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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, May 28, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 spinning and smoking at indy tires smoke As Danny Sullivan is March Mario Andrews Lola on Lap 120 at Hidi Livan went on to beat Andretti to the finish Mph and covered the 500 Miles in racer 5 does a 360degree spin in front of both emerged unscathed and sul line by Sullivan averaged 3 16 minutes and Sullivan Learned to Hack it driving cab by Hal Bock Indianapolis a Danny sul Winner of sundays Indianapolis 5qxk had the perfect ground for the grueling he once Hove a York that was during a lengthy stretch when he worked at a variety of after leaving the University of i decided with a Friend to to new for the Sullivan we stayed that Sullivan worked As a a a a Chic Ken Ranchi hand and a waiter As Well As driving that i did he but the cab driving hardly contributed in the Long run to his racing both have got their treacherous he i didst drive Long enough to get involved in too Many bad out of with his family during Toffi he was Ira new his folks in sent a Frank noted worldwide As a racing to look for now a professor of paediatrics at the University of found Sulli Van waiting on tables at maxwells a singles bar on new Yorks swinging East i was bumming around in new doing Odd jobs Here Andl Sullivan Saidl me made Ai Deal with he said Danny Sullivan i knew we could make it hed Send me to driving school if id go Back to the hell Call that bet in someday and ill have to go Back to As a 21st birthday Falkner paid sullivans tuition to driving school in eng land three years Sullivan began his professional driving career in he won More than 20 races in the next five years before returning to the United states with a reputation As a Road racing last season was his first full year of indy car racing in Europe on the Junior league circuit is one of the most aggressive experiences Ive come Sullivan i think that affected me i was too i didst sit Back and say ing to hold hold therell be a a pit and then we can and it was a pit Stop that he caused with a frightening spin in front of Maria Andretti that helped Sullivan get control of his car Early in the he had challenged Andretti for the Lead and As he moved past the Veteran he spun in front or Sullivan he came out of it with no Trou facing in the proper and was Able to continue i was just holding he i thought that was i just looped and i that All she but i turned around facing turn 2 and i just took Sullivan said he made his move on Andretti at that moment by i mis read radio i thought there were Only 12 laps Sullivan i didst hear right How Many laps there were to i Ive got to get ahead of Mario asked what his reaction was when he Learned of his he i was shocked the first relieved the second he As it turned much More of the race remained and Sullivan later avoided More trouble when Tom Sneva and Rich Vogler collided in a first turn two Guys hooked and were going to the Sullivan i backed1 out and went on the that of the hardest questions to decide Are you going to weave your Way through it or do wait it out a year in a similar incident at Sullivan bumped another car during the yellow Light for Patrick beards Acci Dent and was forced out of the Fin Ishing this he had Learned pulled Back and was Able to get through with just Over 50 laps left in the Sullivan moved ahead of Andretti and held the Lead the rest of the his Vic tory was the second in a Row for the Penske which won last year with Rick asked when he thought he had the race in Sullivan gave a two part an when i joined the Penske he and then in the a a Little old lady told me she had bet on me and that id better not lose he 8 soccer fans killed frying to crash playoff Mexico City a eight people died and 29 were injured Sun Day As thousands pressed through a Tunnel at the University City stadium to watch a playoff game for the mexican National soccer Champi the red Cross Fernando a red Cross said he did not know the cause of the the official news Agency said that the victims died from no Timex said1 four Ages 11 to were among the the it were Between 17 and the Highway department Rescue squad said a commotion broke out in one of the passageways leading into the according to Noti news Agency said thou Sands of people were trying to push their Way into the stadium without having old treachery not enough foiled again by mechanical trouble Indianapolis a it was Vin Tage upyt leaping out of his cockpit and attempting in frustration to fix his Bro Ken car As a fifth Indianapolis Soo Victory slipped again from his Foyt pulled into the pits on the 64th Lap of sundays race with a broken right say ing the car was too uncontrollable to just two More laps and Foyt would have reached Miles in his 28year racing career at smoke boiled from the Orange Copenh Gen Gilmore car As Foyt and his mechanics made water was poured on the the fire was extinguished and no one was a Auto club official in the pit area was quoted later As a got out of the car pushed the fuel Man out of the fuel went everywhere and it walking Back to gasoline said he knew something was going wrong after about the first 10 but i didst know we kept adjusting the and the right front just kept flopping up and i kept losing the front i  get behind i really  with one Wing gone you just cant drive the race i was using All the race track i could get to keep from hitting the who can be fiesta when his car has was asked by a television reporter How he you cant say it on he appeared remarkably Calm despite his Early even stopping in route to the garages to sign a photo for a it was the fourth time in his last six Indi Anapolis races that Foyt has been sidelined by a mechanical in a shift link broke on the 24th and the year before he had transmission a broken valve sent him to the pits in Foyt finished sixth in 1984 and13th in at has said he probably will race Only two More he said sunday he would be Back at Indianapolis in at least i think he before the a track announcer pointed out a sign placed on the rear of fonts possibly by a Crew member old age and treachery will overcome youth and Nakajima pulls ahead for Victory in Japan race Japan a Satoru a Kafir driving a March 8sj won the 112mile second leg of the five race All Japan f2 series 28 seconds ahead of fellow japanese Masajiro Nakajima pulled ahead of brazils Roberto Moreno into second place on the first Lap and then seized the Lead from Britain Kenneth Acheson on the fifth  
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