European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday february 15, 1886 Elliott Earnhardt win qualifying races Daytona Beach Fla a Bill Elli Oll played cat and mouse and Dale Earnhardt took charge curly As they drove to victories thursday in the 7-Elevcn twin125-mile qualifying races for the Daytona 500. The two races determined positions three through 30 i sunday s is .4 million Lascar Stock car race. Elliott who led Only the first tap and last Lap in the opener roomed Oast Bobby Allison on the Backstretch of the last Lap then used an unintentional Block by Allison soon Darcy to solidify his Lead. Elliott who already had locked up the pole for the 500-Miler with last monday s 205.039 Mph Lap in time trials Laid Back As far As fifth place before moving his for thunderbird up on the rear bumper of Bobby Allison s Buick Lesa re on the 43rd of 50 the final trip around the 2.5-mile Tri Oval at Daytona International Speedway Elliott dropped Low on the banking coming off the second turned pulled alongside Bobby Allison on the Backstretch and raced past on thelow Side before going into the third turn. After getting past the elder Allison the defending Day Tona 500 Champion stayed Low into the turn going past 23 year old Davey Allison and effectively picking off Bobby Allison to keep him from getting Back alongside. He won by about two car Elliott and the senior Allison in the opener were Terry Labonte Kyle Petty Styrlin Marla and seven time Daytona 500 Winner Richard Petty. In the second race Geoff boding who got the outside starting spot in sunday s race with his 204.545 Mph Lap on monday swapped the lop spot with buddy Baker an Earnhardt in the Early going. But Earnhardt took control on Lap 40. He led the rest of the , whose Chevrolet Monte Carlo is beat Elliott s Ford in the Busch clash last sunday easily held off Odin on the last Lap of their 125-Milcr. Bodine s Monte Carlo finished second. He was followed by defending Winston cup Champion Darrell Waltrip Morgan Shepherd Rusty Wallace and Dave Yarborough who crashed his primary car in prac Tice on tuesday started from the Back of the 3l-car Fieldin the second race with Bis backup Ford. After sustaining some rear end damage in a first tap me dec that brought out the first of two caution flags in the race Yarborough was Able to dash through the Field and finish cant who ran second to Earnhardt late in the race fell Back to eighth after his Windshield became Cov ered with Oil hampering his vision. The top 14 finishers in each qualifier excluding Elliott and Bodine earned Starling spots in sunday s race so . Foyl the four time Indianapolis 500 Winne Tana Winner of the 1972 Daytona 500. Earned a starting spot sunday As he finished 1 he in the first race. There were 11 Lead changes among four driven in the Quick opener. Labonte and Neil Bonnett who wound , took turns in the top spot Early then Allison Loubonta battled for several averaged 153.636 Mph in the race marred by s three caution flags for a total of 12 laps. Earnhardt it hinged 153.270.f. Each race paid is 10,000, with the winners collectinjjp$22,000. Ken Ragan crashed in the second turn in the first Rae. He was taken to Halifax general Hospital in Dayton Jim Beach for precautionary a rays of his Back which injured in a crash a year ago at Talladega Richmond who slammed into the fourth Wall in the second race limped to the ambulance a he too was taken to Halifax for a rays and observation.?the final 10 spots in the 40-car lineup for the 500-Muerj will be determined on the basis of qualifying laps during time trials monday through wednesday. Wuerzburg from Pago 25 the first Quarter had elapsed it was were Burg by ii 16-15. The stallions got Back within six two times Early in second half but shall and White s 15-foot jumper Steve Hutchinson two handed Dunk another Long shot by White and hut Ninion s 3-Point play killed any comeback aspirations Hutchinson paced the wolves with 18points, three of hit eight baskets coming on crowd pleasing dunks. Mike Lusk scored 15and turned in a super floor game that produced five steals and seven assists. Webb wound tip leading the stallion with 13 Points Rob Williams added a dozen and Danny Middleton finished with10. In Friday s boys losers bracket games Billburg 43, Wiesbaden 41 Gary Samf tied the count on a 12-Footerfrom the tide at 1 07 and then hit a 10 footer from in front to win it with 16 seconds left. Wiesbaden s James Kennedy had a Hance to Force an overtime but a shot at the Buzzer rolled off the rim. Stacey Dillard paced Blob org with 16points and Samf added 14. Dan Wattey i 3 paced Wiesbaden. Heidelberg 81, Stuttgart 77 Knapp scored is of his 39 Points in the fourth Quarter As the Lions outlasted the stallions in a thrilling game. Heidelberg Sall Star Center connected on 13 of 21 shots from the Field and went 13 for is from the free throw Newkirk added 16 Points forthe Heidelberg attack and Frank Rogers came through with 12. Stuttgart had Athree pronged attack of its own. Williams led the Way Jtb 23 Points Webb followed with 13 and Middleton scored 10. In girls losers bracket action Frankfurt 38, Hanau 35 Sherri Gaillard and Tanya Turne paced Frankfurt to its win with 8 Points apiece. Turner also pulled Down 14 re Bounds. Agree Cole led Hanau with 8 lost the Chance for Victor because of its inept free throw shooting. The pan then made Only 9 of 27, missing the front end of one and ones 7 times. Nuernberg 57, four Olein 49 the eagles outscored the royals 22-12in the last Quarter to pull out the Victory. Nikki Klein led the attack with 12 of he game High 27 Points in the final eight minutes. I May led Ranu Tein with 16 Point Sand Marie Thomas followed with 10. Bramble tones Down usual pre tight hoopla Reno Nev. A Livingston Bramble on his Best behaviour at a news conference thursday backed off his prediction of an eighth round knockout Over Tyrone can outbox him and i intend to said Bramble who will defend the world boxing association lightweight championship sunday in a scheduled15-round bout at the Mem grand 25-year-old Champion from the Virgin islands said if a knockout i available i la take Bramble a counter puncher has scored 14 knockouts in winning 23 fights against one loss and one draw. Crawley a pure Boxer has a 19-1 record but has scored Only six knockouts. Fora knockout the challenger from Phila Delphia said. I m always in condition to go whatever distance the fight is the betting line is 6-5, pick when he was addressing the Media or answering questions thursday Bramble Tat quietly at the news Confer ence his 3-year-old son Chinoy seated on his news conference Jan. 30, Bramble threw a rubber Chicken at Crawley. There was a Rumor that Brambl would throw a real Chicken thursday but the Champion was the perfect gentleman. If that s his Way to get hyped up More Power to him Crawley said of the rubber Chicken incident. I m 27 Yea sold and 1 Don t need that kind of while Crawley says Bramble has upset him the Champion noticeably upset Ray Boom Boom Mancini with his antics before their two fights. Bramble who lives at Hampton n j.,won the title when he stopped Mancini in the 14th round june i 1984, at Buffalo . In a Reno rematch feb. 16, he scored a 15-round unanimous Deci Sion Over Mancini. This will be Bramble s first action since the second Mancini fight. There have been three postponements of Bis defense against Crawley. Two were caused by hand injuries to the two fighters. The third was a result of a con tract dispute involving Bramble. Livingstone Bramble. I can outbox api Lendl moves to 3rd round in Fla. Boca Raton. Fla. A top seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia swept past South Africa s Christo Van Rensburg 6-4,6-1 in Bone chilling weather thursday night at the Upton International player championships. The temperature in South Florida dipped into the Low 50s As Lendl fought off a Chal Lenge from Van Rensburg in the first stand cruised to the Victory that sends him into the third round against Greg s Triumph capped a Day in which All but one of the seeds scheduled to play won their matches. No. 9 seed Kevin Curren was the major upset victim of the Day falling to Eddie Edwards of South Africa 6-4,6-2. The most interesting match however was the one third seeded Jimmy Connors refused to Points away from elimination at one Point Connors rallied from a 5-2 deficit inthe third set to beat Italy s Claudio Zanatta 6-7.6-3.7-6.Connors, who has t won a tournament since october 1984, turned his match around by breaking Zanatta s serve in the eighth game of the third set he won the first six Points of the decisive tiebreaker and went on to prevail 7-3.chris Evert Lloyd the women s lop seed also advanced needing Only 68 minutest oust Marie Christian Calleja of France 6-4.6-0.in addition to Lendl 13th-seeded Brad Gilbert and Canada s Carling Bassett the women s 12th seed claimed victories during the night session at Boca , Winner of last week s . National indoor championships in Memphis Defeated Ronald Agenor of Haiti 6-2, 7-5. Bassett lost the first set to Sweden s Mon Ica Lundqvist but bounced Back to win the next two 6-1,6-1.kathleen Horvath eliminated Australia s Janine Thompson 7-5,7-5 in another night match. Sweden s Mau Wilander seeded second was also a Winner beating Broderick Dyke of Australia 6-4,6-2 to set up a third round rematch with Mike Leach. Leach eliminated Wilander from the two week grand skim size tournament a year ago. While Evert Lloyd bad Little trouble wit Calleja Connors struggled throughout his match with Zanatta who was rallied from a 5-1 deficit in the first set to take a 6-5 Lead. Zanatta tiered to Force a tiebreaker which the f won 7-4.trailing 5-2 in the the third set i. Refused to give up. He attacked and Iback while Zanatta tried to hold of. A i played a Good game for 5-3," said. I think he Zanatta Washe d try to serve it out Evert Lloyd whose husband John second round match to Thierry Tui a France 7-5,6-3. Was not particularly Taher match with Calleja. She said the i courts were slower than she is a and that patience will be a key to the duration of the tournament there Are no easy Points Here. You by have to said Evert Lloyd the first set i was trying to a bearings. By the second set t was comfortable she added. In the women s bracket Gabriela Sabatoni of Argentina nil Linda Cordwell 6-3,7-6 7-s no. Rinaldi whipped Catherine to France 6-3, 6-3 and Bulgaria s downed Marcella Mesker or Netherlands 6-7 1-7. 6-1,6-1
