European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. October 15. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 25gant 3rd As Craven ends lock Loudon . A pole Sitter Ricky Craven won his first Busch grand National race sunday and in the process ended the lock Winston cup Star Harry Gant has had on the series of late. Craven driving a Chevrolet took the Lead from defending grand National Points Champion Chuck Bown on the 239th Lap of the Chevy dealers of new England 250 and pulled away to win by 15 car lengths. He averaged 90.789 Mph around the mile Oval at new Hampshire International Speedway. Bown driving a Pontiac was second. Gant the 51-year-old who had won the last three grand National races and seven of his last nine starts Overall finished third in his Buick after methodically moving up from his 17th starting position. Bobby Labonte recaptured the grand National Points Lead from Kenny Wallace with his fourth place finish. He has 3,967 Points while Wallace who left the race after crashing a second time is 42 Points behind following his 26th-place finish. Wallace was hospitalized with bruised ribs and a possible concussion. Brabham comes in third wins 4th straight it title by Mike Harris Del mar. Calif. A it was t until the championship was All but won that Geoff Brabham gave in to the pain and fatigue. Even then the second generation race Driver was Able to gain a Gutsy third place finish in sundays Camel grand prix giving him an unprecedented fourth straight Simsa Camel it prototype championship. Juan Manuel Fangio u won the season ending race at Del mar Fairgrounds for the second straight year but it was the australian born Brabham the big crowd lustily rooted Brabham for on the sunny warm afternoon. While Nissan teammate Chip Robinson and Jaguar Driver Davy Jones ran into mechanical problems Brabham was Able to stay among the leaders throughout the 1-hour, 45-minute race despite two broken ribs and two compressed vertebrae in his lower Back the result of a crash during testing on aug. 25 at Elkhart Lake wis. Brabham who was Uncertain coming to Del mar if he had the strength and stamina to finish the race never faltered As he eclipsed the three straight Ftp championships by the late Peter Gregg from 1973 through 1975. A it was really Tough a said the son of three time formula one Champion sir Jack Brabham. Quot i think when you re in there and there a so much at stake. 1 think you can forget about it if you have any difficulties or if you re uncomfortable and have pain or anything. A you just have to shut it out. You know you re going to  Tor it later. But. At the time. You re so focused. That you can put it out of your mind. A i know when i Felt like i had the championship won i started to think about it and i went downhill pretty fast. That last 15 minutes Felt like an  Brabham who came into the race trailing Robinson by three Points and ahead of Jones by seven wound up winning the championship with 175 Points. Robinson who wound up eighth sunday had 170, and Jones. 13th in the race. 158. A we might reflect on this championship a Little bit More because we really had to earn it this year a Brabham said. A we did t have the fastest car or win the most races and it was really a Tough  Fangio led the last 27 minutes of the race driving his Toyota Eagle across the finish line 14.172 ahead of the Chevrolet spice of John Paul or. Brabham a Nissan Npt-91 was the Only other car on the Lead Lap at the end. Brabham a fourth championship brought him $150,000 from the season Point fund while Fangio earned the $100,000 Camel Pyramid Bonus in addition to at least $30,000 from the race purse. Brabham took the Lead at the Start and held off the Chevrolet intrepid of record setting pole Winner Wayne Taylor in a sometimes nose to Tail Duel for the first 14 laps on the a i2-mile. 10-turn temporary circuit. Taylor born in Smith Africa and living in England finally got by Brabham on Lap 15 and stayed ahead until Rocky Moran s crash in a new la Toyota Eagle 2s minutes into the race brought out the Only full course caution. The Nissan stayed on the track while Taylor made his one scheduled pit Stop and fell Back to third. When the Green Flag came out again nine minutes hiter a 52 minutes into the race a Brabham was Back in the Lead. But Robinson who closed right behind his teammate during the caution period made his move on the first turn diving inside to take the top spot. At the one hour Mark Robinson led Brabham by about two ear lengths. With Taylor third Fangio fourth and Jones fifth. La Aylor came out of the pits about b seconds behind the leaders but quickly moved Back to Contention pulling right up behind the two Nissan with 50 minutes remaining. Brabham took the Lead from Robinson 30 minutes from the end. The Winner completed 92 laps a 147.200 Miles a and averaged 83.315 Mph. Fangio from Argentina and the Nephew of five time formula one Champion Juan Manuel Fangio earned his third win of the season and the seventh of his Ftp  from Page 24 26. 16 Kenny Wallace St. Louis. Pontiac 206, $4,800, Accident. 27. 26 Jeff Barry Norwich. Ctr a Oldsmobile 207, $2,625, engine failure. 28. 37 Joe Nemechek Lakeland. Fla. Chevrolet 207, $2,950. 29. 24 David Green Owensboro ky., Olds Mobile 206. $2,900. 30. 38 Dewi Fern. It. Colbourne ont. Canada Pontiac 201, $2,600. 31. 46 paler Daniels. Lebanon ., Buick 200, $2,550, Accident. 32. 44 stub Fadden. North Haverhill ., Buick 195, $2,500, engine failure. 33. 15 Tracy Leslie mount Clemens mich., Oldsmobile 193, $4,475, Accident. 34. 35 Tom Peck Mcconnellsburg pa., Oldsmobile. 186, $4,450. Accident. 35. 13 Dave Dion Hudson ., Ford 161, $2,425, engine failure. 36. 2 Ernie Irvan Modesto cal., Chevrolet 155, $2,850, engine failure. 37. 10 Jimmy Hensley Ridgeway va., Oldsmobile 155, $4,375, engine failure. 38. 7 Joey Kourafas Randolph mass., Pontiac 82, $2,350, engine failure. 39. 11 Jimmy Spencer Berwick pa., Chevrolet 78, $1,975, engine wore. 40. 25 Ken Schrader Fenton mo., Chevrolet 71, $1,975, dutch. 41. 34 Jamie Tomaino. Howell n.j., Pontiac 55. $1,950, engine failure. 42. 20 Bily Clark Farmington me. Pontiac 48, $2,300, transmission. 43. 22 Dale Shaw Center Conway . Pontiac 32. $2,300. Engine failure. A a 44. 9 Davey Mason Hueytown. Ala. Buck 23. $1,950, steering. 45. 16 Glenn Sullivan Westbury n Chevrolet 20, $1,950, engine failure. 46. 43 Dave Rezendes Assonet mass Oldsmobile 19, $2,550. Engine failure. Race statistics time�?2 54 48 margin of Victory a 93 second caution flags�?12 for 60 laps Lead changes�?18 among eight Drivers inn leaders Ernie Irvan 15, Ricky Craven 612. Irvan 13-14, Craven 15-7, Chuck Bown 58-69. Jimmy Hensley 70-88, Craven 09-112, Hensley 113117, Robert Pressley 118-132. Joe Nemechek 133147, Kelty Moore 148-150, Jeff Burton 151-153. Moore 154, Pressley 155, Moore 156, Pressley 157193, Bown 194-239, Craven 240-250. Simsa it prototype Del mar Calif. A results sunday in the 1 hour 45-Mmute Camel grand Pix of greater san Diego Tor Simsa Camel it prototype sports cars with starting position in parentheses Driver Hometown or country make of car. Laps completed reason out it any prize Money and Winner s average Speed in Mph a Camel lights entries 1. 3 Juan Wuel Fangio ii Argentina. Toyota Eagle Mikii. 92 laps. S130,000. 83 315 Mph 2. 6 John Paul. Or. West Palm Beach. Fla Pontiac spice. 92. $21,000. 3 2 Weott Brabham. Lantana. Fla Nissan not 91. 92. $14,000 4 8 Martin Brundle. Britain. Jaguar Xor 16. 91. $9,500 5 51 Peny Mccarthy. Britain. Chevrolet spice 91 54.000 6 10 ban Bonner. Boston and Jett Pumeni Gainesville. Chevrolet spice 88. $4,000 7 x 12 Parker Johnstone. Redmond. Of Acura spice. 87. $16,000. 8 4 Chip Robinson Slawick. N Nissan Npt-91. 86. $4 000 9-x. 13 David Tennyson Canada Ferrari spice 86. $11,000. 10-x. 15 Ruggero met Grain Italy Acura spice 86. $9,000. 11. 17 James Weaver Britain porsche 962c, 84. $4,000. 12-x. 16 Kan Knott. Kennesaw ga., and Andy Evans min creak wash., Buick Kudzu 83. $7,500. 13 7 Davy Jonas Lake Tahoe. Nev. Jaguar xjr-16.79. $4,000. 14. 9 Charles a Roteman and Cor Euser Holland. Ford co Worth spice 76. Suspension. $4,000. 15. 1 Wayne Taylor Britain Chevrolet intrepid 60. Clutch $4,000. 16-x. 14 Jim Pace Jackson miss., Buick Kudzu. 52, $3,000. 17-x 18 Philippe Depenning France and Paul Debban los Angeles. Buick spice. 47, mechanical $3,000. 16. 11 Jed Kline Malibu Calif., Chevrolet spice 41, engine $3,000. 19. 19 Rocky Moran. Cota de Caza Caw Toyota Eagle Mikii 25. Accident. $3,000. Roast Shaylea time of race 1 hour 45 minutes 0.418 seconds winning Speed 83.315 Mph Lor 92 iapsl47.2 Miles margin of Victory 14.172 seconds Simsa super car Del mar Calif. A results sunday from the Simsa badge Stone Potenza super car championship race with starting position in parentheses Driver Hometown car laps completed reason out. It any. Ponze Money and winners average Speed in Miles per hour 1 1 Hans stuck Germany porsche 911 Turbo 23 la its. $8,750, 71 100 Mph 2 3 Bobby Carrade Hollywood cakf., Lotus Esprit. 23. $6,125. 3. 4 Michael Brockman los Angeles Lotus Esprit 23, $5,050. 4. 6 Jay Sperry Medicine Lake Minn. Chevrolet Corvette 23, $4,500. 5. 5 Hurley Haywood Jacksonville. Fla. Porsche 911 Turbo 23, $4,000. 6. 9 Stuart Hayner Yorba Linda Caw. Pontiac fire Hawk 23, $3,500. 7 8 to Lemler Bonita Calil Lotus Esprit 23. 53.000. A a. 8. 10 Jeff Purner. Gainesville. A. Porsche 911 Turbo. 23, $2,500. A 9 11 chef fillip Palm Beach gardens. Fla consumer Ftp 23, $2 000 10 13 Garth whom m6chamcsburg. Pa., Dodge stealth. 23, $1,500 11. 2 Doc Bundy. Gaines role. A. Lotus Esprit. 22.51.000. 12. 12 Rob Wilson new zealand Dodge stealth 22. $1.000 13 15 Mitch Payton. Norco. Caw. Co sulier Ftp. 21. $1,000 14 14 Bill Gray. Springdale Ark. Pontiac fire Hawk. 11. Mechanical $1.000 15 7 Lance Stewart. Path bean gardens fla co sulier Ftp. 5. Mechanical. $1,000 race statistics time of race 31 minutes 3 288 seconds winning Speed 71 100 Mph Loi 23 laps 36 800 Miles margin of Victory 769 seconds Simsa Saab Del mar Calif a results sunday in the 30-Mmute Barnet Saad pro series race Tor single seat open wheel Simsa race cars with starting position m parentheses Anver. Hometown or country laps com dieted Eason out it any Ponze Money and win Ner s average Speed in Mph All cars Are Saab  Diales 1. 1 Johnny Robinson Britain 19 laps $10,250.56.422 Mph. 2. 3 Bryan Herta. Los Angeles 19, $6,150 3. 5 lao Parente. Los Angeles. 19, $4,050. 4. 6 Tony Leivo. Finland 19, $2,500 5. 8 roes Hockenhull Britain 19. $1.800 6. 13 Maik Tremblay Huntington n a 19, $1,500. 7. 15 Greg Tracy. Tusim Calil., 19, $1.300 8 12 Alex Padilla Sacramento Calif. 19. $1,200. 9. 16 Nocke Blom Sweden 19, $1,000. 10. 2 Page Jones. Rolling Hills. Calil. 19, $1,000. 11. 23 Art Many or. Fountain Valley Calil. 19. $800 12. 17 Kimble Williams Arcadia Calif. 19, $700. 13. 18 Patrick Hasburgh Malibu Calil. 19. $600 14. 20 Chuck Thomas Elca on Caw., 19. $500 15. 19 jell Laugham Crestline Calil 19, $500 Raca statistics time of race 30 minutes 41.746 seconds winning Speed 59.422 Mph for 19 iaps30 400 Miles. Margin of Victor 1.223 seconds Lascar Winston 400 Bakersfield calf a final results sunday in the $73,820 Lascar Winston West series 400, with Driver s starting position Hometown make and Model of car Winner s average Speed in Miles per hour laps completed reason out it any and Money won. 1 1 Bill Sedgwick Granada Hills. Calif., Chev Rolet Lumma. 400,69.970. $13,150 2 8 Rick cares Denver. Chevrolet Lumina. 400, $7,025 3. 6 Bill Schmitt Redding Calif Ford thunderbird 399. $4,175 4 5 Butch Gilliland Anaheim Calif. Pontiac grand prix 396, $2,250 5 4 Joe Ruttman. Nashville. Ten Chevrolet Lumina 396, $3,225 6 7 Hershel Mcgriff. Portland Ore. Pontiac grand prix 395, $2,500. 7 16 Rock Scribner Orangevale Caw Chevrolet Lumina. 393. $2,300 8 12 Billy Jac Shaw. Minden Nev. Buick regal. 391, $1,900 9. 15 Wayne jacks. Las vegas. Oldsmobile Delta 88, 388, $1,700 10 13 John Krebs. Rose Ike Caw. Pontiac Grano prix. 388, $1,625 11 14 Ted Kennedy. Fresno. Calif Oldsmobile Cutlass supreme. 352. Clutch. $1.450 12 19 Jack Sellers Sacramento Calil. Buck regal. 340, running. $1,400 13 2 Mike Chase. Bakersfield. Caw. Chevrolet Lumina 328. Head Gasket. $1.450 14 9 Mark Reed. Bakersfield. Calil Chevrolet Lumina. 255, fatigue. $1.300 15 18 St James Davis. West Covina cant Buck regal 203. Running. $1,300 race statistics time of race 2 hours 5 minutes 30 seconds amp 272 276. 346-352 Lap leaders Sedgwick 1 -23. Scmitt 24 28 Seo guck 29-30, Schmitt 31-82. Mcgett 83. Shaw 84-86. Schmitt 87-94. Sedgwick 95 142. Snaw 143146. Sedgwick 147-262. Carelli 263-274. Sedgwick 275-400 11 Lead changes among five Drivers All american 400 Nashville. Tenn a final results sunday in the $110,250 All american 400 at the Nashville raceway with starting position in parentheses Driver Hometown where possible car. Laps completed reason out it any and Winner s average Speed in Miles per hour 1. 6 Junior Hanley Canada. Ford 400 laps 69.54 Mph 2 11 Darrell Waltrip Franklin. To Chevrolet. 400 3 10 Jody Ridley Chatsworth Aford 400 4 28 Jason Keller Chevrolet 399 5 4 Bill Al Kohl. Dawsonville Aford. 398 6 25 dons Vaughn Chevrolet. 396 7. 10 Rick Crawford Mobile. Ala. Chevrolet $95 8. 13 Randy Portor. Greenville. S Chevrolet. 394 9. 5 Dave Mader Iii. Maylene Ala. Chevrolet 394 10 32 Bart Ingram. Chevrolet. 394 11 8 Mike Alexander. Franklin to Chevrolet. 392 12 39 scoff Lovelady Chevrolet 390 13 34 Charlie Stokes. Buick. 387 14 14 Tim Steele Marne. I. Chov Roll. 394, Accident 15 23 Gary Bradberry. Buick. 384. Accident race Afa Mica time-3 25 41 caution flags 16 flags for 108 laps 93, Tim sleeve 94-101, Senneker 102-111, Gill 112. Senneker 113-188, Dave Mader Iii 189 216. San Noker 217-258, Purvis 258-299. Hanley 300 380, Steele 381-384, Ridley 365-396. Purvis 397 400 Nora nationals Ennis Texas a results sunday from the sixth annual $1,167,700 Nora chief Auto parts a caution nags 10 Tor 74 laps 7 10, 65-69 80 85 9297 103 107 140 145. 191 198 252 260. Tio nals at Texas motor x tolf Lal round one Maurice due Quot it it los Angeles 5 117 seconds. 268.65 Mph dal. Just Amato. Old forge. A. 9.733. 71.24 scoff Sattui Ypsilanti. Mich. 5 187. 266 57 Del. Tommy Johnson ., Ottumwa. Iowa 5 319, 256 53. Eddie i Wichita Fama tex., 4 971, 28966 Del Cruz Pedregon Moorpark. Caw5 041, 288 92. Kenny Bernstein. Dallas. 5.028, 288 55 Del Tom Mcewen Fountain Valley. Calif. 6 795. 85 61  Austin Tacoma wash., 4.962. 269.48 Del Frank Hawley. Gainesville. Fla 5.040. 284 81 Gene Snow it Worth ten. 6.690, 237 15 Del Lon Johns Corpus Christi. Texas 10 636. 70.21 Cory Mcclenathan Anaheim caw6 652. 132 82 Del. Doug Herbert boo Luton ., Toul Don prud homme. Granada Hills Caw. 4 924, 288 46 Del Jimmy Nix. Oklahoma City. Of la. 9 763. 85 32 quarterfinal -bern6tein, 4.980, 291 16 Del Kalitta. 8 631. 96 66 Austin. 5 046. 290 32 Del Mcclenathan. 5 121. 274 39. Hill. 5.052. 285 96 Del Dupont. 5 443. 250 48 Prudhomme. 5 067. 281 60 Del Snow 9 934 85 92 semifinals Prudhomme 5 000 278 98 Uel aus tin. 5 208. 272 23 Bernstein 5 006 280 4b Del Hill 3 115. 282 22 final Prudhomme 5 000 282 57 Del a Ernstene 5 125. 283 19 funny car found one Jim White. Tulsa okla Dodge Day Tona 5 289 286 89 Del Frank Kambei Tjui quake town a. Foro probe 5 822 190 83 Gary Brogi i Genoa lit Pontiac trans am a 655 220 00 Del we Bazemore Atlanta Ford probe 9 71 7 109 25 Gordon memo Rockwall. Texas Pontiac trans am 5 406 267 69 Del de my culion Hemet Caw Oldsmobile Cutlass. 8 751 103 42 Ai hot no Umatilla fla Ford probe 5 271 2/3 22 Riel fam Etc tells Putnam Conn Pontiac trans am Loui Gary Densham. Bott lower. Enlil. Out Sombito Cut lass. 5.519 249 79 Dot Mark Oswald. Cincinnati Dodge Daytona broke John Force Yorba Linda. Calil. Oils Mottle Cutlass. 5 314, 276 41 Del Jim Muir Ltd Santa Rosa cart. Dodge Daytona. 5 564. 221119 Del Worsham. Orange. Calit Oldsmobile Cutlass 5 310. 278 20 Del Tom Hoover Maple Grove. Minn. Pontiac trans am. 5 487. 257 87 Mike Dunn my Joy a. Dodge Daytona. 5 339, 273 05 Dot Dot Johnny West. Chandler an. Dodge Daytona 5.642, 265 80 quarterfinal memo. 5 361. 271 08 Dot Force. 5 963 232 13 White 5 217. 288 64 Del Bogor. Broke Worsham 5 342 279 85 Dot Densham. 5 529, 244 76 Holmann. 5 309, 2/4 22 Del Dunn 7 770, 110 26 semifinal White. 5 235. 289 29 Del memo. 8 551, 103 06 Holmann. 5 333, 276.83 Dot Worsham. 5 419, 277 26 final Hofmann. 5 365, 271 41 Del White. 6 578. 143 83 pro Stock round one Warren Johnson. Duluth. Oils Mobile Cutlass. 7 233, 192.59 Del Ken Dolce. Cen Leroach n Pontiac trans am. 7 394, 166 60 Jerry Haas. 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