European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 33 newcomer Ginn plans to pursue Earnhardt by Jenna Fryer the associated press new Lascar owner Bobby Ginn plans to pursue Dale Earnhardt or with every intent of Landing him As soon As Junior is ready to hear we would stretch As hard As we could stretch to do Ginn said by Telephone Friday you want the the absolute and i love the idea that Dale wants to win he could accomplish that Here with were in Earnhardt is leaving Dale earn Hardt at the end of the sea and Heads into saturday nights race at Darlington race Way As sports hottest free he said Friday that he wants to take a few weeks before opening the negotiating and Nastars most popular Driver should have his pick of three owners Rick Joe Gibbs and Richard Childress were quickly identified As the and Childress indicated Friday hell be in the we will sit and in said who fielded cars for six of Dale Earnhardt seven in hoping Hes considering so is who finds himself jockeying for position among Nastars heavyweights less than a year after buying into the the Florida land Developer bought a mid level team last july and markedly improved it in just a few Short following an aggressive Long Range Ginn snagged Mark Martin and expanded the operation to three then Martin nearly won the Daytona 500 and briefly led the Points standings before bowing out on Hes running a partial schedule this season and is currently ranked 14th despite sitting out three of 10 existing Drivers Sterling mar Lin and Joe Nemechek have been considerably stronger this sea with Marlin As the Only Driver not ensured a spot in the Field Willis Ginn racing figures to make a Strong push for the services of Dale earn Hardt who announced on thursday he was leaving to qualify for the first five races of the Ginn also beefed up his Driver development where Hes tucked away 15time Motocross Champion Ricky we have a five year plan in mind and the conclusion is win Ning a Ginn Golf Roundup a Little Luck helps lefty take Over players Lead the associated press Ponte Vedra Phil Mickelson was disappointed with his score and thrilled with his position on the lefty overcame some Loose shots with several clutch putts and a couple of fortunate bound settling for an even Par 72 in the second round of the players championship on Friday and a on shot Lead Over Nathan Green of had i played this is a Day i could have shot 3 or 4 under and pulled said who finished at 5under a lot of Guys shot under i want one of but by the same i didst do Well enough to shoot even so ill take Mickelson twice hit the nearly holed out from the Fairway and hit a 6iron on the par5 16th Hole that caught the perfect Bounce and stopped 6 feet away for he also made every putt from inside 10 he needed All the help he could Mickelson hit Only 11 fairways in the first two rounds Only re Tief Goosen with eight has hit fewer but he got by at pc saw grass with a solid Short game that the stadium course allows because of tightly groomed collection areas around the the first round co Leader dropped out of the Lead with to Pys on the seventh and eighth then hit the Flag with a wedge on the par5 getting Phil Phil Mickelson stayed out of trouble Long enough to take the Lead in the players Mickelson was at 5underpar after two a break when the Ball Only car Omed 6 feet away to set up Mickelson also hit the Flag on the 14th another Good As the Ball Likely was headed through the Peter Lonard Sean Ohair Carl Petterson 71 and Rod Pampling 71 were two strokes Mickelson was among seven players who had at least a share of the Lead Tiger Woods tried to fight but he did a better Job with his words than his Woods finally picked up a Birdie on his second but he spent most of the sunny afternoon won Dering if he would make the he want in the Clear until a two putt Birdie on the 16th dry land on the 17th and another Par save for a leaving him at 4over 148 to make it by one his Best shot was directed at Rory who said thurs Day that the worlds 1 player looked As beatable As Ever and that he likes the new Tiger who struggles with his if i remember the quote Cor he said he likes the new Woods i figure Ive won nine of 12 pea tour and Ive won three times this year the same amount Hes won in his i like the new As Lyga tour at Sarah Lee Shook off some pre round nerves and avoided the mistakes that plagued most every one shooting a 3under 68 to take a two shot Lead Over Becky Morgan Halfway through the Michelob Ultra european tour at South Africa Louis Opst Huizen shot his second straight 5under 67 to take a on stroke Lead in the Andalucia Spain Gonzalo Fernan the italian open win Ner shot a 68 to join Frances Francois Delamontagne 66 and Australia Matthew Zions 70 at 9 we took a risk on Mark and that paid off in Spades for we Arent afraid to be Daggres the team leases its motors from Hendrick and is perceived to be a satellite of that powerful its gotten Ginn mentioned As an outside equation in the Earnhardt but the team clearly wants to be a viable of he is the Man in Martin we would certainly like to talk to Ginn thinks his team suits earn Hardt because he runs it like a family operation and would fit much of what Junior is looking Earnhardt ideally would like to complement or the Busch series operation he with his next Dale Earnhardt followed that Model by driving for Childress while developing and Ginn thinks Junior can do it with listening to what Dale has out his Busch operation would dovetail beautifully with Ginn we believe hed be a Good our Dias our cultures Are Earnhardt reiterated Friday that Hes looking for a i could live without winning a but i would have he but i dont want i want to win a championship and i want to win More i want to win on a regular Hamlin grabs Busch honors Virginia tech victims the associated press Denny Hamlin won the Diamond Hill plywood 200 for the second straight year Friday again surviving a wreck filled Busch series event at Darlington race a Virginia then paid tribute to the victims of the Virginia tech taking a school Flag along for his Victory Hamlin had hoped to Honor the victims several times in the past and particularly last week at Richmond International race he was glad for the Chance to remember the innocent lives lost in the tragic i just feel like in doing my duty As a fellow virginian to help them said fourth in the Sextel cup Hamlin raced to his third Busch series winning from the pole at Darlington for the second consecutive not that it was Hamlin picked his Way through a record tying 10 caution periods to take the Check ered the race matched the 10 cautions from april a year there were nine caution Busch series Leader Carl Edwards got As close As Hamlin window As he Dove Low in turn one trying to take the but Hamlin powered through the turn and was never tested Mark driving a Hen Drick motor sports finished and Edwards was formula one at Felipe Massa took his third straight pole position saturday for the Spanish grand it was the sixth career pole for the Ferrari who won the racing Roundup Bahrain up last month after qualifying Massa timed at 1 seconds on the circuit de Cataluna three pole positions in a were really Quick and have a great Massa weve been very competitive with Mclaren the whole weekend so were looking Forward to having an important and Good two time defending world Champion Fernando Alonso finished second for the third time this year with a time of Sextel cup at Clint Bowyer took care of one goal Friday with his first nex Tel cup he hoped to accomplish an even bigger one saturday bowyers Lap at Mph earned him the top starting Posi Tion for the Dodge Avenger 500 at Darlington it also gave him a place in next Winters Bud shootout at Daytona International his first Sextel cup Victory would put Bowyer in the Lascar Sextel Allstar Chal i got in the Bud now Ive got to get in the Allstar Bowyer maybe this is the weekend i get both of two time defending race Cham Pion Greg Biffle was second at followed by Jamie Mcmurray and Carl for its his Best Start ing spot in seven Sextel cup events at Darlington Kasey who had won three of the past four poles at Dar was