European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 1, "1993 sports i the stars and stripes b Page 29 pole Sitter . Jones driving the no. 98 Toyota Eagle Mikii leads Juan Manuel Fangio 99 and the Field through the opening turn of the 24 hours of Daytona on saturday Jones team wins at Daytona. T. A by Mike Harrisan motor sports writer Daytona Beach Fla. The Toyota Eagle spent a Good portion of sunday on the endangered list. However in the end the prototype co driven by . Jones Rocky Moran and Mark Dis More survived and won the rolex 24 hour sports car endurance race at Day Tona International Speedway. The car known More for its sprinting ability than for its endurance started from the pole and led numerous times battling with the other Dan Gurney All american racers Eagle in the Earl hours then with a Jaguar and finally a Nissan. Meanwhile the Toyota overcame Dis More s Brush with the Wall in the pre Dawn hours of sunday a 76-Minutc pit Stop at mid morning to replace the gear Box and the rear end and several Shorter non routine stops to replace Brake pads. Jones at 23 the older of former Indi Anapolis 500 Winner Parnell to Jones two racing sons set a qualifying record inputting the Eagle on the pole thursday. He was at the wheel when the Nissan shared by former Daytona winners John Paul or. And Derek Bell of England an italians giant Micro Moretti and Massimo Sigala stopped on course Only 1 hour 39minutes from the 3 . Est finish with Moretti at the wheel. The Nissan had built a Lead of just Over two laps Over the Toyota which moved Back into the top spot at 1 43 . An drove on to give the japanese car builder its second straight Daytona Victory. Anal japanese team gave Nissan its first Ever 24-Houliiice  last year. The winners despite All of their prob lems covered 697 laps and 2,481.32 Miles adding this trophy to the one that defending Simsa Ftp Champion Juan Fangio ii of Argentina and Andy Wal lace of England gave Toyota in the 1992 scoring 12 hours. Sunday s winners had finished fourth last year at Daytona. Electrical problems in the first 12hours of the race had put the Nissan seemingly out of Contention but High attrition in the 60-car Field brought the team Back toward the front. As the Toyota and the Jaguar cockeyed for the Lead and took turns having problems the Nis san overcame a 40-Lap deficit. The Jaguar shared by Davy Jones Scott Goodyear of Canada and Scott Pru Cut went out in the 21st hour with a blown engine while leading both the Toyota and the Nissan by 31 laps. It was nearly an hour before the Nissan drive by Paul passed the Toyota stopped for Brake pads for second place then move past the idled Jaguar into the top spot. Second place Overall 10 laps behind the winners was a its a division Ford Mustang co driven by former in Sagatu and Acca trans am Champion Tommy Kendall Lascar Drivers Mark Martin and Wally Dallenbach four time division Winner Robby Gordon and indy lights Driver Robbie Buhl. That gave team owner Jack Roush a record ninth straight class Victory in he 24-hour race. A second Roush Mustang shared by Martin John Fergus and Jim Stevens was third Overall two laps behind their team car. Heidelberg women hand first defeat to Pir Masens by Mark wonder staff writer Heidelberg Germany the Pir Masens lad Road runners dreams of a perfect season in the 21st Talcom league were dashed when the lady Gener als exploded late in the first half sunday and held on to win 70-68 at Patton Barracks  s impressive Outing also served notice that the lady generals will be a Force in the upcoming playoffs set for feb 12-15 and 19-21 at Karlsruhe s Gerszewski gym we proved we re a better team today. That we re the team to beat announced Heidelberg s Dott Ethompson who helped her lady generals rebound from a 26-16 first half deficit with seven minutes left Totake a commanding 46-32 halftime bulge. She finished with 10  always Start slowly explained teammate Liz Dorsey 20 Points of her team s uninspired  Udy generals routed Worms on saturday and finished the year with a 10-2 Mark. Heidelberg could tie for the title if Pir Masens 10-1 loses to Kaiserslautern next weekend in its regular season  by 10 to a Pir Masens team that seemed to be in control since the opening tap Heidelberg launched a 30-6blitz that took the wind out of the lady Road runners. The lady Road runners looked a Little stunned when they took the floor for the second half and the lady generals picked up where they left off boosting their advantage to 58-40 six minutes into the period. But three Quick buckets by Verna Butler who finished wifi 23 Points and a bucket and free throw by army basketball Paula Hunter who had 20 on the Day quickly Cut the deficit to 9. But the lady generals held their ground and kept a9-11-Point Lead until late in the contest. Down 72-59 with three minutes remaining after Basket by Stephanie Jennings Pir Masens went on a mini run 8-0, in Little Over a minute s time to close to72-67 with 1 43 left in the game. But Thompson then hit 3 of 4 free throw attempt Sand nailed a jumper after a Pir Masens Basket to push the Lead Backur to 9. Dorsey then hit a running right hand Layup to close the scoring. Tina Harley scored 17 and Danita Boyd added 14 for Heidelberg Tina Barnes pumped in 13 for Pir Masens. We made a lot of mistakes and missed a lot of goo shots lamented Pir Masens coach James Scott. But we knew they had a great team. They come to  Thompson feels that the lady Road runners main weakness in the playoffs will be their Lack of team Speed. They can t run with us Thompson  re Loo  the lady Road Hunters disagreed. It was mental Butler said. Once you have a Small mental breakdown it causes a series of  added Michelle Anderson we were confident we were going to win. It the breakdown won t happen again. If we play Heidelberg in the playoffs look out she said. Home run King says he s ready to hold out j san Juan. Puerto Rico a Juan gon Zalez who led the majors with 43 homers last season said sunday hell hold out from Spring training if he does t get the Money he wants. I m not going to team training until i sign a new contract he said. My agents have recommended i stay in puerto  said the rangers Hud sent him a proposal he found lacking. I Don t like it and i m no going to sight he said without going into specifics about the offer Gonzales made $287,500last year and wants $800,000, which would be unprecedented for a player with fewer than three years of major league service. He in t eligible for Arbi Gonzalez traction so the rangers can renew his contract at a salary of their choosing during the first 10 Days of March. In the last two years i be driven in More than 100 runs per season and i think i deserve the Money i m asking for Gonzalez said he hit .260 last year with 109 runs scored and 24 doubles