European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 32 the stars and stripes tuesday february 16,1993 Daytona just super for Gibbs by Mike Harris a motor sports writer Daytona Beach Fla. Joe Gibbs wore a Headset and paced the sidelines any further resemblance to coaching his Washington redskins football team was purely coincidental. The coach also is the owner of a Lascar Winston cup team and on sunday Driver Dale Jarrett gave him a Victory in the biggest Stock car race of them All the Daytona 500. This is hard to believe a Gibbs said. A a in a one of the most fortunate individuals in the world a to win three nil super bowls Ana now the super bowl of Stock car  Over and Over again the smiling and relaxed Gibbs was asked How winning Daytona compares with winning those super bowls. Quot in football in a a Little More responsible but the thrill is exactly the same a Gibbs said. Quot but 1 can to take much of the credit for this one. 1 was just praying on the sidelines. Quot i hired Dale and Crew chief Jimmy Makarand that was about it. Jimmy hired everybody else and those Guys have done All the work to earn  the coach said his Job with the race team is to keep the teams sponsors and make Money to keep the car fast. One of the teams sponsors is nil properties so Jarrett wears a helmet painted like that of a different nil team at each race. For sundays race irony of ironies it was helmet of the super Lii boy pfc East rival. Gibbs said there was some talk earlier in the week about switching to a redskins helmet for sunday but added Quot i made a Deal. 1 promised wed use the helmet of the nil Champion at Daytona. Of course i did no to doubt it would be  Gibbs coach of the re skins since 1981, formed the race team in the fall of Rusty Wallace and his Pontiac go airborne after a crash in the Back straight during sundays running of the Daytona 500. Hotly contested Daytona 500 Gibbs was on the by Bruce Martin a i guess you just can to get near the Daytona Beach Fla. Up Cope car a Ivan said. Quot he had already not All of the excitement in the Daytona a Jan a a to the Side of me on the Lap before 500 came when Dale Jarrett passed Dale that. It s disappointing because we had a Earnhardt on the final Lap and held on to car Good enough to win the race take the Check ered Flag sunday. The Green Flag came out and racing re Kyle Petty and Bobby Hillin or. Nearly sued on the 155th Lap. But this time it came to blows on the infield and there inday of to of the super bowl Champion Dallas cowboys a the redskins bitter were enough accidents sunday to cause seven caution flags. One of the crashes sent Rusty Wallace a car rolling 10 times before he escaped unhurt. Most of the crashes came in the second Only took two laps before another crash. Defending Indianapolis 500 Winner a1 Unser or. Had masterfully driven from 40th starting position to fifth place in his first Lascar race. The indy car Star was battling for the Lead with Earnhardt who Assed Unser in the third turn Only to the wildest crash filled spectacles in the events history. Or. Brushed the Wall coming off the fourth turn on the 130th Lap it sent Michael Wal trips Pontiac into Sterling Marlin knocking his Ford thunderbird into a backward spin. Marlins car went airborne briefly before sliding across the grass. Although marlins car Wasny to damaged. The incident was an Omen of things to 1991 a hiring Makar Quot away from Rusty come turning the Daytona 500 into one of Wallace steam and signing Jarrett As his a 1 a a Driver. In 1992, the team had eight top-10 finishes. But Daytona the teams debut Wasny tone of them. First Jarrett wrecked in a qualifying race. Then in the 500, his Chevrolet Lumina was nearly demolished in a crash that put 14 cars out of Contention. The coach said the finish was like a fourth-and-1 in football. Quot you be got to live an eternity a Gibbs said. Quot i Diu nit make the Calls. Dale was making the Calls out  half of the race. When Wally Dallenbach passed Unser in the Tara turn _ in the Urmina off the fourth have Unser come Back and take the Post Tion away in turn four. But As Unser tried to get Back in line he get came Down on Earnhardt and. Lost control _ of his Chevrolet. Unser went into a spin High because Dale was there. Quot Kyle Petty did no to realize i did no to have any brakes Quot Hillin said. Quot i had no control Over where i was  Quot it was just a stupid Accident. When you think you Nave a Chance to win the biggest Stock car race in the country its hard to keep your  tie crash ended a great run by Unser in his first Lascar Winston cup event. Quot the Lead car copes did no to have a Strong enough motor to go ahead and pull the train through so everything got bottled up a Unser said. Quot then Dale Earnhardt tried to get by me on the outside going into turn three and he  get it done. I tried to go Back around him but i  go Low because i had a Guy on my left. I  go taking out Hillin who had led the race twice for three laps. Hillin Slid up the grass and Back onto the track where he was slammed into by Petty the pole Sitter. Petty and Hillin had words after they climbed out of their cars. Petty stuck his r.�?~____1  a a Quot i came out in front of him Dale Wasny to Back far enough for me to see him he clipped my right rear Quarter panel turned me into the Wall and the Wall bounced me Back off into  that incident racing resumed on the rash of crashes came two Days after Finger in Hillins face in a heated verbal the 163rd Lap but it was five laps later that Driver Joe Booher was killed on the same Exchange and walked off. Hillin charged Cope ran into Michael Waltn and both track in an Accident during the Florida 200 Petty trying to explain his Side of the cars went sideways. Waltrip a car touched a ire Story and the two Drivers started pushing. A Usan series race.  each other. Finally a Lascar official the race was restarted after Martins to  Accident on the 135th Lap and just five laps Slepp cd.11n 1�arat� �?~v�1mlater Rick Wilson and Bobby Hamilton i asked Hillin Why he didst be his crashed on the Backstretch. Five laps after it of a it on the brakes Petty said. I 1 the race was restarted again 1991 Dayto understand what he said but i told him to a 500 Winner Ernie Irvan was run into by but up and he kept on talking. V. 1990 Winner Derrick Cope sending in Hillin said he had his brakes pressed to vans Chevrolet into the Wall. The floor but the car did no to Stop. The Wallace a Pontiac sending it out of control. Wallace a car went airborne and flipped violently end Over end 10 times before the destroyed vehicle landed on the Backstretch. The crash was every bit As violent As the one Davey Allison experienced at Pocono last summer but Wallace was  Calls the shots again for race Winner by Larry Stewart the los Angeles times when Al Unser or. Won the indy 500 last year by 0.043 of a second his Uncle Bobby was in the arc broadcast Booth. And when Dale Jarrett won sundays Daytona 500 by 0.19 of a second his father Ned was in the lbs broadcast Booth. Before the race the elder Jarrett said he tries to maintain his objectivity when it comes to his son. Quot people Tell me i often done to give him the credit he deserves because i done to want to appear biased a he said. But Jarrett threw objectivity out the window on the last Lap sunday and that was of. It would t have been natural any other Way and it made for pretty dramatic television Quot come on Dale go baby go. All right come on. I know he a gone to the floorboard. He can to do any Niobe. Come on take her to the inside done to let him Earnhardt get on the inside of you Corning around the turn Here he comes. Quot Earnhardt a. Its Dale and Dale As they come off turn 4. You know who in a pulling for is Dale Jarrett. Bring her to the inside. Dale done to let him get Down there. Quot he a Gonna make it Dales Gonna win the Daytona 500. A right look at Martha Ned a wife. Of can you believe it a later in a Hookup with his son Jarrett said a you did great