European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 26 a a a the stars and stripes monday july 9,1990earnhardt wins 1 St Daytona race Daytona Beach Fla. Apr a second Lap pileup eliminated half the Field from Contention saturday in the Pepsi 400, and Dale Earnhardt eliminated everybody else. Earnhardt led 127 of the 160 laps for his 44th Winston cup Victory a but his first at Daytona International Daytona is just a hard place to win races at a he said. Earnhardt starting third passed pole Sitter Greg sacks on the inside going into the first turn on the first tap. Sacks do Trike Cope and Richard Petty started the Chain reaction collision moments later. No one was Hurt but at least 23 cars in the 40-car Field sustained damage. Officials stopped the race for 36 minutes so Rockage could be removed from the track. Twenty three cars were running when the race resumed. Twelve others later returned to the track some for Only a Brief time. Quot i done to think the wreck made it that much easier for me Quot Earnhardt said. A there were still some Good cars in there. I wish they All could be been racing there at the end i still feel like my Chevrolet would be been Strong enough to Earnhardt a three time Winston cup season Champion has had Strong cars before at Daytona but has been plagued by misfortune. His worst break occurred at the Daytona 500 in february when he led most of the race but fell out of first place with a Fiat tire a mile from the finish. Quot the last Lap today t Wasny to really thinking about that a Earnhardt said Quot i was just mainly thinking of getting her Back to the finish line and i did t count her won until we got Earnhardt who collected $72,850, led for 114 of the first 135 laps. After a pit Stop he regained the Lead for Good on the 143rd Lap in the 160-Lap race. A Spinous by . Mcduffie a which Earnhardt barely avoided a brought out a caution Flag with seven laps left bunching the Field. When the race resumed with three laps to go Earnhardt quickly pulled away.-. A a a a. A a .1 _ he beat second place finisher Alan Kulwicki by 1.6 seconds. Ken Schrader was third. Bobby Hillin or. Appeared to be the Best match for Earnhardt and was running a close second with 60 Miles left. But Hillin spun his Buick entering his pit and the ensuing delay knocked him out of Contention. "1 just Fiat blew it a said Hillin who finished sixth. Quot i was thinking a i done to want to give anything up to Earnhardt. I came in As hard As i could and it was Slick and i looped Hillin was the Only Driver confessing to a lapse in judgment but others were accused of it. Some of the victims of the Early pileup had harsh words for Petty Cope and sacks. They were running three abreast in the tight Field when they came together sending Cope and sacks into the Wall and blocking the track. Quot there were just too Many Drivers trying to run hard too Early in the race Quot said defending Champion Davey Allison whose car was damaged but Able to continue. Quot there a no excuse for Cope was Able to return and Complete 100 laps. But the wreck sidelined the sacks and Petty cars for the Day. Quot i done to know if it was stupid driving a sacks said. A there just Wasny to enough room for three the Only either wreck occurred on the 30th Lap when Bill Elliott a Ford blew a tire and hit the Wall in turn 1. Elliott later returned and completed 95 taps. Mark Martins Ford sustained damage in the pileup and spun out later in the race. But Marlin still completed 158 laps and finished 11th to retain his Lead in the Winston clip poin is standings. The big wreck occurred just past the Siart finish line. Cope sacks and Petty were battling for seventh place with Cope on the outside and sacks in the Middle. Copes Chevrolet drifted into sacks Chevy which went sideways clipped Petty a Pontiac and then Slid backward into the Wall. The Cope and Petty cars also hit the Wall. Much of the track was quickly blocked by wreckage and Drivers in the rear of the tightly bunched Field were unable to avoid i Quot i think i must have got hit 25 times a Allison said. Sterling Marlin was among the Drivers Able to Dodge the wreckage Quot i looked Back and it looked like they dropped a bomb Back there Quot he said. Quot i was trying to give Derike a Little room a said sacks who started from the pole but quickly fell off the Pace. Quot Richard was trying to get by and i let off the Gas because i had somebody right on my butt. We just started bouncing off one another. It was kind of like stars Nab 10th win in a a game Mainz West Germany a the North Quot Dunn it again in the German american league All Star game. Flexing plenty of muscle from Frankfurt a Victor Dunn then relaxing for the most part behind Strong pitching the Northern division downed the Southern division 8-6 to claim its 10th All Star game in 11 tries. Dunn who won the pre game Home run Derby by clouting four of 10 pitches Over the Fence cranked Home runs in the third and fourth innings to provide the Northern squad with a knockout punch. His game winning fourth inning two run shot scored sch Libisch Hall s Bob Rushing who had singled in Frankfurt a Chuck Dorsey to Start the inning. Dorsey who started the Pivotal fourth inning Oft with a double had earlier claimed honors As the leagues fastest Man in a pc game race by rounding the base paths in 14.4 seconds to nip Mainz a Reese Berry. The South battled Back in the fifth and six innings battering Mannheim a Scott Walker the third North Pitcher for six runs. In the South a four run fifth inning Lance Guyton and Jimmy Hoffman of Stuttgart each drove in a run and Nairn bergs sed Lowery plated two. Mainz a Fernando Lopez relieved in the final inning for the save. The North opened up with a three run first inning. Dorsey singled and stole second Dunn singled to score Dorsey then Mainz right fielder Greg Wolfgang spanked a round tripper Dunn hit a Solo shot in the third inning for a 4-0 Lead then fired up the three run fourth inning for a 7-0 Lead. Giessen Scharles l Una pitched two perfect innings for the North then Berry followed with another spotless pair before giving Way to a amps Ken George North shortstop Kenny Wasp leaps to grab a wild throw and lands on top of South a Jason Baker who was Safe in first inning of sundays a a All Siar game at Mainz. Walker who struggled. The South opened the game with Stuttgart Pitcher Jerry Nelson who went four innings. Stuttgart a Erich Wallig relieved until being replaced by Augsburg s Barry Clark to Start the ninth. Frankfurt a Richard Jackson had a perfect Day at the plate for the North going 4 for 4. Dunn finished 3 for 5, with four runs batted in. Guyton led the South hitters with a 2-for-4 says he quit out of embarrassment by David Sedeno san Diego apr the White rat deserted the St. Louis cardinals sinking ship. Whitey Herzog whose team won three pennants in the 1980s, stomach losing in the 1990s. So he resigned As manager on Friday. A i made up my mind in san Francisco a he said. Quot i was totally embarrassed by the Way our team played. I just feel very badly for the bal club the organization and the the cardinals lost a three game series in san Francisco last weekend by scores of 3-2, 4-0 and 9-2, St. Louis in san Diego for this weekends series was 3347 and in last place in the National league East under Herzog. Coach red schoendienst the Only Man who won More games As cardinals manager than Herzog replaced him on an interim basis. Herzog in his 1 Ith year As manager has 822 victories schoendienst won 1,028 games in 12 years in the 1960s, �?T70s and briefly in 1980, �?o1 Don t think that i have done a Good Job As a manager this year Quot Herzog said. �?o1 just can to get the Guys to play Ana i think anybody could do a better Job than me. A a in a not going to single out any players. My players Are All trying. The Effort is there but sometimes 1 done to know if the minds Are first baseman Pedro Guerrero said he and his teammates were partly to blame. Quot in a kind of shocked about it Quot said Guerrero who attended the news conference. A i feel kind of responsible. 1 know that i Haven to done the Job that i did last year at this Point Quot while Guerrero is signed for next year several cardinals stars Are eligible for free Agency at the end of the season. Vince Coleman Willie Mcgee and Terry Pendleton Are among the others who will Cost the cardinals big Money to keep. A when Whitey brought up the subject of resigning several weeks ago we said a no a a cardinals president Fred Mann said at the news conference. A but everybody feels its in the Best interests of the team to make a change
