European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stars and stripes tuesday August 20,1991jar ret Battles to 8-Inch Victory Brooklyn Mich. A Dale Jarrett beat Davey Allison by eight inches in a dramatic Side by Side Battle of second generation Lascar Stock car racers in sundays Champion spark plug 400 for his first Winston cup Victory. Jarrett took the Lead in the pits during a caution period on Lap 188 of the 200-Lap event at Michigan International Speedway when he got Only Gas while the rest of the leaders had either two or four tires changed. The Green Flag waved on Lap 192 and the final nine laps saw Allison who came out of the pits in fourth place move up to Challenge his fellow Ford thunderbird Driver. On Lap 199 on the High banked Oval Allison who easily won a race Here in june pulled alongside Jarrett and put the nose of his car ahead at the finish line to Lead the Lap. But Jarrett 34, the son of Hall of Famer Ned Jarrett did not Back off. The two remained Side by Side through the entire final Lap bumping once coming off turn four and nearly getting together several other times As neither would give an Inch. Allison Winner of 11 races and the son of Long time Lascar Star Bobby Allison nudged ahead about 100 Yards from the Flag land. But Jarrett pulled even then got just ahead crossing the line at about 170 Mph. The Victory came in Jarrett a 129th career race and gave the Wood Brothers their first win since 1987. A it was a lot closer than i hoped it was going to be a Jarrett said. A you sit around and imagine these things winning a race just like this. It was quite a finish to beat somebody like Davey like Allison said a i just did no to have enough time. I done to like second place but congratulations to the Best previous finish for Jarrett who already has announced he will drive next season for the new team formed by Washington redskins coach Joe Gibbs was fourth in last years season finale at Atlanta. Joe Ruttmann a Oldsmobile 75 crashes into Jim Sauters Pontiac on turn two during sunday s race at Brooklyn Mich Rusty Wallace wound up third followed by Mark Martin and Bill Elliott. The Winner who earned $74,150, averaged 139.887 Mph. Allison earned $47,700 and went Over the $1 million Mark for the year the first Driver to reach that figure this season and the first time Allison Nas accomplished the feat. Jarrett was the 11th different Winner in 19 Lascar races this season. Allison was leading and All of the leaders were taking a Gamble on stretching their fuel to the end before debris on the Backstretch brought out the fourth and final caution Flag of the race on Lap 187. Allison faked keeping his car on the track until the last moment ducking quickly onto pit Road followed by Martin Harry Gant Jarrett and Wallace. They came out with Jarrett just ahead of Martin and Michael Waltrip but the Battle was Only Between Jarrett and Allison by the end of the first Green Flag Lap. Dale Earnhardt who came into the race with a 108-Point Lead Over Ricky Rudd in the season standings started 26th a his worst Start of the season a and had serious handling problems immediately. Tire smoke was apparent in the turns in the Early laps on the High banked two mile Oval and Earnhardt a right rear tire blew on Lap 23, tearing up the rear end of his Chevrolet. Debris from the explosion brought out a caution Flag keeping Earnhardt on the Lead Lap during a series of caution period pit stops. But the damage to the rear end was so extensive the defending Winston cup Champion had to pull the car behind the Wall. He came onto the track five laps behind the leaders then lost another Lap almost immediately. Earnhardt wound up 24th, six laps behind Jarrett. Rudd had his own problem on Lap 87, making an unscheduled Green Flag pit Stop for tires and falling a Lap off the Pace. But he ran Well the rest of the Way remaining one Lap Back and finishing 11th. Despite everything those two remained 1-2 in the Points race with Earnhardt still leading but Only by 69 Points. His biggest Lead of the season was 160 Points going into last weeks race at Watkins Glen . The Green Flag came out following the first caution period on Lap 31 and remained out until Darrell Waltrip s engine blew on Lap 135. By that time there were Only nine cars on the Lead Lap. The Only serious incident came on Lap 143 when Jim Sauter apparently Cut Down a tire. He spun and collected Joe Ruttmann a car. Tea Musgrave then spun to avoid the other cars. None of the Drivers was injured. A crowd estimated at 90,000 a about the same As the record june crowd Here a watched the race on the warm mostly sunny in Orchard Park by. A Buffalo Bills Cigar Turback Jim Kelly injured in an exhibition loss to the Green Bay packers said sunday he will play in the season opener sept. 1 against division rival Miami. A a in la be there a Kelly said As he left Rich stadium after consulting with team medical officials. A it does no to Hurt that Kelly spent about an hour being examined by team physician or. Richard Weiss and emerged confirming the injury was a sprained ligament in the area where his left leg meets his foot. Kelly was limping a but not on crutches a As he arrived at the stadium and while he Wasny to sure what his rehabilitation timetable would be he was certain he would be ready for the dolphins not going to miss it a he said. A you done to have to worry about the injury occurred during saturdays 35-24 loss to the packers when Kelly scrambled out of the pocket to his right. Just As he threw an incomplete pass to Andre Rcd Green Bay linebacker Tony Bennett tackled Kelly from behind. Bennett started the tackle at about the knee and Slid Down on Kelly a ankle area As Kelly a momentum carried him Forward. The injury looked serious and Kelly Wasny to sure How bad it was himself because he heard a popping noise when it happened. A i heard it pop Quot he said. A i can to really say what the noise was because in a not a doctor but he Weiss said it was the ligament that holds the Tibia and the Fibula hell opener in a statement released sunday by the team Weiss said there was a minimal swelling and that the a area of pain was localized to a two Inch segment of the Tib fib Weiss said Kelly wont begin fun 11-motion exercises for three Days but should be Able to practice at full Speed the week before the dolphins game. Although no penalty was called coach Marv Levy questioned whether the attempted tackle was Legal. �?o1 done to know about being late but the Rule says you can to hit from the Blind Side and go for the Knees on the quarterback a Levy said. A the official said he hit him nigh. I done to know. I did t see it like that from my Vantage Point but he was the injury is the second of the preseason for Kelly who suffered a hamstring pull during the first week of training Camp which kept him on the sidelines until last weeks exhibition game against Detroit. Kelly said the ankle Felt much better sunday which made him optimistic about a Swift recovery. While the news on Kelly was upbeat that Wasny to the Case for defensive lineman Gary Baldinger. Baldinger a Veteran backup damaged his right knee and is expected to be out indefinitely. Sports on an ctn Al Eure pm Tun television baseball a Pittsburgh at Philadelphia 130 . Wednesday oilers ramble past cowboys Houston apr Warren Moon ignited the oilers with touchdown passes of 47 Yards to Haywood Jeffires and 21 Yards to Drew Hill and Ian Howfield kicked three Field goals in a 30-20 Victory Over the cowboys in an nil exhibition game sunday night. Houston 1-2 in exhibition games used big plays to take a 20-6 halftime Lead aided by How fiend who is trying to unseat Teddy Garcia As the oilers kicker. Dallas dropped to 1-2. Howfield signed last week contributed to Houston a 20-6 halftime Lead with Field goals of 32 Yards in the first Quarter and 52 Yards in the second. He added a 17-Yard Field goal with 2 12 left m the game. Rookie Marcus Robertson scooped up a cowboys punt that was blocked by safety Bubba Mcdowell and returned it 22 Yards for a touchdown. Moon found Jeffires behind the Dallas defense for a 47-Yard touchdown. In the first half the cowboys had Only Field goals of 38 and 30 Yards by Ken Willis. But Dallas rallied in the second half behind the Troy Aikman and tight end Jay Novacek. Novacek caught five passes for 59 Yards including a 27-yarder to the Oiler 1 in a 74-Yard drive to set up Aikman a 2-Yard touchdown pass to i Ommy Agee Early in the third Quarter. Moon gave the oilers a 27-13 Lead with a 21-Yard touchdown strike to Drew Hill with 2 19 left in the third period and took a Chin laceration on the play from safety Stan Smagala in the process
