European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday july 16, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 25 me c r u uses to win Monroe Wash. A Geoff Bod Ine took the Lead for the final time shortly after the Halfway Point and drove his thunderbird to a 20-second Victory in sundays Lascar motor Craft 500 Stock car race at Evergreen Speedway. The Chemung ., Driver was forced to Start 21st in the 36-car Field after his first Day qualifying time was disallowed but he took just 89 laps to get to the front. Bodine twice was beaten out of the pits during caution flags but never was passed motor Craft 500 for the Lead on the track lapping All but the second place Chevrolet Lumina of Jim Bown at the finish. Bodine took the Lead for the final time on the 279th of 500 laps passing Bill Schmitts thunderbird. The Winner averaged 68.356 Mph for the 323-mile distance winning a record $57,800 in his first Lascar Winston West series Start. Fourteen caution flags which consumed 105 laps slowed the race with accidents knocking out pole starter Sterling Marlin former Winston cup Champion Bill Elliott and Winston West series Points Leader Mike Chase. Only 14 of the 36 starters were running at the finish of the 5-hour, 12-minute, 52-second event. Caution periods were the Only thing that kept the Field close to Bodine. The races final restart on the 434th Lap allowed Bown to close up on the leaders rear bumper. A Flat left front tire however Cost Bown a Lap in the pits just seven laps later. He got around Bodine on the 452nd circuit to make up the lost Lap but was unable to get More than several Hundred Yards ahead of the Winner. A we had a Strong tire strategy and we were really hooked up at the end a said Bodine the 1986 Daytona 500 Winner. A the track was Slippery and the tires were run out but they were Good enough. That was All that there were nine Lead changes among six Drivers with Bodine pacing 378 of the 500 laps. Bill Sedgwick last years Winner finished third in a Chevrolet Lumina one Lap behind Bodine. Chases Buick regal was the victim of a first Lap Accident on the 0.646-mile tracks first turn which also eliminated cars driven by Larry Gunselman and Wayne jacks. American Greg Lemond right chats with dutchman Eric Breukink during the ninth stage of the tour do France sunday. Lemond loses part of Lead Quimper France apr Greg Lemond retained his Overall Lead monday for the third consecutive leg of the tour de France but his margin was shortened by four seconds after the lengthy 10th stage. Lemond finished Back in the pack but his nearest rival Erik Breukink struggled just to finish. The dutchman Rode with a fever of 100 degrees and dropped to third Overall. Soviet Dja Olidine Abdoul Palov moved into second 69 seconds behind Lemond. In the 130-mile stage Breukink trailed the the pack for most of the stage before making a comeback in the last nine Miles. Five of his eight teammates dropped out due to illness. Phil Anderson of Australia and the Motorola team won the stage in 5 hours 23 minutes 23 seconds. For Lemond two Days is the longest stint he a had wearing the yellow Jersey since the Middle of the 1989 race. He usually wins it just in the Nick of time a like the final Day time trial two years ago that enabled him to nip Frances Laurent mignon by eight seconds or his come from behind Effort on the next to last Day last year to overtake Claudio Schiappucci of Italy. Lemond mind losing the Jersey again a just As Long As he wears it at the end of the race. A i ride to win the tour Overall. So tactically i done to care what happens Day after Day a Lemond said. A i done to know if i can control he can control himself As he did saturday in making up More than 90 seconds on Breukink in the last 6.2 Miles of the 45-mile time trial. Lemond was second to Miguel indu rain of Spain but finished More than a minute ahead of Breukink. After the 11th stage there is a plane Transfer on wednesday from Nantes to Pau. The riders then encounter two stages in the from the pyrenees on is when the race is going to take shape a Lemond said. A it is sure going to be in the pyrenees to find out where i really stand on the the 13th stage from Jaca Spain to Val Louron France is marked by two first category climbs and two others rated a out of category in the tour do Frances rating scale on degree of departure puzzles bobsled officials Lake Placid A the 1992 . Bobsled team has lost a a great Guy and an assets in Edwin Moses and bobsled officials still done to know Why. Moses a two time olympic 400-meter Champion skipped thursdays . Olympic bobsled push trials without an explanation to officials or teammates. He left Lake Placid and missed a last Chance trial on sunday. A i Haven to heard from Edwin a Jim Hickey director of bobsledding a National governing body said sunday. A the May have had some personal problems that ust took precedence Over his ability to be Here but i Haven to talked to Hickey said Moses is a a great Guy and n asset to our sports who have left the Competition without an important reason. Moses los Angeles raiders wide receiver Willie Gault and tight end Greg Harrell were edged out for olympic berths in the team push event last monday. But Moses still had a Chance to make the squad in individual push competitions on thursday and sunday. In push events competitors push sleds Down a track on a Concrete slope that simulates the Start of a bobsled run. A receptionist at the . Olympic training Center at Lake Placid said Moses left thursday. Moses who lives in Newport Beach calif., could not be reached for comment. Three final olympic positions were decided sunday in ibo Side push event. Gault and Harrell missed the event because they had to report to the raiders training Camp Hickey said. Earning the final olympic spots sunday were Karlos Kirby of Clive Iowa Joe Sawyer of Denver and Chris Coleman of Vestal Kirby had a Best 2-of-3 heat total of 10.71 seconds to Sawyers 10.76 and Coleman a 10.81. Coleman was second in thursdays brakeman Competition. Moses Gault and Harrell reportedly angered the other 33 olympic hopefuls with remarks made last week. The exact nature of the remarks were not known. Hickey said the High profile athletes were not trying to flaunt their Fame. A i think they were trying to assume a leadership role a he said. A rather than All the teams coming together i think it caused friction. It left a wrong impression with the other the confrontation did no to cause Moses departure Hickey said. A it had no bearing on it at All a he said. A things Are just tight in a Competition like this. It Means a lot to Minnesota Vikings running Back hers Chol Walker who earned an olympic berth thursday in the brakeman Competition and whose attitude was praised by other bobs edders said he was unhappy about the feud and Moses departure. A a in a disappointed. In a upset a Walker said. A a it a a
