European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 5, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 27 Foyt injured in wreck indy Streak jeopardized Phoenix apr . Foyt was injured in a crash Friday at Phoenix International raceway on a Day when Penske racing teammates Emerson Fittipaldi and Rick Mears turned some sizzling laps. The 57-year-old Foyt crashed his 1991 Lola Chevrolet a after sliding through some fluid on the one mile Oval during the opening practice session for sundays Valvoline 200. He sustained a hairline fracture to the Scapula Bone in his right shoulder. Officials said he will Likely be out of action 4-6 weeks meaning that the four time Indianapolis 500 Winner and indy car career Victory Leader 67 May not be Able to race at indy next month. If not it would end his record string of 34 straight starts at the Indianapolis motor Speedway. When told by a nurse that he might be unable to drive for that Long Foyt who has changed his mind about his announced 1991 retirement reportedly said a nah texans heal Foyt had crashed three times previously this year. Fittipaldi the former indy car and formula one Champion who began the season by winning on the Street circuit at australians surfers Paradise easily was the fastest Driver Friday with a Lap of 169.436 Mph in the second of the two practice sessions. Mears who finished second in Australia in another of the new Penske Chevrolet a race cars was close behind at 168.824 a leading the morning practice a and 168.757 in the heat of the afternoon. Those laps were Well above the track record of 168.334, set last year by Mears although records can be set Only in qualifying and the race. Time trials for sundays 200-Lap event were scheduled saturday with temperatures expected to be slightly higher than Friday s Low 80s. Kulwicki takes Bristol pole Bristol Tenn. Alan Kul Wicki took the pole with a track record Friday at Bristol International raceway in qualifying for sundays food City 500. Kulwicki circled the .533 mile Oval at 122.474 Mph. The previous qualifying record was set in 1989 by Mark Martin at 120.278 Mph. Mansell nabs Brazil pole Sao Paulo Brazil Fuji world championship Leader Nigel Mansell of Britain will Start sundays brazilian formula one grand prix from pole position after recording the fastest Lap in saturdays final timed practice but he scared team officials with a crash near the end of the session. Mansell completed the 2.595-mile inter Lagos circuit in 1 minute 15.703 seconds Over a full second faster than his Williams Renault team mate Riccardo Patrese who finished in 1 16.894. Brazilian three time world Champion Ayrton Senna was third fastest with a time of 1 17.902, closely followed by his Mclaren Honda partner Gerhard Berger in 1 18.418. It is the third grand prix in a Row Mansell and Patrese have started at the front of the Grid. Mansell Winner of the first two races of the season in South Africa and Mexico survived a late scare when he crashed his car just minutes before practice was to end. The 38-year-old englishman lost control of his vehicle while attempting to overtake his archrival Senna and crashed into a Wall. Mansell walked free from the car complaining of sore legs. Mansell leads the championship standings with a maximum 20 Points from two races. Italian Patrese is second with 12 Points. Weekend sports on the air Central european time an television sunday pro basketball Chicago at Boston 6 . College basketball a Mcaa women a championship game 10 . Monday College hockey a Mcaa championship 1 television sunday pro basketball Chicago at Boston 6 . College basketball a Mcaa women a championship game 10 . Monday College hockey a Mcaa championship 1 . Baseball a Toronto at Detroit 7 .Afn radio sunday College basketball a Mcaa women a championship game to . Monday baseball a san Diego at Cincinnati 8 .seb radio sunday College basketball a Mcaa women a championship game m0 . Monday pro basketball a Portland at Golden state 4 30 . Baseball a san Diego at Cincinnati 8 . Sports wire Rodriguez edges past Nicklaus Trevino from wire reports Scottsdale Ariz. A if there a a runaway at the tradition it will have to come in the last two rounds. Jack Nicklaus who has won the $800,000 senior pea tour tournament two straight years by coming from behind shot a 7-under-Par 65 in the first round and seemed poised for a stroll. In in Day a second round however Chi Chi Rodriguez scored a 66 and took a one shot Lead with a 36-Hole total of 9-under-Par 135. He started four shots behind Nicklaus and wound up one shot in front of Lee Trevino and two strokes ahead of the first Day Leader who had a 72. Trevino a 3-under 69 left him alone at 136 at the Halfway Point Homero Blancas who matched Rodriguez a 66 for the Best round of the Day and . Snead were grouped with Nicklaus at Rodriguez 7-under 137. There is no Cut in the tradition which has an 81-player limit and a $120,000 purse for first place. Rodriguez had eight birdies and two bogeys. He made four birdies and one bogey on each Side of the 6,684-Yard Cochise course at desert holds 4-stroke Lead new Orleans a Chip Beck set a two round tournament record and grabbed a four shot Lead by shooting a 65 Friday in the second round of the $1 million Freeport mcmoran Golf classic., Becky a 36-Hole total was 132 and broke the record of 135 set in 1989 by Dan Foreman and Tim , Mcgonn Lead women Las vegas. Nev. Tour Rookie Florence de scamp Sank a 30-foot Eagle putt on the 15th Hole in Day to help her to a 5-under-Par 67 and a share of the first round Lead with Michelle Mcgann in the Las vegas Lyga International. Chris Johnson was one stroke Back at 4-under-Par 68 on the 6,285-Yard desert inn country club course. Nancy Lopez Jane Geddes Judy Dickinson Beth Daniel and Jill Briles Hinton were at 69. Defending Champion Penny Hammel was 11 strokes off the Pace at 78.canizares opens Lead in Rome Rome Spain a Jose Maria Canizares came from in two strokes Back to take a five shot Lead saturday in the $375,000 Roma masters in Rome on saturday. The Spanish Veteran already has second and fourth place finishes to his credit this season and fired a 3-under-Par 69 to go to 4-under-Par 212, to Lead Scotland a Bill sets swim Mark Canberra Australia a australians Kieren Perkins broke the world record in the menus 400-meter freestyle Friday with a time of 3 46.47 at the australian open championships. The previous Mark of 3 46.95 was set by Uwe Dassler swimming for East Germany at the 1988 Seoul surprises Lendl Lisbon Portugal a top seed Ivan Lendl was upset by Jordi Arrese of Spain 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in a quarterfinal match Friday at the at Estoril open. Arrese will be part of an All Spanish semifinal that will also include defending Champion Sergi bruguera Emilio Sanchez and Carlos Costa. Bruguera advanced to a semifinal match with Arrese on a 6-2, 6-1 Victory Over portuguese Joao Cunha de Silva. Costa Defeated Horacio de la Pena of Argentina 6-4 6-1, and Sanchez ousted Frenchman Frederic Fon Tang 7-6 7-57-6 7-4 Sabatini breezes to Victory Hilton head Island . Defending Champion Gabriel Sabatini won her Warmup fonday and turned her second match into Little More than that in advancing to the semifinals at the family Circle Magazine cup. U Sabatini began the Day by ending her match with Amanda Roetzer that was suspended because of dark Ness thursday with Sabatini up 7-5, 5-3. Both players held serve in the eight minute match. In sabatinis quarterfinal match she made Quick work of Patricia by eating the Canadian 6-2, 6-3. Sabatini was to play 12th-seeded Brenda Schultz of the Netherlands in the semifinals saturday. Schultz Defeated Caroline Kuhlman of Lakeside Park ky., 6-3, 6-1. The other semifinal featured two spaniards Arantha Sanchez Vicario and Conchita wins . Ballet ski title Winter Park Colo. A world Champion Lane Spina posted the two Best runs of the Day Friday to easily win the Ballet ski event at the $50,000 . Freestyle championships at Winter Park resort. Spina earned $2,500 and his fifth National championship. Jeff Wintersteen took the Silver medal with 27.25 Points while Tim Anderson was third with 26.40.ex-Afa and Dies at 59 air Force Academy. Colo. Retired air Force col. John j. Clune former athletic director at the air Force Academy died saturday the Academy announced. Clune died at Wilford Hall United states air Force medical Center at Lackland air Force base Texas. He was 59. He Learned last March he had a cancerous tumor in the Bone marrow of his left leg. The tumor was successfully removed but the cancer spread to other parts of his body including his sternum doctors said. He checked into Wilford Hall medical Center last month for a Bone marrow transplant. Clune had served As the Academy a athletic director from november 1975 until his retirement last summer. He was a 1954 graduate of the . Naval Academy. Clune served As president of the National association of collegiate directors of athletics As was a member of. Mcaa postseason football committee and chairman of the Mcaa voting committee. He was responsible for initiating a 10-sport intercollegiate program at the Academy for women when the first class was admitted in july 19/6. Survivors include his wife Patricia and four children Cathy John Mike and Tim
