European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday october 23,1990 Auto Racin Kulwicki edges out Bill Elliott Rockingham . A Alan Kulwicki taking advantage of a last minute caution Flag outlasted Bill Elliott to break a two year win less Streak and win sundays a Delco 500 Lascar race. In the race for the season driving championship second place Dale Earnhardt gained just four Points on Leader Mark Martin. With two races left in the season Martin who finished 11th, has 4,120 Points. Earnhardt who took 10th place has 4,075 Points. Martin has to finish third or better in the remaining two races to Clinch the championship. Martin who started 21st just behind Earnhardt got no closer than ninth place during a Cloudy and Cool afternoon. Earnhardt was As close As sixth after 180 laps but he dropped a Lap to the leaders late in the race and never got it Back. Kulwicki driving a Ford took his last Victory at Phoenix in 1988, a drought covering 57 races. But before Kulwicki coasted to the Check ered Flag he had to drive All out to keep Elliott a Ford thunderbird behind him. Elliott held the Lead for 45 laps until Kulwicki overtook him for the last time on Lap 376. Harry Gant who was in the top 10 All Day finished third followed by Geoff Bodine and pole Sitter Ken wins Monterey Calif. A Danny Sullivan the Odd Man out in Roger Pensker a racing plans for 1991, made his Farewell a glorious one sunday with a wire to wire Victory in the Champion spark plug 300 at Laguna Acca raceway. A a it a been an emotional thing knowing i was leaving but you know the biggest supporter of All has been Roger a Sullivan said in Victory Circle. Sullivan Spenske teammate Rick Mears finished fourth behind cart pig cup National Champion a1 Unser or. And Michael Andretti. Emerson Fittipaldi the Driver who sponsor Marlboro chose Over Sullivan in the Penske musical chairs was lapped by Sullivan. A few laps from the finish Sullivan let Fittipaldi past and the brazilian was credited with sixth place. Sullivan averaged 103.556 for the 186 Miles and won $86,908. Only one full course caution Flag was displayed and that for Only one Lap. Skins hold off eagles Washington a Stan Humphries two Long passes set up the winning touchdown As the Washington redskins held off the Philadelphia eagles 13-7 sunday. Humphries threw passes of 33 Yards to Gary Clark and 44 Yards to Art Monk before Gerald Riggs dived in from the 1 late in the first half As the redskins 4-2 survived a Battle of missed Field goals. Washington schip Lohmiller missed four Field goals before connecting from 33 and 39 Yards. Philadelphia a Roger Ruzek who was playing with bruised ribs hooked two kicks to the left. The eagles 2-4who have not been shut out in 80 games barely averted one this time. They scored on Randall Cunningham a 9-Yard pass to Fred Barnett with 43 seconds left after driving 77 Yards. Coming in with the of cd a fourth ranked offence the eagles had 270 total Yards 87 below their average. Cunningham who threw a career High five to passes in a win in Washington last year was just 21 of 42 for 220 Yards was sacked five times for 44 Yards in losses and fumbled once. Both teams got nothing from Long drives in the first half As Lohmiller was wide left on three attempts and Ruzek hooked a 28-yarder. The redskins got to the eagles 31 on their first two possessions before Lohmiller missed from 51 and 48 Yards. He later missed from 41 and 50 Yards. Cunningham led one Long drive in the first half taking the eagles from their 1 to the Washington 11 in 16 plays. But he failed on two passes in the end zone and Ruzek missed the Field goal try. On Washington std March Humphries moving from his 20 after Ruzek a miss hit Clark Over the Middle for 33 Yards on third and eight. One play later Monk caught a bomb diving out of Bounds at the eagles 1. Riggs followed with the Only score of the half dragging Seth Joyner and Mike Golic into the end zone for a 7-0 Lead. A Cunningham a 15-Yard scramble helped the eagles get to the Washington 23 Midway through the third Quarter. But they stalled again and Ruzek missed again this time from the 40. A a the redskins went 70 Yards to open the fourth Quarter helped by a personal foul Call when Byron Evans elbowed Humphries in the head at the eagles 38. Lohmiller finally connected from 33 Yards with 12 03 remaining for a 10-0 Lead. The kick gave him Field goals in 26 straight games four Short of the nil record. A second personal foul Call against the eagles Izel Jenkins helped a fourth Quarter drive that ended with Lohmiller a second Field goal and the final margin. Sea Hawks Down chiefs 19-7 Seattle apr Norm Johnson kicked four Field goals and Seattle a defense held Christian Okoye and Barry word tightly in Check As the sea Hawks beat Kansas City 19-7 in an error filled game sunday. Dave Krieg was intercepted four times but Seattle recovered three Kansas City fumbles. Rufus Porter sacked Steve de Berg and recovered Debergh a Fumble on the . 11 to set up a 4-Yard to run by John l. Williams with 1 54 left. The 260-Pound Okoye last years nil Rushing Champion was held to 31 Yards on 11 carries and the 240-Pound word who set a Kansas City single game Rush ing record with 200 Yards last week was limited to 35 Yards on seven rushes. The sea Hawks defense featured 293-Pound Rookie defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy who made his second nil Start in place of the injured Jeff Bryant. Kennedy helped throw Okoye for a pair of losses in the first Quarter. Kansas City a Nick Lowery was wide right on a 41-Yard Field goal attempt 36 seconds into the fourth Quarter. Johnson who had missed five of 12 Field goal attempts going into the game booted his second 39-yarder with 9 25 left to give the sea Hawks 3-4 a 9-7 Lead. Johnson kicked a 43-Yard Field goal for a 12-7 Lead with three minutes to go. The sea Hawks went 56 Yards in 11 plays in 4 59 a from their 23 to the Kansas City 21 a to position Johnson for his third Field goal the one that gave Seattle the Lead for Good. The drive was highlighted by a 9-Yard pass from Krieg to Jeff Chadwick on fourth Down. That gave the sea Hawks the Ball on the Kansas City 28. The sea Hawks Cut the Kansas City Lead to 7-6 when Johnson kicked his second Field goal a 27-yarder, after a Seattle drive was stopped at the Kansas City 9. The chiefs 4-3 led 7-3 at halftime on a 33-Yard touchdown pass from Deberg to . Birden with 58 seconds left in the half.49ers from Page 21 touchdown a 5-yarder to Mike Sherrard with 19 seconds left in the half that gave the 49ers their first Lead at 10-7. Rathmann a two scores were san Francisco a first two Rushing touchdowns and they ran for Over 100 Yards for the first time this season As Dexter Carter filling in for Roger Craig carried 17 times for 90 Yards Ana caught seven passes for 67 Yards. After the Steeles took a 7-0 Lead in the first Quarter they went almost nowhere looking More like the Pittsburgh offence that went without a touchdown in its first four games than the one that had nine ads in its last two. In fact the Steeles could not get past the san Francisco 39 for the rest of the game Charles Haley and Kevin Fagan led a charge that shut Down the Pittsburgh running game and Haley had sacks on the last play of the third Quarter and the first play of the fourth. On the second he forced a Fumble by Bubby Brister that was recovered at the Pittsburgh 17 by Pierce Holt. And Dave Waymer had a fourth Quarter interception. Five plays later Rathman went in from the 1 and it was 27-7. The Steeles had controlled the Ball for 11 minutes of the first Quarter taking a 70 Lead on a 2-Yard pass from Brister to Richard Bell that was first ruled incomplete then called a touchdown by replay official Bill Fette. It was set up by Rod woodsons interception which he returned 29 Yards to the san Francisco 35. Cofer a 39-Yard Field goal Cut it to 7-3 after a 10-play, 52-Yard drive. Montana was intercepted again with 2 14 left in the half by Thomas Everett. But the Steeles committed a major sin holding the Ball for just three plays and 28 seconds and giving Montana the Ball Back with 1 46 left in the half. San Francisco took Over at its 44 after a 15-Yard penalty against Carnell Lake for interfering with Don Griffin a fair catch attempt. 49ers�?T Joe Montana fires against Steele i. An a a off Day of 157 Yard Everett tosses 3 ads As rams rout Falcons Anaheim Calif. Apr the los Angeles rams slump is Over at least for a week. A a we re Back to playing football. We stuck together and shared in the misery a rams coach John Robinson said sunday after los Angeles won for the first time in More than a month beating Atlanta 44-24. A we have a persistent coaching staff we believe in ourselves and did no to let things get to us a said Jim Everett who threw for 302 Yards and three touchdowns for the rams 2-4. A we Are a Good football team and its fun to win the rams Only other Victory this season was against Tampa Bay on sept. 16. They then lost to Philadelphia Cincinnati and Chicago. The rams started against the Falcons 2-4 As they had in their losses to the bengals and the bears falling behind Early. Atlanta took a 10-0 first Quarter Lead but Everett and the rams went on to score on their next eight possessions a capped by Mike Lansford a 32-Yard Field goal with 6 37 left a and turn the game into a rout. Although the rams offence controlled the game Robinson praised the teams defense ranked next to last in the nil going into the contest. A we gave game balls to our six defensive coaches a Robinson said. The Falcons locker room at Anaheim stadium had some three inches of standing water because of clogged plumbing and Atlanta coach Jerry Glanville found that a a it a appropriate that the sewers backed up and we re standing in sewage a he said. Working against the a Fly a worst pass defense Ever Ett completed 24 of 38 and was not intercepted. Falcon quarterback Chris Miller throwing against i defense ranking just ahead of Atlanta a threw for jus 170 Yards. He completed 14 of 24 passes for two touch Downs and was not intercepted. Lending balance to the rams offence Clevelan it Gary ran for 102 Yards on 19 carries and scored twice on runs of 23 Yards and one Yard. The Falcons were plagued by mistakes including 1< penalties for 93 Yards two lost fumbles and one interception. The rams who were penalized six times for 6 Yards made no turnovers. Henry Ellard be Caine the rams All time leading receiver with six receptions for 109 Yards. That gave Hin 6,311 Yards for his career bettering Elroy Hirschy a 33 year old club record of 6,289
