Winston-Salem Journal from Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2024)

April 5, 1982

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Winston-Salem Journali

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Issue Date:

Monday, April 5, 1982

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21

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Lauda Breaks Streak to Win UPl Telephoto Andrea de Cesaris (22) takes lead during Long Beach Grand Prix GOLD SEAL RADIAL said Garbicz in unusually sharp words of supposed to get about 50 blocks from ord Earnhardt Ends Losing Streak With Rebel Win I IVblCK MOCK TIRE Name Address State Z'P 1'1 Thruway Center fe WWW A Im 12R15 LR78x15 STATESVILLE Hwy 90 872 6193 YADKINVILLE ON THE SQUARE 679 2111 COURTNEY Hwy 601 South 463 5561 Morning and Sunday 13 weeks $1885 MOCK WANS AUTOMOTIVE752 Cmtry Club 768 1010 P15580R13 P16580R13 P1 8575 1 3 18575 14 19575 14 20575 14 21575 14 22575 14 20575 15 21575 15 22575 15 23575 15 said Earnhardt ly we showed what we could do felt we should have won some races last year but ev erything got confused with the owner change and all Bud runs a little different setup from what used to but been able to adjust to it going to keep pressing as hard as I ever have I abuse the car but not backing Earnhardt said Tim Rich mond who ran deftly but strongly in his first outing in winning material may have helped him win Richmond down almost a full lap be cause of an earlier cut tire and right ahead of Earnhardt on the track set a fast draft that Earnhardt used think Tim helped me be 6 Elio de Angelin Italy Lotus 9174 7 John Watson Northern Ireland McLaren MP4B 74 8 Nigel Mansell England Lotus 91 9 Jochen Mass West Germany March 821 73 10 Raul Boesel Brazil March 821 70 11 Slim Boroudd Sweden Turrell Oil 68 'f speed was well below the race record of 88470 mi set by Brazilian Nelson Pi quet in 1980 1 Niki Lauda Austria McLaren MP4B 75 114 2 Keke Rosberg inland Williams W08 75 1 Gilles Villeneuve Canada errari 126 C2 75 4 Riccardo Patrese Italy Brabham ST IKES STOKES TIM AND AUTOMOTIVI KING NC 983 4352 13 Andrea de Cesaris Italy Alfa fcg meo 182 33 14 i ui iqfi rtcnivfi EiiyiaiiQ Airuwj 15 Roberto Guerrero Colombia En sign N18L27 16 Jacques Laffite'rance Talbot Ligier JS17 26 17 Jean Paul Jarrier rance Osella A1C 26 Leigh Mills forMen first of the year for a ord which may well be the hot make this season was pretty hard all Earnhart said think it made a difference when I get any traffic at the end while trying to hold off Cale got some very lucky breaks in the race like not hitting Neil when he hit the wall and not hitting Slick '(Johnson) when he hit the wall I needed some Right Guard after Bonnett crashed I thought he was coming down off the wall into me I was lucky he stuck up there lucky to get through all The win was especially welcomed by Wrangler offi cials who signed up as Earn sponsor in November 1980 and then suffered with him through a traumatic 1981 getting their first corporate win yesterday has stood behind be for a year plus several races and they kept telling me to take it overworks the left rear Blistered left rears hampered Benny Parsons and some other General Motors teams ords have any trouble because heavier and have as much weight to fool around with" In wreck the safety inner liner which is designed to hold up a car even when the tire itself is cut blew when Waltrip ran over a four inch piece of metal Evening and Sunday (Combination routes) 13 weeks $3055 Italian who won only the sec ond pole position for Alfa Ro meo since 1951 held onto sec ond place until he crashed on the fifth of 12 turns nearly halfway into the race He was cause he was smooth enough and strong enough to draft off of I think that helped me beat Cale calls? All day long every corner You really have to brake a car down getting in the corners especially in traf fic I almost ran out of brakes by the end could have beaten me but Bud and I worked the tires trying different combi nations during the race before going back to what we started the race on Tires definitely did make a difference We mixed up the combinations throughout the day Some cars would run good on one set then bad on another beer cans paper and trash got pretty bad out there but the track surface was pretty In the garage area the word is that Bud Moore is becoming intimately involved with ord Motor fledlging racing program Moore denies having any specific contracts with oMoCo and saying what anything the Dearborn Mich compa ny has been providing his team Stronger engine parts long needed by the few nrd park are ronnrtodlv in fha ninnlinfl 6a 19 Derek Daly Ireland Theodora TV 01 22 20 Mario Andretti United States Williams W08 19 21 Alain Prost rance Renault RE SOB io 22 Didier Pironl rance errari 126 CZ 4 23 Cene Arnoux rance Renault RE 30B 5 24 Bruno Giacomelli Italy Alfa Rd meo 182 5 25 Eliseo Salazar Chile ATS D06 3 26 Manfred Winkelhock West Ger many ATS D06 1 Ufe A Evening and Sunday 13 weeks $1885 orthetongrun AT ANY THESE OUR LOCATIONS: I Continued rom Page 17 ing straight at Waltrip who led 71 laps appeared to have the field covered at one early stage be fore distributor trouble forced lengthy repairs race ending crash triggered by a cut tire was his second of the day During a dicey 20 minute duel with Earnhardt Bonnett slapped the third turn wall on! lap 242 backed off and called Eddie (Wood) to see if there was anv tire said Bonnett see brief bid died when his trans any ana i couian smell any so I got back up to speed and kept going Then With his strongest run of the season Parsons led 36 laps but cut a right front 1 Dale Earnhardt ord 367 laps 123554 mph 2 Cale Yarborough Buick 367 1 3 Bill Elliott ord 367 4 Banny Parsons Pontiac 367 5 Tim Richmond Buick 366 6 Tarry LaBonta Buick 366 7 Mark Martin Buick 356 I Buddy Arrington Dodge 354 9 Donnla Allison Buick 355 10 Lennie Pond Buick 352 II Jimmy Means Buick 346 12 Tommy Gale ord 344 13 Ronnie Thomas Pontiac 344 14 Rick Newsom Chevrolet 340 15 DK Ulrich Buick 355 16 Joe Millikan Pontiac 329 17 Lake Speed Buick 327 18 Kyle Petty Pontiac 322 19 Harry Gant Buick 320 20 Dick May Buick 315 21 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 2M 22 Jody Ridley ord 287 23 Darrell Waltrip Buick 254 24 Nell Bonnett ord 253 25 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 230 26 Slick Johnson Buick 209 27 Dave Marcls Buick 172 28 John Anderson Buick 151 29 Ricky Rudd Pontiac 133 30 Morgan Shepherd Buick 96 31 Richard Petty Pontiac 89 dick orooKS i oro 33 Jamas Sauter Buick 33 34 Ron Bouchard Buick 28 35 HB Bailey Pontiac II 36 JO McDuffie Pontiac 9 37 Buddy Baker Buick 3 26X85OR14 10R15 11R15 while running third on the last rest yesterday from restart with 50 miles to go and his relentless charge to snap lost most a mile to the leaders an 18 month 38 race losing when forced to pit streak: Eleven different men took win was the turns leading the race al though only four were serious contenders Pole winner Bud dy Baker led the first lap but dropped out on the third lap when his flywheel shattered Richard Petty went to the pits with motor coil trouble on the 11th lap and behind the wall on lap 89 with a cracked valve Morgan mission soured on lap 96 Bob by Allison led a 50 mile stretch before his motor blew Harry Gant slapped the fourth turn wall on lap 147 while trying to pass Tim Richmond and he spent half an hour in the pits Winston Cup points leader Terry labonte was never in chase coming home sixth a lap down but he kept his lead After six races Labonte has 952 points fol lowed by Parsons with 893 Allison with 842 and Waltrip with 810 Earnhardt never took a The Dunlop Gold Seal Radial is designed for drivers who want the benefits of radial performance mileage durability confident road handling improved fuel 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Generation IV P15580R 13 M3 P17575R 13 M9" P18575R 13 M3" P1B58OR 13 M3 P18585R 14 M6 P19575R 14 60 35000 MILE LIMITED WARRANTY Under Dunlop Limited Tread Wear Warranty new Dunlop IV Radial Tirea are warranted to deliver to the first retail purchaser nomal use a tread hfo of 35000 miet whan property fitted to one pas senger car If your tire wears evenly to the tread wear indcators before dekvermg 35000 mies Dunlop on presentation of the Dunlop mileage certificate to any participating Dunlop dealer and in exchange for the worn tire give credit toward a comparable new Dunlop tre based on Dunlop's Mileage Unit Price and tire mileage not received The Mileage Unit Charge reasonably reflects current retail paces You pay local taxes and mounting and balancing charges or complete details sec your Dunlop dealer Grand Prix of Long Beach LONG BEACH Calif (AP) Niki Lauda driving a McLaren roared past polesit ter Andrea de Cesaris on the 15th lap and pulled away to gain his first ormula One victory in nearly four years as he won Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The two time world cham pion from Austria started from the outside of the front row and kept de Cesaris in his sights through the early mo ments of the race Lauda fi nally took advantage of slow er traffic to pass on the Shore line straight the longest straightaway of the 213 mile circuit through the streets of Long Beach Lauda 33 making a come back this season after a two Prost whose Renault retired year retirement picKeo up ms i early Held second place with join career urana mx vic tory and his first since he won the Italian Grand Prix of 1978 ma Brabham It left him in fourth place in the all time standings five victories be hind third place Juan Manuel antfiA nt Arflanrinn De Cesaris a 22 year old here on a course that was viguicucu num aua nines and given five new turns and a new chicane this year be cause of the construction of a hotel within the old circuit Because of those changes RV RADIAL ROVER 87 13 points The race was marked by tremendous attrition Them were only 11 of the 26 starters '4VU ly 4 uuuiug dl LUC CUU UI Uie lap event Lauda won his first race Winston Salem Journal Winston Salem NC Monday April 5 1982 Page 21 STAKES JCK 2RE recapping Kicnmond was smooth and sharp all day until the last lap which he forgot to run He crossed the finish line just ahead of winner Earnhardt but Richmond complete his own last lap and was credited with being a lap down on the final rundown Richmond ran with the leaders all day though a pit stop error and a cut tire cost him time He passed Earnhardt and Yarborough with 20 miles to go to unlap himself know what the outcome would have been if I cut that tire Richmond said would have won I passed the first and second place cars and they give me Harry Ranier meanwhile says he plan to fire Benny Parsons and Parsons says he will let the flap over his future just die guess that Pontiac just likes said Parsons of his run Sunday I nlan to eo to Norfolk Va and sell oil pumps and universal joints got my number If they want to tell me not to show up at North Wilkesboro (the next tour stop) they know where to find just got pulled into that said Ranier of the flurry of reports questioning future with his team would you switch to a better driver than Benny Parsons If there had been anyone better have had them before is a pretty fair hard knocking race driver incf oni fn aai hie nar hvdrl tm nierht Goodyear engineers were extremely upset yes Neil Bonnett says going to stick with the You can see today that he can drive a race 1 P20575R 14 Ml P21575R 14 M4 P20575R 14 M4" P21575R 15 M6 P22575R 16 M6 P23575R 15 72" Pearson May Make Return to GN Racing By Mike Mulhern Staff Reporter DARLINGTON David Pearson is report ed to be ready to announce his return to Grand National racing this week though the 47 year old South Carolina driver was noncommital this weekend when pressed about the report Pearson is expected drive a stocker owned by Bobby Hawkins in several NASCAR superspeedway events probably beginning with either Ma son Dixon 500 or World 600 in late May these teams have 800 pounds of lead to play with Hawkins who has fielded short track outlaw cars (because their stripped down cars are that much for Pearson in recent years played with a Grand under the NASCAR weight limit) and put National team last year and got serious about his ting it all right over the left rear wheel That tour ettorts tnree weeks ago hiring veteran crew chief David Ifft Dick Brooks who has been driving for Hawkins was sidelned with a blown engine and finished 32nd in Rebel 500 The team has been fielding ords with engines from Holman Tommy Turner who also builds Neil motors But Ifft says he wants to change the operation over to General Motors machinery 1 Brooks says he has been trying to interest Pear son in bringing his lucrative Chattanooga Chew chewing tobacco sponsorship to the Hawkins team and running Hawkins cars in some events Chattanooga Chew is marketed by General To bacco which also sells White Owl cigars General Tobacco has been sponsoring Pearson in sportsman events this season and has been pushing Pearson to put together a Grand National effort ruru teams are reportedly rearson says ne ooesn i warn to run more tnan Spartanburg SC shop nr Winctnn Pun ranne 3 iv gvii auvut uv uiuino it vtu vi General Tobacco would become the fourth Amer which is machining them in says Moore ican tobacco company to join the NASCAR tour heads are due in not injured but the rear of the car was in flames when he worked his way out of the bat tered co*ckpit 1 De Cesaris had fallen near ly nine seconds behind the leader He said broke and there was a big fire I know what Keke Rosberg Of inland 5 Michele Alboreto Italy Tyrrell driving a Williams inherited a distant second place He stayed there the rest of the way cutting his largest defi cit of 50310 seconds to 14660 at the end That put Rosberg into the ieaa in tne world champion ship standings 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