European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 21, 19b9 the stars and stripes Page 23 takes motor Craft 500 Hampton of. A Darrell Wai trip needed some help sunday to win the motor Craft too Lascar Stock car race. He got u in the form of a late caution Flag and some speedy pit work by his Crew enabling the Daylong 300 Winner to outrun Dale Earnhardt Over the last nine laps and win for the second time in three starts this season. "1 needed thai last caution to get the Best set of tires i had All Day Wall in said. Then we got a fantastic pit Slop there atthe end. That s what we had to  the three time Winston cup Champi on earned the 75th Victory of his career beating Earnhardt to the finish line by six tenths Ofa second in a Battle of Chev Rolet Monte  appeared that Earnhardt who is mired in a 12-race win less Streak was on the Way to a runaway until Geff Bodine brought out the Salh and filial caution Flag just s laps from the end at Atlanta International raceway. Bodine was running third when he blew a tire heading into Lurn four on Lap 313 and skidded sideways.  ran into boding s car and sent it spinning to the lop of the banking and into the Wall. Neither Driver was injured. Earnhardt and Wall rip pitted quickly while Lascar Rookie Dick trickle the Only other Driver on the Lead tap remained. On inc 1.5-Milc Oval and took the Lead. Wall rip barely beat Earnhardt out of the pits and that s the Way it stood when the Green Flag came Back out nine Lap from the end of the 328-Lap, 500-mile rare. I though i had him the disappointed Earnhardt said. It had been a Good race. 1 thought i beat him out of the pits but they said i did t. I d have rather been ahead of him instead of behind him. But he just had too much for me out  the two Lascar veterans sailed by trickle just past the starting line and Wall rip remained unchallenged the rest of the Way. Trickle a longtime Star on midwestern Short tracks who was substituting for the Init Rich Mike Alexander finished third followed a Lap Down by Kyle Petty and another Lap Back by Sterling Marlin. Wail rip averaged 139.864 Mph As he won $63,500 ram the total purse of 1568,847, Rusty Wallace who won the race two weeks earlier at Rockingham , from the pole dominated the first two thirds of Sun Day s race before an apparent dropped valve knocked him out of the race. Wallace last year s Winston cup runner up to Bill Elliott led the race six limes for a total of 129 of the tint 208 laps. He took the Lead for the last time on Lap 160, during a caution period and was almost five seconds ahead of Wall rip when smoke began spewing from his car on Lap 209. Wallace pitted for a Engley repairs but the team finally decided to retire inc car for the Day. Earnhardt another three time Winston cup Champion took control soon after Wallace went out. The wont Accident of inc afternoon took place As the leaders went through turn four on Lap 164 the Halfway Point and Brett Bodine running second lost control and Slid sideways in front of nearly the entire Field. By the time the Melee was Over eight cars were involved with Bodine Rick Mast and Der Rick Cope out of the race the cars of pole starter Alan Kulkki Lake Speed and Jim Sauter badly dam aged and Kyle Petty and hut Stricklin coming away with minor damage. No injuries were reported and Mast later re turned to the race after major repairs. Prior to that incident the race had been very clean and fast with Only harm less spins by Jimmy  Ernie Irvan and the stalled car of Larry Pear son bringing out caution nags. Two contenders Darcy Allison and Mark Martin went out Early with mechanical problems. Allison was out by Lap 32 and Martin who started from the outside of the front Row was running second to Wallace before he slowed and pulled into the pits on Lap 48. Former Winston cup Champion Terry Labonte also went out Early in the race with an overheating problem. Elliott recovering from a broken left wrist drove the entire race for the first time this season but lost a Lap when he spun the car on pit Road on Lap 59. He never Gol Back Inlo  Winston cup Champion Richard Petty ran with the leaders until he pitted with a tire problem on Lap 257. As his Gas Man Robert Calicut pulled inc can away from the car the automatic valve apparently remained open spilling Gas on the hot Tail pipe. There was a Ball of flame and Calicut was badly burned As Petty sped away. A track spokesman said the crewman sustained bums Over at least so percent of his body and was reported in stable but guarded condition after being flown by  Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta for examination and treatment. Petty who escaped injury drove the car Back onto pit Road and right to the garage area. ,. Another caution Flag waved on Lap 276when Ricky Rudd s engine blew in turn three. Phil Parsons car hit the Oil Slid onto the infield grass and into the inside Wall Parsons was Able to continue. There were no injuries reported among the Drivers. A crowd estimated at More than 40,000 was on hand for inc third race of the Lascar season. Garbacz posts 1st four Victory in Tucson Tucson Ariz. A Lori Garbacz Cap lured her first career Lyga title in 11 years on tour fighting off Martha Nause in route to a 4-. Stroke Victory in the $300,000 Lyga Tucson open on sunday. A Garbacz and Nausch were tied from the sixth through the Iola holes before Nause self de slur Clad Boecking four straight holes. Nancy Lopez moved past her for second  birdied the final Hole to finish at 2 under Par 70 and 14-under, 274 for the tournament to claim the $45,000 first place Check. Lopez who won this event in 1981, had a 5 under 67 to finish alone in second at 10-Undcr par278. Nause who was seeking her second career Vic tory slumped to a i Over Par 73 and finished five strokes Back lied with Jan Stephenson Jody Rosethal and Kristi Alvers. Defend ing Champion Laura Davies shot an even Par 72 and ended up seven strokes Back Al 281.this season s leading Money Winner Betsy King finished at 282.carbacz look a 4-stroke Lead after the first Nolc when she birdied and Nausch big eyed. By Garbacz missed a 6-foot, Par saving putt on Ihbe Par-3 sixth Hole to tall into a lie Lopez then birdied the 13th and i4lh holes to move into Contention. Nausch bogeyed no. Ii and the 14th through 17lh to drop out of Contention i Don t know what happened to Martha Garbacz said. She was playing Well. I thought it was going to be a two person Maich. Then i saw Nancy up there on the Kadar Board All Ofa Sud Den was  Garbacz  coasted in with pars two put Ting from 60 feel on the Par three Lith Hole it was then that i thought it was my Tournai Mcrill to win or lose Garbacik said. Lopez who beat Garbacz in a playoff two years ago was excited that her Friend since Junior Golf Days had finally won her first Lourna ment it s funny after All the times she finished second to me that i finish second to. Her when she wins her first tournament Lopez said. She s matured a lot in attitude. She s always been a Good player but she would get mad at herself and that stopped her Lopez said. Kite grabs 1 stroke Victory. A. ,. Ponte Vedra a. A it was a second consecutive Victory March for Tom Kite but it travelled to a different beat from a stronger More positive drum. This one he won. This is a lot belter than last sunday in t it Kile said after his solid play produced a one stroke Victory in the the players championship. Certainly after last week and the Way 1 did it there it sure was important to me to come Back and play a Good solid Strong round Kite said sunday referring to the faltering finish last weekend thai resulted in a Victory when his playoff opponent handed him a title with a three putt bogey last week 1 could t get Illo the House Kite said. This Lime i did. I got it to the House and it s a Nice Nice  ". Of gosh this feels  he won this one in extremely difficult playing conditions with one of Only eight subpar rounds compiled by Golf s strongest Field. And he won it just the Way he predicted would be necessary with a break Good Golf won t get it the 39-year-old Kite said after the third round of this annual championship of golfs Louring pros. Whoever wins in will Hae to gel one More break than the other Guys Kile s break came on the Par-5 16th, where with a two shot Lead he of Ledfor a Fairway Wox i on his second shot. It a Cal through the Green skipping and scooting toward the water beyond with Kite gnawing on a knuckle in anxiety. I the Collar of High grass behind the Green kept Llie bal from plunging into the Pond. It stopped inches Short. Kite saved Par on the Hole and went on to a a under Par round under conditions difficult to score in at the Epcy Sangrass course hard fast greens and Strong Gusty winds. Athe Champion wound up Al 27.9, nine under Par. It posting Lac l   18-year pea tour career. U followed thai gift Victory at a Rotando fla., in which Davis love 111 bogeyed the second playoff holc Kile s pc Triumph was Worth $243,000 from the local purse of si-35 million pushing his earning for the season to 1561,723 and boasting him into the Money winning Lead. Tom Watson although never in Contention also achieved a Money winning Milestone the five time British open Champion pocketed s31.050 for his 285 and tilth place tie. Watson with 15,014,526, joined Jack Nicklaus As the Only other career s5 minion Winner Chin Beck the third round Leader rallied from a dreadful Start with a 20-foot Birdie put on. The final Hole for 280 and sole Possession of second place a single stroke Back of Kile. Beck s 73 included a 4 Over the front nine but 32 coming in. Bruce let eke who had a tic for second unlit Beck s players Champion Tom Kite. Break at 16th helped him win last Hole heroin was third at 72281. Australian Greg Norman who simply could not get Una racked matched Par 72 and was tied with Fred couples at 282. Couples shot 73 Over the last round. Defending Champion Mark Mccumber and or Gil Morgan were another stroke Back at 283. Morgan had a closing 73 and Mccumbers 74.nickiaus,49, was within sight of the Lead at the Start of the Day s play but could not make a Birdie in carding a fat 78 thai left him far Back at 289. He won $8,775 and remained just in front of Watson on the All Lime Money winning list with 15.017,528, Ben Crenshaw Gol into Contention at one Point when he holed a 90-Yard wedge shot for an Eagle three on the ninth Hole but he dropped Back with a triple bogey on the Neil Hole after taking two shots to get out Ofa Bunker. He finished with an erratic Effort that included an Eagle a Birdie two bogeys a double bogey and in triple adding up to a 76 and 285. Kile took the Lead alone by dropping a 6-foot Birdie put on the second Hole and never trailed again. His leading margin went to two with a 15-foot putt on inc Lola Hole. Wilh the rest of the Field falling Back a i rec put " bogey on the 14th really did t Hurt. The putt on the of file was the big one he said. In was a 6-Fooler to save  kept in going. That kept the momentum. That kept the two shot Lead going Inlo those last three holes. And those last three holes will scare you to death he said he played them in Par thanks to what he called inc big break on 16," and became a Winner again