European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 12,1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 poll ditches Penn st., seminoles by Rick Warner a football writer traditional Powers Perm state and Florida state dropped out Ottic rankings while rivals Washington and Washington state moved into the top 25 monday in the associated press College football poll. Meanwhile. Notre Dame and Michigan retained the top two spots heading into saturday s showdown at Ann Arbor. Mich. Neither team played last week. The fighting Irish received 37 first place Voles. 22 More than Michigan. Third ranked Miami was no. Ion five ballots with the other three first place votes from sports writers and broadcasters going to no. 4 Nebraska. Rounding out the lop 10 Are Auburn. Oklahoma Lemson Colorado Arkansas and Illinois. Miami playing its first game under coach Dennis Erickson. Routed Wisconsin 51-3 on saturday. Nebraska pounded Northern Illinois 48-17 and Auburn crushed Pacific 55-0 in their openers. There were no changes in the top five but Oklahoma moved up two spots after beating Baylor 33-7, Clemson Rose three places by Downing Florida state 34-23 and Colorado went from no. 9 to no. 8 follow ing a 45-20 Victor Over Colorado slate. Arkansas and Illinois did not play. Syracuse which beat Temple 43-3. Jumped three spots to no. Ii. Next arc West Virginia. Southern California. Pittsburgh Washington. Alabama. Tennes see. Houston and North Carolina state. Urcla plunged from no. 6 to no. 20 following its 24-6 loss to Tennessee which vaulted into the rankings for the first time this season. Louisiana state is no. 21. Followed by Texas am. Washington state. Iowa and Mississippi stale. Penn state. No. 12 last week dropped out of the rankings after falling to Virginia 14-6. Clemson s win dropped Florida stale to 0-2 for the first time since 1976, Bobby Bowdon s first season at Tallahassee. The seminoles who were no. 6 in the preseason poll and no. 16 after an opening loss to Southern Mississippi arc in ranked for the first time in three year Washington made the biggest jump moving into inc rankings at no. 15 on inc heels of ils 19-6 Victory Over Texas a fam. The loss dropped the aggie who heal leu in their opener from no. 15 to no. 22. Right behind Texas am is Washington state which improved to 2-0 by beating Brigham Young 46 41 on thursday night. Mississippi slate is making its first appearance in the rankings since 1986. The bulldogs gained recognition with a 26-23 win Over Southern Mississippi which was no. I Sal the Lime. Southern miss. By and Arizona which was by Alan by Texas tech 24-14. Fell Oul of the lop 25. Iowa was no. 23 in the preseason Losi its ranking last week and is now Back Al no. 24, that s a lot of movement far a team that has yet to play a game. No. 2 Michigan. No. 9 Arkansas and no. 16 Ala Bama also Don l play their openers until saturday. Wallace Narrows Gap with Richmond Victory Roll open Beethoven dutch soccer coaching legend Rinus Michols reads a curbs do break sat urday while putting at the Beethoven open in Amsterdam. The annual tournament a Charity fund Raiser open to anyone with a Golf club is played along Asphalt fairways on be Othoven Street in Holland s largest City. Richmond. A. A Rusty Wal lace who began sunday by making a bad decision ended it with a very Good one that boosted his bid for the Winston cup championship. I got Lucky today no doubt about it Wallace said after coasting out of fuel to an 8.9-Sccond Victory Over Dale earn Hardt in sunday s Miller 400. The 400-Lap event at Richmond inter National raceway was run in 94-Degreeheal and sliding humidity and Many Drivers wore so called Cool suits to Hel them Battle fatigue. Wallace was t among them. I tried to Tough it out he said. I elected not to use inc suit and that was the stupidest thing i Ever did. If i would have had the Cool suit it would have made me feel so much bet Ter and i would have drove that much harder and been that much More  Wallace who began the Day 73 Point behind Leader Earnhardt in this year s Winston cup season standings trimmed the deficit to 63 Points Wilh seven races left on the 29-cvent schedule. A year ago Wallace left Richmond 119 Points out of the Lead in his Campaign to capture his first driving till on Lascar s Premier circuit. Wallace won four of inc season s last five races bul still came up 24 Points shy of Bill Elliott. Last year we won six races and we won four of them right there Al inc very end Wallace said. Now i be already won six of them this year and my very Besl Iracks for me arc All coming up Nghil  this week s Stop is at Dover del., a Irack Hal has been Good to Earnhardt. He led 454 of 500 laps in winning the june race Al Dover. Like his Friend Wallace Earnhardt also thought he could run without special clothing on sunday. That s As hoi As i be been in a race car in a Long Lime said the three time Winston cup Champion. The car was really hooked up at first but the Driver just gave  Earnhardt led three times Early in the race for a total of 135 laps but Wallace beat him out of the pits during a caution on Lap 190, and kept his Pontiac grand prix up front the rest of the Way. On Lap 271, during the 13th of the race s 14 caution periods Wallace and Mosi of the other front runners took on fuel for the last time. On Richmond s Ihrck Quarter mile a shaped layout Winston cup cars normally go about 100 Miles on a tank of fuel and the leaders still had More than 96 Miles left. The last 105 laps were caution free and no one wanted to give up track Posi Tion late in the race to Duck into the pits for a splash of fuel. But Wilh three laps left. Geoff boding who had banged his Way around earn Hardt for second place lost his Batlle against the fuel gauge and had to make a Quick Slop. That moved Earnhardt Back into Ond about a half Lap behind Wallace. That was when Wallace get the Mes Sage Over the radio from Crew chief Barry Dodson Hal the Pontiac might not have enough fuel , i could t believe  Wallace said. But i looked in the Mirror and i could t Geoff. I could t see any body behind  based on that. Wallace made his Deci Sion. You can Slop. You be got logo for it he said. But with two laps to go Wallace had to swerve Back and Forth to get whatever fuel was left to flow toward the engine. As he crossed the Start finish line to begin the last Lap he slowed measurably As his car started sputtering. Earnhardt was gaining. Halfway through the final Lap Wallace could t milk in anymore. I just shut in Down kicked in Oul of gear and  it worked. Earnhardt closed to within about a Quarter Lap As Wallace took the Check ered Flag. Thai s inc closest i be Ever Cut in said Wallace who averaged 88.380 Mph in winning his 16th career race. Elliott was t As fortunate. Because he started on the pole he could have picked up a $152,000 Bonus for winning. Rewound up 18th after drive train prob  Bonus which is $7,600 per race and is carried Over each Lime a Driver fails to win from the pole grows to $159,600 for Dover. These kinds of Days just Aren t any fun Elli Oll said. Hendricks controls Corvette Challenge Elkhart Lake wis. Shawn Hendricks led wire to wire sunday in the Acca Chevrolet Corvette Challenge at Road , whose Only other Victory came earlier this season at Dallas beat series Point Leader Bill Cooper to the Fin ish line by 3.648 seconds. Boris said ii who won a week earlier Al mid Ohio was third followed by Scott Lagasse and Stuart Haynor. Hendricks from Easley s.c., aver aged 79.525 Mph in the 14-Lap, 45-min ulc race on Road America s four mile a turn Road circuit. He won $10,000.there were no serious accidents and no injuries reported. Sunday s Ace Ramstein a West Germany Timothy Grogan used a 9-Iron to Ace the 129-Yard no. 13 Al Woodlawn Golf course Here sunday. Grogan s Gem was witnessed by play ing partners Emie Harryl and Jack skid More