European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 22,1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 Labonte wraps up pole spot Concord . A de fending Champion Terry Labonic won inc pole position for the Winston Stock car race saturday with a three Lap average Speed of135.719 Mph at Charlotte motor Speedway. Labonte completed his run at the 1.5-mile track in i minute. 59.364 seconds including a pit Stop in edging Dale Earnhardt for the no. I starting position in Sun Day s race and earning $50,000. A Short time earlier Earnhardt the Winston cup series Points Leader had gone 133.014 Mph. As the Media was surrounding Earnhardt in the garage area la Bonte finished his pole winning run. After Lascar officials checked Labonic s car for Loose lug nuts his Crew hugged each other and threw its fists into the air in Celebration. The format for saturday s qualifying run is As unusual As the Winston itself. Instead of one qualifying Lap or two Lap average the 19 most recent Winston cup series winners were required to run three laps including a pit Slop to change right Side tires. The pole went to the Driver with the top average Speed including time spent in the pits. So the pit Stop became a vital segment of the qualifying run. La Bolc s Crew led by Tim Brewer completed the pit Stop in 11.45 seconds the fastest of the Day. Earnhardt s pit Stop took 13.21seconds and Rusty Wallace who qualified third with an average Speed of 132.801 Mph got out of the pits in 13.64 seconds. I knew it was Quick because i was t there Long Labonte said before accepting the $50,000 Check. These Guys prepared for this. We had t practice pit stops or anything but we tried coming in and out of the pits this morning and i came out  he said. The thing was i had to figure How Quick was  Sullivan with broken Arm fastest of 5 indy qualifiers by Mike Harris a motor sports writer Indianapolis neither a broken Arm nor gusting winds could keep Danny Sullivan from qualifying saturday for the Indianapolis 500. Ignoring the pain and discomfort caused by his broken right forearm sul Livan was the fastest of five qualifiers for next sunday s race turning a 10-mile average of 216.027 Mph with a fast Lap of 216.753 Mph. Two More positions in the 33-car Field needed to be filled with six hours of time trials scheduled sunday. Sullivan s Effort was nowhere near the record smashing performances May 14 of Punske racing teammates Rick Mears and Al Unser. Who qualified at the front of the tentative lineup. But Sullivan the1985 indy Winner was satisfied. It s a big Relief he  s a big Burden off my shoulders. I was concerned if i could go that fast now i m just  As Sullivan posed for pictures in the pits following his qualifying run his Crew arrayed behind the defending cart pig indy car Champion grabbed cloth slings from their pockets and put them on without Sullivan noticing. When he turned away from the camera he broke up at the sight. Laughs did not appear to be in his immediate future when the 39-year-old Driver from Louisville ky., crashed Dur ing practice on May ii sustaining a mild concussion and a broken right forearm. The broken Bone was put Back together and held in place with a Metal plate and seven screws and Sullivan got Back onto the track thursday with the help of a special Brace designed to keep his Arm from twisting. We re still modifying the seat and steering and or. Terry Trammel will continue working with me on modifying the Brace Sullivan said. Hopefully with eight Days More rest Well be Strong enough to run 500  asked if the Arm Hurt Sullivan said of yeah there s going to be pain for a Long Lime. But when you re out Here run Ning around on the Speedway the pain seems to go  Sullivan started with a Lap of 214.715 then turned three consecutive laps around the 2 i Milc Oval at More than216 Mph in his new Chevrolet powered pens Kupcis. Danny Sullivan. Waves after qualifying i messed up in turn two he said of the first Lap. The wind was blowing across the track. I knew it was t a Good Lap. I adjusted something in the cockpit on the Back Strelch. The car Felt Comfort Able after that. I was t particularly sur prised by the increase. I was surprised by now much it  despite rain in the forecast for sat urday the Day dawned sunny and warm and there was Only a 45-Minutc delay in waiting for the track to finish drying from overnight rain. The first scheduled Day of qualifications May 13, was rained out and 26 cars completed qualifying attempts last sunday led by cars at 223.885 Mph. Once the Field is full the slowest cars can be bumped by faster qualifiers. The fastest 33 cars by the end of sunday s session will Start the race. Dominic Dobson opened the qualify ing saturday with a four Lap run of 213.590, with a fast Lap of 213.731 and a slow Lap of 213.397. Dobson who is with Bayside racing a new team said even though the team has no indy car experience prior to this year it seemed to be Able to get the Chas Sis dialled in and the handling  Phil Kruger was next at 212.458, Fol Lowed by Sullivan and 1986 runner up Kevin Cogan at 214.569. Following Cogan s qualifying run. There was a Long session of open practice until the track cooled and the winds died late in the afternoon. Two rookies trying to come up with enough Speed to make qualifying at tempts were involved in crashes during that stretch. Buddy Lazier whose father Bob drove at indy escaped injury when he spun and hit the Wall in turn two. Later Steve Sal can spun in turn four and slammed into the Wall virtually head on. He was helped from the car and taken to methodist Hospital for examination after complaining of pains in his lower Back. The qualifying resumed with just 50 minutes remaining in the session with John Paul jr., trying to come Back after serving 28 months in jail for racketeering in connection with a drug smuggling ring headed by his father waving off an at tempt after three laps Between 208.638 and 209.526 Mph. Rocky Moran driving for four time indy Winner . Foyt who has qualified for his record 32nd Start Here was next out putting together a four Lap average of 214.212. The engine on the 1986 March co Worth the oldest car in the Field blew less than 100 Yards past the finish line. The engine lived for four laps Foyt said. I m just glad it did t have to go five  Field average now stands at 216.547 Mph breaking the record set last year of 210.254 for the first 31 qualifiers. Several Drivers warmed up for Possi ble qualifying attempts but decided not to take the Green Flag. They included three time Winner Johnny Rutherford who warmed up three limes without starting an attempt Paul Bill Vukovich Iii and Rich  Sullivan qualified Rutherford trying for his 25th Start Here is the last of nine Active indy winners not in the Lenla live lineup. Among inc other Drivers still hoping to qualify on sunday were indy veterans Pancho Carter Tony Bettenhausen. Johnny Parsons Sieve Chassy Slan Fox and Tom Biglow plus rookies Steve Butler Scott Harrington and Michael Greenfield. Aba from Page 21 Beer thai Cut in to nine Points in the first 3 30 of the third Quarter. Mahorn who had seven Points in the third Quarter hit another Basket with 7 36 remaining in the period thai reduced the bulls Lead to seven and another 3-Pointcr by Lamb car made it 63-59 with 4 08 remaining. But Jordan took Over again scoring six straight Points to push inc bulls Lead Back to 10 Points with 2 02 left in the third Quarter and Chicago took a 71-63 advantage into inc final period. Mahon who had eight of the pistons 17 first Quarter Points scored the game s first two baskets. But the bulls behind inc deadly shooting and deft passing of Jordan went on a 24-6 run that put them ahead by 14 Points with 2 54 remaining in the period. The pistons went scoreless the final 1 50 of the first Quarter and Dave co Zinc hit the bulls last three baskets for a 33-17 Lead. Jordan hitting two 3-Poinlers, had 14 Points four assists and three rebounds in the first Quarter As the bulls shot 58 percent for the period out rebounding the sluggish pistons 14-6. Jordan went to the Bench after playing the entire first Quarter and did t score again until two minutes remained in the half. But it did t matter As the bulls increased their Lead to 24 Points 48-24, with 4 20 remaining in the half. The pistons 34 Points at halftime represented their worst playoff half in history. Detroit s previous Low was 35 in the first half at Seattle on april 8,1975. Co Zinc had 12 Points and Charles Davis had four As the bulls Bench outscored the vaunted Detroit re serves 16-9 in the first half. Lakers 127,suns ii9 Inglewood Calif. Orlando Woolridge found a few things to do around the Basket other than stuff Heball through it intangibles he called them. Now the los Angeles lakers Are tangibly one game ahead of the Phoenix suns in the Western con Ference final playoff series. Woolridge was the beneficiary of foul trouble that limited magic Johnson to Only nine minutes of play ing Lime in the second half of game 1 saturday. Johnson was called for his fourth and fifth person Al fouls both offensive charges just 26 seconds apart and was replaced by Woolridge with 4 07 10 play in the third  then scored 11 of his 13 Points in the final 16 minutes had a blocked shot and was a Force under the boards. I wanted to be in the situation where 1 could do something extra said Woolridge who finished with two blocked Shols seven rebounds and three assists. I fell Good inc coach Pat Riley had the Confidence to have me out there and equally Good thai i could respond. I iry to work on intangibles. I be been a scorer since i be been in this league. I feel i be got to do something extra like gel a rebound or Block a shot or something. We had to make the extra Effort on defense. Once we we Reable to do that we were  Woolridge and fellow reserves Michael Cooper and Mychal Thompson played great Riley said. In was the difference All three Guys did the  James worthy led the lakers with 32 Points and had three blocked shots. Our second unit should Lake All the credit. The came on and played with inspiration worthy said. Our Bench really won it Johnson said. Johnson helped Loo once he returned with 7 22 to play and inc lakers trailing 100-99. He put the lakers ahead to stay 101-100, on a Long jumper with 7 03 left assisted on the lakers next four baskets As they went up 109-104, and made a Layup Wilh 3 37 logo fora 111-106lead. He hit a free throw Wilh 2 46 remaining his 18th Point then fouled out 23 seconds later. Woolridge clinched the Victory Wilh a slam Dunk and a free throw for a 119-111 Lead with 1 35 icel game 2 in the Best-of-7 series is tuesday night at in forum. The lakers seeking their third Slraight Aba championship have won eight straight playoff games this season and 10 in a Row Over two years. Well All play better tuesday night when her we win or  said Kevin Johnson who led inc suns Wilh 27points and 18 assists