European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 24, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 s sad. But life races on by Paul Newberry. Talladega Ala. Apr a handmade sign marked the spot Quot Davey. Well miss you. We love  but 10 Days after Darcy Allison a life was Cut Short by a helicopter crash on the infield life went on As usual at Talladega super Speedway wrenches turned engines roared cars raced. A. A its a terrible thing that happened. We re just trying. Real a a to put that stuff out our minds Quot said Bill Elliott who for sat was at the Speedway on thursday to qualify urday a Lascar Busch grand National race. P-7 Quot you know its a tragedy. We re sorry it Happer Busch grand National _. Try but life goes on. We All love to race and this is part of Ned. It. Allison certainly Hasni to been forgotten. His no. 28 was plastered everywhere a on race cars on police motorcycles on signs displayed outside the track by Early arriving fans on that poster at the crash site. Quot when i pulled in Here the first thing i thought about was where it happened a said Michael Waltrip Gordon will find no Joy in his first Winston cup ride one of the Many Drivers who attended Allison a funeral. Quot it makes you sad but on the other hand we re Here to  More than one person pointed out that Allison had the same attitude after his brother Clifford died last August in a racing crash. Dalvey put aside his grief Long enough to climb Back behind the wheel a few Days later. Still it figures to be an emotional weekend at Talladega a Allison a Home away from his Hueytown Home. Davey like his father Bobby before him was the most popular Driver at Talladega. Quot it sure was hard coming through that Tunnel this morning a Dale Jarrett said. Quot this was Davey a Home track and All the people Here really love the Allison. Quot ill be thinking about him a lot but i be also got a Job to do.�?�. So did everyone else. Davey a Uncle Donnie Allison had his head under the Hood of Roy Payne a grand National car before sending it but to qualify. By Bruce Martim Talladega Ala. Up indy car Driver Robby Gordon will get a Chance to take his dream ride in Lascar Winston cup racing this sunday but he admits the circumstances wont make it a joyous  24yearold Gordon will be driving the Texaco Havoline Ford thunderbird of the late Davey Allison in sundays diehard 500 at Talladega super Speed Way. Allison considered the 2.66-mile 4.28 pm super Speedway his second Home because it was Only 45 minutes from his residence in Hueytown Ala. But the track that gave Allison and his fans so Many Happy memories also took his life when the 32-year-old Allison was killed in a helicopter crash in the speedways infield on july 12, Allison steam a Robert Yates racing a did not compete in last sundays Miller genuine draft 500 at Pocono International raceway in Pennsylvania so it could Grieve the loss of one of Stock car racing a greatest stars. But last monday Yates realized it was time to go Back to work and he reached outside of the sport to give the ride to Gordon who also drives the indy car for . Foyto a racing team. Quot its definitely not the circumstances i wanted to drive Winston cup but there was an Opportunity Here and Roberts team needs to go Back racing a said Gordon who is in eighth place in the pig indy car world series standings. Quot in a Happy they picked me to do the Job. Quot the Haven t taken a conservative decision. This team wants to run up  Gordon will get his first action i a Lascar Winston cup ride since the 1991 Daytona 500, when he ran As High As fifth place before spinning out and Fin red Farmer who was in the helicopter crash but survived and Wayne Hill stopped by to see if Ulicy could help David Bonnett with his qualifying Effort. Farmer was Crew chief for Davey a grand National team while Hill was one of the Crew members. A Wayne called me monday or tuesday and asked if he could help out a said Bonnett who blew an engine and failed to qualify. A i was not sure How he would react coming Back to this track but its been great Medicine for  its also been therapeutic for Bonnett and his father Veteran racer Neil Bonnett who were at the track last week for a practice session when Allison a helicopter plunged to the ground. If Only for a few hours thurs Day their minds seemed far away from last weeks tragic events As they scurried around , tools in hand. Quot its been Tough for me and daddy to get Over this a said David Bonnett who went to Hueytown High school with both Davey and Clifford. A two friends i went to school with in be lost both of them Over a years  federation cup Ishing 18th. Gordon and Yates both said that although Ford motor company and Texaco mentioned Gordon a willingness to drive the Stock car the final decision was up to Yates Aind his racing team. Gordon drives for Ford on then Tycar series and has a sponsorship agreement with Texaco  he was on the Havoline team already and certainly those ties offered an introduction to our team but they did no to stick him Down our Throat a Yates said. Quot we accepted him. A lot of things went into this decision. Sponsors Talent youth and Many Many factors were involved in making this decision. Quot certainly we chose him for his Talent. We were concerned about what we would do at Talladega but its the opening Robby Gordon Quot. Not the circumstances i wanted Frame for the remaining part of our team. We Are opening it with aggressiveness. We re not going with our backup car we Are going with our first class first rate car to win races. Quot Davey Allison was a Good racer. I love the Allison family. Last year when Davey was Hurt at Talladega he was Able to get in the suites and direct us on the radio. Right now Davey is Many notches higher than that now. Quot my feeling is that Davey Allison supports this  Yates said after he came to the decision he put it up for vote with the 30 team members on his racing team. He said he got a unanimous response from his Crew members for the Young Driver from the indy car ranks. Elliott paces qualifying at Talladega Talladega. Ala. A Bui Elliott dominated qualifying for saturdays Lascar Fra a filter 500-Kilometer race setting a track record thursday to earn his first Busch grand National pole. Elliott who spends most of his time on the Winston cup circuit won his last grand National race at Watkins Glen n.y., on june 26, and kept up his hot Streak with a two Lap average of 188.404 Mph at Talladega super Speedway. The Dawsonville ga., Driver actually earned the pole on his first Lap of the 2.66-mile Tri Oval and stretched out his advantage with an even faster second Lap. He easily beat the second fastest qualifier Chad Little who had a 187.152 Mph. A your efforts have gotten better and better each week a said Elliott who also will race sunday in the diehard 500 Winston cup event. Quot in a looking Forward to the race on saturday because i know the car is going to run Good. Quot once you get some momentum thing go better. I think the feeling is even carrying Over into our Winston cup  Elliott was one of 17 Drivers who eclipsed the qualifying Mark of 184.733 Mph set by Dale Earnhardt in last year s inaugural grand National race at Talladega. \ in addition to Elliott and Little four other Winston cup Drivers made the Field on the first Day of qualifying in which the top 20 places were set. The remainder of the 40-car lineup will be determined Friday morning. Ken Schraeder was sixth at 185.924 Mph Darrell Waltrip ninth at 185.441, defending Champion Ernie Irvan 10th at 185.194 and Dale Jarrett 11th at 184.997. Among those who failed to qualify were Earnhardt Terry Labonte Michael Waltrip Harry Gant Sterling Marlin Rick Wilson Ana Mark Martin. After Little the remainder of the top five was made up of grand National regulars Randy Latopie at 186.882 Mph Joe Bessey at 186.739 and Tracy Leslie at 186.275. The top four driven on the developmental circuit a Steve Grissom David Green Chuck Bown and Ward Burton a All failed to get in. Grissom the Busch Points Leader Wasny to concerned. A we re right on schedule a he said. Quot we normally do not qualify Well. Well just get the car driving Good in the draft and get in Good position for saturday  . Team Frankfurt Germany apr for the second time in two Days Lori Mcneil was upset in the federation cup. On thursday the United states team could not survive her loss and was ousted by Argentina from the women a International team Competition. Florencia Labat won the last nine games to beat Mcneil 5-7, 63,6-0. In the first singles Ines Gorrochategu also battled from behind to beat Lindsay Davenport 67,7-5,7-5. The . Avoided a shutout thanks to its doubles pair of Ann Grossman and Webb in Graham. With the americans up 6-3, 3-0, Porrocha Tugui who was playing with Patricia Tarabini retired with Back problems. Mcneil lost in three sets on wednesday to Fang i of China but the . Managed a 2-1 Victory. On thursday Mcneil had just broken Back m the second set when her game suddenly collapsed. Losing the next nine games she dropped the second singles of the Best-of-3 series giving Argentina an unbeatable 2-0 Lead before the doubles. Argentina was Able to beat the fifth seeded americans even though its no. 1 player Gabriela Sabatini is skipping the tournament which is compared to the menus Davis cup competitor. Quot we Are a Little bit disappointed because we had a Chance to win both singles a said . Captain Marty Riessen. Quot we knew it would be  the United states has won a record 14 federation cup titles the last one in 1990. Australia is second on the All time list with seven titles a but its last one came in 1974. In the semifinals saturday Argentina will meet Australia which advanced Over Finland. On Friday top seeded Spain plays the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia meets France. Argentina was not seeded but it had already stunned fourth seeded Bulgaria on wednesday to reach the quarterfinals