European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 7, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 Brabham Robinson win Miami up Miami a Geoff Brabham and Chip Robinson combined to win the Miami grand f Rii three hour sports car race sunday in their favored Nissan prototype. But Brabham the defending Simsa Camel it Champion and 1987 Miami Winner and Robinson a former series Champ did nol come away with their first Victory of the season without a Battle. John Nielsen of Denmark and de fending Miami Champion Price Cobb. Driving a Jaguar xjr-9. Finished Sec Ond 7.799 seconds behind the Nissan. A porsche 962 driven by Bob Walkk of France started next to she pole win Ning Nissan in the from Row of the-25 car Field and stayed on the same Lap As Brabham through the first hour. A crash by Jan Lammers of the Netherlands in a Jaguar xjr-9 brought out a full course caution Flag at the end of the first 60 minutes and allowed the leaders to make their scheduled pit slops in a More leisurely fashion. Robinson got into the Nissan but Woll Csc who teamed with John Andrulli stayed in the porsche. When the Green Flag waved again Vollick quickly caught Robinson and moved into the Lead on Lap 53. Wollock pulled away to leads of up to 13 seconds before making his scheduled pit Stop three minutes into the final hour on Lap 86.the Frenchman who teamed with John Andretti and Derek Bell of Britain to win the 24-hours of Daylong last month decided to remain in the car. But the engine stalled cutting off Power to his Cool suit and overheating Wollock. He made one Lap before returning to the pits. By that time and Ritli had gone to put away his Cool suit by the time he got into the porsche in had lost three laps and left Brabham and the Nissan in command. The Pontiac firebird of Jeff Kline and Costas los of Greece was third a Lap behind on the 1.87-Milc, a turn temporary circuit that winds through waterfront Bicentennial Park and along a portion of Biscayne Boulevard. A Toyota croup c entry shared by Drake Olson and Chris Cord was three laps behind the winning tar followed by the porsche of Wollock and Andrulli to More laps Down. There were two other hard crashes in the race. Italian Driver Massimo Sigala spun his porsche into a Concrete Barrier 10 minutes Imp the race. Tom Shelton who teamed with Bell in a porsche hit the Wall hard about 30 minutes from the end bringing out the third and last Ful Caulion. Nielsen who finished second Here last year to his new Leam Malc Cobb was Able to gel Back on the Lead tap by passing Brabham moments before the final caul Ion period. He was Only about 100 Yards behind when he Green Flag waved with 19 minutes remaining but quickly fell Back. Within two laps. Brabham had built the margin Back to 17.3  Buick spice driven by Rotl Schu Bol and Linda Lud Canann won the Camel lights division finishing eighth Overall. Several Drivers were bothered by Lempira Iurco in lilt mid sos and muggy conditions. But other than administer ing some oxygen and fluids track Doc tors said there were no serious prob  Shotton was limping As he was helped away from his crash hut was not believed to be seriously Lauri. No other injuries were reported. The race covered 131 laps and 244.97 Miles. The winners averaged 81.358 Mph and earned first place Money of Ghoul s55.00q it was the i Ith Simsa career Victory for Brabham and the  Robin son. " ".-. _ -. A crowd estimated at 80.000 was on hand for Thi seventh annual downtown event. Pit Crew s Speed gives Wallace Lascar event room Ogham  a Rusty Wallace May have had the fastest ear in the Field at sunday s run Ning of the s507.600 Good wrench 500 Lascar Winston cup race at North Carolina motor Speedway but Speed in the. Pits was More important than Speed on the iracle. Wallace 32, easily won a sin Lap sprint to the finish after beating three time Winston cup Champion Dale Earnhardt out of the pits on he final caution period Wallace in a Pontiac beat Alan Kulwicki by 1.3 seconds and earned $72,100. This win is for the Crew said Wallace of St. Louis who set a track qualifying record of 148.793 Mph thursday on the 1.017-mile Iri Oval. A seems we always get Down but we were real fortunate today. The Crew did a sup Job Kulwicki in a Ford passed Earnhardt s Chevrolet on the final Lap to claim second Geoff boding Mark Martin and Davey Allison finished fourth through sixth respectively and were inc Only other Drivers on the Lead Lap. Wallace led seven mines for 222-laps,.including the final 22 when his pit Crew got him oui first after two caution periods. It May have looked like l could put the car any where wanted but it really started working the last two caution flags ,.Wallace said.  tic stagger right when 1 came in on the last Stop i was just hoping i could get another Good set of tires and i  Earnhardt also finished  the season opening Daylong 500 two weeks ago and leads the Points standings Teilh 335 Points. He s five Points ahead of iodine and nine ahead of Kulwicki i had to drui.1 it to death to bring in Home said  right rear lire  air after the . A be Rig Speed of the race was i 15.122 Mph. There were 29 Lead changes among 11 Drivers and 10 caution flags totalling 65 laps.1 a Juma 500 Champion Darrell Walt rip was plagued by Mech Cal problems and had to Settle for a 29th Piai i it Nash. Defending Winston cup Champion Bill Elliott stoned he race despite a broken left wrist suffered nearly three weeks ago during Daylong 500 practice he was Relie de by Jody Ridley during the first caution period on Lap j7, Ridley quickly was lapped because of worn tires and was never a Factor he drove the car to a a the place finish. I had to use my left hand a lot More than i wanted to but the thing was i got awfully tired Elliott said i could t have gone 30 More laps. It s just a bad  the first 21 laps of the race were run under caution in Ari Effort to dry the track from morning Rains Wallace led through the 47ih Lap when Eddie Dick Schwarc s spin resulted in the first  track record 263 consecutive Green Flag laps were run Between the first and second caution periods. Cautions became the Rule rather than the exception Over the final 150 laps. Canada s Art Balleau wins by 27 seconds russian Ola Ivanova beats Oul favorite Boileau cops 2nd . Marathon los Angeles a Canadian an Boileau surged past the exhausted Gianias Shahana with less than two Miles logo sunday to win his second los Angeles Marathon beating colom Bia s Pedro Ortiz by 27seconds, do Ilcau s Lime for the 26.j-Milc race was.2 hours 13 minutes 1 second. Boileau who won the 1987.. Marathon lil  the race handed to him when the Veter an Shahana struggling severely with the Hill came  Stop Vii about i i Miles to go. Ortiz finished in.2 13 18. Ernest Ticla of Leso Tho was third in 2 14 30 and Shahana fourth in 2 15 32. In the women s Competition Zoia Ivanova of the soviet Union v to said her training had suffered because of the severe soviet Winter heal favorite Rosa Mota of Portugal the 1988 olym Pic Champion. Ivanova s Tomc As 2 34 42. Mola was limed in 2 3s 27 and Olga a Urynia also of the soviet Union was third in 1 40 25. Shahana of Tanzania look the Lead after four Miles and increased it to 75 Melon Between the eighth and ninth tiles. But he struggled through the last few Miles. His Pace on Miles 21-23 fell from 5 minutes 1 seconds to 5 26 and alien to 5 35. Just before he stopped his Pace slowed  6 minutes per mile. Boileau ran a patient race and was Able to pull himself jul position to win. His winning Lime in 1987 was a course record 2 13 08 which was Bro Ken last year by Martin Mondragon of Mexico originally from Edmonton Alec la a Soileau not lives and trains Iri Eugene Ore Shayanna won the i9s-4 los Angeles International Marathon and was second in the inaugural la Marathon in 1986. Mark Plaatje who competes without International affiliation was forced to drop Oul at 18 a Miles after developing blisters. I Taatjes. Who was third Here last year was in second place for Tiuch of the race until being passed in the i5lh mile by Orlia to came from about 60yards of the Pace. Plaatje passed Ortii after the 17-mile Mark before dropping out Plaa incs who fled South Africa in 19e5, Hopes to become a . Cilen. He lives in Chicago Hoil Cau and Ivanova each received $26,385 Cash and a luxury Sedan Worth $35,000. Should icy win their divisions in he new York cily Marathon icy would win a 1300.000 Bonus offered by Mercedes Benz