Mansell Grabs Pole in Detroit GP

Nigel Mansell won the pole for the third time this season in his Lola-Ford, and Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi will be in the No. 2 spot in his Penske-Chevrolet for the start of today’s ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix.

Paul Tracy, also in a Penske-Chevy, will start in the third position for the Indy car race on the 2.1-mile, 14-turn course on Belle Isle.

Also at Belle Isle, Bryan Herta of Los Angeles continued his pursuit of the Firestone Indy Lights championship by winning the pole in record time for today’s Buick Challenge of Detroit.

Herta, 23, averaged 95.172 m.p.h. to take his second pole of the year.

A warm day produced slower speeds for most drivers as Alain Prost of France wrapped up the pole for today’s Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal.

Prost has won the pole at each of the seven Formula One events this season, but his quick lap of 1 minute 19.135 seconds was considerably slower than the record-breaking 1:18.987 his Williams-Renault turned Friday in the opening round of time trials.

Bob Schacht won his sixth ARCA stock car race at Pocono International Raceway at Long Pond, Pa., with a 0.41-second victory over Jimmy Horton in the Champion Spark Plug 150.

Also at Long Pond, Derrike Cope led second-round qualifying for today’s NASCAR Champion Spark Plug 500 with a 159.306-m.p.h. lap.

Cope’s lap in a Ford was good for the 24th starting position in the $814,600 Winston Cup event at Pocono International Raceway.

Wyatt Radke, Scott Kalitta and Warren Johnson are the leaders heading into today’s finals of the National Hot Rod Assn. Springnationals at National Trail Raceway in Kirkersville, Ohio.

Radke’s funny car covered the quarter-mile distance in a track-record time of 5.142 seconds at 288.18 m.p.h., his first time as top qualifier in an NHRA event.

Cycling

Miguel Indurain of Spain kept his overall lead as the Tour of Italy reached the final stage, although the tired Spanish cyclist lost 36 seconds of his margin when he finished 10th in the 20th stage.

Indurain, the defending champion, will go into today’s 109-mile finale with a 58-second lead over Piotre Ugromov of Latvia.

Italy’s Massimo Ghirotto won the 20th stage, covering the 107 miles in 4 hours 18 minutes 19 seconds.

Indurain struggled throughout the race to keep up with the pack. In the final leg, he slowly dropped back. He barely made it across the finish line and was quickly assisted off his bicycle.

Bowling

Steve Fields capped an amazing week by winning his first PBA title, edging Bill Oakes, 279-269, in the championship match in the Professional Bowlers Assn.’s Seattle Open.

Fields almost didn’t bowl in Seattle after rolling his car twice during a thunderstorm the Friday before the tournament. He walked away unharmed, but the car was demolished.

Miscellany

Germany edged Team USA, 86-85, when Connecticut’s Donyell Marshall missed a five-footer with five seconds to play at Frankfurt, sending the team of college players to the second loss of their five-game European tour.

A Chicago man has sued NBA players Charles Barkley and Jayson Williams, alleging the two NBA players lied to police to get him arrested and avoid arrest themselves after a barroom fight last year.

Christopher Vincent claims in the lawsuit that Williams smashed a beer mug across his head and beat him severely in a bar Jan. 15, 1992.

Name in the News

Cal State Dominguez Hills named Kay Don its athletic director, effective July 15. Don is the associate athletic director and senior women’s administrator at Cal State Long Beach.