European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday May 25, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 21aviano duo tops Bowling Mannheim Germany a a pair of Aviano youths Rose to the occasion to capture the remaining titles sunday in the 1992 Young american Bowling Alliance european championships finale at the Ben Franklin Village Bowling Center. Elizabeth Hornsby Breed cd to a 1436-1340 win Over runner up Beth Fisher of Span Dahlem to take the Grade-9-and-above scratch title while Jeremy Henderson nipped Wiesbaden a Sean Jones 1524-1505 for the boys Crown. The pair will represent Europe in the july 15-19 Yaba championships in Tucson Arizona. Bentwet Crsp Rachel Tetter who took High game honors with a 225, came in third with 1330, followed by Julie Floyd of soc Sterberg 1326 and wince Johnson of Ramstein 1306. For the boys Josh Borland of Ben Waters placed third with 1503, followed by Kaiserslautern a Bobby Bynum 1495 and Lakenheath a Mike Mitchell at 1461. In addition to the title Henderson captured High game with a 245 Effort. In the grades-2-and-below category Schweinfurt a Zachary Hoffman won the Handicap tile with 3-game total of 698. Gra fend hrs a Nick Ellingson won High game honors with 164. For the girls Shelly Asbury of Aviano took Home top honors with 660, and berlins Brenda mus Groves 122 was enough for High name. Gordon 20, out duels trickle for 300 Triumph by Tom Foreman or. Concord . Of Jeff Gordon not yet 21, is starting to feel like a racing Veteran. The 1991 grand National Rookie of the year climbed to the next level saturday by avoiding trouble getting ahead of Dick trickle and winning the Champion spark plug 300. A a everything a going our was but to win this race boosts your Confidence level up to another level a a Gordon said. A in the last two or three races we be had this Little thing or that Little thing happen and we started to fall Back Down the ladder a he said. A fall of a sudden Here we Are Back at the top of the nine caution lags resulted in a constant change in leaders in the grand National Lascar race. When Gordon got into Contention he had to Chase Down trickle and Dale Earnhardt in the Middle laps at Charlotte motor Speedway. Earnhardt ran into trouble and while trickle and Gordon were either Side by Side or within a cards length of each other last 50 laps. Gordon opened up a Lead Ami held it for the final 37 in the slight laps. At one Point. Trickle and Gordon got a Little too close. In Lap 163, their cars actually touched but the two managed to avoid disaster and Gordon got by for Good. A i did t Call it a pass. 1 called it a slam a Gordon said. A it was racing. We definitely touched. It was a rub and rubbing s with trickle on the verge of a second place finish he lost control of his Pontiac going into turn four and hit Todd Bod Ines Quot Buick in the last Lap. That wreck allowed Bobby to finish second after starting the Day in ninth position. Morgan Shepherd was third in a Ford followed by Dale Jarrett and Sterling Marlin both in Chevrolet. Gordon who started the Day fifth in the Busch series Point standings earned a $113,844 Bonus for taking the pole and winning the 200-Lap event. That Bonus Breaks the Mark of Quot Gant last october. 573,225 won by Harry in the 311 races in the Busch series Fords have won Only eight times in contrast to their domination a nine starts nine wins a on the Winston cup circuit. After a 10-minute break at Lap 102, Earnhardt and trickle both overtook Gordon on Lap 107. Earnhardt a Prosperity was Short lived when his engine apparently quit and he had to put his Chevrolet behind the Wall. Mark Martin had opened up a commanding Lead prior to the break. Most of the jockeying occurred behind him and the Early positioning led to a six car Accident just 25 laps into the race. Jack Sprague who started in the second position spun into the Wall in turn two. In trying to regain control five More cars were involved and three of them left the race. With Martins Lead apparently getting wider smoke began wafting from the rear of his Black Ford on Lap 91. Three laps later he was behind the Wall. That gave the Lead to Gordon which he surrendered to trickle 16 laps puts jag on pole Lakeville Conn. A Davy Jones will Start from the pole in today a two hour Simsa Camel it sports car race at Lime Rock Park. Jones had been fastest in All three practice sessions around the 1.54-mile Road course in his Jaguar xjr-14. He earned the pole position with a record Speed of 126.043 takes Toyota Atlantic Lime Rock Conn. A Chris Smith a 25-year-old californian led from Start to finish to Post his first Ever Toyota Atlantic championship Victory on saturday. Steve Cameron wound up second and Bert Hart came in third. Danny Sikes Chevrolet comes apart alter crashing into Jerry rectors ear Middle in the Duron 100 saturday. No one was injured. Bender captures sportsman s race Concord . A Tim Bender of Golden n.y., took the Lead with five laps remaining saturday and won the Duron 100 Lascar sportsman a race at Charlotte motor Speedway. Bender took the Lead from Peter Gibbons and avoided the four caution hags which delayed the race for a total of 22 laps. He then eased to Victory ahead of William Hobgood. Kirk Shelmerdine was third followed by Gibbons and tuck Trentham. On Lap 22, Danny Sikes Chevrolet crashed into the Wall in turn four and when he bounced Back into the line of traffic Jerry rectors Chevrolet collided with him. The car went into another spin and burst into flames. Sikes was treated Lor superficial Burns and released from the infield Hospital. Two More accidents claimed Steve Knipe whose Buick spun out going into turn one and Slid through the grass and Steve Allison who retired his Chevrolet when he hit the Wall in the near the Start finish line. None of the Drivers was seriously snaps Doohan s 500cc win Streak Scarperia Italy a Kevin Schwantz Rode his Suzuki to Victory in sundays 50 cd portion of the italian grand prix for motorcycles ending the four race win Streak of Australia s Mihael Doohan. Schwantz a 27-year-old rider from Paige Texas scored his 19th career Victory his first this season completing the 24-Lap race at the nugello track near Florence in 46 minutes 26.225 seconds at an average Speed of 100.84 Mph. Doohan a 26-year-old from Brisbane who rides a Honda trailed Schwantz by 5.06 seconds in second place. The runner up finish kept the australian rider atop the standings with 95 Points out of five races 43 Points ahead of second place Schwantz. John Kocinski of Little Rock ark., beat Doug Chandler of Salinas. Calif., for third place in sunday s race. Kocinski who Rode a Yamaha finished 32.54 seconds behind the Winner. Chandler on a Suzuki had a Sapot 36.08 seconds. Brazilian Alexandre Barros took fifth place on a italian made Caliva 36.08 seconds behind. Defending world Champion Wayne Rainey of the . Spun off during the 12th Lap while in first place and had to retire As his Yamaha was damaged in the spill. Rained was unhurt in the Accident and walked Back to the pits. A the was pushing hard for Victory and took some risks. He a in Good condition a said team manager Kenny Roberts. It was Rainey s second spill this season following the one in the opening championship race in Japan. Schwantz who had been Oft to a slow Start took the Lead As Rainey fell and gradually increased his advantage Over Doohan who blamed problems with his rear tire for sundays upset. Doohan started from pole position and led the race for seven laps before surrendering to Rainey and Schwantz. Schwantz said his Bike was perfect Sun div. A we worked hard during the week and it paid off a said the american who had been More than one second slower than Doohan in saturdays nullifying. A i beat Michael today and i can do it again in the next races. Tjimis sport needed someone else to win. However Doohan still is favorite to capture the world title a Schwantz said. The sixth stage of the 13-race championship the grand prix of Europe is scheduled in Barcelona Spain sunday. Luca c Idalora on a Honda won an All italian Duel in the 250cc race beating Loris Reggiani and Massimiliano Biaggi. It was defending 250cc Champion Cada Lora a fourth win in five races
