European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes sunday september 15,1991 Kulwicki wins pole at Dover Dover Del. Up a less than two hours after announcing his new sponsorship package Friday Alan Kulwicki took the pole for the $606,135 Peak Antifreeze 500 at the Dover Downs International Speedway. Kulwicki is seeking his fourth pole of the year with a Speed of 146.825 Mph around the one mile Oval. His time of 24.519 beat Davey Allison by .029 of a second for the Best time of the Day. Kulwicki one of the few owner Drivers in the series announced a new sponsorship Deal with Hooters of America inc., shortly before fridays qualifying session. A a it a a great Way to Start a weekend off by winning the pole after announcing Hooters will be our sponsor for the next three years Quot said Kulwicki. A even if everything else goes wrong we gotten them a lot of exposure but we re counting on a Good weekend. After starting the season without a major sponsor the Atlanta based restaurant Chain signed Kulwicki in May for the remainder of this season. The terms of new three year Deal were not disclosed. A Davey Allison had been real fast in practice but so had we. We had a Little leftover to put into that Lap a said the 36-year-old Kulwicki. A we ran real Well in practice and i Felt like we knew what we had to  the first two rows for sundays race will be made up entirely of Ford thunderbird As Kulwicki will be joined on the front Row by Allison. Allison of Hueytown ala., set a Mark of 146.651 Mph. Geoff Bodine and Mark Martin make up the second Row of the 40 car starting Field. Rounding out the top 10 Are Ernie Irvan Ken Schrader Rusty Wallace Dale Jarrett Sterling Marlin and Harry Gant. Gant comes into the weekend after winning the last two races at Darlington . And Richmond a. Winston cup series Point Leader Dale Earnhardt Only mustered the 12th fastest qualifying Speed. Zmeskal bags Gold by Pete Herrera Indianapolis apr american Kim Zmeskal an 80-Pound package of Power and poise upset defending Champion Svetlana bog Pinskaia of the soviet Union to capture the world championship in women a gymnastics Friday night. Zmeskal the 15-year-old National Champion from Houston who led the americans to the Silver medal in the team Competition with a perfect vault on wednesday night kept the United states on its historic trek through the world gymnastics championships. Zmeskall a Victory presented her personal Tutor and . Team coach Belaka Polyi with the perfect present on his 49th birthday. Since defecting from Romania 10 years ago Karolyi has coached the americans to an olympic Gold medal with Mary Lou Retton in 1984, and now he has a world Champion. In what will go Down As the finest two hours for women a gymnastics in american history Betty Okino finished fourth and 14-year-old Shannon Miller sixth. The previous top finishes by the americans were seventh places by Julianne Mcnamara in 1981 and Brandy Johnson in 1989. Wedge Day a Silver was the first team medal captured by a . Women steam in 12 appearances in the world championships. Zmeskall a Gold in the All around was the first medal for an american in the All around Competition that indicates gymnastics supremacy. Zmeskal captured the Gold medal with a score of 39.848 Points. Bog Pinskaia trying to become the first woman to win Back to Back world titles since fellow soviet Ludmilla tour Scheva did it in 1970 and 1974, won the Silver with 39.736 Points. The Bronze went to romanians Cristina Fontas with 39.711. Zmeskall a win also marked Only the second time since 1970 that the world Champion was not a soviet. Romanians Aurelia Dobre halted a Streak of seven soviet wins in the 1987 worlds. Zmeskal who became the first american to score a 10 perfect score in the world championships with her vault wednesday night led bog Pinskaia from the opening event in the All around finals. Bog Pinskaia a Veteran of International Competition who captured two Gold medals a Silver and a Bronze at the 1988 olympics repeatedly put the pressure on Zmeskal. But she refused refused to world gymnastics championships Kim Zmeskal of Houston flips off vault in route to a Gold medal Friday in All around. Crack. Bog Pinskaia 18, put in her final bid for the Gold with a 9.912 on the uneven bars. Zmeskal aware she needed at least a 9.876 to Clinch the Gold waited on the apron of the floor exercise for the Green Light to begin her routine a hint of nerves written on Ner face. But once on the mat she was nearly flawless. Performing to the Glenn Miller classic a in the mood a Zmeskal stuck both of her first two landings off somersault ing passes across the floor. And when she polished off the routine with another Vel Cro Landing the 15,013 partisans in the crowd inside the Hoosier dome erupted with a standing ovation. It did no to take Long for the judges to calculate Zmeskall a performance and when the 9.987 went up the 4-foot-7 Zmeskal rushed Over to Karolyi and buried her face in his expansive Chest. Zmeskall a other scores included a pair of 9.962s in the vault and balance beam and a 9.937 on the uneven bars. Bouguin Skaiaa Stop scores were a 9.950 on the floor and a 9.962 on the vault the latter her Gold medal event at the olympics in seoul.2nd-ranked hurricanes May be underrated by Steven wine Miami apr Miami a thorough thumping of Houston raised two possibilities the loth ranked cougars Arentt the team they were touted to be or the second ranked hurricanes Are underrated. Or perhaps both. Miami a 40-10 Victory thursday night was that lopsided. The game was supposed to be a High scoring shootout but Only the hurricanes 2-0 held up their end of the hype. Houston 1-1 and record setting quarterback David Klingler had trouble making a first Down. A Marc we really that Good a Miami coach Dennis Erickson said Friday. A a we re a Long Way from being great. But we have a Chance to be a really really Good team. A i done to see any slip in this  that a bad news for the rest of College football. Miami won the National championship in 1983, 1987 and 1989 and now has stamped itself As a team to beat this year. Houston meanwhile suffered a setback in its search for respect As a title contender. The cougars who beat Louisiana tech 73-3 two weeks ago Register big scores against weak teams but Cave in against Strong ones critics contend. A until we prove them wrong what can you say Quot Klingler said. A i feel we be beaten a lot of Good teams but until you can do it consistently year in and year out like Miami has been Able to do its  Klingler who threw an Mcaa record 54 touchdown passes last year managed Only one against Miami a with three seconds remaining. Pressured on nearly every play he completed 32 of 59 passes for just 216 Yards his Low As a starter and Likely lost any Chance at the Heisman trophy. A a let a face it a Houston coach John Jenkins said. A everybody s eligible for a  but a Miami newspaper columnist Friday labelled the cougars As frauds. Jen Kins had advertised his run and shoot As an offence that can to be stopped. A on paper technically it can to Klingler said. A but that a like saying if the boy scouts run the run and shoot against the new York giants its going to. Work. No matter what it still comes Down to  the hurricanes four Man pass Rush was More than Houston could handle. Klingler was sacked five times and called for intentional grounding once and his linemen were penalized six times for holding. Miami Junior Gino Torretta meanwhile passed for 365 Yards and touchdowns covering 2 and 71 Yards to Lamar Thomas and 33 and 51 Yards to Kevin Williams. A i drop Back and throw the Ball As far As i can and they always catch up to it a Torretta said. Erickson like Jenkins an offensive innovator enjoyed seeing his spread attack Click while Houston a More publicized of sense misfired. A yeah there a some personal satisfaction a Erickson said. A a it a Nice to know with All the talk that you can come in with what we do and have Success. A a program like Houston a where they re trying to become a National Champion coming into our place and playing a team that has been the Best a the idea of that made it a big  the hurricanes posted their 39th consecutive Victory at the Orange bowl tying notre Dame for the second longest Home winning Streak in Mcaa history. After playing at Tulsa on sept. 28, Miami will try to extend the Home Streak against Oklahoma state on oct. 5 and fifth ranked Penn state on oct. 12. Houston must regroup to play sept. 21 at Illinois. A a we re not going to swim around in tears and self pity a Jenkins said. A we can to afford to with another big Road game at Illinois staring us in the Eye. We be got to close ranks and March