European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 stars and stripes june Oliver Mclaren Mercedes Lewis leads teammate Fernando and the rest of the pack in the second Lap of the United states grand prix at the Indianapolis motor Speedway in Sun Hamilton won his second straight Al one Day after winning his second straight Leicht takes advantage of Edwards crash to pick up first Busch Victory the associated press Stephen Leicht didst have the Best car at Kentucky Speedway on saturday then even at the ten Der age of Leicht knows the Best car Doest always make it to Victory Leicht took advantage of Carl Edwards late then passed Good Friend Brad Coleman with f 13 laps to go to win the Meijer 300 on saturday night for his first Lascar Busch series we knew Carl was going to be i hate the Way things ended like they Leicht i really would have loved to race Carl for the win there at the but you cant say enough about our car we were in the right position at the right the right position turned out to be third following the final Cau Tion on Lap Leicht got a great line off the restart on Lap 184 then quickly reeled in Scott Wimmer and whose Best previous Fin ish was eighth at Nashville in beat Coleman by Sec those were the longest 10 laps of my Leicht i never thought they were going to a year after Unsung David Gilli land stunned the Leicht repeated the feat at the a track that has become Friendly to firs time winners be cause of the absence of Many nex Tel cup Drivers who usually run Leicht had led All of 11 laps this season before saturday including 10 in last weeks race in hed managed just two top10 finishes All season and had finished better than 20th just once in his last eight i think it relieves a lot of pres sure you know because they say the first win is the hardest Leicht weve shown the last four or five weeks that weve had cars capable of once you get the first one out of the they come racing Roundup but for the first 156 it looked As if Leicht and the rest of the Field were going to watch Edwards stroll to another Edwards led 96 laps and seemed Well on his Way to his fifth Victory of the third in a Row and second Busch Victory at his Lead grew to 10 seconds before a caution for de Bris came on Lap Edwards chances ended on the when Steve Wal lace bumped him into him from behind heading into the first Edwards managed to return to the but missed 21 laps and finished Wimmer finished Fol Lowed by David Shane Aric chevre Kelly David Mike Bliss and Greg craftsman trucks at Brook Lyn Travis Kvapil patiently stalked Kyle Busch around Michi Gan International finally passing him with one Lap to go saturday to score his first crafts Man truck series Victory since Busch led four times for 38 but was struggling to control his Chevrolet when Kvapil closed in on him Over the final 10 the 2003 series Champi made several peeks around Only to scoot Back in line be Hind he finally attempted a pass in the fourth sliding ahead of Busch As they closed in on the line with the White Flag waving above Kvapil then pulled away on the final i knew i was a Little better than but i just didst want to get out there too said started from the it was Knap its second win at sixth of his but first since he joined Roush Fen Way racing at the Start of this sea he replaced Mark who won six times in the truck last formula one Rookie sensation Lewis Hamilton did it Rac ing to his second straight formula one Victory in sundays grand the first Black Driver in Fly 61year history has finished All seven races this season in the top he now leads Mercedes Mclaren teammate and two time world Champion Fernando Alon so by 10 Points in the the two finished 12 for the third time this but this time the order was reversed from Malaysia in april and last months race at Monaco As the 22yearold englishman added this Victory to his first Al Triumph last week in the Canadian grand Alonso tried hard to pass his less experienced teammate at the darting to the outside and pulling nearly alongside Hamil ton for a then backing off and diving to the inside As the leaders squirted through the first two narrow a Sharp right hander and then a lefthand Hamilton managed to stay in front and was Able to continue to fend off the pressure by the hard charging spaniard to the end of the 73lap event on indy Road Alonso almost wrested the Lead from Hamilton on Lap he had been dogging the Back of his team mates Mclaren for several laps and pulled alongside on the main Straightaway but was unable to Complete the the outcome was still in ques Tion until Alonso locked up his brakes on Lap 47 and drove through the allowing Hamilton to Puu out to a Ond Hamilton was Able to drive on to the win without fur ther crossing the finish line seconds ahead of healthy Piazza nears return to As lineup the associated press Piazza has no plans of interfering with Oakland winning ways of late when he gets Back in the it seems like were playing Piazza said i want to slide Back on the and the athletics will be Happy to have him Piazza was slated to begin a rehab assignment sunday with triple the last big step for the 38yearold designated hitter before he rejoins the As after being sidelined since May 3 with a sprained right he missed his 40th game Satur Day when the As played the Middle game of their inter league series against playing in the Ameir can league and As a do for the first time after 15 seasons As a is batting with one Home run and four Bis in just 25 games so far in its not going to feel much bet Ter in two or three weeks from he it will be a while before i can but swinging the Bat feels baby in if s been frustrating the last i was swinging decent when i got Roddick wins title London Andy Roddick won his fourth Queens club title saving match Point in the second set before beating Frances Nicolas Mahut 76 76 in the final of the grass court tuneup for Wimble seeded also won from 200305 and joined Ley ton Boris Becker and John Mcenroe As fou time win ners of this i think if s Nice winning at tournaments that you really enjoy playing Roddick to have won four is ill have a number of chances to get my focus right now is on getting 1 at who beat French open Champion Rafael Nadal in the was not broken once in the he is 02 against Roddick served 24 aces and had Only one break that came at 44 in the opening but Mahut hit a Low forehand Volley to Force an Mahut then earned the Only break of the match to claim the set when Rod Dicks attempt to Send a Winner Down the line went Suneson wins in France France swe Dens Carl Suneson won the Saint Omer open for his first european tour closing with a 2underpar 69 sunday for a three stroke Suneson had a total of 8under 276 and was followed by Francois Calmels of France Peter Fowler of Australia 70 and mar Cus Higley of England 71 at Mikael Lundberg of Sweden 71 was at Suneson had four birdies in the final round at Saint Omer Golf club and two including the 18th sports briefs Jankovic tops Sharapov in final Lena Jankovic Defeated Maria Sharapov to win the Dos it was the second match of the Day for both who secured spots in the championship with semifinal victories earlier the to seeded Sharapov beat Marion Bartoli of France 60 in a semifinal during which a Heli copter landed on a nearby court to assist a woman knocked Union a French open Semi i beat Mara Santangelo of Italy 75 in the other semifinal of this Wimbledon Sharapov As Semmal match was temporarily delayed when two spectators needed medical As a woman and a child fell Down a leaving the woman in another part of the a Man faint a helicopter then landed at the Edgbaston priory club and the woman was flown to a Hospi the helicopter seemed to Dis tract the russian dropped her serve and trailed 54 in the first set before winning the next nine Malignaggi claims Junior welterweight title Paul Malignaggi won the def Junior welterweight title saturday out pointing Champion Lovemore Dou in a lopsided unanimous de Malignaggi 231 used his Speed and quickness to keep Dou at he landed a left Hook counter in the ninth round to score the fight s Only two judges scored it one judge scored it Simon Jelena Jankovic celebrate after beating to seeded Maria to the birding Ham Dos Cut tic on