sports
Hurd may miss NCAAs
Mears wins Indy;
crash mars race
If Oregon's men's track and field team is to
make a run at an NCAA team championship this
week, it will need points from its qualifying
athletes in every event.
That may not be possible anymore. Hurdler
LaMar Hurd, an entry in the 110-meter highs
Thursday afternoon, has indicated that he may
not be able to run.
Hurd ran an NCAA and Olympic Trials qualify
ing 13.81 in the hurdles a month ago against
Fresno State, but his fortunes have gone doyvn the
tube since. At the Oregon Pepsi Relays May 5,
Hurd had to drop out of his hurdles race when he
felt a twinge in his leg.
The twinge turned out to be a pulled hamstr
ing muscle which has severely damaged Hurd's
chances for NCAA competition.
"He hasn't run a step since it happened," ad
mits Oregon assistant John Gillespie, who
coaches jumps, sprints and hurdles.
But Hurd has not officially scratched from the
hurdles. The Ducks have until late today to make
a decision on him, and Gillespie says he'll wait as
long as possible before giving the yes or no vote.
"It's up in the air," says Gillespie. "We'll just
wait as long as we can."
If Hurd is a no-show come NCAA time, the
Ducks will be docked a few predicted points.
Track and Field News had doped Hurd for a 10th
place finish in the highs, which would have given
Oregon three points.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rick
Mears ran away from the
fastest field in auto rating
history Sunday to win his se
cond Indianapolis 500, a race
marked by record speeds
and one terrifying crash.
The 32-year-old Mears, the
1979 winner who finished se
cond and third the past two
years, was left without a
challenge after defending
champion Tom Sneva's car
suffered a broken U-joint
with 32 laps left in the $2.5
million race.
Mears, part of the elite
Roger Penske racing team,
broke the race record set by
Mark Donohue in 1972. In
front of a crowd of 400,000,
he averaged 163.621 mph and
covered the 500 miles in 3
hours, 3 minutes, 21 seconds.
Donohue, who died in a
crash during a Formula One
event in 1975, averaged
162.962.
"Tom Sneva was the
toughest," Mears said in Vic
tory Lane. "If he hadn't had a
problem, it could nave oeen
a helluva battle at the end."
The unofficial finish
behind Mears had Guerrero
second and Mears' teammate
Al Unser Sr., third. The order
of finish was delayed
because the scoring com
puter malfunctioned and it
had to be done manually.
Pat Bedard, a journalist
turned-driver, was cruising
along, slowed by an engine
problem, when he suddenly
spun off the track on lap 58
and slammed into the inside
retaining wall. His Buick
powered March exploded in
to a ball of flame and flying
debris.
Bedard was flung helpless
ly around in the cockpit as
his black car flipped several
times across the infield grass
and landed upside down.
Track safety workers had to
turn the car over before
working for more than five
minutes to pry the un
conscious Bedard from the
wreckage.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
What brings approximately
400,000 people to the In
dianapolis 500 each year?
It's the race, of course, but
there are other reasons, too
— people-watching, meeting
friends, an opportunity to
make money, even the
chance to be noticed.
"I want to get stopped by
as many people as possi
ble,'" said Mark Lee of Edin
burgh, Ind., from behind a
Ronald Reagan mask. "Some
friends of mine have a con
test every year and dress up
strange, and the one who
scores the most points by
getting noticed the most
wins the money we put up.
Say, is this going to be in the
:es draw
ique fans
paper?”
Lee said there was one
drawback to wearing the
mask.
"It sure is hot in here," he
said, taking the false face off
for a moment. "But I know
I'm winning this contest big,
so that's all that matters."
|im Schultz of Madison,
Wis., said he was in In
dianapolis "to watch the race
and make money." Schultz
bought and sold tickets at
the closest freeway entrance
to the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway from Friday morn
ing until Sunday before the
race.
"I hustle tickets for a living
and teach physical education
on the side," he said.
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