European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 19,1990 the stars and stripes Page 23 Earnhardt wins crash plagued Goody s 300 Daytona Beach. Of a. A Dale Earnhardt. Who steered Clear of she biggest crash in 30 years at Daylong International Speedway outdo Clad Harry baht and Greg sacks to win saturday s Goody s 300. The face was marred by a 23-car pileup that knocked 18 cars out of the 43-car Field. Only one Driver. Ronald Cooper a grand National regular was re ported injured. He was taken to Halifax medical Cen Ter for a rays of a possible concussion and a possible fractured Chin. He was also complaining of Chest pain. Earnhardt went the final 50 laps of the i20-Lap Busch grand National Stock car event at Daytona International Speedway without stopping for Gas and drove his Chevrolet Lumina across the finish line o.i7 seconds ahead of Gam s Buick. Sacks in another Lumina. Was right behind Gant. We planned to draft to save All the Gas we  Earnhardt said. We got very Loose there at the end because the race track was very Slick. It was Greasy As  the three Lime Winston cup Champion favored in sundays Daylong 500. Said. A lot of Guys have been taking this cat for granted but i m  Dale Jarrett. Who  several times in the race and was battling with the three leaders late in the event ran out of Gas at the Start of Lap 118. The 23-car pileup began As the Field raced through turn four on the i4th tap around the 2.5-Milc Oval. Brad to ague. Battling Jarrett for sixth place appeared to touch Jarry it s car and Slid sideways. He was struck by two cars and the three of them blocked virtually the entire track. Before the Melee was Over 18 cars were damaged badly enough to Knock them out of the race. That left 25 cars running. It took nearly 20 minutes and 10 laps of caution to remove All the damaged cars and debris from the track. The entries knocked out in the incident included pole Winner Darrell Waltrip. Who barely made the Start of the race after having to change the engine in his Chevrolet overnight. Waltrip. Defending and five time Champion of the 300 mile race. Said. Somehow. I thought this might happen to me. I did t have a Good feeling about this  eight care of an eventual 23 involved begin an epic pileup during saturday s Goody s 300 at Daytona International Speedway. Earnhardt took the Lead on Lap 100 when Rookie Bobby Labonte and Jimmy Hon sly who were in front at that Point pitted for Gas. Sacks moved ahead on Lap 107 and Earnhardt battled Back to the front on Lap 112 and stayed there. Gant who had been running a conservative fourth late in the race went to third when Jarrell ran dry then took second from sacks on Lap 119. Others involved in the Accident included Ken sch Rader Michael Waltrip. Kyle Petty hut Stricklin. Tom Peck Tommy Ellis . Ottinger. Tommy Houston Kenny Wallace. De Berrier Jack Ingram Jeff Purvis Rick Mast Steve Grissom Frank Fleming Mike me Laughlin Cooper Chuck Bown Teague Dave Rezendes and Don Jenkins. Earnhardt who started on the outside of the front Row fell a Lap off the Pace when he was Black flagged for leaking Oil just after he regained the Lead on Lap 53. The Doolie n.c., Driver managed to regain the Lap when he passed Leader Jarrett moments before a Cau Tion Flag waved on Lap 69. All the leaders pitted during the ensuing caution period and it was touch and go if any of the top Lour could make it to the finish. The Winner averaged 149.357 Mph in adding this Victory to his previous Goody s 300 triumphs in 1982 and 1986. Earnhardt earned his 13lh grand National Victory and pocketed $34.000 from the record grand National purse of $427,075. A crowd estimated at 110,000 watched the race interrupted by four caution flags for a total of 16 laps. Datona from Page 21 the fact that the three caution flags for 15 laps tied the race records for least Yel lows and laps. Cope was Able la stay on the track during the last caution period because he w As the Only Leader to change tires on the previous Stop on Lap 182. Taking on two right Side tires and falling a bit off the Pace. We ran 250 Miles with the left Side  Parrot said. Somebody came up to me and said. Why did t you change tires i said. You be got to know when to hold pm and know when to fold pm " Cope is the fourth Driver to make the Daytona 500 his first Winston cup Vic tory. The others were tiny Lund in1963. Mario Andretti in 1967 and Pete Hamilton in 1970. Sunday s Victory was the biggest Surprise since Greg sacks won the firecracker 400 at Daytona in 1985. Richard Petty the Only seven Lime Winner of the Daylong 500 and consid ered a Strong contender for the first time in several years caused inc first Camion Flag and brought a mass groan of dismay from the crowd. Pity racing in his 30th Daytona 500. Apparently Cut Down his right rear tire on Lap 26 and took a Smoky spin Between turns one and two. He ended up in the infield grass with All four lires fall and had to be towed to the pits. Petty lost 12 laps in the pits and never was in cont Nikon. The Only other caution Flag came on Lap 43 when four cars tangled on the main Straightaway. Another Early dropout was Ken Schrad or who won the pole for the third Straig Hilyear but started 41st in his backup Chevy after crashing his primary car in a qualify ing race thursday. Schrader knifed through the pack All the Way to second place behind Earnhardt after Only 25 laps but went out with a blown engine on Lap 58 while running 15th. Senna s race License May be Back in limbo movie cars do what it takes Daytona Beach. A. A a pair of movie cars ran 41 laps sunday at the Start of the Daytona 500 and to inc Relief of everyone involved retired without incident. In a special Deal with Paramount Pic Tures which is making a new Tom cruise movie called Days of  Nas car and Daylong International Speed Way allowed cars driven by Greg sacks and Tommy Ellis to Start behind the 42 car Field. They ran i021/ Miles of inc 500 Miles. Sacks who won inc july race Here in 1985, and Ellis also a racing Veteran stayed Well out of the Way of the race Field stopping several times to reload film in their on Board cameras. Paramount added $2,400 per car to the race purse and paid a fee to Nas car for the privilege of shooting in and around Daytona s Speed week activities. Paris Dpi the Ayrton Senna affair that appeared to have been closed frida1 was reopened sunday As the president of the International automobile sport federation hinted the brazilian formula one Driver might not be permitted to race in 1990 after All. Senna appeared to have scaled his Long standing feud with fisa on Friday when the federation announced the 1988 world Champion would be Gran cd a us Perlic Csc for the upcoming season. The announcement climaxed months of wrangling Between Senna and fisa president Jean Marie Bales re. But on sunday Balestre said in a statement issued to a once France pres that Senna had apparently violated an agreement to make no statement to the press that might conflict with Friday s official fisa communique. Fisa has published the official list of Drivers in the world championship Butas of today Sunda has not delivered the licenses Balestre said. Only the holding of a super License allows a Driver to  Balestro had insisted that Senna apologize for claiming last december that the 1989 world championship had been manipulated to allow his former Mclaren teammate. Frenchman Alain Prost to win. In a letter signed by Senna dated feb. 15 the deadline for applications Senna retracted his claim although the letter fell Short of an apology. Negotiations Between fisa and Mclaren Man Ager Ron Dennis however ironed out Compromise on the statement that was issued to the  said he Learned with Stupe faction about statements issued sat urday by Ayrton Senna promotion a brazilian company formed by the , Senna and their representatives agreed not to hold any press Confer ence or make any statement that would conflict with the official communique the statement said. Because of that commitment president Balestre had to refuse to meet with some 50 journalists who had been waiting for hours in front of the fisa  Balestre statement added Asp states numerous conversations have taken place in recent months Between Jean Marie Balestro and Senna false there has been absolutely no Conversa Tion since dec. 7 Between the president and  states the fisa Appeal Board on feb. 15 nullified the penalties imposed previously by the same group false. The Appeal Board absolutely did not nullify its own decision nor the penalties it had imposed on  Balestre declined to comment further on the Senna group statement in order not to aggravate