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Reading, PA Eagla arrelnt Mrt Arn Manda7 0 t9,02t AUG 9. 1999 AUG 9, 1999 IIIII I IIII I III II IIII I IIII I II III IIII I III IIIII I IIII I III I111111 IIII 11111111111111 N4820 ~/~//~//~~ N4824 ~~~©Iea59 CL/If1VG) a:aLe®©....v......-,,,, , !Franchitti wins chaotic Detroit avndar Orend Rapidf, MI Pfe7i tirsnl aeal/e MH Nse SUN 112,408 AUG 8, 1999 ~In~ilt~I~pIsI~II 11~i1 II nIl 11111111 Ilil 1111111 aasLY~Ylaeeaa+ LLrN3150 I~iooh.e sensation Montoya takes CAR.T pole in Detroit ByrSteve KaminsM 'rne uw Rapm ar.,, top of the points standings aRer Nture before he took hu quali[y- Uds weekend, too. Christian Httl- Ing mns. ' : DE[ROIT - It's bue Uat the winds of change began blowing through CART this weekedd as saan ee the FedEx Championship Se51es arnved on the BeUe fste atraet aaurae. But the biggest gurt of aB on 9aturdqwuwhipped upbyJUen Pablo Moo(pya'a Targat Reynerd ifa'dda drdrng the 2J-mne track. -e 23-year old rookie senss- tiun'(p from Bogota, Columbia, turned Ihe quickest lap of the weekend in Saturday's final mpnd uf qualifying, posting a lap of 1I4.773 mph. Montoya earned hISNtA pole of the seasoo, and he wi8 smrt first In today's 3 p,m. Igth annual Tenpgco AutomahV ve Pdaof Devuit. ntoye even uverum e a tidGh with the wall en route to graabing thepo le. His lap was a tiEk faster than the mark of 11{733 mph tumed by Canadian Paill Tracy, who will mart second in Ihe 27-car field. • 1 brushed the wall an my fut- es7Jap, it happened in tum 10 or I i;d just berely bruahed It,' Mon- M said. "The track was quick, we went down and touched the wall, but it didn't hurt or slow me" ' ilm biggest news aut of Detroit this weekend has focused on Roger Penske's announcement on Friday that he wilt replace driver ApVnxr Jr. with Gteg Maan and Git.de Ferran next year. Moore sndde F<rran both signed Ihtte- 9. contracts at approximately 3 million rwch. Expect to find change near the Moote's attention turned to the paldi and Adrian Ferrlmulez both 'Making thls dedsion to lene enter tod s rue in the top fwe the PI.yeta Falaythe team was in points, but they will miss De- one of Ihe moat dRRCUIt decisions Iradduetolt0urua. I have lud to make In my Ilfe.' m Pemke Racing and Moorcsud.•WhhautPlaysYsand en serie has been Gerry, I wauldnY be where I am chesm' gthe Chip Ganwi Target taday.1 have been with this team team for the paat Ihtte sea~onv, for fiveyean~ and it's Ume for a and Montoya aPpears poised to newUUllenge. give Genassl hu fourth stNtht 'In the fumre, i may look back : champfonddp. Detroit Is the I~th on this delislon and aay it was aa stop on the 20-nce schedule, and goad ooe, or I may tay h wu a; Montoya has a 130-t 16 point lead bad one. But mr now, /t tooks Idte ; over Dado Fmnchilti, who wiB itwillbethebestthingfmme." stert fourth taday. Fitdpaldi, who is fourth to 1 Trary e.med the pnovlalonal points, susteinW head bJtsrka ( pale Fridey but was unable to while testing earlier this•week at: makeitstick Gateway International Rxeway.; "1 had a compromised lap'(Sab FUipeldi suffered a blood clot be-:~ urdry); Tracy aald. "When my tween the covering of the braini dres were fresh, I tned to push and the btaln's suutface. He is ra s mY way through turns one and covering In his Florida home. •two, and I made mistakes three Roberto Mamno. who will rt-~ Lpa in a row. By the time I tutned place Fltdpaidl In the Big K-M.R~ my heat lap, B waa already lap Ford Cosworth Swift qualifud amn, and by then, your tires arc fifth fastest, which wu three pasi-E a little wom. I didn't catch the llons better than teammate Mn) Ures at the dqht time." chael AndmtU. The Honda enginelFlrestone Patrick Ratin6 driver AdtiNF tire combination conUnud -to Fernandez, who u tifth In pomts„ dominate the series, with Mon- wW mlas today's race after hac-: toya giving the engine bugder its turing the redius bone of hu righl- ninth pole of the seasom It wu ann during a Friday mcrmng 11th pole for Ftrestone. In fact, pranlce. Fernandez umierwent the fastest four qualinen, Mom autgery Fridsy oight at Metkodist toya, Tracy. thlyd-platt de Fernn Hospitsl In Indfesupnlis end had and Franemtti are all mmming a plale and screws meerted m Honda-powered Reynud.s. close the [ruNre. Moore is aiso hoping to be a Mark BlundeB, who Msxd the factor taday, and he quali0ed sev- p.st eiaht racea after nacturing enm quickest et 114.099 mph In his neck is making hu return to his Gerry Forsythe owned Play- CART this weeaend. Bluode6 er's Irtercedea Reynud. But qualiftedleth  Victory in the m9gtake- Slled 1enneco Automotive G7and Prix lifta Derjn , . E'rBIIChltf.l into the CART ~ j6~ When the leaking pace car PO1D ~ psdled lnto pit road on the 70th jlSomournueasvules From the verysfsrt, Darlu Fran-: Reeding, PA Timu ne.una Mander p 49.277 lap, Hello Caatro-Nevea thought It -atpWed a twterf, md he hit ihe chitti figured it wes Juan Moo- jt ~tbmstofspeedcauaW Caa- toynY race to loae -~Im-Nevee to run into the back af Aaithtrnedout,hedid . Montoya'a car, apinuing Montoya FranchitU taak the lead when . bbmewallandoutoftherace. Montoya made a late pit stop Sue- 1 sa,a the pace car pWt off the day and held an to win the mit track and assumed it waa going to take-filled Tenneco Automotive , green thatlap,"Gstro-Nevessaid. Grand Prix oi'DeTroit , I never knew theY were bringing "f told the guys on the redio it . apotherpacecaronbthetrackBS was a pretty ugly way to wfa a,the timellmewit,Ihadalreadyhit race" Franchitti said In hti rich ' , ' _ geaUlah brogua "8ut well rolm it ', J,p~t was ju.st the last of man> It anyway waa we the ca secm'ond victory of the '. mishapsforMontnya.whostastec i, on the pole and easily had the season for FranchlW, a preseasan p fasteatcu ia the nce~ favoriteafterthreewinsduringhla "It..amYlookingtoogaadwith breakoutiS96season. Juan aut in the lead," Franchitt The win vaulted hlm Into first d. "Itwae going to be difficult u placefnUmCARTFedExCbamp4 ~ d .pass him. I wae working on hium anship standinge wifh 190 Dofnte,, during the restarts, but I didn' five ahead of Mootoya, the aenss ' Uonal rookte who had a 13-point lead going Into the race. "But it doesn't mean that much to be leading at this poinC" Fran- quite ntaatge it MontoY4 seeldng bi. Mh vieto ry ol the aaaam. was mm~ing near ly 10 secands ahaad af the rest a chitU said. "Hyoute leading aIIer the field when a ceutlon eame out Fontana (the seasuncnder), that's an the 441h lap. All of the other what it's all about" leaders went into pit mad for fuel Paul Tracy, FranchltU's team- but Montoya apparently missed mate an the Team Ifaat Green ree- the signal to stop from his crew, ing team, finished secund. That lapse might have cost him Greg Moore was third and theraee. Michael AndretH fourth over the "I'm still trying to figure ou: 2.3-mile,14-turn raceway on Belle what happened out there," Mon Isle, to the middle of the Detroit toya said. "We had a miscommuni River. cation about our Brst pit ntop anc Numerous wrecks caused 23 then we put ourselves in a toagt laps of the scheduled 75-tap race position to win the race." 'to be run under the caution Bag Montoya eventually built a leat As a result af the delays, race ol4 o[!SS seconds befnre ftnallygoin, cials decided to limit the competi- Inforgasonthe59thlap.Whenh- tion to two hours, so only 71 laps gathackoutanthetrackFranchlt were completed. tt bad the lead and Montoya wa Only 17 of the 28 cars that starb running eighth. ed were able to Rnish. He would need a big charge b The most serious of the wrecks regain the lead. happenedinTurn3ofthe28thlap But passing la nearly impassl when Patrick Carpentler and ble un the narrow Belle /s4 Mauricio Gugelmin collided dur-' course, meaning Montoya bad t. tngarestartGugelmiP'scarrolled take chancea He managed to ge over and, in the process, one of his past Tony Ifaaaan an the tKKh IaG tiresstruckCarpentierYcockpit but his luck ran out when Casto Precautionary X-rays revealed Neves hit him in the rear. no fractures, but Carpentler was held avernight for observation at Detroit Recetving Hoapital. He N suffered a cervical muscle strdn. He le acheduled to be released O thie morning and intends to rsce 00 this weekend at the Mid-Ohio O event In Lexington, Ohio. ~J Crlstlano da aeatraY car waa de- n) shayed aRerbumpingAt UnserJr. ,A of Reading-bssed O Penske and crashing nto wall ~ just put Turn 2 an the aeth lap. Da O Matta walked away unhurt, but things became chaotic after that. Uoser finished 13th, a lap down. Tracy reported the pace car was teaking gas near the end of the cautlon period, so race officials decided tn pull the pace carotTthe track and replace it with another. But, somehow, that word didn't rrerh .01 ihc drivrrv NHRA 6aHlfawim: Doug Kalitta suc cea+8slly defended his NHRA A, tolite Nationals title Sunday a Sonoma, CaliL, defeating 'yon Schumacher In the'lbp Fuel final Kalitta covered the quarter mlle In 4e1E eecoads at 31690 mp for his secoad career victa sy. 5ch c macher, trying for the first win his career, ran3.W3 st 21a.17. whtt Basemore seored his nr- [hlnny Car victory of the seaior Posting a 4.963 at 301.74 to bee 'Frank Pedregon for his slxth ca reerv at e s lctoclaimed ry. Y hia senond R' Stack vlatary of Use seteon +m ,thlyd at Sannma, runn1n86»62 ° 197.4g to beat Kurt Jabmon for hl 22nd career win.