Earnhardt Winner in Grand National Race

Dale Earnhardt won the Fram Filters 500-Kilometer race Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, holding off Busch Grand National series regular Randy LaJoie.

The cars up front were running in tight single-file formation until Michael Waltrip made a move to pass fellow NASCAR Winston Cup driver Earnhardt on Lap 115.

Waltrip nosed ahead for a moment, but quickly fell back as the top eight cars raced for position, with Earnhardt’s Chevrolet Lumina regaining the top spot.

Ernie Irvan, another Winston Cup regular, moved up to second and was trying to get a run on Earnhardt on the last lap when he was tapped from behind by Tracy Leslie and spun onto the infield grass in the backstretch. Earnhardt average 146.801 m.p.h.

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Sterling Marlin was easily the fastest qualifier in second-round qualifying for today’s DieHard 500 at Talladega.

Marlin, who was 33rd Friday in the opening round of time trials, jumped to 22nd, improving his top speed from 188.189 m.p.h. to 189.451.

The top 20 positions were filled Friday, with Bill Elliott winning the pole at 192.397 m.p.h.

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Alain Prost won the pole for the ninth time in 10 Formula One races this season by leading qualifiers for the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.

Prost averaged 154.380 m.p.h. in his Williams-Renault as he circled Hockenheim’s 4.2-mile track in 1 minute 38.748 seconds, 0.298 seconds better than his best time in Friday’s qualifying session.

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Tommy Archer took the lead on the second lap and led the rest of the way in winning the Sports Car Club of America Trans-Am Tour race at Lakeville, Conn., by 0.355 seconds.

Pole-sitter Ron Fellows of Canada passed Scott Sharp of East Norwalk, Conn., on the final lap to finish second as Ford tied Chevrolet in the manufacturers’ points race with 54 points each.

Tennis

Bjorn Borg got his first singles victory of the World TeamTennis season, 6-5 (5-2), over Paul Annacone, but the Strings lost to the Minnesota Penguins, 27-23, at Minnesota. Johan Kriek and Ginger Helgeson defeated Larry Stefanki and Robin White in the deciding match.

Miscellany

Junior-welterweight Charles Murray (30-1) easily retained his International Boxing Federation title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Juan LaPorte at Atlantic City, N.J. . . . A 20-year-old with both legs amputated at the knee stroked into the record books Friday when he became the youngest male and first disabled swimmer to cross Lake Ontario. Carlos Costa, whose legs were amputated when was 2 1/2 because of a birth deformity, completed the swim in 32 1/2 hours.

Arizona State’s Stevin Smith scored 18 points and the United States beat South Korea, 94-80, in the Under-22 World Basketball Championships at Burgos, Spain. . . . Presidential Ball led wire to wire in 1:52 4/5 to win his 10th consecutive race in the second of two one-mile eliminations for the $500,000 Art Rooney Pace at Yonkers (N.Y.) Raceway. Riyadh scored a six-length victory in the first elimination in 1:53 1/5. Four horses from each race, which offered a purse of $50,000, advance to the July 31 title race, named in memory of Art Rooney, who was owner and president of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The U.S. women’s field hockey team earned the fifth and final berth in the 1994 World Cup, ousting India from the Women’s International Cup championship in a penalty stroke shootout at Villanova, Pa.