European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday. May 3.1988 Phil Parsons wins Winston 500 by Mike ii Arris Talladega Ala. A Phil Parsons has Al ways been fasl Bui in 110 races he d never been Able to per any Speed into a Victory. Then he discovered Luck. Parsons was nearly lapped Early in sunday s Winston 500 when his car ran out of Gas. He would have lost thai Lap Loo had he and his Crew not made a daring derision hat ultimately paid Oil in his first Victory in six seasons on the Stock car circuit. Ail the Oiler Guys filled for Gas on the Lap 14 caution flog Ami we did to said Parsons a naive of Detroit who lives at Denver . We a Etc leading the race and just got past the pit Road Entrance before we real cd everybody was going in. We really were caught  on Lap 48, Parsons suddenly slowed in turn one and had to coast nearly All the Way around the 2.66-mile, High ranked Oval. We really took n Gamble Al that Point Parsons said. We Only put in one can or fuel to iry to mini Mise the amount of Lime we spent on the pit Road. It worked out real  Parsons barely got Back onto inc track ahead or Ken Schrader the Leader at the Lime. With Parsons Mill accelerating Schrader appeared poised la pass him on the Backstretch. Bui Schrader got too close before pulling out and tagged the rear of Parsons Oldsmobile Cutlass supreme. Schrader spun four times and nearly put me in inc  Parsons said. Bui we got a yellow caution nag and eel to go in and fill up on fuel and we did t lose thai  Given that reprieve Parsons resorted to Speed to make up the deficit. He Gol Pas Geoff boding with 15 laps remaining to take me Lead then held off Bobby Allison by .21 seconds at the finish. I love this race track because i love to go fast and this is the fastest of the fast said the 10-year-old Parsons younger brother of former Winston cup driving Champion Benny Parsons. Much of the ibs Lap 500-Mik race was a Duel be tween Parsons who led 59 laps and Bodine. The Leader for 99 laps. The two hooked up in the last few Green Flag periods to pull away from the rest of the 41-ear Field building margins of nearly 11 seconds. Caution flags kept them from turning it Insp a com Pacle rout. In tart it was the last of seven caution nags this just nine laps from the end that allowed Allison to get Enid the thick of inc Battle and eventually beat Bodine to the wire. Referring to the last yellow Flag brought Oul by Ricky Rudd s blown engine. Parsons said i really hated it because i fell Geoff and 1 were inc two Best cars in the race and it should have been decided by in can  Bodine who settled for third said i could t do anything with Phil. He was awfully Strong Parsons who averaged is6.s47 Mph picked up 186,850 from he total purse of $ s57.89j. Terry Labonte was fourth followed by Schrader Sterling Marlin and Bill Elliott. Strange bears Norman on third Hole of playoff Independent insurance areal playoff of Curtis strange icel and Greg Norman. The Woodlands. Texas a Curtis strange saw his Batik account get bigger and his new boat longer with his Victory in the s700.0qo Independent insurance agent open. That boat i am going to buy later this summer just grew by about 10 feel today strange said sunday after Mak ing a 25-Fboi Birdie putt on inc third playoff Hole to beat Greg Norman and win the. Tournament for the third Lime All in playoffs. So Range. Who won si26,000 to More than double his i a tour earnings this year started the Day tied for the Lead with Norman but said he knew ii would t be an easy Victory. "1 fell like 1 beat the Best player in the world he said. You have to be at the top of your game to beat him and i knew 1 had to shoot a Good round strange and Norman each shot a final round 5-Undcr-Nar 67 and went into inc playoff with 270 totals for 72 holes. Strange forced the playoff and won inc tourney on the Par-4,445-Yard i both Hole. Trailing Norman by one shot coming up to the 72nd Hole. Strange hit a 3-Iron 192 Yards to within four feet of the cup and Sank it to drop 18 under Par it was Prelly Damn Good was t  strange said. It really flew i bad a i ill Breeze in my face. It came off pretty much the Way i pictured  Afler both purred the first iwo playoff holes strange nil his approach shot 18 1 Yards to the 18th Green which has water on three sides. That put him is feel from his first Victory this year and he look advantage of it. The last thing 1 thought was i did it before and 1 can do in again " strange said of his final putt i got a Good read off of Greg s  strange won the 1980 tournament in a playoff Wilh Lee Trevino and beat Calvin Puccle for the i9b6 title on the third play off Hole also no. Is. In 1186, i was the Guy coming from  strange said. I was three or four shot Back and there was no realistic Way i d figure to  strange went into sunday s final round confident he could win. Today i was there All the Way he said. "1 fell if 1 did what i m supposed to do i have a Chance to win.  Norman who has won four tournaments this year including one on the pea tour said he could t complain about his round. Tom Kile was in Contention for the Lilc until he bogeyed no. 14 to fall Oul of ii three Way tie for the Lead with Norman and strange. He finished with a final round 68 fora 27 2 total. Moody Crampton win legends playoff Austin. Texas a Orville Moody wielding his elongated Putter like a Broom swept in the ones he and Bruce Crampton had to have in their six Hole sudden death playoff Victory in the legends of Golf. It was just our time to win 1 guess said the Man called of Sare by his contemporaries. It looked like we were going to lose a couple of times bul we pulled it  and ii was Moody s Peculiar Putter 50 inches Long which he anchors with the icel hand and pushes with the right that got inc Job done on sunday. He and cram Lon had to make a Bir die 4 on the final Hole of regulation to gel into the playoff with Lou Graham and Tommy Aaron. Moody made it from about four feel pcs pile what he colled being awful Ner  after Graham and Aaron had missed a couple of chances on the second and third playoff holes Moody made a 15 fool downhill Birdie pull from the Back fringe on the fourth extra Hole that extended the playoff. You Vegol to give Orville credit Graham said. "1 never even considered the possibility that he would make it.1 and Moody finally ended in with the 12-Footcr for a Birdie on the sixth playoff Hole As he and Crampton made a successful defense of their till in the better Ball event for senior players 50 and Over. I  Aaron said ill have to get a Long Puller Moody and Crampton combined their talents for an 8-under-Par 62 Over the final is holes of Rej Lalion pm the onion Creek club course and tied Aaron and g Raham Al 254.26 under Par. Aaron and Graham also played inc last round in 62, with Aaron s Eagle 2 on the i Mil Hole the critical shot. The teams struggled through five holes of a sudden death playoff before Moody ended in with his third Birdie in seven holes. Aaron had a Chance to prolong the tournamcn.1, but missed from about eight feet. The firs three playoff holes were halved in pars with Aaron missing Bir die putts of about six feet on the i6lh and eight feet on the 17th. On the Par-5 18th, the fourth playoff Hole Moody and Aaron each birdied. Moody with a i a food downhill putt and Aaron from about sin feel they went Hack to no. Is again and Crampton and Graham halved with iwo putt part. I had a Chance to win it on the Sec Ond playoff Hole. And t did t. The longer it went on Well anything can Hap  Aaron said. In was his 9-Iron shot from 115 Yards thai found the cup for an Eagle 2 on inc 16th Hole of regulation play that lined hit team into the playoff. And it was on that Hole again As the second playoff Hole that he again hit the pin from almost the same position in inc  time inc Ball spun of the pin and then he missed the Short Birdie putt thai gave Moody and Crampton a Sec Ond life. The Victory was Worth j120,000 to inc Crampton Moody team with Graham Aaron collecting a Tola of $65,000. A couple of foreign teams. Bob Charles of new zealand and australian Bruce Devlin and five Lime British open Champion Peter Thomson of Australia and Harold Henning of South Afri Ca missed inc playoff by a single shot at 255. Vicenza will Host memorial Day softball tourney Vicenza Italy the Vicenza military Community is looking for learns from All Over Europe to compete in its annual Setar me Morial Day softball Ivha Vional. The three Day Lour Namel set for May 28-30, is open to men s and women s teams. The entry fee is $75 and the registration deadline is May 20. Teams interested in competing in the tournament May Obi Airi More information by calling Doug Erncr or de Coughlin at Vicenza military a 634 7009 or civilian 0444-51-7009. Entry fee checks or Money or Ders should be made payable in  sos. Umer s address is Box 3168, sports office Apo 09221. A oilers May be Scal postage free by Nimg i s where the stamp would nor Mally appear on he envelope