European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. September 26, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Auto racism Mansell draws Fine suspension from wire reports Estoril. Portugal what started out As a fast and furious Duel sunday Between top Drivers from formula one s top two racing stables ended on a sour note after race officials at the portuguese grand prix fined Ferrari and Britain s Nigel Mansell and suspended the briton for one race. Race stewards fined Ferrari and Mansell $50.000 after the briton failed to Stop for the marshal s Black disqualification hag and then collided with the Mclaren Honda of Bra Ilian world Champion Ayr Ion Senna taking both Drivers out of the race in a dust Cloud on the 49th Lap and damaging their chances of overtaking sea son Leader Alain Prosi Tor the championship. Mansell was disqualified for using reverse gear in the pit Lane when he overshot his pus after charging in for a slow 20.id-second tire change in the 39th charging Fittipaldi v nabs title by Mike Harris a Antn sports writer Nazareth. A. Playing it Safe in t the Way Emerson Fittipaldi races. The 42-year-old Bra Ilian charged from Start to finish in sunday s Bosch spark plug grand prix and now has a cart pig indy car championship to go with the two formula one titles he won in the Early 1970s. I was trying to Lake the risk with the traffic but not too much Fittipaldi said after winning his fifth race of the season and i Ith of his indy car career. Fittipaldi Blancd the 200-Lap race on Pennsylvania International raceway s one mile Oval on the outside of flip front Row next to record setting pole Winner Rick Mears. The Bra Ilian. With a 17-Point Lead Over Mears. Knew he Only had to finish in the Points in the last two races to win the title. But. Al the Start. Fittipaldi zoomed to the front and led Mears. His closest Pur Suer in both the race and the Points Chase through the first 79 laps until his firs scheduled pit Stop. I he rest of the race was a Battle of fuel strategies and making the right choices in the heavy traffic on the Light Oval. I think we Bolh ran As hard As we could without being Mears said. On Lap 154. Mears. Who had passed i Ingaldi on the truck was on top building leads of up to 11,34 seconds before traffic slowed him Down enough to bring Fittipaldi Back into the picture. The track stayed under a Green Flag and Mears finally had to pit for a splash of fuel 11 laps from the end. That s when disaster hit the usually meticulous Penske racing seam. As the Crew pumped in the last few drops of fuel the car came Down off the Hydraulic Jack and Mears pulled quickly away tearing the fuel vent Hose from the hands of a Crew Lap. After Mansell failed to Stop for two laps after being disqualified the Steward showed the Black Flap a third time As the number 27 Ferrari howled Down the main straight and then crashed with the Mclaren when Mansell tried to dive inside Senna on the first Bend of the 49th Lap. Al a news conference alter the race. Jean Marie Ballestro. President of the International federation of automobile sport fisa the sport s governing body said officials viewed videotape it the Acci Dent five limes and there was no doubt the Black Flag was waved at Mansell three limes. After the Accident Mansell apologized to the director of the race saying lie had t seen the hags because he was so close to Senna hut hat is no balls arc said. As he roared Down the pit Lane. Mansell had to Emerson Fittipaldi adds indy car championship to his two formula one crowns. Man and leaving the filling from the Hose . Cart officials Black flagged Mears forcing him to return to the pics to re move the fitting. Mears tried to make up the lost Lime his final Lap of the race was the fast est of the Day 176.39 Mph by anyone. Bui it was t enough As he finished 4,796 seconds behind. Danny Sullivan was next the Only other Driver on the Lead Lap followed by Al Unser or. And Michael Andretti. Fittipaldi. The 1970 and 1972 formula one Champion who joins Mario Andretti As the Only Drivers to win both of the world s most important open wheel championships retired from racing in 1981 after several years of struggling to make his own team competitive and to Deal with the politics of formula one. Swerve i avoid Mclaren mechanics in the pits just before Ferrari s Crew. When he came to a Stop the Man Euver had left his car Loo far away from his own pit for mechanics to change his tires normally a Job lasting around 10 seconds. Mansill s violation according to Balles Lre. Came when he used reverse a gear nol normally found in . Regulations say a Driver May nol proceed in a direction opposite to thai of the race. Mansell violated All of the safety a test re said. He was shown the Black Flag three times and says he never saw in. He said he did t see the sign in the Ferrari pit Anil did l hear instructions on his helmet radio from his team. This is Loo much. We will hold both Lorran Puiul their Driver is possible for this grave Waltrip picks up the pieces . A. A Rusty Wallace s hunger for his first Winston cup championship trans lated into another feast for Darrell Wall rip at Martinsville Speedway. When you re second in Points like Rusty was. He knew he had to get by Dale. He was trying to have the Best of Bolh worlds Wall rip said after he took advantage of a Laic race confrontation Between Wallace and Dale Earnhardt to win the Goody s 500. Earnhardt like Wall rip a three Lime Winston cup Champion went Imo Sun Day s race with a 102-Point Edge Over Wallace in this year s title Chase. With 56 laps remaining in the 500 Lap event. Wallace was running his Pontiac Cir and prix up front and was bidding to put Earnhardt a Lap Down. As they in lured the first Lurn on Martinsville s narrow Low banked Oval. Wallace went to the High Side of the track and pulled alongside earn Hardt s Chevrolet Lumina. But both cars had difficulty holding their lines As they Well into the Sec Ond turn and they came together and Slid up toward the retaining Wall. Waltrip who had his Lumina positioned on Wallace s rear bumper As the three entered the turn ducked Down near the apron of the track and zipped past Wallace and Earnhardt. Wallace got by Earnhardt bul his car had Little left alter that. He wound up fourth after being passed by i Larry gang and Dick trickle in the closing laps. Gam was running 0.99 seconds be Hind Waltrip when the Leader s younger brother Michael spun out and tagged the Wall less than two laps from the finish. The elder Waltrip took the Check ered hag under yellow. It was Waltrip s third consecutive Victory at Martinsville. His fourth in the last five on the .526-mile layout and i Ith Overall at the facility. Waltrip averaged 76.571 Mph and won $55.650 for the 79lh Triumph of his career. Boxing from Page 21 however that he landed Only 15 punches while the backtracking Todorov was credited with 24. Politics Gonzales said. Life goes on. But i Hope this scoring system does under the computerized scoring system if three of the five judges Aren t in agreement on a punch it does t count As a Point. Gon Zarics said he would turn pro. Lathan. 22. Loss 28-15 to Andry Kur Yakov of the soviet Union in the afternoon. The american took three standing 8-Counls and the soviet look two. Griffin will Box Kim Dok Nam of North Korea next Mcclain will meet Julio Gonzalez of Cuba and Marquez will Box Francisco Vastag of Romania. All three semifinals will be wednesday night at the olympic Center. The left handed Griffin took charge of his bout in the second round. Mcclain s bout was on the Dull Side but he thought there were a lot More punches thrown than either Boxer was Given credit for. I thought he landed at least 20 clean Mcclain said. I thought 1 had 25 or 30." Marquez. Who won for the third time in the tournament seemed to be looking for a knockout and was Lucky to escape against the swede who was an elusive target. Scientific boxing took a beating in Lathan s loss which was the Best action fight of the tournament. Lathan. A left hander got into trouble because i could t find my Jab. I was working hard on it in the gym. I guess i just worked in
