European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday september 4,1990auto Racin Fangio rallies wins Simsa race in san Antonio san Antonio apr Juan Manuel Fangio ii took the Lead for the first time with seven laps remaining and pulled away to win the grand prix of san Antonio Simsa Camel it race on sunday Fangio became the sixth Driver to Lead the two hour race in the streets of downtown san Antonio when he passed Chip Robinsons Nissan on the 92nd Lap. Fangio a third Victory of the season for Dan gurneys Toyota team was made easier when Robinson spun a few turns later. Fangio who started 11 the earned $30,000 and averaged 81.629 Mph in completing 98 laps around the 1.67-mile, 10-Tum course. He beat Robinson by 18.322 seconds. Geoff Brabham of Australia finished third also on the Lead Lap. Drake Olson was fourth in a Toyota Eagle one Lap Down and James Weaver of England was fifth in a porsche 962c, two laps Down. Earnhardt extends Rule in taking Southern 500 Mercedes nabs 2nd straight sports car title Donington England apr Mercedes Benz won its second consecutive world sports prototype season title when defending Champion Jean Louis Schles ser and Mauro Baldi led a 1-2 finish Here on  Schlesser Baldi car completed 120 laps Over Donington a 2 i mile circuit in 2 hours 53 minutes 40.92 seconds 1 22 ahead of runners up Jochen mass and Heinz Harald Frentzen in an identical five liter Silver Arrow. Baldi drove the winning car for about two thirds of the race in Relief of Schles ser the season Leader in the Drivers standings. Baldi set a Lap record of 107.63 Mph. The Jaguar xjr-11 driven by Martin Brundle and Alain Ferte finished third one Lap behind the Winner but was disqualified for a violation of fuel rules. Third place went to Tim Harvey of Britain in a spice co Worth it was the sixth Victory in seven races this season for Mercedes and gave the West German automaker an insurmountable Lead with two races remaining. Darlington . Apr pole Sitter Dale Earnhardt continued to dominate Competition at Darlington racing to his second consecutive Victory sunday in the Southern 500. Earnhardt Winner of six of the last 10 races at Darlington raceway took the Lead for Good on Lap 314 As the leaders made pit stops under the Green Flag. The three time Winston cup Points Champion emerged with a 4.1-second Lead and was never seriously threatened Over the final 54 laps in route to his seventh Victory of the year. The Kannapolis n.c., Driver averaged 123.141 Mph m earning a 4.08-second Victory Over Ernie Irvan who won his first Winston cup race last week at Bristol Tenn. Earnhardt earned $205,350, including a $100j000 Bonus that goes to any Driver who wins two of the four major races on the circuit. He earlier won the Winston 500. Earnhardt has won More Money than any Driver in motor sports history nearly $ 11.2 million. Alan Kulwicki finished third followed by Bill Elliott who led Early and Harry Gant with an estimated 80,000 watching on a hot sunny afternoon at the 1.366-mile Oval. Earnhardt a seventh Victory at the oldest super Speedway on the Lascar circuit is three less than career Leader David Pearson. Earnhardt is also Only the fifth Driver in the 41-year history of the track to win the Southern 500 two years in a Row. When the race began Earnhardt found himself in a unique spot a on the pole. Despite his Success at this track Earnhardt had never before started from the pole at Darlington. Earnhardt led the first 42 laps but then fell Back after a caution and did not Lead again until Lap 296. He lost the Lead three laps later when he joined the other leaders in making a Green Flag pit Stop. Earnhardt led for 99 laps nine More than Elliott. Geoff Bodine led 89 laps and Irvan 70. The race was marred by 10 cautions covering 52 laps. It was Only four laps old when three cars spun in turn one bringing out the first yellow Flag. But the final 127 were run under Green. The worst Accident came on Lap 229 when Dick trickle skidded sideways going into turn two. Beaming Dale Earnhardt Waves As he climbs from his car at Darlington a Victory Lane As Irvan the Leader at the time slowed he was nudged from behind by Greg sacks. Irvan scooted underneath As trickle Slid into the Wall with Bobby Hillin slamming into the rear end of sacks Chevrolet. Another Accident knocked Michael Waltrip and Kyle Petty out of a shot at winning. Waltrip was running third when Earnhardt then in fourth clipped him from behind going into turn three. Waltrip a Pontiac Slid High and was slammed from behind by Petty who was running fifth. The Petty and Waltrip cars returned to the race but neither was a Factor. Two Early casualties were 1989 Winston cup Points Champion Rusty Wallace and Richard Petty a scary a winning est Driver with 200 victories. Petty a Pontiac begin leaking Oil after less than 100 laps. Wallace went out when he blew the engine of his Pontiac on Lap 14. His fourth engine failure of the season All but ended his chances of repeating As the Points Champion. There Are just eight races left. Wallace ranks fourth 334 Points behind Leader Mark Martin who has 3,169, Martin who finished sixth in the race had 35 Points of his margin clipped away by Earnhardt who now trails by 26. Geoff Bodine is third with 2,982. Al Unser or. Wins record 4th straight Varni tved a _. Vancouver British Columbia apr Al Unser or. Captured a record setting fourth straight Victory in the inaugural Molson Inay Vancouver on sunday a race marred by an Accident in which six course workers were injured one seriously. Unser the series Point Leader dominated the second half of the 97-Lap, 165.29-mile event at Pacific place on the Edge of downtown Vancouver. He beat Danny Sullivan to the finish line by 10 seconds. One track worker was hospitalized with what race officials called Quot significant head  two others were also treated for less serious injuries after they were struck by the car driven by Willy . Six track workers were push starting the car driven by Canadian Ross Bentley at a slow Corner on the new track when the Accident occurred on Lap 17. Bent Leys engine restarted and As he pulled away several of the workers darted toward the Wall inadvertently running directly into the path of Ribbs car. Officials said the other three were also treated at the scene for minor injuries then released. Unser a Victory the 15th of his career and sixth in 12 races this season made the 28-year-old second generation indy car Star the first Driver in carts 12-year history to win More than three in a Row. He led 58 laps and averaged 77.350 Mph in the race slowed by four full course caution flags. Unser won $138,628. Mario Andretti finished third followed by Rick Mears and John Andretti the last Driver on the Lead Lap Emerson Fittipaldi was a Lap Down in sixth. Bobby Rahal who ran among the leaders most of the Way apparently ran out of fuel while running second five laps from the end. He finished eighth a Lap behind Canadian Scott Goodyear. Pole Winner Michael Andretti had a very disappointing Day finishing out of the Points at 20th after a broken exhaust header knocked him out of the race while leading on Lap 54. Andretti second to Unser in the standings coming into sundays race led until pitting on Lap 17 during the caution period resulting from the Accident involving the track workers. Closely pursued by Rahal Andretti darted into the pits and Rahal bumped him from behind spinning both cars. With both losing valuable time they returned to the track eighth and 11th, respectively. Most of the top contenders stayed on the track during that caution period but the next yellow Flag allowed them to pit on Lap 32. Unser grabbed the Lead with Andretti second and Rahal sixth. Andretti trailed by As much As 5.75 seconds on Lap 41, but caught Unser on Lap 48 and passed him the next time around the 1.704-mile, nine turn circuit. Moments later Andretti pulled slowly off the track his car smoking heavily. Quot As soon As we got in the Lead it started to go a Andretti said. Quot too bad. We were Able to pass Al real easy and i think we could have pulled  instead it was Unser who pulled away inheriting a Lead of 8.33 seconds Over Fittipaldi and building on that As the Battle for second place went on. All the leaders had to Stop for a splash of fuel in the final 10 laps. The Sun drenched crowd of 69,503 cheered lustily at the end for Unser who notched his 12th Victory on temporary Road circuits