European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes monday March 23, 1992 Fittipaldi slides to Victory in Rainy indy car opener Eddie Cheever leads Scott Pruett through the first turn of saturday Sage Scott Pruett 10scott Good a 15and Danny Sullivan 18 i of saturdays indy car season of incr in Australia. Oilers win in Boston by the associated press Boston a Scott Mellanby scored on a breakaway with 54 seconds remaining giving the Edmonton oilers a 4-3 Victory Over the Boston Bruins saturday breaking a six year regular season Jinx in Boston Garden. It was the oilers first Victory Over the Bruins at Boston in 10 games since Jan. 13, 1986. They have won As visitors Only three times. In other games saturday islanders 2, devils 2 East Rutherford . Stephane Richer scored on a 45-foot slap shot with 51 seconds to play in regulation giving new Jersey a tie. Kings 5, flames 2 Inglewood Calif. Corey Millen scored twice to Climax a four goal first period As los Angeles scored three times in a 4 44 Span to beat Calgary and crimping the flames playoff Hopes. Sharks 5, whalers 4 Hartford Conn. A Dale Craigwell scored with 74 seconds left As san Jose twice came from two goals behind to beat Hartford for the Sharks third Road Victory this season. Nordques 4, North stars 2 Quebec a Owen Nolan a 38th goal highlighted a three goal first period and goal rider Stephane Fiset made 35 saves including one a penalty shot in the second period As que Quebec beat Minnesota. Blackhawk 3, Maple Leafs 1 Toronto a Jeremy Roenick assisted on two Chicago goals and goalie de Belfour gave the Black Laws a steady Effort. E Gurney team wins at Sebring surfers Paradise Australia apr Emerson Fittipaldi overhauled four rivals Over the final seven laps sunday to win a chaotic rain plagued Gold coast grand prix. The brazilian Veteran passed his Marlboro Penske Chevrolet teammate Rick see Page 24 for Complete results Mears on the 63rd of the 65 laps and survived a slide across a chicane to score the i4th indy car win of his career. Mears finished second to give the team a 1-2 finish. The teams new set up made a successful debut to score a record 68th win in indy car racing for Penske. Fittipaldi a two time formula one Champion finished the 185.545 mile race in two hours 20 minutes 32.477 seconds. Mears was 2.81 seconds behind at the finish with Bobby Rahal third in the new Rahal Hogan Chevy 8.11 seconds behind. The experimental Penske Chevrolet 92 v8-b engines performed Well in the changing conditions. Fifteen laps were raced under yellow flags with three separate interruptions. Six racers had turns at holding the Lead. A with a new car a new Chassis and a new engine we did a lot of testing in the Winter and it paid off in today a race a Fittipaldi said. A today was one of the most exciting races in be Ever  Mears was less enthused. A i did no to think it was that exciting a he joked making reference to Fittipaldi a audacious pass on the 63rd Lap. Fittipaldi said he kept Cool during his late charge Over the ram drenched Street circuit despite a spin on Lap 51. A when racing restarted with seven laps to go i was fifth and i knew it was an extreme racing situation a he said. A i was Able to pass people and win the race. Our new engine is Strong. We Are  Fittipaldi said he expected a season Long struggle Between the new Lola Ford co Sworths of the Newman Haas team and the Pensker steam new Chevrolet. Fittipaldi roared to Victory after an eight Lap rain delay during which All cars pitted to change to wet weather tires. The final seven laps saw Drivers sliding All Over the circuit and Fittipaldi called on the experience of 25 years As a racer. Mansell nabs Mexico pole Mexico City a Nigel Mansell nursing a Williams Ren Ault through countless problems won the pole position saturday and was to Start alongside teammate Ricardo Patrese in sundays formula one Mexico grand prix. Mansell of England also had the pole position two weeks ago before winning the season opening South african grand prix. He qualified saturday Over a difficult circuit at 129.535 Mph covering the 2.747-mile layout in 1 minute 16.346 seconds. Patrese was clocked at 129.408. Mansell and other Drivers said they did no to think conditions will improve in sundays 70-Lap race. Michel Schumacher of Germany and his Benetton Ford teammate Martin Brundle of Britain took the second Row in the Field of 26 Drivers. Schumacher a Speed was 127.851, Brundle a 125.742. By Mike Harris a motor sports writer Sebring Fla. It took Dan Gurney 33 years to get Back to Victory Circle at Sebring International raceway. In 1959, Gurney co drove a Ferrari to Victory. Saturday he stood plotting sweating and agonizing in the pits while the Toyota Eagle that he developed and built made it to the Check ered Flag under the guidance of Juan Fangio ii of Argentina and Andy Wallace of England. A a it a so hard to win a race like this a said Gurney one of americans greatest sports car racers. A the feeling of putting a win in the history Book is just great. Juan a Uncle five time formula one Champion and 1956 and 1957 Sebring Winner Juan Manuel Fangio is already in the history Book and now Juan and Andy Are there.  be Able to Tell their grandchildren about  the younger Fangio said a my Uncle is living my career like it was his own. He sometimes acts More Happy than when he was winning races. He will really enjoy this As much As  Wallace with the Victory in the 40th edition of the 12 hours of Sebring be came Only the fourth Driver Ever to win each of the three most prestigious sports car endurance races in the world a Sebring and the 24-hour races at Daytona and lemans. He joins the late a1 Holbert american racing hero . Foyt and longtime Simsa Camel it Star Hurley Haywood in accomplishing the feat. A though this one is Only 12 hours it just beats the hell out of you and the car a Wallace said. A and the track is so narrow there you have to take a lot More chances then you do at Daytona or lemans. Its really harder to win  the Toyota outlasted the favored Nissan gaps trying for their fourth consecutive Victory on the 3.7-mile, 17-turn Sebring International raceway circuit. The Nissan combined to Lead 209 of the 360 total laps but eventually succumbed to mechanical problems and the tenacious Eagle. Fangio was at the wheel in the eighth hour when the leading Nissan co driven by australian Brothers Geoff and Gary Brabham Derek Daly of Ireland and Arie Luyendyk of the Netherlands made a second unscheduled Stop to try to solve a problem with its lights. The other Nissan which had swapped the Lead with its team car was leading when smoke began belching from the engine and it spun off course at during the seventh hour. Bob Earl co driving with pole Winner Chip Robinson and Luyendyk was Able to drive the car to the pits but it remained there for extensive repairs. Geoff Brabham the four time defending Simsa Camel it Champion managed to keep his car in Contention in the waning hours of the race cutting a five Lap deficit to three and running the fastest Lap of the race a 121.465 Mph a in the darkness just 80 minutes from the end. But a lost wheel just three laps from the finished ended Nissan a Hopes and the second place car wound up five laps behind the winners after Brabham drove it on three wheels most of the Way around the course and into the pits. The winners averaged 110.724 Mph As they covered 1,332 Miles under nearly perfect racing conditions sunny and warm with virtually no humidity. The race last 12 hours 1 minute 47.692 seconds