European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 15 2007 stars and stripes Page 47 Gordon awarded pole after qualifying cancelled the associated press fort Worth Texas Jeff Gordon is 0fortexas shut out of Victory Lane a dozen times there Are Only two other Active tracks where Gordon Hast won a race but the Iva mile High banked Texas circuit is the Only one where the fou time cup Champion Doest have any kind of Lascar Victory he did win Busch races at Phoenix and Homestead sports briefs Gordon gets another Chance in the Lone Star state this weekend and the series Points Leader will Start from the pole for the Sam Sung 500 after qualifying was can celeb Friday because of severe storms the Field was set by owner Points if weve Ever had a Chance of a Hendrick car winning Here or ourselves winning Here if s the year Gordon said even though Gordon Hast won a race this season Hendrick motor sports is trying to become the first team since Petty enter Prises in 1971 to win five consecutive races Jimmie Johnson who starts third sunday has won three of the past four races and Kyle Busch had the other Victory in that stretch like Gordon none of his team mates have won at Texas but All finished in the top nine spots there last fall this is a continuation from last year said Jeff Burton the Childress Driver who starts Sec Ond the 24 Gordon and 48 Johnson have been really Good and no i dont think youve been making too much of the Hen Drick they have put themselves in position to win Al most every race if youve got passion for the game then play to win g season pass to the military Golf course of your choke in Europe enter our tee off with Volvo military sales and stars and stripes Golf contest april 1230 two Lucky winners will each receive a season pass to the Mili tary Golf course of their Choice a value of More than to win find the stars and stripes tee off Golf Bai hidden within the pages of your Hometown newspaper submit your entry by logging onto  and clicking on the link one entry per id card now even equipped with the Best financing and your Volvo cars military sales agent at mil1taryvolvocarscom Volvo cars military sales its a great Deal  Gordon has finished second three times this season twice be Hind teammate Johnson Davies Ochoa Lead Ginn open reunion Fla Laura Davies has been telling friends and family All year that she Felt like something Good was about to happen to her on the Lyga tour but after no top10 finishes in five events Davies wondered whether any of them believed her she soon might have some proof Davies shot a 6under 66 in the second round of the Ginn open on Friday moved to 12 under and remained tied atop the Board with Lorena Ochoa they Are probably getting fed up hearing it of Shes making it up again Davies said i have been playing really Well and making nothing if you dont make putts you just dont compete the 43yearold English Star who won the last of her 20 Lyga tour titles in 2001 Sank a 16foot or for Eagle on the par517th and later drained a 20footer for Eagle on no 3 Davies and Ochoa were shots ahead of Natalie Gulbis 66 and five strokes in front of defend ing Champion Mihyun Kim 69 heading into saturdays third round Morgan Pressel who became the youngest major Champion in Lyga tour history with her Victory at the Kraft Nabisco Champion ship two weeks ago shot 7572 and missed the Cut Sorgi signs Colts offer Sheet Indianapolis Colts up quarterback Jim Sorgi has signed an oneyear ten Der to stay with Indianapolis the team announced the Deal to keep its backup to super bowl map Peyton Manning on Friday Sorgi was a restricted free agent in three seasons he has played in 10 games mostly in Popup duty Hes completed 59 of 90 passes for 619 Yards thrown five touchdowns and one interception his career passer rating is 993 1 Kelly overcomes emotions cold at Harbour town Hilton head Island so Jerry Kelly routinely Over comes his own Quirky emotions to Excel on the pea tour so Hes not going to let a Spring cold stand in his Way at the Verizon heritage Kelly who shot a 63 in the open ing round fought off the sniffles and stuffiness for a 70 on Friday he was overtaken by Ernie Els second straight 65 but knows things Coul Dve been much much worse Kelly who didst tee off until after Els was just about through blistering Harbour town Golf links quickly fell further be Hind with bogeys on the third and fourth holes he rebounded though to get within three shots of the top Els 12under 130 is a stroke off the tournaments Halfway record set by Jack Nicklaus in 1975 and matched by Phil Mickelson in 2002