European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Londay augusts 1994 sports the stars and stripes Pago 33 bad Day at indy for bump Bodines commentary by Don Wade the Evansville courier Brothers Geoff and Brett Bodine had t spoken in months. After they became the bumping Bodines in saturday s Brickyard 400, they still had t spoken. But Geoff was willing to talk to the rest of the world. Soon after Brett had nudged the rear of Goffs car in turn 4 and taken the Lead of the race Geoff basically told the planet via television that his Little brother was in Pursuit of settling a personal score. We be had some family problems Geoff said. Unfortunately he took it out onto the race track. He s my brother and i still love him but he spun me after the race after Brett had gone on to finish second behind Jeff Gordon Geoff said he regretted what he had said. He was trying to convince reporters and clearly himself it was All just a matter of. Close racing but later when the Public questions and Public an Swers were done Geoff leaned against his trailer and looked very much like a Man who was t sure what to believe. We re not sure what to believe either. Those family problems were never fully explained though baby brother Todd who has become something of a family mediator said enough for All in Winston cup racing to worry the next the Brothers Bodine Battle for a Lead. It s pretty bad when the Little brother has to step in and Knock some sense into the older Brothers said Todd 30, who finished ninth. They be been ignorant and they be been stupid. And they be been both today. Actually for the last few it gets worse. Reportedly the Brothers Bod Ine feud can be traced to that noted Root of All evil Money. Thus than a half million dollars going to the Brickyard Winner there was Little room for Compromise in tight Corners. And boys will be boys. Though Geoff is 45 and Brett is 35, they could t Tell the difference Between bumper cars and Stock cars and the corresponding consequences of playing too hard. Somebody could have been killed and that somebody could have been say Dale Jarrett who collided with Geoff As he spun out. Whatever Geoff s and Brett s Geoff Bodine 7 spins out of control after a bumping incident with his brother Brett background saturday problems it should t be any other Driver s problem. But perhaps we presume too much. Perhaps the bump in Bodines were just two Guys racing for the Lead. Replay the sequence in turn 3 on Lap 101, Geoff Slid underneath Brett contacting the rear of his car and taking the Lead. Brett returned the gesture in turn 4, striking Goffs rear left considerably harder and zooming past for the Lead while big brother spun and hit the Wall. Close or too close bad judgment or emotional irresponsible split second decisions Driver Kyle Petty does not buy the notion that per Sonal problems spill onto the race track. Goffs initial comments Petty said were just an example of a Driver blowing off Robert Newton president of Hoosier racing tire and admittedly biased As the supplier of Goffs tires sees it differently. You nudge pm a Little bit to let pm know you re there Newton said referring to the first Contact in turn 3. But the other was retaliation. There s been some tension Between them for some time. But that s a Heck of a Way to take it Brett denied making Contact with his brother purposely but he also did t seem Overly concerned by the events of the Day. It was t anything personal if that s what he s say ing said Brett. It was just racing. It was just an Acci Dent. Maybe big brother did t like being contested by Little and maybe we Don t presume too much. Geoff refer ring to both his Brothers said i be got two chances to have a Tough situation out there. They do so in the end this was inevitable that s what we Are supposed to believe. Chalk it up to Good hard racing and go on to the next race. Fine. But at the next race All should remember the bumping Bodines Are running on some hot emotional fuel. We re All hard Drivers said Todd who has not had a similar on track encounter with either brother. Ill be running toward the front with them now Brett can run up front every week and Geoff always runs up front. It s a lot of pressure. Nobody wants his Little brother to beat him. So what to do about the Brothers Bodine Brett says not to worry. I Don t have any plans to talk to Geoff but we probably will because we re going to Watkins Glen n. A next week. A is going to get us together and we re going to get our hands we Don t presume to Tell you How to raise your boys a but feel free to aim higher or lower. Idled dream learners play fantasy game of comparison by Bill Barnard Toronto a with a rare open Date during the 11-Day, eight game world championship of basketball dream team ii played the comparison game saturday., with one narrow Victory and one blow out behind them the United states is assured of a berth in the round Robin quarterfinals. Also assured is the certainty that dream ii will be the orig Inal dream team from the 1992 olympics. It s very difficult to have 12 All Star players blend in such a Short time coach Don Nelson said. After the first game we had to step Back we had to think of team basketball instead of individual basketball. That s difficult to do when players Are used to creating shots on their dream team i especially with Michael Jordan Larry Bird and magic Johnson As leaders accepted the team concept More readily than this year s ver Sion but dream team ii s 55-Point rout of China took away doubts that it had a killer instinct. Logistics dictate that the two teams will never meet on the court even though Jor Dan said he would come out of retirement to play against dream team ii for Charity. A115-100 Victory Over unheralded Spain on thursday night had critics saying that this year s . Team would be overwhelmed by the Jordan led dream team. But the world baseball 132-77 Blitz of China the next night had dream team ii feeling better about it self. I respect them but i won t Ever say they would beat us said Joe Dumars the Only dream team ii member who has an Aba championship ring. I d play them in a but instead of a dream game Between dream teams the . Team was to play its next tournament game sunday against Brazil which lost to China in overtime and has already been eliminated from Contention for championship round. Nelson admitted saturday that he slept better Friday night after the easy Victory Over China and predicted the . Team s Strong defensive Effort would continue through the rest of the tournament. In the first game we weren t patient enough Nelson said. We took too Many Long Early shots. But that game was a learning tool for us. We Learned we have to play hard for 40 minutes. There is no room for garbage time in International dream team ii also is learning just As dream team i did that a Blowout is expected every time out that a team of Aba stars takes the court. A close game might be More interesting but it leaves you wide open for criticism. But a 55-Point Victory makes the Jeam look like a Bunch of bullies. My Job is to get the Guys to play 100 percent the whole Way so if they do that i can t feel sorry for China Nelson said. It s not enjoyable or fun to beat some body that bad swing Man Dan Majerle said. But it s something we re expected to do and something we re going to the 100 Points allowed against Spain was 15 More than the most the 1992 team gave up in any of its eight olympic games. But on Friday night dream team ii s 132 Points was five More than dream team i managed. Ten of the 12 players scored eight or More Points led by Shaquille o Neal with 22 on 10-Fpr-ll shooting. Seven players Are shooting better than 62 per cent from the Field and Only made Price is shooting under 50 percent. Defensively the americans forced 36 turnovers. Croatia and Russia won the two pools that finished opening round play sat urday. In Pool a Croatia 3-0behind 25 Points each from Dino Radja and Ari Jan Komazec beat Australia 83-69 to Clinch first place. Croatia considered almost As sure a lock for the Silver medal moved to the quarterfinal round Robin Pool opposite the dream team. Cuba took third in the poo with a 92-79 Victory Over South Korea. In Pool a Russia 3-0 handed the Host country its first loss of the tournament 73-66, outscoring Canada 10-2. In file . Head coach Don Nelson. Slept better after Friday win the final 1 35. Sergei Babikov led Russia with 18 Points. Argentina beat Angola 67-59 for third place in Pool c. On sunday Spain and China were to meet with the Winner finishing second in the United states Pool and Nin Pool a puerto Rico was to play Greece and Ger Many was to face Egypt
