Unser Wins at Milwaukee; Penske Gets a 1-2-3 Sweep

Al Unser Jr. won his third consecutive Indy-car race, holding off teammate Emerson Fittipaldi in the Miller Genuine Draft 200 at Milwaukee.

Teammate Paul Tracy finished two laps behind in third to give car owner Roger Penske a sweep in the 200-lap event that was shortened eight laps because of rain.

It was the fourth consecutive victory for the Penske team.

A week earlier, Unser and Fittipaldi dominated the Indy 500 with much of the credit going to the super-powered Mercedes engines built specifically for that event.

With the more conventional Ilmor Indy V8 back in the sleek Penske chassis, there still was no doubt who was the class of the field as the three teammates led every lap.

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Rusty Wallace, biding his time as Ernie Irvan toyed with the field over the first 400 miles, won the crash-filled Budweiser 500 NASCAR race at Dover, Del. The margin of victory was about three car lengths (.34 seconds).

A spate of blown tires resulted in 12 cautions for 99 laps at the treacherous Dover Downs International Speedway. The track is to be resurfaced next fall.

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Pat Dean of Las Vegas was disqualified as the winner of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 after being accused of running over motorcycle competitor Scott Nolind of Santa Monica with his Porsche-power off-road vehicle. Nolind, who suffered multiple leg fractures, was airlifted to an Ensenada hospital.

Also, Carl Renezeder, who finished second in his class and fifth overall, was disqualified after allegedly backing over a spectator, Adrian Flores of Tijuana, while trying to get unstuck from a sand pit. Flores was also hospitalized and was in satisfactory condition.

Dave Ashley of San Bernardino, who covered the 465.3 miles from Ensenada to Santo Tomas in 10 hours 28 minutes 38 seconds (averaging 44.411 m.p.h.), was declared the winner. He drove a Ford F-150 pickup.

In a companion Trophy-Truck event, Ivan Stewart of Alpine, Calif., won in a modified Toyota.

Miscellany

Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes, winning for the 10th time in 12 tournaments, defeated Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh, 15-5, in the final of an Assn. of Volleyball Professionals event at Grand Haven, Mich. Nancy Reno and Angela Rock beat Cammy Ciarelli and Holly McPeak, 15-11, 6-5, in the women’s final. . . . Karolyn Kirby and Liz Masakayan won the Women’s U.S. Open in San Diego, 15-10, over Barbra Fontana and Lori Kotas-Forsythe.

France’s Guy Forget beat Jeremy Bates, 6-2, 6-3, to win the Beckenham tennis tournament at London.