European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 b the stars and stripes sunday june 23, 1991 ,. Victory Road bumpy for by Bob Baum Eugene,.Ore. Apr the Way her season is going you d think Pattisue plump re a sport was roller Derby. Plumer was locked in another physical distance running rival Suzy Hamilton on Friday night in the women s mile at the pref name classic Tiack and held was grabbing and bumping on the final turn and More grabbing at the tape. Plumer wound up on the ground with a bruised hip. Hamilton wound up with her second straight the two tune defending National Champion at 1,500 meters won in a Hayward Field record 4 non utes .32-99 seconds five hundredths of a second ahead of Plumer. Hamilton barely was ahead of Plumer on the last turn Maria Mustola of Mozambique was alongside both. The leaders. A a. A a a a a a. Fans had a hard time seeing what happened in the Oregon Twilight. M. Waltrip grabs pole in Michigan a a a Brooklyn. Mich apr a Michael Waltrip earned his second career pole Friday taking the top qualifying spot lot a a a a a sundays Miller genuine draft 400 Lascar Stock car race at Michigan International Speedway. Waltrip the younger brother of Darrell Waltrip who won last sunday at Long Pond pa., turned a Lap of 174.351 Mph in a Pontiac grand to heat rom Ner up Groft Bodmer a 173.036 in. A Ford i Hunde Bud. Waltrip. Whose first Winston cup pole came earlier this season at Dover del., said the pole winning run on the 2-Milc, High banked Oval track was aided somewhat by a Cloud that briefly shaded the front Straightaway giving him a somewhat cooler track on. A hot. Sunny Day. Ii was easily Wal Tnp a Best showing in ii tries Here Uil Ludig both yearly Lascar events. His previous Best was a 15th-place Start in push his Best finish Here Ivas been seventh in the August race in pass. Prefontaine track Hamilton who was Suzy favor before marrying last month said Plumer grabbed her Jersey. A it was almost like she was trying to hold me Hack a Hamilton said. A when she got to the Corner she pulled on my Jersey with her hand 1 done to know. I was just kind of shocked and 1 think that kind of made me kick harder Plumer blamed Mustola a maybe it was inexperience she kept trying to Cut in Quot there was no place for her to go and no place Tor me to go a a Plumer said. A i accidentally grabbed at Suyu a Back. I was going to fall and i did no to know what else to do in retrospect. I guess i should have stopped and Ihen gone . A a Mustola Quot 19, who attended High school tins year in nearby Springfield also said Plumer pushed Hei twice causing i he african to throw her hands in the an and fall Back to a tilth place finish Plumer Lell Back briefly then recovered to Challenge Hamilton at the finish providing another controversy. »1 Tomk 1 was passing her a she said. A when someone ties to pass Vou you try to keep them from passing univ Way you Cun at the wrong time for me she gave an Elbow in mid stride and i went flying. Television replays though showed that Plutner appeared to grab Hamiltons right Arm Hamilton shoo the Arm free and Plumer tumbled to the truck. = a i Felt her Arm touch my Arm hut i did t know she fell a Hamilton said. A i turned around and saw her King on the ground.�?�. ,. The thrill Miz Dimsh to the women s mile overshadowed the other featured event the men s two mile Joe Falcon outs rated Shannon Butler to win the final. Race of the night. But Falcon failed in his goal to set a world record m the rarely run event his winning time was 8 24.43, Well off the world Mark of 8 13.45 held by said Wouita. Butler. The National ,000-.meter Champion from Montana state was second m 8 24.60. Michael Waltrip looks up after setting a Lap record during qualifying Friday. Mercedes running 1 -2-3 be mans i Rance apr a Trio of Mercedes shifted leads saturday after four hours of the be mans 24 hours Auto race. The Mercedes driven by Germany a Michael Schumacher and Fritz Kreutz Pointer and Austria a Karl wlm i linger had completed 61 laps on the 8.45-mile circuit in averaging More than 131 Miles per hour with one sixth of the race run saturday evening. Two other Mercedes were in the next two positions. Frenchmen Jean Louis sch Swerand Alain eerie along with German Jochen mass handled the driving for the second place Gar. Jonathan Palmer of Britain Stanley Dickens of Sweden and Kurt think of Denmark did the duties Tor 24 hours of be mans the third car. The Mercedes went into the Lead about two hours in the race after porches and Peugeot shared the Early Lead. Only four other cars were on die same Lap with the Mercedes alter 4 hours. The weather turned fair after Early Clouds and a few drops of rain in the first 10 minutes of the race. All the top ears were Turbo charged in this transition year for be mans. But engines bolstered by turbochargers started after the first live rows so that ears with 3.5-liter normally aspirated on Eines could have an initial advantage. Taking advantage of the head Start a normally aspirated Peugeot driven by Finland s Keke Roseerg and Frances Janniek dahlias and Paul Henri Rapha Nel had led most of the first hour before entering the the pits. The fastest time of the Rainy qualifying sessions on wednesday and. Thursday a was by a Turbo Mercedes of Schessler Ferte and mass which clocked 3 minutes 31.270 seconds for 144 Mph. It started in the sixth Row. An normally aspirated Jaguar with a time of 3 31.912 had the pole position for a time. However late Friday Jaguar director Tom Walkinshaw pulled the Only Xor 14 out of the race leaving the four Jaguar Xor 12s. A Mears sets Lap Mark in Portland Portland Ore. Apr Indianapolis 500 Winner Rick Mears set a single Lap record Friday on the Way to capturing the provisional pole Tor sundays . Joe a 200 indy car race. Mears lapped the 1.922-mile Portland International raceway Road course at 122.242 Mph in his Penske Chevrolet taking advantage of Cloudy skies that Pio diced what the Drivers said was perfect racing weather. Meanwhile car owner Robert j. Leak said 990 indy 500 Winner Arie Fuy Indyk. Could lose his ride with the Granatelli racing team after sunday s race because of the Quot failure to attract sponsorship. Danny Sullivan set the previous p1r Lap Mark last year capturing the pole by covering the nine turn course at 122.129 Mph. Sullivan was fifth in the provisional standings after fridays qualifying. Michael Andretti driving a Lola Chevy was second on Friday at 122.072 and Bobby Rahal in the same Chassis in Gine setup was third at 120,322 Mph. Emerson Fittipaldi Mears teammate was eighth at 119.lo5 Mph. Agassi from Page 24 strokes and rebel image Are All the rage in his return to Wimbledon from self Ini posed exile. A a with the tournament opening monday there a More talk about what Agassi will Wear a he a ditching his Neon Green duds to conform to the a predominantly White rules a than the state of his game which a is Sterling on this surface. A he a hotter gossip in the tabloids than nine time women a Champion Martina Navratilova embroiled in a lawsuit with the former Lover she ran to embrace after Victory last year. Agassi is fueling the fever by talking about his drinking and drug use before discovering religion his love of sports cars his Girlfriend and his newfound respect for Wimbledon s tradition. A a it a no question in be Learned the place that tradition holds and this is a a change for me a said the 21-year-old Agassi who once insisted he come Here because of the ban on his colourful clothes. A initially 1 had a hard time understanding tradition and the place it plays. Its exciting to be part of it.,�?T =. Seeded strictly by computer rankings regardless of past performance on grass Agassi is no 5 behind top seeded defending Champion Edberg no. 2 Boris Becker no. 3 Ivan Lendl and no. 4 Jim courier Agassi a conqueror on Clay in the French open. . Open Champion Pete Sampras whose serve and Volley style is More naturally suited to grass than the Baseline. Assaults of Lendl courier or Agassi is seeded Only eighth. Instead of playing grass court tuneup tournaments in England the past two weeks Agassi returned to Florida to practice on it has been tremendously easier than expected a he said. A a in a excited How in a going to while Agassi is eager to find out whether he can play Well on grass others Are coming in with far More experience. Edberg usually Low key about his play. Fairly bubbled w Ith enthusiasm after winning a grass court tuneup at Queens club. A i have never played so Well going into Wimbledon As i have this year a said the swede who beat Becker in five sets in the final last year. Becker the three time Champion is especially motivated by the Chance of reclaiming the no. 1 ranking he held briefly after beating Edberg in the australian open final in january. Becker 23, figures that Edberg will again be his chief Competition but he does t discount Lendl who has never won at Wimbledon. Quot people say that Lendl is not so Good on grass but i do not agree. He wants the title More than anyone else in the Field and he always goes a Long Way in the
