European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes saturday october 8, 1977 it can be disconcerting having a Back scat Driver especially one this size. A staring Down a Winner billboard sign appears to give Renault Driver Pierre Jab Ouille a Good looking Over As he goes through his laps at mos port Ontario. A photo leading Rookie Rudd qualifies for spot in sunday s National 500 by Jerry Garrett Charlotte . A Ricky Rudd the Leader in this season s grand National Rookie of the year Competition turned in the fastest Speed thursday in his nos Talgia special Chevrolet during the Sec Ond Day of qualifying for sunday s nation Al 500 Stock car race. Rudd a 21-year-old from Chesapeake va., averaged 156.011 Miles per hour for two laps around the Charlotte motor Speedway Oval. He earned 21st starting position the first 20 spots were taken wednesday. Rudd drove a Chevrolet with the no. 22 and painted Black and Gold. The colors and number were made famous years ago by the late fireball Roberts and his legendary Crew chief Smokey Yunick. Rudd the youngest competitor by far in grand National racing began using the number last year. The paint Job is new this race. To go along with it Yunick who retired from racing is on hand to act As team supervisor. It would have been better to qualify on the first Day and get a higher starting Posi Tion but we made a mistake setting the car up Rudd explained. We thought we d go faster with new tires. Instead they slowed us Down. The hot tip was to use tires that were already scrubbed in. We were hoping to run a 157." Rudd said the Rookie Points Battle still is the most important thing on his mind. He and Sam Sommers a 36-year-old Short track Veteran Are in a very tight race for the title which could be Worth something like $50,000 to the Winner. We got in a rut there for two races and lost the Lead to Sam. The finish at Wilkes Boro seventh last week was a big lift for the whole team said Rudd who ran his Point total to 209 to Sommers 205. Trailing Rudd in thursday s qualifying were Richard Childress Frank Warren de Negre and Coo Coo Marlin. Janet Guth Rie was seventh fastest on the Day. Five More positions in the 40-car Field hex tall suspended Montreal a Forward Dennis Hextall of the Detroit red wings has been suspended for the first two games of National hockey league s regular schedule for spearing Mike Marson of Washington capitals during a preseason contest oct. 1. Marson will pay $100 for a game misconduct penalty and a similar amount for a Gross misconduct handed him by Kilgour for his part in the altercation Are open to be filled Friday. David Pear son has the pole position with a Speed of 160.892. In other action thursday Darrell Wai trip broke the sportsman track record with a Speed of 160.409 . In winning the pole position for saturday s $130,000 late Model sportsman 300-mile race. Waltrip s Chevrolet was one of four cars to top the previous record. Others were Donnie Allison in a Chevrolet at 160.047, Ray Hendrick in a Chevrolet also at 160.047,. And Neil Bonnett in a Pontiac at 159.721. In another matter officials of the sanctioning National association for Stock car Auto racing reversed the qualifying positions for four Drivers in sunday s national500. Donnie Allison was dropped to third and Cale Yarborough elevated to second Dave Marcis moved up to 14th and Bobby Alli son Down to 15th. Each pair of Drivers recorded identical speeds 159.848 and 156.749. In that Case the Driver who did it first gets the higher starting positions. But officials noticed that pats Trade Moore Foxboro mass. A the new England patriots have traded defensive tackle Arthur Moore to the Cleveland Browns and Cut Reserve Center Bob Hyland to make room for returning All pros John Hannah and Leon Gray. Hannah an offensive guard and Gray an offensive tackle will Start sunday against the Seattle sea Hawks coach Chuck fair Banks said Here. Yarborough and Marcis had lower elapsed times by one thousandth of a second 67.563 to 67.564, and 68.899 to 68.900on their runs. According to the times there s no doubt that Cale had the fastest time said Donnie Allison. I think the fastest car should be Given the starting  those who have qualified for the National 500 race Charlotte . A qualifiers through thurs Day for the National 500 grand National Stock car race sunday at Charlotte motor Speedway with Type of car and Speed in Miles per hour 1. David Pearson Mercury 160.892 . 2. Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 159.848. 3. Donnie Allison Chevrolet 159.848. 4. Buddy Baker Ford 159.773. 5. Richard Petty Dodge 159.363. 6. Darrell Waltrup Chevrolet 158.810. 7. Neil Bonnett Dodge 158.753. 8. Benny Parsons Chevrolet 158.735. 9. . Foyt Chevrolet 158.158. 10. Skip Manning Chevrolet 158.094. 11. Sam Sommers Chevrolet 157.641. 12. Tom Sneva Dodge 157.000. 13. Dick Brooks Ford 156.835. 14. Dave Marcis Chevrolet 156.749. 15. Bobby Allison Matador 156.749. 16. Ron Hutcherson Chevrolet 156.092. 17. . Spencer Dodge 155.817. 18. . Ulrych Chevrolet 155.525. 19. Dennle Pond Chevrolet 155.244. 20. Bill Elliott Mercury 155.204. 21. Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 156.011. 22. Rich Childress Chevrolet 155.423. 23. Frank Warren Dodge 155.168. 24. De Negre Dodge 155.163. 25. Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 155.110. 26. Bruce Hill Chevrolet 154.941. 27. Janet Guthrie Chevrolet 154.808. 28. Bui Dennis Ford 154.405. 29. . Mcduffoe Chevrolet 154.356. 30. Buddy Arrington Dodge 153.798. 31. Dick trickle Chevrolet 153.789. 32. Jim Raptis Chevrolet 153.737. 33. James Hylton Chevrolet 153.361. 34. Peter Knob Chevrolet 152.957. 35. Dick May Chevrolet 152.624. Lascar switches gives Yarborough outside pole Charlotte . Up Lascar officials reversed an earlier ruling thurs Day and said Cale Yarborough will Start in the outside pole position for sunday s $250, 000 National 500 Stock car race. Yarborough and Donnie Allison had Iden tical qualifying speeds of 159.848 . Wednesday. Even though the elapsed time of Yarborough s two laps around the Charlotte motor Speedway track was 67.563 seconds As opposed to 67.564 seconds for Allison the Speed was computed to be the same. Lascar officials ruled that Allison would get the second starting position and the $3,000 Check that goes with it because he made his qualifying run ahead of Yar Borough. But Lyn Kuchler Lascar s executive vice president and director of Competition said thursday he and other officials Dis cussed the ruling at length and decided Yarborough should be moved into second place since he had a faster time. It really does t matter to me Sai Dallison when notified he would receive a $500 Check instead of the $3,000 Check. Think the fastest car should Start in the to  us can take tide in stride Bygre Gaiero new York up Bear Bryant and his eighth ranked Alabama Crimson tide travel to los Angeles saturday to provide top ranked Southern California with its first major test of the season. Southern Cal solidified its hold on the top spot this week with a 41-7 rout of washing ton state saturday. Dwight Ford the latest discovery in a Long line of us Power runners scored twice and Rob Hertel threw a 48-Yard touchdown pass to Randy Simmrin to Power the Victory. Ford teams with another solid running Back Charles White to give Southern Cal perhaps the most dangerous balanced at tack in College football. In its last two Vic tories the trojans have scored 92 Points while yielding Only seven. Alabama outlasted Georgia 18-10 Satur Day and moved from no. 12 to no. 8. The Crimson tide led by quarterback Jeff Rutledge and wide receiver Ozzie news ome plus a Fleet of running backs is 4-1, losing Only to no. 7 Nebraska. But Nebraska s Only loss was to Washington state victims of the trojans last week. That May serve to give Southern California More Confidence against Alabama. The trojans will prove too big too fast and too deep for Alabama. The pick Southern Cal 27-13. Here s a look at the rest of the nation the East Pitt 31, Florida 21 Florida 36-14 losers to leu last week not As Good As some people like to think. Pitt which May get injured quarterback a att Cavanaugh Back this week. Is better. Navy 28, air Force 21 a Battle of first rate Quarter backs. Navy s Bob Leszczynski versus air Force s Dave Lebart. Yale 17, Dartmouth 14 Yale again Ivy league con tenders should Send Dartmouth to its first defeat. Penn state 42, Utah state 13 Penn state rebounding from loss to Kentucky which sent Kittany Lions from ranks of unbeaten. Also Boston College 21, Tulane 17 Colgate 35, holy Cross 10 Columbia 19, Princeton 17 army 24, Villanova 10. The South leu 35, Vanderbilt 19 leu tailback Charles Alexan Der should get his fourth straight 100-Yard game. Leu coming off big win Over Florida which moved team to no. 19. Kentucky 24, Mississippi state 21 Kentucky upset Penn state last week and May be Surprise of season. Der Rick Ramsey Kentucky s Large a a can pass As Well As throw. Georgia 14, Mississippi 10 Mississippi could win it if game was in Athens a. Georgia gave Alabama Tough Battle last week. North Carolina 17, Wake Forest 7 North Carolina hurting without injured quarterback Matt Kupec but tar heels still have too much for Wake Forest. Auburn 24, North Carolina state 20 Auburn coming off Victory Over Mississippi and playing at Home. No state also had big win last week Downing acc Champ Maryland. Also Miami Fla 31, Kansas 28 Tennessee 21, Georgia tech 7 South Carolina 10, Duke 3 Maryland 42, Syracuse 17. The Midwest Ohio state 48, Purdue 10 Purdue like most of big 10, rarely bothers buckeyes. Ohio state May not be extended again until nov. 19 against Michigan. Only problem Here will be Purdue Bmark Herrmann. Michigan 30, Michigan state 13 second ranked Mich Igan will make it five straight with Triumph Over state rivals. Look for Harlan Huckleby and Russell Davis to have big Day on the ground. Wisconsin 31, Illinois 3 Wisconsin Are 4-0 and untested. Next week badgers will be 5-0 and untested. Also Iowa 21, Minnesota 17 Indiana 24, Northwestern 12. The midlands Colorado 27, Oklahoma state 13 no. 5 Colorado will cruise to its fifth Victory without a loss. Oklahoma state lost 25-17 to Florida state last week. Nebraska 35, Kansas state 14 no problem for no. 7 Nebraska. Missouri 17, Iowa state 14 after slow Start Missouri come Back to upset Arizona state. The Southwest Oklahoma 17, Texas 14 no. 3 and no. 4. Texas has top scoring offence in country but third ranked Oklahoma with offensive punch from Elvis Peacock and injury free Bthomas Lett should prevail. Baylor 20, sum 17 neither team challenging in Southwest conference but Baylor has just enough to Edge sum. Arizona state 21, new Mexico 13 Arizona state com ing off Tough loss to Missouri but never have much trouble with new Mexico. Also r cel4, tcu3. The Rockies Brigham Young 35, Oregon state 27 lots of offence especially by by s a a Gifford Nielsen Texas tech 24, Arizona 10 Texas tech beat North Carolina last week after big loss to Texas am. Arizona coming off loss to Wyoming. Wyoming 30, Utah 7 Utah no resistance and Wyo Ming Defeated Arizona tast week. The far West California 28, Washington state 24 Charles Young following in tradition of Good California quarterbacks has led surprising Golden bears to 4-0 record and no. 10 spot. Faces Strong Challenge at Washington state which has own a a strength in Jack Thompson. Stanford 19, Urcla is no line on this game because of injuries but Stanford should Triumph at Home