European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 16, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 21 Auto Racin Kulwicki sets Pocono track Mark Long Pond a. Apr Alan Kulwicki took the Lead with 1 laps to go and went on to a track record 144.069 Mph Victory sunday in the Lascar Champion spark plug 500. Kulwicki winning for the second time this year beat Mark Martin by 2.34 seconds in his first Victory on the 2vi-mile Tri Oval at Pocono International raceway. He won $74,255. Bill Elliott finished next As Fords swept the top three spots. Pole Sitter Ken Schrader was fourth and Darcy Allison fifth. Only three cautions slowed Kulwicki space the Best by a winning Driver at Pocono since Darrell Waltrip a 142.540 Mph in july 1978. A we ran a pretty deliberate race a said Kulwicki who also won april 5 at Bristol Tenn. A i had a real Good feeling about the Way the car was  Green Flag pit stops beginning with just Over 30 laps to go set up the final Battle among Kulwicki Marlin and Elliott. Allison s car slipped off a Jack in that round of stops ruining his shot at a Victory. Allison wound up with a 40.6-second Stop while Kulwicki made his in 24. Elliott a a four time Winner this year who had taken Only two tires in his Stop came away with the Lead. Martin and then Kulwicki threatened him until Kulwicki took the Lead on Lap 181. Kulwicki slowed in traffic on 185, allowing Elliott and Martin to get past but he roared Back on the Homestretch of 190 to get the Lead. He Wasny to sure he had the win even then. A i ran Over something and i thought i had a Flat tire a said Kulwicki who started sixth. A i was glad to get this Over  although he has been a consistently Tough qualifier at Pocono Kulwicki has had Only two previous top-10 finishes in 11 races Here. He finished second in july 1987. Martin was in command through the first third of the race but had two bad Breaks on a Green Flag pit Stop on Lap 69. Jimmy Horton crashed bringing out a caution and Martin tried to leave the pits before his left front tire was secure and a Crew member fell off the Side of the car while trying to get Martin s attention. Martin backed up to his pit and lost a Lap during the caution. He got the Lap Back off the restart on the next caution on Lap 126. Kulwicki s Victory was the first for Fords in four races but the 10th in 13 races this season. The three cautions tied an 8-Ycar-old record for the fewest caution flags at this Pocono event. Elliott trimmed Allison s Points Lead to 21. Moving from third to second. Kulwicki pulled within 58. Fangio grabs 3rd up Victory new Orleans a Juan Fangio ii of Argentina overcame the elements and australians Geoff Brabham leading from Start to finish to win the grand prix do Mardi gras Simsa race on sunday. Fangio averaged 72.596 Mph for 89 laps in driving his Toyota Egl my Iii from the pole to his third Victory of the season. A it was very hot out there and the streets were Slick a Fangio said. A if you got out of the Groove you really Haa  Brabham runner up to Fangio by 40.921 seconds got out of the Groove on the opening Lap As his Nissan npt91b came to a full Stop while trying to Avert an Accident. A was i turned in out of the Corner of my Eye i saw somebody coming up and gave him room and i ran out of Road myself a Brabham said. Brabham dropped As far Back As sixth but by Lap 32 moved past Davy Jones Jaguar xjr-14 and into second place. . Jones also driving a Toyota collided nose to Tail with Davy Jones Jaguar two laps from the end of the 127.270-mile race. Both cars continued despite heavy damage with . Jones finishing third ahead of Davy Jones. Fangio missed most of the morning practice session because of a water leak that prompted his Crew to Swap engines before the race. A it was losing water. It was running All right but losing water and they decided to change it Quot Fangio said. Charles Morgan and Tom Riggins teamed to drive a Buick dg2 to Victory in the Camel lights division ahead of the team of Fermin Velez of Spain and Andy Evans. Berger wins Canadian up by Mike Harris Montreal a fortunately for Gerhard Berger he a a Quick learner. That a Why the formula one Driver from Austria won sunday s Canadian grand prix after watching Mclaren Honda teammate Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell the two race favourites go out Early. A just when Ayrton was having his problem i had a problem in my Gearbox a Berger said. A i  shift with the Button so i had to shift with my fingertips. Its a completely different style and it took me seven or eight laps to get used to it. A fortunately i was not racing hard with someone at that  Berger inherited the Lead on the 38th of 69 taps when Senna from Brazil stopped on the course with an engine problem also apparently stemming from a problem in his cards semiautomatic Gearbox after leading from the Start. Berger who started fourth on the 26-car Grid passed the Williams Renault of Ric Cardo Patrise of Italy on Lap 15 Only seconds before Mansell strayed off course and out of the race. Teammate Michael Schumacher of Germany was second with Jean Alesi of France third in a Ferrari. A it was quite a hard race at first a Berger said. �?o1 was in fourth place and i had a very fast car faster than Ayrton and Nigel but it was impossible to pass. 1 just had to wait for things to  he Only had to wait through the first 15 laps before things did begin happening in front of him. Mansell of England who won the first five races of the season and finished second to Senna two weeks ago at Monaco drove past Patrese at the Start to grab second place. He then dogged the rear of Senna Sec Laren Honda until sliding off course through a Sand trip and spinning to a Stop in the Middle of the pit Straightaway. A Nigel realized he could t Brake in time and tried to line up with the Middle of the curb and hoped he could Clear it by acceleration a explained Berger who was close behind Mansell. A the hit it with such Force that he landed on the cards  that was it for Mansell who was unable British Driver Nigel Mansell is helped off the Irasek and Over the pit alter losing control of his Williams while attempting to pass at the c acadian grand prix in Montreal. To restart his car. Mansell who still leads the Points race Over Patrese 56-28, led 68 of the 69 laps in this race a year ago Only to go out with an electrical problem on the final trip around the 2.753-mile circuit. This time he blamed Senna saying that the brazilian had forced him off the track. But his complaint to the race stewards fell on deaf cars. Once Senna and Mansell were gone Berger had things pretty much his own Way in winning for the first time since the japanese grand prix last october. It was also his third Victory in As Many years with the Mclaren team. Patrese was close behind in second when Berger took the Lead but he slowed r6. And pitted on Lap 44, giving the runner up spot to Martin Brundle of England in a Benetton Ford. Brundle then stopped on course on Lap 46, leaving the second spot to Schumacher who did Cut the margin from eight seconds Down to just Over five seconds on Lap 49. But Berger quickly pulled away again As Schumacher was told to Gay his Crew to slow Down to conserve fuel. The winning car crossed the finish line 12.401 seconds ahead of the runner up. Fourth place went to the March Union of Karl Wendlinger of Germany followed in the Points by Andrea Dicesaris of Italy in a Tyrrell Wilmor and Erik comas of France in a Ligier Renault. The 32-year-old Berger is the third leading Winner among Active Drivers trailing Only Senna 34 and Mansell 26 Prudhomme repeats at Spring nationals k1rkersville, Ohio a Don Prudhomme repeated sunday As Champion of the Nora Spring nationals defeating fellow motor sports Hall of Fame Driver Connie Kalitta in the top fuel final. A1 Flo Mann captured the funny car honors and Jerry Eckman won his third race of the year in pro Stock defeating Larry Morgan in a match of Drivers from nearby Newark Ohio. The top fuel final matched two Long time rivals in Prudhomme 51, and Kalitta 54. Prudhomme became the first Fop fuel Driver this year to win or the second time. Kalitta left the starting line slightly before prud homme but Kalitta a engine expired at half track and Prudhomme completed the Quarter mile in 4.9m Sec ends at 283.id Mph to Kalitta a 8.613 at 1 j1.46. A that final round reminded me of 1965 when Connie and i used to match race a said Prudhomme who has 4s career victories 10 in top f Uel and 35 in funny car die category he left in 1990. A obviously if Connie had t blown up it would have been really close at the end Hofmann won his second race of the year by defeating Cruz Pedregon in the funny car filial. Pedregon fouled at the starting line departing before the Green Light illuminated. Holmann Imi died the Quarick mile in 5.313 at 263.31. Eckman and Morgan left the starting line evenly m the pro Stock Linal hut Morgan Sulf Rcd a clutch failure 300 feel into the race.  s winning time was 7.299 at 189.07 to Morgan s 10.058 at 86.19