European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 05, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes tuesday March 5,1991 late caution lets Kyle Petty retain Good wrench title by Mike Harris a motor sports writer. Rockingham . Kyle Petty s Mastery of North Carolina motor Speedway continued sunday with a Rich and satisfying Victory in the Good wrench 500 Lascar Stock car race. Petty was dominating through the first two thirds of the 492-Lap race but it took a caution Flag 15 laps from the end to help him overcome a Challenge from Ken Schrader. Schrader trying for his first Victory in More than a year led by As much As 20. Seconds in the late going after Petty fell a behind while making a Grcen Flag pit Stop to get Gas and change four tires. A spin by Harry Gant on Lap 478 brought out the seventh yellow Flag of the race and gave Petty an Opportunity to take his fourth career Victory and second in a Row in this event. Complete results on Page 23. The Green Flag waved for the final time. 11 laps from the end and Petty quickly drove his Pontiac g Rund prix past sch Rad re a Chevrolet Lumina roaring around on the outside line on turn three of the 1.017-mile Oval. Petty easily stayed out front the rest of the Way crossing the finish line 1.09 seconds in front and taking a Cash prize of $131,450,. Including the $68,400 nocal Challenge Bonus. That prize goes to a. Driver who wins a race from the pole. _ a year ago Petty won $294,450 Here including a Bonus of $228,000 for winning from the pole. The und Cal Bonus of $7,600 a race Rolls Over until won. Before Schrader found himself in the right place at the right time the Only Driver Able to Challenge Petty was Rusty Wallace who led As late As Lap 434 however the former Winston cup Champion wound up the race in the garage area with an engine problem. Gant recovered to finish third Ond Lap off the Pace Petty son of Winston cup Star Richard Petty averaged 124,083 Mph. Petty a who led All but 64 laps in winning Here last March and was almost As dominant in the fall race leading 207 taps before a mechanical problem slowed him a was awesome in the Early going sunday. He built leads of up to 14 seconds several times leading  to half a Lap and losing the Lead Only during the leaders Green Flag pit stops. A Petty had lapped All but four cars in the 40-car Field before Wallace gave him his first real Challenge just past he 200-Lap mrk. With both leaders battling on worn tires Wallace moved to the top spot on Lap ,219, fought off a Challenge from Petty on Lap 237 and pulled away to Lead by 10 car lengths. However Petty regained the Edge again during the next series of Green Flag stops coming out in the Lead on Lap 267. With the new pit Lane rules still in effect a prohibiting tire changes during caution period the race was again a series of sprints Between Green Flag fuel and tire stops. Most of the top teams changed four tires on every Green Flag Stop there were  caution periods in the first 158 laps but the track then stayed Green until Mike Skinner and Chad Little tangled on Lap 411, bunching up the leaders. A caution for a blown engine on Lap 430 caught Schrader in the pits for a four tire Stop. But he lost Only one tap and quickly got that Back on the restart. Petty pitted for tires on Lap 436 and was still being serviced when Joe rut Imants spin brought out another yellow Flag. Petty came out a Lap behind but quickly got Back on the. Tad of the Lead tap on the restart on Lap 442. That left him about 20 seconds behind Schrader the Only other Driver on the Lead Lap. V Kyle Petty hoists his trophy after winning from the pole sunday in Rockingham .Jones steers Jaguar to it series Victory West Palm Beach Florida apr Jaguar Driver Davy Jones took the Lead from Polc Sitter Tommy Kendall on the first Corner of the first Lap and cruised to Victory in sunday s Camel it series Toyota grand prix of Palm Beach. Jones Manu Evered his turbocharged Jaguar xjr-10 around the 11-turn, 1.62-mile South Florida Fairgrounds Tempo Raty circuit with precise efficiency beating the seconal place Chevrolet intrepid driven by Wayne Taylor by 27.042 seconds. Complete results on Page 23. A winning Here is big Relief for the in tire team a said Jones who averaged. -93122 Mph for the two hour race staged under overcast skies with gusting wind. It was the fifth career Ftp Victory for Jones whose move Kendall on the first Lap was the Only Lead change of the event. Three time defending 1msa into rear tonal motor sports association driving Champion Geoff Brabham finished third in a Nissan with Kendall fourth in a Chevrolet. The Eagle of Rocky Moran rounded out the top five. The race marked the debut for Imsais single Driver format. Previously two or More Drivers were allowed to share a ride but fans began identifying with cars instead of Drivers. Parker Johnstone got his second straight Ftp lights division Victory. His Honda Acura finished a Lap in front of the Buick Kudzu of Charles Morgan,.,devils coach explodes gets a after loss from wire reports a a. East Rutherford . The new Jersey devils fired coach John Cunniff a source close to the nil team said monday. R to. Devils spokesman Mike Levine would not confirm that Cunniff had been fired but he said a news conference had been called for late monday afternoon to announce a a major coaching  the source who said Cunniff had been fired did not know who would replace him. The devils had been a Strong Choice to finish first in the Patrick division this season. Instead new Jersey is struggling with a 28-28-11 Mark and it is cling. Ing to the fourth and final playoff berth in the division holdings four Point Lead Over Washington with 13 games to play in the regular season the firing came less than 24 hours after the devils lost to the Boston Bruins 3-1 and enraged Cunniff. Tic ripped his team in the pos game interview Tore up his office and stormed out of the building. The loss prevented the devils from moving ahead of third place Pittsburgh in the Patrick division. New Jersey also remains four Points ahead of Washington in the race for the final division playoff spot. Quot the team had no intensity Quot Cunniff said. Quot it has to desire and no character.�?�. Cunniff went on to curse the  he kicked the door As he left the Post game news conference possibly thinking about How his Power play Unitas shut out in seven chances while yielding John Carters Short handed goal. Carter scored alter stealing the puck from defens Eman Bruce Driver and snap Ping a 20-footer from the right Circle which beat devils goalie Chris Terreri. In other games sunday night Blackhawk 8, canucks 0 Chicago red be tour made 28 saves for his 37th Victory and Dijk Graham had two goals and two assists As Chicago routed Vancouver. Bol four is one Victory away from Tony Esposito s club record for most wins by a goalie set in 1969. If was Belfoure a fourth shutout tops in the  Leafs 4, whalers 4 Hartford Conn. A Gary Leeman scored twice including a tip in of a Michel Petit slap shot with 2 37 left in regulation to give Toronto a tie and keep Hartford w inless in it slash six games. Rookie goalie Peter ing made 29 saves including two big ones in the last minute of regulation on a Kevin Dineen slap shot and a Pat Verbeek wrist shot