European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes monday August 26, 1991pruitt fires 68, takes control Akron Ohio a Dillard Pruitt the Longshot Leader of the world series of Golf had one fond Hope going into sundays final round. A a it a a Long Tough Golf course a Pruitt said of the 7,149-Yard Firestone layout. A i just Hope i can get out of Here tomorrow without it getting me Quot Pruitt said after he opened a three stroke Lead with an 18th-Hole Birdie to close out saturdays third round. At one time or another Over the first three rounds Tough old Firestone got almost everyone else in the elite 48-Man winners Only Field. Only Pruitt and Tom Purtzer were Able to beat its grudging Par of 210 for 54 holes Pruitt with a third round 68 and a 205 total and Purtzer with a 67 for 208. And Purtzer a the Only Man within five strokes of Pruitt a was less than completely confident about his chances a i wish i was playing a Little bit better. I wish i Felt a Little bit better about my game a Purtzer said. On the surface their head to head pair world series of Golf ing in the last group for sundays final round would appear to favor Purtzer. He a a 39-year-old Veteran in his 17th season on the pea tour recognized As one of the game s Long hitters and playing one of the Tours longer courses. Pruitt on the other hand is in Only his third season on the tour. He s won Only once a capturing the Chattanooga classic last month while most of the game s greats were playing in the British open. He is not particularly Long off the tee. Quot it will he a Tough test for me a Pruitt said on his 30th birthday. Purtzer did not completely agree. A a five Only played once in the last six weeks. In a pretty Rusty. I m kind of inventing shots As i go along Quot he said. A Dillard looks like he s swinging real Good. There s a confident kind of air about him. He a swinging with Confidence like a Man who knows where he a going. A i Don t see Dillard falling Back tomorrow. 1 think the rest of us will have to catch him. 1 doubt hell come Back to  spices final Dillard Pruitt watches his 15-foot putt for Birdie drop on the 18th Hole saturday. Chattanooga Tenn. A Manny Zerman and Mitch Voges set up a Battle of youth against experience As each won twice at the honors course on saturday to reach the title round of the 1991 . Amateur championship. Voges 41, dispatched Bryan Pemberton 6 and 5 in saturday afternoons semifinal round while Zerman 21, found the going a bit rougher against Dicky Pride but won on the 19th Hole. Voges and Zerman runner up to Phil Mickelson last year were to meet in a 36-Hole, match play final Over the Par-72, 7,064-Yard course on sunday. Voges never let Pemberton a senior . Amateur Southern California from Dublin calif., into their match. Voges the director of Golf at Spanish Hills Golf and country club in Simi Valley calif., went 1 up with a Par-4 at the first Hole. After going 2 up with a Birdie-4 at no. 6, the former Brigham Young golfer won three straight holes. In the morning quarterfinal round Zerman the 1991 Pac-10 Champion stopped David Duval 4 and 3, and Voges beat Jay Sigel who won consecutive . Amateur championships in 1982-83, 2  pads 500cc Lead Brno Czechoslovakia up a world Champion Wayne Rainey Rode his Yamaha to Victory in the czechoslovak grand prix for motorcycles sunday to consolidate his Lead in the 500cc standings with Only two races to go. The californian completed the 23-Lap, 77.043-mile race in 47 minutes 32.169 seconds just Over three seconds faster than Ruhner up Mick Doohan of austra Lia. Rainey a Yamaha stablemate John Kocinski was third. It was Rainey a sixth Victory of the season. Although Rainey leads Doohan by 18 Points the margin will he reduced to ii Points when both riders drop their two worst scores As required at the end of the  wins Jyvaskyla Finland apr Lancia Driver Juha Kankkunen Finland Stop rally Driver won his country a main rally event for the first time sunday. Didier Auriol of France made it a double Victory for the italian Lancia factory losing 56 seconds to Kankkunen who was Content to secure the Victory with Safe driving on sundays eight special stages. With five races left Kankkunen Cut Overall Leader Carlos Sainz a margin in the standings from 32 to 20 Points. Senna leads Mclaren sweep spa Franco champs Belgium apr defending Champion Ayrton Senna overcame gear problems to win the belgian grand prix sunday increasing his Lead in the world standings Over Britain a Nigel Mansell who dropped out with electrical problems. Senna finished the race �1.901 seconds ahead of Mclaren Honda teammate Gerhard Berger while Nelson Piquet lagged 32.176 seconds behind to take third place. Senna and Piquet Are brazilians Berger an austrian. Another brazilian driving for Benet belgian up ton Ford Roberto Moreno took fourth place ahead of Mansells Wil Liams Renault teammate Riccardo Patrese of Italy. With five races to go Senna took another big step towards defending his title leading the standings with 71 Points. Mansell has 49 and Patrese 34. During the 27th of the 44 laps Senna lost More than 10 seconds when his second gear stripped. Senna said he thought his race was Over. �?o1 said a of finish a a but suddenly his Luck changed when he found a higher gear. He had to drive the rest of the race from the third gear up which was especially difficult on the hairpin turns. The Victory was Senna a second straight and fourth straight belgian up Crown. The four straight match the record of Scot Jim Clark who won Here from 1962-1965. Senna finished the 44 laps on the 4.312-mile circuit in 1 hour 27 minutes 17.669 seconds. Kulwicki perseveres for 1 St win Bristol Tenn. Apr Alan Kulwicki overcame a Flat tire Early in the race to earn his first Winston cup Victory this year capturing the Bud 500 at Bristol International Speedway on saturday night by a half Lap. Kulwicki who started fifth in his Ford thunderbird earned his third career Winston cup Victory and first on a Short track finishing 9.4 seconds ahead of Sterling Marlin on the .533-mile, High banked Oval. Marlin who started 14th in a Ford thunderbird finished Bristol 500 second while Ken Schrader was third in a Chevrolet Lumina. Mark Martin was a Lap Back in a Ford thunderbird and Ricky Rudd finished fifth in a Chevrolet Lumina. Kulwicki took the Lead on the 364th Lap from Marlin during the restart following a caution period. Kulwicki got into heavy traffic in the last few laps and Marlin chased him unsuccessfully. A i was just playing it conservative a said Kulwicki who came Back from two laps Down following a Flat tire Early in the race. A there was so much debris on the  he was the 12th Winner in 20 races this season. It was his third career Winston cup Victory. Rudd picked up nine Points on Winston cup Points Leader Dale Earnhardt. Earnhardt who finished seventh in a Chevrolet Lumina leads by 60 Points with 2,995 Points to Rudds 2,935