Florence Morning News from Florence, South Carolina • 27

Rahal Winston Cup update Branham Andrettis NASCAR statistics to start on pole SIZE 0TL BlmikwtllfTubtlM 569 Marlboro Challenge ONE YEAR CERTIICATE Substantial interest penalty for early withdrawal 254171156 141 94 1 1 1 1 1 1 RONT END ALIGNMENT 654221 155SR13 165SR13 1 75SR14 185SR14 Harry Gant Morgan Shepherd Rusty Wallace Tim Richmond Geoff Bodine Bobby Allison ROOKIE THE YEAR Point standings Davey Allison Dale Jarrett Steve Christaman Rodney Combs DerrikeCope VAN BEANS POINTS Alan Kulwicki Buddy Baker Sterling Marlin Ken Schrader Rick Wilson Dave Marcis Phil Parsons RADIO: Motor Racing Network TV: (WTBSlive) ront Wheel Drive and Imports Slightly Higher The Cox Wood Preserving car No 90 on the GN series will be driven full time in by Ed Berrier of High captures Challenge TRUE VALUE HARD CHARGER Dale Earnhardt 26528 Bill Elliott 16181 Terry Labonte 12360 Rusty Wallace 8800 Ricky Rudd 8277 TRW MECHANIC STANDINGS Kirk Shelmerdine 639 Leonard Wood 597 Ernie Elliott 597 John Junk Tim Brewer problems at the beginning of the year and we stayed close all year long until the last said Pear son be seeking a third con secutive title next year want to do that again bad enough to be running for the cham pionship but then let it come down to the last race was tough On the year Pearson driver of the Chattanooga Chevrolet has won over $180000 and has been the series top winner with six victories MIAMI (AP) Results of Saturday's Marlboro Challenge Indy car race with starting position in paren thesis hometown or country and type of car laps com pleted reason out if any money won and winner's average speedinmph: 1 (2) Bobby Rahal Dublin Ohio Lola Cosworth 42 $225000 108782 2 (3) Danny Sullivan Louisville Ky 1986 Mar ch Chevrolet 42 Si35 000 3 (1) Raul Boesel BrazilMarch Cosworth 42 $90000 4 (4) Emerson ittipaldi Brazil March Chevrolet 41 outof fuel $70000 5 (6) Al Unser Jr Albuquerque NM March Cosworth 41 $55000 6 (9) Rick Mears Bakersfield Calif 1986 Mar ch Chevrolet 38 out of fuel $45000 7 (8) Michael Andretti Nazareth Pa March Coswcrth 34 engine $40000 8 (10) Mario Andretti Nazareth Pa Lola Chevrolet 25 engine $30000 9 (7) Al Unset Albuquerque NM Penske Chevrolet 20 oil pressure $20000 10 (5) Arie Luyendyk The Netherlands Mar ch Cosworth 4 engine $20000 Timeof race: 41:19640 Margin of victory 8327 seconds Cautionflags: None Lead changes 2 among 2 drivers Lap leaders: Rahal 1 18 ittipaldi 19 32 Rahal 33 42 MANUACTURERS RACE Wins 1510 11 0 POINTS 4443 3928 3781 3642 3511 3497 3475 3448 3352 3266 3215 3152 3114 3061 2965 2958 2894 2875 2845 2706 2555 2543 2325 2239 1727 1688 1673 1532 1407 1361 1305 1162 1153 1110 1098 1063 694 638 625 587 Worker injured MIAMI (AP) Dick Springer a Sports Car Club of America course worker from St Petersburg lawas seriously injured Saturday when he was struck by a race car driven by Indy car racer Arie Luyendyk Luyendyk from The Netherlands was entering pit lane during a prac tice session when Springer apparent ly stepped in front of the speeding car five 15 times and the top 10 on 18 oc casions The Winston Classic starts at 12 noon with the 100 lap Late Model stock car race followed by the 200 lap Modified race and then the 200 lap Grand National event Springer who was taken by am bulance to Jackson Memorial Hospital was reported in stable condition with a compound fracture of the right leg an injury to his right forearm and possible internal inju ries Witnesses said Springer apparent ly did not see the car until the last moment and was tossed into the air tumbling back onto the car MIAMI (AP) Mario Andretti wrested the pole position for Sun season ending Nissan Indy Challenge away from his son Michael with a track record lap Saturday at Tamiami Park The elder Andretti raced around the 1784 mile nine turn circuit at an average speed of 114630 mph breaking one dav old mark of 114379 The younger Andretti won the provisional pole on riday with his father third at 113324 Saturday Michael improved to 114626 but lost the top starting posi tion by just two thousandths of a se cond think it feels said the elder Andretti with a laugh when asked how it felt to beat his son by such a narrow margin Michael said guess I should be used to dad beating me out for the pole It seems like happening all the ather and son now have earned side by side berths on the front row of a race seven times four of them this season with Mario holding the edge with four poles is a real good place to be starting from the Mario said track is hard to pass on and got to try to get a good The pole is the elder seventh of the season got that down he said got to win To do I that got to I 112 lap 1998 mile race I will be televised on a same day delay I by ABC beginning at 4 pm EST I MIAMI (AP) Bobby Rahal held off strong challenges from Emerson ittipaldi and Danny Sullivan to win the inaugural Marlboro Challenge Saturday earning first place money of $225000 for the invitational event Rahal who came up with a front row start in the lottery style drawing for positions in the 10 car $730000 race jumped past pole winner Raul Boesel of Brazil at the start and led until he made his mandatory pitstop on lap 18 of the 42 lap 75 mile sprint ittipaldi inherited the lead and dashed off to a big lead building the margin to as much as 20 seconds Meanwhile Rahal passed Boesel for second on lap 25 and Sullivan dogging rear wheels moved past the Brazilian to take third two laps later When ittipaldi pitted for his mandatory two tires and 5 gallons of fuel on lap 32 Rahal regained the lead But crew got him out of the pits in just 10 seconds allowing the two time ormula One champion to get back onto the 1784 mile nine turn Tamiami Park circuit ust ahead of Sullivan ittipaldi then went after the lead chopping deeply into lead until he trailed by just 24 seconds at the end of lap 40 A few drops of rain began falling but the hard racing continued until suddenly car slowed and on the final lap he stopped on the track apparently out of fuel Sullivan sped past to take second place finishing 8327 seconds behind March Boesel a substitute in the race for injured Roberto Guerrero of Colom bia finishing third ittipaldi wound up fourth Al Unser Jr the only other entry running at the end was fifth Sullivan earned $135000 for se cond while Boesel earned $90000 and ittipaldi $70000 No starter earned less than $20000 Rick Mears Michael Andretti Mario Andretti Al Unser and Arie Luyendyk of Holland all went out earlier in the race with a variety of mechanical problems Rahal whose briefly withdrew from the inaugural Marlboro event three weeks ago because of a spon sor conflict on the wearing of generic driving uniforms averaged 108782 mph The Dublin Ohio driver who already has locked up his second straight CART PPG Indy car cham pionship will have a chance to add another $60000 to his earnings here Sunday in the season ending Nissan Indy Challenge The Andrettis who started in the back half of the field bumped wheels on the first lap knocking part of a front wing off car That was the only incident of the race and there were no injuries reported Guerrero who suffered serious head injuries in a crash during a tire test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sept 10 was on hand to act as grand marshall of race He is expected to return to rac ing in 1988 The Marlboro race is an invita tional featuring 1987 race winners pole winners and drivers high in the season point standings Pos DRIVER 1 Dale Earnhardt 2 Bid Elliott 3 Terry Labonte 4 Darrell Waltrip 5 Rusty Wallace 6 Ricky Rudd 7 Richard Petty 8 Kyle Petty 9 Neil Bonnett 10 Ken Schrader 11 Bobby Allison 12 Sterling Marlin 13 Goeff Bodine 14 Phil Parsons 15 Morgan Shepherd 15 Alan Kulwicki 17 Benny Parsons 18 Dave Marcis 19 Bobby Hillin Jr 20 Mike Waltrip 21 Harry Gant 22 Davey Adison 23 Jimmy Means 24 Buddy Baker 25 Steve Christman 26 Buddy Arrington 27 Dale Jarrett 28 Rick Wilson 29 Cale Yarborough 30 JD McDuffie 31 Lake Speed 32 Eddie Bierschwale JJ Brett 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MORNING NEWS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1 1 5 With title clinched Pearson can concentrate on racing ix ow tne pressure is on But up until last AC Delco 200 at the North Carolina Motor Speedway Larry Pearson had only one thing on his mind the 1987 Busch Grand National Series chain pionship Even though he only had to start the event to gain enough points to win his second consecutive title the pressure was still on He started on the outside pole and came home 1 tourtn yet still increased his point lead over second place Jack Ingram In the last few races Pearson has probably took it a little easier not taking as many chances as he nor mally would But now after clinching the championship Pearson can do what he does bestrace He'll get the opportunity Sunday in the finale at the Martinsville Speedway in the Grand National race a part of the Winston Classic wanted to have the chamnion ship locked up before we came to won three poles finished in the too Mnrinctri'llrv uuvumvmv OU WJcU WU UUUXU LUll centrate on racing and not worry about the said Pearson son of legendary stock car driver David Pearson In last chase for the title Pearson had a close duel with Brett Bodine going into the final event of the season at Martinsville but managed a fine finish and captured the title year Brett and I both had CIRCLE CHAMPIONS Dale Earnhardt Bill Elliott 5 Davey Allison 2 Tim Richmond 2 Ricky Rudd 2 Kyle Petty i Bobby Allison i Rusty Wallace i Darrell Waltrip i Terry Labonte i BUSCH POLE STANDINGS Bill Elliott 7 Davey Allison 5 Terry Labonte 4 Alan Kulwicki 3 Dale Earnhardt 1 Ken Schrader 1 0 27 11 20 23 27 5 15 19 27 1 13 21 27 1 6 15 27 1 8 15 27 2 9 12 27 0 8 13 27 15 13 27 0 5 15 27 0 1 10 27 1 2 11 27 0 4 7 27 0 49 27 0 1 6 27 0 7 11 27 0 3 8 27 0 5 7 27 0 2 6 27 0 1 4 27 0 01 27 0 0 4 20 2 8 9 26 0 0 1 19 0 3 9 20 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 22 0 0 2 17 0 0 1 15 0 2 4 17 0 0 0 12 0 15 14 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 8 2 3 4 11 0 11 8 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 Make Points Chevrolet 195 ord 171 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