European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 45 us sheetrock 400 lineup Mph 3 j race sunday j a car number in parentheses 25 Casey Dartin Truex Ivan i e Earnhardt Chevrolet i Kyle Chevrolet 7 Clint 48 Jar pole 45 John 17 Matt Jeff 10 25 99 49 55 66 Jeff Juan Pablo i i 20 po6 81 Bobby Denny Kevin Dave Paul Bill Johnny Tony Jeremy David Reed Jeff 9 Kasey Dpi l cach Joe cd Isuzu i s Vii Coj Dill in i Ului a i Jef i 26 Jamie 2 Kurt 18 Sterlina David 7 Robby owner 96 Tony owner 88 Ricky owner 38 David owner 4 Ward i1 not Scott Brian Dale a Kevin Lepa get Kenny Firestone indy 200 lineup lndyrfftlm9qe at Nashville super Speedway Lap length u Miles car number in parentheses 9 Scott Dario 11 Tony 6 Sam Hornish i Dan hello Danica 26 Marco 17 Jeff 3 7 22 Foyt 2 Tomas 55 Kosuke 20 de 4 Vitor 15 buddy Sarah 5 14 Darren Mears earns pole at Chica Goland racing Roundup the associated press Casey Mears turned a Lap of Mph in his Chevrolet on taking the pole position for sundays Lascar Sextel cup race at Chi Caroland it was Mears third career and the latest in a series of Bench Marks that indicate improvement for the 29yearold Nephew of fou time India Napolis 500 win Ner Rick Mears joined the elite Hen Drick motor sports team this year and won his first career race at Lowes motor Speedway in its just Mears when you Start something you want to do things although Mears ranks 19th in the standings going into sundays us sheetrock he says his team is on a Little bit of a Roll that included to five finishes at Pocono race Way and Michigan International Speedway last and Mears said he got a Little boost in qualifying on Friday when a Cloud floated Over turns 3 and 4 during his Lap to Cool off the track and make it slightly less slip can one Cloud really help a Driver go faster in qualifying whether its in my head or theres grip on the i always go faster when theres a Cloud Mears Mears Quick Lap late in qualify ing bumped Martin Truex Chevrolet off what would have been Trues first career hell Start second on sunday with a Lap of Truex is having a breakout sea son for Dale Earnhardt but Hes still looking for his first Ca reer i feel like Well get one this Truex we came close Warren Casey Mears smiles Friday As he poses for photos after winning the pole for sundays us sheetrock 400 at Chica Goland Ryan Newman qualified third in a followed by Mark Martin and Earnhardt in chevre theres already a second Groove out Newman Michael Waltrip qualified a solid allowing him to make Only his fourth Start All season for his new Toyota Michael Waltrip among the Drivers failing to qualify for sundays race were Scott Brian Dale Kevin Lepage and Kenny indy racing league at Glade Scott Dixon edged Dario the Man Hes chasing in the indy car to take the pole at the Nashville us Dixon is coming off his first win of the season at Watkins Glen and trails Franchitti by 47 Points heading into saturdays Firestone indy Dixons qualifying Speed was Mph on the and Franchitti came in at they Are followed by Tony Kanaan and Sam Hor Nish who won last years Nashville said slight deviations from the race line at Nash Ville can be treacherous be cause of the bits of rub Ber grated off the tires by the Only Concrete track on the girls 17race passing will be he unless the Guy in front of you makes a Dixon said his target Chip Ganassi racing team has a plan to catch Franchitti in the Points we will apply pressure to them make them have a Small mistake and that going to be the Only Way we can close that he Helip Castr Neves was the Sec Ond Driver scheduled to make his qualification but instead came out last because of prob lems with the Gearbox in his team Penske we didst want to take a Castr Neves we decided to fix the problem first and then come Castr Neves came in knocking Danica Patrick to Sev Patrick expressed frustration at her qualifying performance for Andretti Green i thought the car Felt dialled she its just unfortunate that we didst go any its driving me crazy that we go into qualifying and we dont go Kanaan said the Challenge will be keeping the car in tune with changing conditions during the its a very abrasive race and i would say the car will change a he Well have to be careful what changes we make in the pit Gerdemann wins 7th takes Overall tour de France Lead the associated press be grand France Linus Gerdemann of Germany won Satur Days seventh stage of the tour de France to take the Overall leaders yellow Jersey As the race entered the Gerdemann broke from the main pack and other leading riders during the 123mile ride from Bourge Bresse to be featuring a winding As cent up la colombiere the first Cate gory 1 climb this the 24yearold Gerdemann ended Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara eight Day Streak in the yellow the pack finished More than minutes behind Gerde and Cancellara trailed even farther a professional since clocked 4 53 13 Inigo Landaluze of Spain was 46 seconds David de la Fuente of Spain was softball team China Oklahoma City Tai Ria Flowers hit a first inning grand taking advantage of an intentional walk before to sports briefs Lead the United states to an 80 Victory Over China in the world cup of soft Ball on Friday one Batter after Crystl Bustos was walked to Load the Flowers hit her first grand slam with the National team to give the americans a 40 Bustos was walked again although All four pitches were outside As the 20 loaded the bases again and scored four More runs in the Flowers walked to bring in a and an Drea Duran made it 80 with an rib single to left the game ended after five innings because of the mercy rams Brown suspended four games Louis rams cornerback Fakhir Brown was suspended Friday for the first four games next season for violating the Nils substance abuse the league didst reveal the specific nature of the Browns suspension will begin 31 and he can to the Active roster on following the rams game 30 against the Dallas he is allowed to participate in preseason games and prac started 14 games for the rams last he tied for the team High with three interceptions and had one he missed two games with an ankle he signed a five year Deal As a free agent with the rams in 2006 after spend ing his first four nil seasons with new or no charges filed against Lions Rogers Detroit Detroit Lions defensive tackle Shaun Rogers wont face criminal charges following a review of an exotic dancers claims that he inappropriately touched a 20yearold woman who dances at a club on Detroit West Side made the com plaint last month against the 345pound Lions claiming he entered her dressing room where she was police had asked prosecutors to approve a criminal sexual conduct War but the Wayne county prosecutors of fice after an extensive investigation we have determined there is insufficient Evi Dence to file any prosecutor Kym worthy said in a Detroit drafted Rogers out of Texas As the 61st Overall pick in the second round of the 2001 nil he signed a six year contract following the 2004 Rogers was selected to the pro bowl in 2004 and when he recorded a Ca ree High 5v2 his 2006 season was Cut Short after the league suspended him for four games for taking a banned substance to control his Colts sign de Freeney to 6year Deal Indianapolis the Indianapolis Colts have signed defensive end Dwight Freeney to a Lon term contract that will make him among the Nils most highly paid defensive Freeney and the Colts agreed to a million contract that includes a million signing freeness Gary said the Colts also issued a statement saying they had reached an agreement with but did not the Deal first was reported by