbonnais Canada 1993 Lola llmor Indy V8 transmission 22 (11) Adrian ernandez Mexico Reynard llmor V8 76 out of fuel 23 (20) Raul Boesel Brazil Lola ord Cosworth XB 88 engine failure 24 (9) Jacques Villeneuve Canada Reynard ord Cosworth XB 53 exhaust 25 (26) Willy Rlbbs San Jose Calify 1993 Lola ord Cosworth XB 52 handling 28 (7) Stefan Johansson Sweden 1993 Penske llmor V8 45 crash 27 (27) Buddy Lazier Vail Colo 1993 Lola llmor V8 16 broken half shaft 28 (28) Alessandro Zampedri Italy 1993 Lola ord Cosworth XB 8 engine fire Time of race: 1:53:27345 Margin of victory: 2239 seconds Caution flags: 6 for 22 laps Lead changes: 3 among 4 drivers Lap leaders: Gordon 1 36: Mansell 37 75 ernan dez 76: Unser 77 102 Series point leaders: Unser 193 ittipaldi 137 Mi Andretti 114: Tracy 107: Gordon 104 Mansell 83 i Rahal 55 (tie) Boesel and Villeneuve 54 abi 49 EESikWlZBBte Al Unser Jr clenches his fist as he crosses the finish line to win the Molson lndy race at Vancouver BC queasy stomach TENNIS Date bows to tradition by playing right handed NEW YORK According to cultural beliefs in Japan women arenot meant to be left handed why US Open quarterfi nalist Kimiko Date a natural southpaw plays tennis right handed Date described Sunday why she learned to conform "In Japanese society tradition ally women should be (right handed) because everybody is right she explained via a translator is not good in Japa society to be unique When she (Date) was left handed her fa tfi made her learn to use her right hand So when she started to play tennis she saw that every body was using the right hand so itTs the right way to play Now it is changing people are accepting left handed however will occasionally revert to the left hand in an enter Ol Yb gency hThe No 6 ranked Date who writes with her left hand and is aftibidex terous when eating and playing other sports will switch her tennis racket to the left hand when a ball seems out of the reach US Open notes News wire services of her right hand Date believe the hand switch has affected her tennis is a possibility that if she played left handed she may not have gotten this Date said through the translator Courtside companions a deal hard to re ject playing a big match on stadium court and can invite anyone you want to watch from a front row seat who some of the women players would like to have in their cheering section Ann Grossman: leave a tick et for David Letterman so he could heckle my Steffi Graf said Willem Dafoe because like his Magdalena Maleeva: leave two (tickets) One for Kurt Vonne gut (author) and one for Trent Reznor (singer with the band Nine Inch AP 'I 'A Arantxa Sanchez Vicario leans into a backhand Sunday during her 6 2 6 0 win over Ann Grossman in the US Open OPEN CONTINUED ROM C1 era 1988 have fewer than half the seeds gone that far in the touma Wflt Edberg a right hander hurt his right wrist while lunging for a vol leyhen he began serving at 5 4 in the Jirst set He sprawled on the court lay there a moment and got rubbing and shaking iusrwristaThe injury eneugh to stop him but i( obvi ousiy attectea ms piay ana ne pro ceeded to lose his serve something like twisting Edberg said a coufSJSSf points was feeling bet probably cost me the first set It was bad timing It bother me the rest of the match But I lost my momentum probably be sore tomorrow one of the nastiest falls After getting treatment from a trainer on the next changeover Edberg played even with Bjork man until he again trailed 5 4 Ed berg slipped to one knee while los ing the first point stood frozen at the net to lose the next and went to break point when Bjorkman made a spectacular running fore hand pass crpsscourt Perhaps try ing to do too much Edberg dou ble faulted to lose the set smacking the second serve off his frame and about 30 feet long Pete Sampras had a day like to forget one in which he was annoyed by an off kilter court perplexed by the swirling wind ana teased by an inspired qualifier slicing dicing and pureeing him silly Not that he lost Sampras is so much better than everyone else he turns heads when he drops a set He rarely loses his cool about anything but on this day even the vagaries of the net rtbrew Sampras off It got so frustrating for the defending champion and top seed that at one point he bent down to measure the net with his racket 4 Roger ranked No 187 from the Bahamas had just hit a baseline shot that clipped the net and flopped over Sampras darted in to scoop it up only to see ttje ball hit the net cord again and fall back on his side Sampras finally asserted himself after losing his first set of the tour nament but never had it easy in a 4 6 6 2 6 4 6 3 victory over the second qualifier played in three matches Sanrag pipped the condition of the stadium court 1 is the biggest tournament in the United States and they should have level courts Sam pras said kind of i settled by Molson win 1 he victory was record tying eight of the Indy car season By Mike Harris Associated Press sports writer VANCOUVER British Colum bia Al Unser Jr drove better than he felt Sunday shaking off the effects of a severe case of food poisoning to win the Vancouver Molson lndy Unser who is well on the way to winning his second PPG Cup championship spent riday in his hotel room with severe stomach distress got onto the track Satur day long enough to qualify eighth in the 28 car field then drove a faultless race Sunday to win his third straight was strong enough to drive the car today and that was due to the CART medical Unser said filled me up with li quids I was just drained physically (on riday) It was The victory in the chaotic 102 lap race on the 1653 mile 10 tum temporary circuit was the record tying eighth of the season for Unser who was still taking intra venous fluids for a dehydrated condition until just minutes before the start But the 32 year old drove a great strategic race making just two pit stops by using the unusual ly high six full course caution flags to wind up dominating the late stages of the event He led from lap 77 to the end on the way to his third victory in five Vancouver starts pretty sore inside but winning makes you feel a lot bet Unser said after his 27th ca reer victory were just hang ing in there and (team owner) Roger (Penske) sure did call the race perfect We made an early stop and then the other stop came at just the right His Ilmor powered Penske car crossed the finish line 2239 se conds ahead of 25 yeq ppjewinner Robby Gordon who over came a i punctured tire and a gearbox problem to equal his best career finish the end there if have had third gear I think have been able to give Al a run for his Gordon said Unser agreed saying I saw those double yellow flags (in dicating a full course caution on lap 95) I thought is going to be a exciting Robby had had all his gears I might have been in Unser added want to win the championship and 1 going to take any chances If have stuck his nose in there have given it to Newsworthy HILL SETS TRACK MARK: Eddie Hill set a track re cord with a quarter mile run of 4767 seconds at 2941 1 mph Sun day to lead Top uel qualifiers for NHRA US Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park in Clermont Ind John orce was the leading qualifier in the unny Car compe tition with a time of 7075 seconds at 19451 Darrell Aiderman had the top run in the Pro Stock divi sion finishing in 7075 seconds at 19451 mph In the final of the Big Bud Shootout for unny Cars Al Hoffman beat Kenji Okazaki with a run of 5181 seconds at 29135 mph Okazaki finished in 5395 se conds at 23941 mph RIBIERO 1ST IN INDY LIGHTS: Andrei Ribiero of Bra zil held off series point leader Steve Robertson of England to win the irestone Indy Lights Championship race Sunday at Vancouver BC Robertson finished 33 seconds behind Ribiero who earned his third victory of the season Eddie Padilla finished third followed by Pedro Chavez of Portugal and Greg Moore With two races remaining Rob ertson leads runner up Ribiero by 30 points Moore is third 39 jpomUfbehind Robertson with amaximum of 44 points available' The winner averaged 9206Q mph AUTO RACING RESULTS SOUTHERN 500 MOLSON INDY.