European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 31, 1998 the stars and stripes fags 23commentary yellow is Rick moors favorite color kick Mars won his third indy 500. Tailing Brough America s most celebrated Aulo race on a a of yellow caution lights that flickered All Day Long from inc Siart of the rate to m finish. Thi yellows lashed a record i Tinct on sunday warning Drivers of everything from an Accident on the Asphalt to debris on the track to the Demist or an unfortunate Rubil who made inc mistake of wandering in Ike paid of Al unset s racing Machini. There ctr cig i crashes the garlics taking three Drivers Tony Bicic Hausen. Scud Bray Ion and Kobe to c Izier Rorn out of Itic rate in the Var first Lap. We re supposed in he  in Hen  moaned. We re driving a so soil race tar and we did i make it through she a Vond Luni i m not  la Only Pel worst. Thai Early crash tuned a run of 107 i nulls. Seconds during which driven envied like old Oval Ai reduced speeds because of i Lii fever. Thai s just Short of two hours in a fare Hal look .1 hours 27 in inulin. I  seconds la com plete. They started this race under yellow and Fin  ii under yellow. The. Camion Light lashed so frequently that it even left Sac officials min log. During the rare they Cliar cd Elmerson Filli Paldi with passing another car under yeah jew and imposed a one Lap Penally for Hie indiscretion. To lion he 1 changed i hair minds rewinding the Penally then they changed i hair minds again making ii a 1%-o-Lap penalty just to show they really meant Busi Ness. And finally they reversed Ihram solves one More amt wailing until three hours after Hie rate to move Filli Paldi from seventh to second Plai f am making tins race much closer in the record Hook a margin of 7.q7ri seconds than it seemed an the track. Did winning under yellow bother cars it s just part of the Deal part of the program he said Rutizer of fac Liy As far As i m concerned we won the race. Don t think the yellows made a  indeed  did because Mears used them wisely. When he fell a Lap behind inc leaders the yellows bundled the comic Lipinn keeping him in the Hunt and allowing pit Stop puttering to adjust a Balky racing machine. On the Early laps. Cars could not eel his Slick i cons acc i c-17 to run smoothly. The car just went  he Saivii. It would t ran fast enough  Wal Irir. Taking his first win this season claimed the Lead in Isa s Uin aest race on Lap we. Passing Hectl Hod inc sonic of his  is began Liea Dinu for the piss in the final 30 laps. Then on Lap 3k7, coir Lioci ins s Chevrolet rolled to a Slop tin Hie apron in the fourth turn bringing out the record tying  caution Flag of the 400-Lap rare. When the Gran Flag Cam  on Lap j9i. Waltrip beat Wallace to the Start finish line wish Alan Kulwicki Andl Relt Clodine giving Chase. Wall rip opened up a wide Lead Over Wallace for seven of the last nine. Laps. Wallace closed the Gap near the finish and tried to drive inside of the Leader at the end. Only to finish two car lengths Bohmil at the Check Creel lag. That brought an end to a five hour race which turned Inlo a Battle of attrition under Llic Clear Silks in Central North Carolina. He s one of the Guys that run hard Loday. He got laps Down a Linn or i to and was fortunate enough to but pm Back the 41-y car ill Waltrip said. " we had an engine in Hal car. I i d been a relay touch for of Rusty to pull it out and pass me. Tit it s been so Lone since i be won a race t almost forgot  Kulwicki was third hoi Linc was fourth and pole sit Ler Darcy Allison was fifth. Wall rip won his previous three Cwa Cula races in 1978, 7 and k5. David Carwin. Kuddy Baker and Bobby Allison Are Ihrcke Simc winners of the Rota cola Hicl Wilson who Mario 10th by was in 1 11 Nicaj and charging Luward the first Vii Lory of his career blew a tire in the backs Reich on Lap 3 5, bounced off the outside Wall and caught fire bringing out inc cite Liun hag for 10 laps Wilson was not injured. It would have been about like Rusty he it would have Hcan somebody there to to onion a  Wahne said. But 1 think we could have handled everybody fire. J Iod the fiut 5 All Day Jong i Gol the car to do it with. If you get me in the Lead. Iii hold on to it " that turned the race into a 40-Lap dash to the Check ered Flag before a Elloul crowd of More than 170,000 and added to inc seemingly endless shuffling of leaders. There were 4j Lead changes among in Drivers lying another Lascar record for most Drivers holding the Lead. Lascar s longest race took its Lull from the first n Flag As temperatures soared to near 111 degrees Wear blamed on heal contributed to several Acci deals and Many of the Pil stops As Crews whose ear were still in inc race tried to secure tires from those teams whose cars had been taken out of Competition. Wall rip Hui chanced tires three times by inc Iii Lap because of thai. Waltrip and his Crew chose to run a conservative Pace until the final 4u laps "1 Lold Pijie boys when Ali arc wort 40 laps to go la s show Lime. We can t hold Hack no More la s time to race the 1 Ranklin Tenn. Native said. Most of the cars running is in end looked More like survivors from a demolition Derby. Some were missing Ftp Arlor jew nov to hrs had Hern lenders i omis Leader Dale Harn Harriit had a cracked Windshield but Hal was the least of his problems for the second straight Liny Earnhardt nudged Geoff Hodzic and sent his car into a spin in Lap i. Lascar officials penalized Hanhardt five laps for his conduct and he was never in Contention. I Felt Lite Hal was  said Fiarn Hardi who was ice cd by a resounding chorus of hubs when he was introduced prior to the race. Five laps was More than they Ever gave out before. If you look at inc lanes you la Sec i Ision t try to wreck  iodine returned 1o the track 69 laps behind with his Hood and front panels missing. In saturday s 300-mile race Earnhardt nudged Hod. Ine sending him Inlo a spin and putting him out of Content Ion for Hal championship two Drivers were transported to a Hospital after their cars wrecked and 63-year-old Elud Moon Crew chief for Offu Undine s car also went id the Hospital Afler Bodine hit him attempting to Brake during a Pitslos. Moon suffered ,1 broken Rij lit org Ami Tud it pm