European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a the stars and stripes tuesday May 8,1990 Ayako Okamoto Okomoto motors Nashville Tenn. Apr Ayako Okamoto overtook Pat Bradley and Dawn Coe on sunday with a final round 4-under-Par 68 for a one stroke Victory in inc $425,000 Sara Lee classic. The Victory was the 16th in nine years on the tour for Okamoto and brought the Japan native a first place Check of $63,750. Four bogeys on the Back nine doomed Bradley coeds last Hole bogey ended her run. Daniel wins in Japan Inagi Japan a american Beth Daniel the Only golfer to beat Par shot a 71 sunday and won the $316,000 Konica cup world ladies Golf tournament by seven shots. Stewart ends Jinx in Nelson by Bob Green a Golf writer Irving Texas a Payne Stewart turned Back Lanny Wadkins late bid sunday beating his own Long time North Texas Jinx in a front running Triumph in the Byron Nelson classic. A i feel i had something coming to me in the Dallas fort Worth Metroplex a Stewart said after bringing Home the two stroke Victory with a final round 67. It was a reference to his mid80s misfortunes in the area when in consecutive years he lost the colonial in fort Worth lost again in this event then lost again at fort Worth a All in playoffs. A i think in be Learned not to beat myself a he said. Stewart the current pea Champion and a playoff Winner in the heritage classic last month proved his Point. He was under fire by some of golfs great players a Greg Norman Mark Calcavecchia and Wadkins among them a and held on under pressure to win the tournament he had established As one of his career goals. Wadkins who made the last and Best run at Stewart predicted it could be the Start of greatness. A i think Payne is just now learning to win. I think he is going to be a great player for a Long time a Wadkins said. Stewart finished with an 8-under-Par 202 total in the tournament that was shortened to a three Day 54-Hole format by Early week flooding. The Victory was the seventh of his career and enabled him to join Rookie Robert Gamez As the Only multiple winners on the pea tour this year. The Triumph was Worth $ 180,000 from the total purse of $1 million and lifted stewarts earnings for the Young season to $496,491. It also lifted his career earnings to $4,103,198, making him Only the seventh player to pass the $4 million Mark. Perhaps More importantly it brought to an end his North Texas playoff frustrations. Another playoff appeared a distinct possibility on sunday when Wadkins made the Brilliant stretch run. Stewart however was More than equal to the Challenge. He preserved a one stroke Lead with a 5-foot Par putt on the 15th Hole then pushed the margin to two with a 5-footer for Birdie on the 16th. Wadkins 40, applied the pressure with a bogey free 5-under-Par 65, the Best round of the tournament and he finished second alone at 204. Olazabal wins in England St. Mellion England up Spain a Jose Maria Olazabal won the seventh european tour title of his career monday As he captured the Benson and Hedges International by one stroke. Olazabal shot a final round 73, 1-Over-Par, to finish at 9-under 279. This was one stroke better than his playing partner in the last round welshman Lan Woosnam and it earned Olazabal the $96,827 first prize. Woosnam collected $64,507 for finishing 8-under-Par on 280 after a similar 73 in the last round. At 282, 6-under for the tournament after a final round 70, was West German Bernhard Langer. Mark Mcnulty of Zimbabwe finished fourth at 283, after a 74 monday. Rodriguez holds on in Las vegas Las vegas apr Chi Chi Rodriguez shot a steady 4-under-Par 68 sunday to Edge defending Champion Charles Coody and George Archer by 1 stroke and win the Las vegas senior classic. Rodriguez who lost to Coody in a playoff at the senior classic last year Strung together three rounds in the 60s to finish 12-under and win his first tournament of the year on the senior pea tour. A this is the first time a 12 beats an 11 in Las vegas a said Rodriguez. A a in a real excited. Its been a Long  Rodriguez who was tied with Archer for the Lead going into the final round birdied the first Hole and never relinquished the Lead. But he bogeyed 17 after hitting it behind a tree and led by Only 1 going head to head with Archer on the final Hole. A after 1 made that bogey on 17, i said to myself a i refuse to finish second again a a Rodriguez said. A i stood up with a Driver on the last Hole and hit my Best drive of the  Rodriguez hit a massive drive on the 432-Yard 18th, then hit a 9-Iron to about 15 feet from the Hole for a routine 2-putt Par. Archer meanwhile hit the Ball under a tree and got it out in front of the Green from where he made Par. A i was close but not close enough a said Archer. A i was very Lucky to get up and get Par on 18.�?� Archer shot 69 in the final round while Coody playing in front of the final threesome had a 67. Coody missed a 20-foot putt on 18 that would have tied him with Rodriguez. A the last two Days my Putter really went South on  said Coody. A i just  make the  Earnhardt Racks up third win of season Talladega Ala. Apr Dale Earnhardt out muscled Greg sacks Over the final 17 laps to win a Battle of dominating Chevrolet Lumina in sundays Winston 500 at Talladega supers ced Way. Those two were at the head of the pack when the Green Flag waved following the final caution Flag on the 172nd of 188 laps. Sacks stayed on Earnhardt a bumper until the last trip around the 2.66-mile, High banked Oval. At that Point Earnhardt was Able to pull away a bit then hold on to beat sacks by two car lengths. It was Earnhardt a third Victory at Talladega but his first Winston 500 Triumph. The three time Winston cup Champion previously won the summer race Here in 1983 and 1984. This was the Doolie n.c., Drivers third Victory of the season and the 42nd of his career. He won in the same car in which he dominated the Daytona 500 in february Only to lose when he shredded a tire one half Lap from the end. Mark Martin finished third in a Ford thunderbird followed by Ernie Irvane a Oldsmobile Cutlass the Pontiac grand prix of Michael Waltrip and the Olds of Terry Labonte the Only other Drivers on the Lead Lap at the end. Earnhardt who came into this race leading the season Points is the Only Driver who has won More than once in the first nine races this season. He also won the opening round of the International race of champions series Here saturday. Earnhardt who won $98,975, averaged 159.571 Mph sunday. Points Leader Dale Earnhardt a Johns smokes top fullers in Memphis Memphis Tenn. Apr Lori Johns claimed her second consecutive Nora Winston drag racing series Victory when she won the top fuel title at the third annual chief Auto parts mid South nationals on sunday at Memphis motor sports Park. Lairy Morgan matched Johns feat claiming his second straight pro Stock title and Mark Oswald recorded his first funny car Victory of the season. The Stop was the sixth in the 19-race, $ 18 million Nora Winston series. Johns 24, of Corpus Christi Texas covered the Quarter mile in 5.009 seconds at 270.10 Mph in her Jolly rancher candies dragster to defeat two time Winston Champion Joe Amato who smoked the tires on his Valvoline special and had to Settle fora 9.333 at 174.67. Johns had Defeated Amato two weeks earlier in the finals of the Southern nationals and she extended her season Point Lead Over Amato to 276. Morgan of Newark Ohio drove his Castrol gtd Olds Cutlass to Victroy Over top qualifier Darrell Alderman to become the first repeat pro Stock Winner of the season. Morgan had a 7.279 at 189.79 to Edge Alderman at 7.307 and 189.63. The Cincinnati native had a 5.427 at 279.15 in the motor Craft Ford probe to Defeated Mcculloch at 5.474 and 265.87. The loss snapped a two race winning Streak by Mcculloch. Mcculloch remains the funny car Points Leader while Jerry Eckman is the front runner in pro Stock with Morgan moving up to  ii wins no. 1 Topeka Kan. Apr Juan Manuel Fangio ii scored his first Simsa Camel it career Victory sunday starting on the pole and leading every Lap of the Camel grand prix of the heartland sports car race. Driving a Dan Gurney prepared Toyota Eagle Fangio averaged 94.526 Mph for the 75-Lap race around the 2.5-mile heartland Park Topeka Road course. He earned $90,000, including a $60,000 Camel Pyramid Bonus for being a first time Winner this season. Fangio is the Nephew of five time formula one world Champion Juan Manuel Fangio. Geoff Brabham co driving a Nissan Ftp Zyx Turbo with Chip Robinson finished second 1.314 seconds Back. Bernard Jourdain of Mexico finished third in a Chevy spice. Drake Olson of Bridgewater conn., finished fourth in another Toyota Eagle and the team of Price c9bb of Evergreen colo., and John Nielsen of Denmark was fifth in a Jaguar xjr-10. Scott Schubot and Linda Lude Mann both of West Palm Beach fla., captured Camel lights division honors completing 70 laps and finishing 10th Overall in a Buick spice. The Victory was the first in Simsa Camel Ftp prototype racing after 21 starts for gurneys team. A i never realized it would be this hard but its in the history books now. In a close to tears. I really am a Gurney said