European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday february 18,1989 Schroder Labonte Lead qualifying Daytona Beach Fla. A Ken Schrader and Terry Labonte were the winners thursday in a pair of very Dif Ferent 125-mile qualifying races for Sun Day s Daytona 500. Schrader was Able to escape a chaotic 18-car tangle in the opener leading 42 of 50 laps while Labonte won a strategic game of fuel management and set a Speed record in the second race. Labonte whose team switched from Chevrolet to Ford this season took the Lead with six laps left in his qualifier when leaders Dale Earnhardt and Geoff Bodine pitied hurriedly for a splash of Gas. Labonte s Junior Johnson prepared thunderbird stayed on the track. The last couple of laps the fuel pres sure started falling off Labonte said. The engine started missing coming of turn four for the checker Flag. I was out of Gas at the finish line. You could do that at the end of the race but not during the running of the race because anytime you run that Low on Gas you take a Chance of burning  Sterling Marlin who also stayed off pit Road ran out of Gas just a bit earlier than Labonte and coasted across the Fin ish line a Distant 9.21 seconds behind the Winner. There were no caution flags in the Sec Ond race and Labonte s average Speed of 189.554 Mph broke the qualifying race record of 183.295 set in 1970 by Cale Yarborough. We really ran Good from the Start and i think we re going to be awfully Good on sunday Labonte said. Earnhardt wound up third and Bodine fourth followed by Harry Gant Larry Pearson Davey Allison and pole starter Darrell Waltrip. Schrader led from Lap 22 to the end beating Morgan Shepherd to the finish line by about two tenths of a second. That s the same engine we be been using right along Schrader said. I m Gonna try to talk them into keeping it in the car for sunday. It s a pretty Good  Schrader s average Speed of 147.203 Mph was held Down by two caution Peri ods for seven laps and a red Flag after the big Accident. Mark Martin was third in the opener right behind Shepherd followed by Phil Parsons Alan Kulwicki and Rick Mast. The 125-milers determined positions three through 30 for sunday s $1.7 Mil lion Daytona 500. Schrader and Waltrip already had clinched the front Row starting spots in the opening round of qualifying feb. 11. The rest of the 42-car Field was filled in by qualifying laps prior to thursday and car owner Points from last season. The first of two incidents in the opener came on Lap 12 when Greg sacks hit the Wall Between turns one and two after blowing a tire. His car burst into flames that billowed from underneath until sacks was Able to drive the car to the infield grass in turn two. The Driver was not injured. The Green Flag waved again on Lap 17 and As the leaders drove toward the Fin ish line Lake Speed and Rick Wilson bumped together. Speed wiggled then turned sideways in front of almost the whole Field. A wild Melee ensued involving 18 of of the 30 starters including Rusty Wallace Parsons Neil Bonnett Ricky Rudd Kyle Petty Dave Marcis Derike Cope Phil lip Duffie Jim Sauter Randy Lajoie Eddie Bierschwale . Mcduffie f Mickey Gibbs Connie Saylor Ronnie Sanders and Mark Gibson. Several hit the Wall or other cars and most spun into the infield grass near turn one but no injuries were reported. Par sons Mcduffie Marcis Saylor Lajoie Sanders and Gibson were Able to continue after repairs leaving 17 cars running. The race was stopped for 18 minutes and 20 seconds while the damaged cars and debris were cleared from the track. Schrader who will Start from the pole in the 500 for the second straight year previously won a qualifying race Here in 1987. It was Labonte s first qualifying race Victory. College from Page 21 second half and Pete Chilcutt s Layup with 1 20 left gave the tar heels their biggest Lead at 97-61. Rick Fox scored 17 Points for North Carolina Kevin Madden had 15, Denny had a career High 13 and Rice scored 10. . Reid scored nine Points be fore he fouled out ending a Streak of 37  regular season games in which he had scored at least 10 Points. Boyd scored a career High 24 Points on eight of 11 shots from 3-Point Range. Chris King scored 14 Points and Ralph Kitley had 13 for Wake Forest. No. 14 West Virginia 88, Massachusetts 55 Morgantown . Herbie Brooks and Tracy Shelton each scored 14 Points to Lead no. 14 West Virginia past Massachusetts extending the nation s longest winning Streak to 20 games. Darryl Prue had 13 Points and Chris Brooks added 11 for the mountaineers who Are 21-2 Overall and improved their Atlantic 10 record to a league leading 14-0. Massachusetts dropped to 9-14 and 4-10 As West Virginia won its 11th in a Row Over the minutemen. Massachusetts Jim Mccoy led All scorers with 23 Points and John tale added 10. No. 18 Nevada Las vegas 95, san Jose St. 66 san Jose Calif. David Butler scored 20 Points and Barry Young added a career High 19 As no. 18 Nevada Las vegas overcame a sluggish Start to rout san Jose state the spartans 12th straight loss. The Runnin rebels used a 16-2 burst late in the first half to break open a close game and improve to 17-6 Overall and 11-2 atop the big West conference. James Jones contributed a career High 16 Points an seven rebounds. Last place san Jose playing its seventh game since 10 players quit the team Jan. 18, got a career High 23 Points and 12 rebounds from walk on Johnny John son. The spartans fell to 5-18 and 1-13 and Are two defeats away from tying the school record. No. 13 Michigan 84, Purdue 70ann Arbor Mich. Michigan coach Bill Fried or was afraid the no. 13 wolverines were going to get caught in the dog Days of the big ten basketball season and they almost  Glen Rice and Rumeal Robinson playing de spite illness and injury pulled the wolverines through to an 84-70 win Over Purdue to keep their slim Confer ence title Hopes , playing with a mild Case of bronchitis scored 15 of his 21 Points in the second half and Robinson playing with a partially torn ligament in his right thumb scored 13 of his 19 in the second half to break open what had been a close game. We be had a lot of health and injury problems Frieder said. We really struggled. That s probably be cause we had half a dozen kids out sick All week and did t have Good practices. You play like you practice As a  Kip Jones came off the Bench to score a career High 25 Points for the boilermakers surpassing his previous Best of 21 against Wichita state in 1987. Kip came to play Purdue coach Gene Kead said. Kip believes we can win and i wish More of our people would get that  win lifted Michigan to 19-5 and 7-4 in the big Michigan state s Todd Wolfe. Drives against Illinois Lowell Hamilton ten. Purdue slipped to 10-14 and 3-8. The wolverines who led 33-32 at halftime started the second half with Robinson scoring four Points in a 7-0 spurt. No. 2 Arizona 93, Southern Cal 70tucson, Ariz. Anthony Cook scored a career High 31 Points and no. 2 Arizona beat Southern Cali fornia handing the trojans their 12th straight loss. Arizona 19-3, went to 13-1 in the Pacific-10 con Ference and a two game Lead Over Urcla which was upset by Arizona state 93-86.cook scored 15 Points in the first half and another 10 in the first 7 54 of the second half including three slam dunks. He also had 12 rebounds. Sean Elliott scored 11 for the wildcats and Ken Lofton had 10. Arizona led by 22 Points with 9 05 left and the Clos est Southern Cal came the rest of the Way was 75-60 with 5 23 left on two foul shots by Chris Moore. He Lethe trojans 7-17, with 21 Points and Ronnie Coleman added 19.the wildcats scored the game s first five Points and were ahead 17-8 when Matt Othick converted on a 3-Point play. After Southern Cal came within 28-24, Arizona out scored the trojans 11-4 the last 5 36 of the half including 3-pointers from Elliott and Matt Muehlebach. Aba from Page 21 Dan scored six straight Points and Pippen added a pair of free throws to pull the bulls to 88-84. After a 12-2 run to Start the third Quarter pushed the bulls ahead 57-55, Milwaukee had a 10-2 spurt. Cum mings held to two Points in the opening half hit six Field goals and Kri Stowiak added seven As the Bucks took an 82-74 Edge with one Quarter left. With Jordan scoring Only 11 first half Points and his teammates having trouble finding the Range the Bucks grabbed a 53-45 Lead at halftime. Sikma s 12 second Quarter Points included a pair of 3-Point Field goals. In other games thursday pistons 95, Kings 84 Sacramento Calif. Joe Dumars Vinnie Johnson and Bill Laimbeer each scored 20 Points to help Detroit extend its winning Streak to seven games with a Victory Over Sacramento. Dennis Rodman led Detroit with 15 rebounds while Isiah Thomas had 14 assists. Sacramento was led by de Pinckney with 16 Point and Kenny Smith with 15. Lakers 110, Trail blazers 101 Portland Ore. James worthy scored 28 Points and . Green added 23 As the los Angeles lakers playing without magic Johnson beat Portland. Los Angeles hit its first 29 free throws bolting to an Early Lead and turning Back a series of second Hal Trail Blazer rallies. They did it with a dominant front court in the absence of their Star guard Johnson missed his second straight game because of a partially torn hamstring. The lakers starting front line outscored Portland s counterparts 59-31. Jazz 129, celtics 114 Salt Lake City Karl Malone scored 36 Points 23 in the second half As the jazz ran away from Boston snapping the celtics four game winning Streak against Utah. The jazz led 64-48 at halftime and Malone helped Utah stay in front in the second half. John Stockton added 22 Points and 16 assists for Utah while Thurl Bailey came off the Bench to score 21. The celtics who have lost the first two games of their six game Road trip Are 21-21 without Larry Bird who s been sidelined with Bone spurs on both Heel since nov. 19. Kevin Mchale scored 26 Points and Danny ainge25 for Boston. Mavericks 93, heat 80dallas James Donaldson pulled Down 22 re Bounds while scoring 16 Points As Dallas won its firs game following the Trade of All time leading scorer Mark Aguirre Downing  was dealt to the Detroit pistons on wednes Day for Adrian Dantley. Dantley is scheduled to report to Dallas Friday afternoon. Warriors 143, clippers 138, Kotlos Angeles Rookie Mitch Richmond scored 27 Points including six free throws in the final 41seconds of overtime As Golden state outlasted the los Angeles  Mullin scored 29 Points and Terry Teagle added 23 for the warriors