MOTOR RACING / SHAV GLICK : Kinser Makes All-American Again

Steve Kinser, perennial World of Outlaws sprint car champion, was named to the 1992 All-American race car drivers first team for a record 11th time, it was announced Wednesday by Dusty Brandel, president of the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Assn.

Kinser, 37, of Bloomington, Ind., won 31 of 73 races to take the series championship for the 12th time. His selection broke a tie with drag racer Don Garlits for most times on the first team.

Driver of the year Bobby Rahal, the PPG Cup Indy car champion; and Michael Andretti, winner of a season-high five Indy car races, were named from the open-wheel category on the 12-driver team. Stock car selectees were Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki and Daytona 500 winner Davey Allison, both for the first time.

Joe Amato, National Hot Rod Assn. top fuel drag racing champion, was named for the third consecutive year and the fourth time in nine seasons. Joining the five-time top fuel champion is fellow top fueler Kenny Bernstein, who became the first driver to exceed 300 m.p.h., early in the season.

Road racers named were Juan Manuel Fangio II, winner of the International Motor Sports Assn. GTP championship in a Toyota; and Jack Baldwin, the Sports Car Club of America’s Trans Am champion in a Camaro.

Other selections were Mike Eddy, American Speed Assn. champion for a record seventh season; Irv Hoerr, IMSA Exxon Supreme GTO series champion; and Rod Millen, champion of the Grand National sports truck category in the Mickey Thompson Off-Road Gran Prix series. Millen also won an SCCA Pro Rally event in Prescott, Ariz., and the showroom stock class at the Pikes Peak hill climb.

The winner of the Jerry Titus Award, given to the driver who received the most votes, will be named at the annual AARWBA banquet Jan. 17 at the Burbank Airport Hilton.

Motor Racing Notes

OFF-ROAD RACING--Danny Thompson, who has campaigned Chevrolet trucks since his father, the late Mickey Thompson, founded stadium racing in 1979, will switch to a Ford next year. . . . La Rana Desert Racing will open the 1993 season with the New Years 200 on Jan. 2.

BOOKS--The telephone number listed to inquire about John Lucero’s book, Legion Ascot Speedway, (1920s-1930), has been changed to (714) 537-0333.