European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 Calcavecchia wins by shot los Angeles open Winner Mark Calcavecchia does a Victory dance on the 18th Hole. By Bob Green los Angeles a there were no Miracle shots from the Sand this time not even the thought of one and Mark Calca Vecchia held on to beat Sandy Lyle by a stroke sunday in the los Angeles open. Calcavecchia looked up with an express Ion of mild Surprise when asked if his comeback Victory promoted any memories of his loss to Lyle s magnificent shot from a Fairway Bunker in the 1988 masters. It never even crossed my mind Cal Cavecchia said. Sandy s a great Guy a great player. How can you be mad at a Guy who hits one of the great shots in history and then makes Birdie 9n top of it there was no revenge Factor involved. I was just trying to win the Golf tournament. It was t important to me that i beat Sandy. It did t matter whether he was second or third or 50th. I was trying to beat  Calcavecchia who won his second tournament of the season finished with a 272 total 12-under Par on the Riviera country club course that was still Sod Den from the Rains that disrupted play Friday and saturday. I was just trying to win Calcavecchia said. It s amazing. I did t know had it in  Calcavecchia who won by seven shots in Phoenix two weeks ago won for the fifth time of his pea tour career. He won $180,000 from the $1 million purse and took Over the year s earnings Lead at$358,952. Lyle who had a two shot Lead after the delayed conclusion of the third round shot a Par 71 Over the final 18 holes an finished one stroke Back at 273. Hale Irwin who had a share of the Lead when play was halted by darkness saturday rebounded from a couple of double bogeys and was third at 274 after shooting a final round 68. Steve Pate who chipped in for Birdie on the final Hole tied for fourth at 276 with Gene Sauers and Phil Blackmar. Pate shot a closing 70 and Blackmar a 69. Fred couples was next at 277 after shooting a 71 on sunday. Calcavecchia Lyle Irwin and couples All were tied for the Lead at darkness sat urday. At that Point Calcavecchia Lyle and Irwin had played nine holes of the third round couples 11. They came Back at Daylight sunday to Complete third round play and Lyle took a two shot Lead with a 33 Over the Back nine. He finished 54 holes at 202, with Calcavecchia at 204. Irwin who shot a double bogey on the 18th Hole was at 206. After a break of a Little Over an hour the fourth round began and Irwin appeared to take himself out of it almost immediately. Lyle hit his second shot to within six feet of the Flag on the first Hole and made the putt for Eagle 3. On the second Irwin drove into Trou ble dumped his third into a Bunker took five to reach the Green and one putted for a double bogey. Suddenly he was seven shots Back. Calcavecchia birdied the first made eight consecutive pars and was two be Hind when they made the turn. He dropped a 20-footer on the 11th to Cut the margin to one and Drew even with a Chip in Birdie from about 25 feet on the no. 12 after missing the Green. Two holes later Lyle missed the 14th Green bogeyed and Calcavecchia was ahead. At the same time the 43-year-old Irwin was making a move. He birdied five of seven holes immediately after the turn including three in a Row beginning on the 14th. That pulled him to within one of Cal Cavecchia but his last Chance disappeared when he missed the Green on the 18th. Lyle drove into a eucalyptus Grove on the Par-5 17th and had no real Chance of making the Birdie he needed to catch up. When he too missed the Green on no. 18, Calcavecchia needed Only to two Pul for Par. Porsche takes Daytona 24 hours by Mike Harris. Daytona Beach Fla. A porsche regained its hold on the Daytona 24 hours sunday As Derek Bell of Britain Bob Wollek of France and american John Andretti won the closest finish in the 22-year history of the race. The porsche 962 prototype a Model no longer being produced by the German factory has now won four of the last five 24-hour events on Daytona s 3.56-Mileroad circuit. The winners outlasting and outrunning state of the Art Jaguar and Nissan prototypes gave porsche its 12th Daytona 24 hours Victory in 13 years. A Jaguar xjr-9 broke porsche s string last year and an xjr-9, co driven by Price Cobb John Nielsen of Denmark Andy Wallace of Britain and Jan Lammers of the Netherlands battled for the Lead through Thelina four hours. Several times the British built car crept within sight of the porsche. But each time an Exchange of scheduled pit stops left the challenger farther Back. Wollek drove the final two hours in the 962, Cross ing the finish line 1 minute 26.665 seconds ahead of Lammers in the second place car. The winners completed 621 laps and covered 2,210.76 Miles. The winning car averaged 92.009 Mph. This finish was More than 20 seconds closer than the previous closest in 1986 when a 962 driven by Bell the late Al Holbert and Al Unser or. Nipped the porsche of . Foyt Danny Sullivan and Arie Luyen Dyk of the Netherlands by 1 49.150. Wollek made an 8-second pit Stop for a splash Ojuel just four minutes from the end making the finish appear somewhat closer than it really was. The total laps and Miles were nowhere near race records because the event was stopped for nearly four hours in the Early morning because of a dense fog that rolled in off the nearby Atlantic Ocean. It was the third Victory in America s most prestigious endurance event for both Bell 47, and Wollek 45. Andretti 25, the Nephew of Mario Andretti won the twice around the clock event for the first time. The three will share about $69,500. The 962 Model picked up its 50th Simsa Victory since being introduced Here in 1984. It was the 17th porsche Victory in the 24-hour event. No other manufacturer has won the race More than once. The Nissan Ftp Zyx of Geoff Brabham of Australia Luyendyk and Chip Robinson succumbed to mechanical problems in the 20th hour after leading for most of the previous 11 hours including the fog bound hiatus. After the Nissan fell Back the Jaguar inherited the Lead briefly. But the porsche with Wollek at the wheel m9ved into the Lead during the 19th hour As the Jaguar briefly experienced overheating problems. The Battle remained close to the end. The fog Bank rolled in during the Early minutes of sunday morning forcing Simsa officials to red Flag the Field after 10 hours and 11 minutes of racing. The halt came at 1 50 . Est with Brabham the defending Camel it Champion leading by one Layover the Jaguar. After racing resumed at 5 46 ., the Nissan be came locked in a Battle for the top spot with the porsche and the Jaguar. Eighteen hours into the race All three cars were on the same Lap with the Nissan leading by about 40 seconds. However the Nissan pitted with a dropped valve at 10 17 ., then was retired after a related engine fail ure about one hour later. I be got mixed emotions really Brabham said of Nissan s showing in its first 24-hour event. I think it s disappointing to get so close after getting so far. On theother hand we scared a lot of  the race clock continued during the red Flag period with the event ending after 24 hours despite the stoppage. During the worst period of fog visibility was reduced to less than 100 feet. Under Simsa rules no repairs or adjustments were allowed on the cars during the halt in the action Leav ing frustrated crewmen and Drivers with nothing to doubt wait it out. The last time the endurance classic was red flagged was in 1983 when a torrential rain during the night halted action for 43 minutes. Lammers started in a second Jaguar along with Davy Jones and brazilian Raul Boesel. That car led several times before the engine blew with Jones behind the wheel at 12 45 . That was the Jaguar which won the 1988 race with Boesel Nielsen and Martin Brundle of Britain sharing driving duties in the team s Daytona debut. Sunday s winning car finished second a year ago with Wollek Britain s Brian Redman and Mauro Bald iof Italy sharing the cockpit. Baldi was injured saturday in the Only serious Acci Dent of this race when his porsche had an apparent Brake or steering failure and crashed at the hairpin turn in the infield portion of the circuit. He fractured his right ankle and the Bone just above the ankle Aswell As sustaining a concussion. Finishing fourth sunday was the 962 of Walter Brun of Switzerland Hans stuck of West Germany Oscar Larrauri of Argentina and Doc Bundy followed by a porsche shared by Klaus Ludwig of West Germany James Weaver of Britain and Sarel Van Der Merwe of South Africa. The Mazda 767b prototype of Yoshimi Katayama and Takashi Yurino both of Japan and Elliott Forbes Robinson making its Daytona debut was fifth. Only 26 of the 68 starters were running at the end