European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 7, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 21 Elliott wins at Daytona Daytona Beach Fla. A Bill Elliott took his Only Lead of the race with 12 laps to go saturday and kept it to win the Pepsi-400, his first Victory this year and his first at Daytona International Speedway since 1988. A glad to be Back a Elliott said. His Ford was pulling away at the finish and beat second place Geoff Bodines Ford by .31 seconds. Davey Allison took third Ken Schrader was fourth and Ernie Irvan settled for fifth. A with All the hardships that Bill Elliott a been through this has got to be a great Victory for him today a Allison said. A the drove a super race and he deserves  Irvan the reigning Daytona 500 Champion led for much of the race but faded in the final laps. Elliott who had been in front in just two other races this year passed Allison on the inside going through turn one to take the Lead on the 148th Lap. The race was marred by a spectacular three car crash that sent Darrell Waltrip a Chevrolet rolling end Over end at least six times on the infield. The crash stripped away the Hood roof and trunk from Waltrip a car which came to rest on the Drivers Side door. Waltrip was conscious when he was taken to a Hospital for tests officials said. A a he a a Little woozy right now because he took a tremendous Tumble a said Driver Joe Ruttman who was Alst involved in the wreck. A but i went Over there and he knew who i was. He was just trying to Clear his  the Accident occurred on the 119th of 160 laps. A seven car Chain reaction collision on the 13th Lap began when Lake speeds Pontiac turned sideways coming out of the second turn after it was bumped from the rear. The Accident sidelined Speed and three other Drivers. Phil Barkdoll was eliminated by a three car crash Midway through the race. Mike chases Olds blew a tire and went into the Wall on the 107th Lap. A track worker talks with a groggy Darrell Waltrip As the two await the Rescue  makes it 3 in Row from wire reports Magny Cours France Riccardo Pat Rose of Italy captured his third straight pole position at the French grand prix bumping Ayrton Senna out of the front Row saturday. Patrese drove his Williams Renault around the 2.645-mile circuit in 1 minute 14.559 seconds and he averaged 128.140 Mph. Senna the defending world Champion was third in 1 14.857, an improvement Over Friday when he won the provisional pole but not enough to catch Patrese. A a in a not really sure How we will be in the race because i did not Complete enough laps this morning because of my engine failure a Senna said. In the morning practice Senna a engine broke Down but he was using a Mclaren Honda backup car. Close behind Patrese in the qualifying was defending Champion Alain Prost driving a new Ferrari 643. The Frenchman took second place on the Grid in 1 14.783. Prost won the French grand prix for the last three years on the Paul Ricard track in Southern France and has five victories in this race dating Back to 1981. The race sunday will be the first grand prix on Magny Cours track. The 72 laps cover 191 Miles. Patrese has been on a hot Streak since he was the top qualifier in the Canadian grand prix ending Senna a Streak of four straight pole positions. The italian went on to win the pole in Mexico and also won the race. A maybe in be awakened maybe the material i have in my hands is fantastic a Patrese said. A but i know it is got a big potential and in be got Confidence. A Tresco a teammate Nigel Mansell of Britain qualified fourth in 1 14.895. All 26 Drivers were Able to Cut More than a second from their Friday  holds off Andretti on to pole by Mike Harris a motor sports writer Cleveland a Emerson Fittipaldi improved his own track qualifying record saturday and held onto the pole position for sundays Cleveland grand prix again holding off tenacious Michael Andretti. Fittipaldi who won the provisional pole on Friday with a Lap of 139.615 Mph on the temporary Road circuit at Burke lakefront Airport drove his Chevrolet powered Penske racer around the rough course saturday at 140.842. When Andretti coming off a Victory two weeks ago at Portland ore., came up Short at 140.390, Fittipaldi came away with his second straight pole and the 11th of his indy car career. ,. A i was Able to Fine tune the car and then in qualifying every time i came in the pits we made Little adjustments that helped a said the brazilian Driver. A there was More rubber and there was More surface grip than  on Friday Fittipaldi was close behind Andretti on several of their fast laps and Andretti said it was like having big brother watching. Saturday he tried to turn the tables. A i was following Emerson hoping that would help me a what he did a he said. A but it did no to work. He just pulled away from me anyway. At least it showed me where we need to make some  Andretti a fast Lap came on his final trip around the circuit just As it did on Friday. A1 Unser jr., the defending series Champion made a big jump improving from sixth on Friday to a solid third at 139.606. Rick Mears who was third on Friday slipped Back to fourth despite improving his top Lap to 139.405. Mario Andretti Michael a father and teammate was fifth at 138.565, followed by Scott Pruett at 138.376, Bobby Rahal at 138.374, Arie Luyendyk at 136.616, John Andretti a Mario a Nephew a at 136.249 and Scott Goodyear at 135.885. The 85-Lap, 201.37-mile race is expected to be run in a Blanket of heat and humidity making it Tough on the Drivers. The forecast was for temperatures to reach 90 under a hazy sky. A this place is hard on the equipment because of the bumps and hard on the Driver because its always hot humid and Dusty a Mears said. A you can to let the heat the bumps or anything else effect your concentration though. You just have to stay focused As much As possible for the two hours or so it takes to run this  dream finally comes True for British Miler Elliott Oslo Norway apr Peter Elliott after two previous second place finishes finally won the a dream Miles at the Bis Lett games on saturday night. The briton a former world indoor mile record Holder held off Wilfred Sirochi of Kenya Simon Doyle of Australia and Jim Spivey of the . In a thrilling finish Down the stretch. Only .45 seconds separated the top four. Elliott second Here last year behind Jim Falcon of the ., clocked 3 min utes 49.46 seconds tops in the world so far this season. Elliott and the other front runners were below Steve cramps split times from 1985 at Bis Lett when the briton set the world Mark of 3 46.32. But they  keep the Pace in the final 400 meters. A i was Uncertain about my form but we decided to have a crack at the record before the race a said Elliott. Elliott who ran a 3 55.17 mile in Belfast june 21, finished behind cram in his first mile at Bis Lett stadium. Sirochi clocked 3 4 >.77 for second. Doyle who improved the australian 1,500-meter record twice in recent grand prix meets in Finland and Sweden followed in 3 49.83 with Spivey fourth in 3 49.91. Falcon pulled out because of an injury he suffered on wednesday. The Only other top gun missing was Noureddine Morcelia of Algeria the worlds top ranked 1,500-meter runner. Hassiba Bou Lierka of Algeria pulled off a surprising Victory in the women smile out kicking favored Doina Melinte of Romania. Boul Merka the first african woman to win a major mile was just five seconds off the world record clocking 4 20.79. My Linte finished in 4 22.04. Merlene Ottey of Jamaica extended her winning Streak to 50 straight finals with an impressive 10.88 clocking in the women a 100 meters