Wallace, Penske Win in Michigan

Rusty Wallace won the Miller Genuine Draft 400 at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday to give car owner Roger Penske his eighth consecutive victory--three in Winston Cup and five on the Indy car circuit.

It was also Penske’s first victory at the Michigan track, which he has owned since 1973.

Wallace had to overcome a near-disastrous pit stop on Lap 176 during the seventh caution period of the race. Wallace took an extra lap, the yellow flag came out, he ran out of gas as he entered the pits and the engine died. As the Penske South Racing crew changed tires and filled the gas tank, crew chief Buddy Parrott sprayed ether into the engine compartment as Wallace tried to get the engine restarted.

By the time the crew pushed him about 10 yards, with Parrott taking a tumble on pit road, the engine fired and Wallace moved back onto the two-mile, high-banked oval 11th among the 12 cars on the lead lap with 19 laps to go.

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Paul Grosso, 63, of Burbank, one of the founding members of the Western Racing Assn., died Sunday morning at UCLA Medical Center from injuries suffered in a demonstration race at Saugus Speedway Saturday night. His vintage midget car flipped when it collided with Rudy Sorer’s midget car. Sorer was also injured and was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital for observation.

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Hurley Haywood of the United States combined with Frenchman Yannick Dalmas and Italian Marco Baldi on the winning Dauer-Porsche team at the Le Mans 24 Hours race. Another American, Jeff Krosnow, held his Toyota team together for second.

Tennis

Michael Stich of Germany, who had won every other major tournament in his homeland, completed his collection by beating Sweden’s Magnus Larsson, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, to win the Halle Grand Prix. . . . Thomas Muster of Austria beat Tomas Carbonell of Spain, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, to win an ATP tournament at St. Poelten, Austria.

Miscellany

Karolyn Kirby and Liz Masakayan defeated Gail Castro and Elaine Roque, 15-5, to win the Reebok Hermosa Beach Open. Their 18th tour victory broke the record set in 1992 by Kirby and Angela Rock. . . . Brent Frohoff and Ricci Luyties defeated top-seeded Adam Johnson and Randy Stoklos, 15-9, to win the $100,000 Miller Lite Open at Milwaukee.

Jeremy Fischer of Camarillo High, Bryan Howard of Moreno Valley Canyon Springs and Pat Johnson of Redlands each won individual titles in the National Scholastic Outdoor track and field championships at North Carolina State. Fischer won the high jump at 7 feet 1/2; Howard, was timed 10.36 seconds in the 100 meters to defeat Johnson (10.41), who won the 200 in 21.29.

Esteban Fraga, a pro out of Davis, Calif., won the men’s road race in the U.S. National Cycling Championships at Seattle. Kevin Livingston of Glencoe, Mo., finished second and, as the top amateur finisher, won the national championship. Jeanne Golay of Glenwood Springs, Colo., won the women’s national title.

Heavyweight boxer Tommy Morrison was arrested early Sunday after allegedly punching a man outside police headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. Morrison was charged with non-aggravated assault and was released on bond about three hours later, police said.

Mel Blount, former star cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, stockpiled weapons at the youth home he runs in Taylorstown, Pa., according to an investigation by the state welfare department.