European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday february 27.1990 Martin wins tainted Pontiac 400 Richmond. A. A before Mark Martin won the Poviac 400 on sunday he and his team had to take a multiple Choice lest. Unfortunately after pass ing that test they failed another. While the other challengers changed All four tires during a late caution period. Martin s Crew changed just the right Side tires on his Ford thunderbird the move got Martin out of the pits first and he pulled away from Dale Earnhardt Over the final 15 laps to win the 400-Lap event Earnhardt wound up 1.02 seconds behind Martin who averaged 92.166 Mph on Richmond s .75-mile. D shaped layout. The Victory lost some of its Luster however when Lascar fined Martin s team $40.000 and 46 Points in the standings when a spacer Between the Carburettor and intake manifold was found to be a half Inch too tall in a Post race inspection. Lascar rules limit the height of the spacer to 2 inches. Martin s was 2"i inches. The penalty was levied three hours after the race. Martin was allowed to keep the Victory but will take Home Only $ 19.150 of his $59.150 earnings. He left the track before learning that his car had flunked the tech Nical inspection. It was the second career Victory for Martin who led for Only the final 15 laps at Chilly Richmond International raceway. There were four choices two tires on the left two tires on the right four tires or stay Martin said. The Guys made the right pole Sitter Ricky Rudd was third. Rudd lost a Chance for the largest single race payoff in Lascar Winston cup history. Had he won he would have pocketed a $220.400 Bonus offered by nocal to any Driver w to wins a race from the pole. Jay Hawks Back on top by Jimo Connell a basketball writer Kansas is Back on top of the College basketball poll and headed for the same place that spelled doom for the last no. 1 team. The Jay Hawks 27-2 moved into the no. I spot for the third time this season with 41 first place votes and 1.570 Points from the nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Kansas which had both its previous stays at the lop ended by losses to Missouri plays at no. 5 Oklahoma on tuesday night. It will be on the same court where the tigers 25-3 were knocked from the no. I spot after losing to Oklahoma 107-90 on sunday the sooner s 44th straight Victory at Home. Kansas Anu Missouri have kept the top ranking a big eight matter for the past eight weeks after Syra Cuse of the big East held it for the first six weeks of the regular season i 124-41 nuni a from fourth to second with 14 first place votes and i.4 i2 Points. 44 More than Missouri which held the my spot for three weeks into stints. The timers wen1 Tab i j no. I on live ballots. Connecticut which set a school record lot Vico Ries with h1 24th against four losses moved from sixth to fourth i he huskies were no. I on one ballot and Hail 1.21.1 Points just he More than Duke and Oklahoma which tied for fifth. Duke 23-51 dropped two spots from last week after losing to North Carolina slate 76-71 the Blue devils were named no. 1 on one ballot while okla homa 121-4. Which gets a rare Chance for consecutive Home games against no. 1 teams jumped from both with the win Over Missouri. Georgetown 21-4 dropped from fifth to seventh with 1.2.10 pants after losing lost. John s during the week. Michigan 20-5 Tell one place despite winning both its fames last week. The wolverines had 1. 170 Points. Purdue 20-5. Which held ninth even with a 90 78 loss to Illinois had 972 Points five More than Syracuse 20-5. Which moved up one spot to round out the top 10. La Salle. Which owns the country s Best record at 25-1. Received the other two first place votes but the explorers again failed to crack the top 10. Georgia tech 20-5 led the second 10 with 920 Points and was followed by Arkansas. La Salle. Michigan stale. Louisiana state. Oregon state. Minnesota. Illinois. Xavier of Ohio and c Lemson. The final five ranked teams Are Louisville Lovo la Mary mount. An Ona. New Mexico state and Georgia the Only new Uimer to the rankings. Oklahoma s Damon Patterson Rit it Neil Missouri s John Mcl nivre Battle fur a Loose Ball sunday. College from Page 21 i5-Io, 7-8. Who ended a 15-year. 21-game losing Streak against Syracuse Jan. 20. Are 2-2.1 against the orangemen. Georgia 86. No. 12 isl 85 Athens. A Neville Austin made one of two foul shots with five seconds left. The bulldogs 19-h. 12-4 rallied from a 19-Pnmt deficit in the second half for their sixth he Victory. They need one More win to Clinch i air list Southeastern Confer ence basketball title. Chris Jackson stored 31 Points for Psi 21-fi. 11-5 no. 14 1ji Salle 74, is. Peter s 66. Of Philadelphia la Salle survived in Over time to win its 17th straight game. Lionel Simmons scored is Points for the explorers 25-1. 15-0 metro Atlantic athletic conference who scored the first nine Points of overtime. Tony Walker scored 19 Points for St. Peter s 14-13. 7-9. But missed a foul shot with 26 seconds Ift and the game tied. No. 15 Michigian is. 72. No. 25 Indiana 66 East Lansing . Michigan stale never trailed and Wen its sixth straight big ten tame it longest sneak since 1979. Steve Smith scored 21 Points for the spartans 22-5. I 1-Ji. I Rush Ryan Calbert Chea be scored 32 Points for Indiana 16-8 6-s big gome crowd keeps sooner pumped up Norman okla. A if you closed your Eves and let the deafening noise Settle in. It could have been Dur Ham Syracuse or Bloomington. But the no Sicil building in the coun try on sunday was Lloyd Noble Arena. A record crowd of 12,157 stood screamed and strutted during 10th ranked Oklahoma s 107-90 Victory Over no. 1 Missouri. The win was the 44th in a Row for inc sooner on their Home court but this one was different. There was an intensity from the crowd usually re served in these parts for football a dirty word in the presence of sooner basketball coach Billy Tubbs. We have a Good big game Tubbs said after his sooner Man handled the tigers. But we Don t talk about the building except when recruit ing a player. Once he gels Here we expect him to win the last time Oklahoma lost at Lloyd Noble was on feb. 27. 1987. A 90-89 loss to Kansas state in a game the sooner led by 12 with three min utes to play. Oklahoma was up 14 with three min utes left on sunday but there was Little doubt this Lead would be lost. Missouri was Flat and the sooner were sky High. That s life in inc big said Missouri coach Norm Stewart. Missouri Forward Doug Smith who had 27 Points and 11 rebounds credited the crowd w Ith being a Factor. When they got on that 11-0 run the crowd really got into it he helped them and so did Stewart had complained during re cent weeks that Tubbs turned the heat up to make Lloyd Noble a tougher place to play. On sunday with temperatures outside in the mid-60s and in Side much higher. Sooner fans were provided with cardboard fans that car ried Tubbs face. It was god who turned the heat up Tubbs said with a laugh. It since Here even when it s 30
