BRIEFLY : WALLACE KNOCKS EARNHARDT BACK.Byline: Daily News Wire Services The final practice for today's Miller Lite Miller Lite is the name of a popular pilsner beer sold by Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin with a 4.2% ABV. Sibling beers include Miller Genuine Draft and Miller High Life. 400 at Michigan Speedway was marred by an incident that sent Rusty Wallace Russell William "Rusty" Wallace (born August 14, 1956 in Fenton, Missouri) is a former NASCAR champion, NASCAR Busch Series car owner, and television broadcaster with ESPN and ESPN on ABC. Wallace had his first live broadcast of the Indy 500 on May 28, 2006. and Dale Earnhardt This article is about the elder Dale Earnhardt. For his son, see Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. For the racing team he founded, see Dale Earnhardt, Inc.. Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. careening The careening of a sailing vessel is laying her up on a calm beach at high tide in order to expose one side or another of the ship's hull for maintenance below the water line when the tide goes out. into the second-turn wall Saturday. Following the wreck, witnesses said Earnhardt walked up to Wallace in the garage area, grabbed him by the front of his driving uniform and made some strong remarks. Wallace was able to return to the track in the same car after making repairs, but Earnhardt's team had to begin preparing his backup. Since he cannot drive the car he qualified 25th for today's race, the seven-time Winston Cup champion will have to move to the rear of the 43-car field. Wallace will start third in the repaired car. Morgan Shepherd Clay Morgan Shepherd (born October 21, 1941) has been a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver since 1977. He has also raced in the Busch, and Craftsman Truck Series. He is a born again Christian who serves as a lay minister to the racing community. He is Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s uncle. ran a lap of 182.927 mph to turn in the fastest qualifying lap. ``I'll take the blame for the whole deal,'' Wallace said. ``The rear end got out from under me. It was my fault for trying to be too aggressive. ``Dale was real upset and I would have been, too. I don't blame him.'' Earnhardt, who cooled down quickly and began preparing to drive in the IROC IROC International Race Of Champions IROC Independent Rental Owners Council IROC Independent Rental Owners Committee IROC Instantaneous Rate of Change IROC Integrated Repair Operations Center (Sprint) IROC Intrusion-Resistant Optical Cable race later Saturday afternoon, said: ``It's just very frustrating when you work so hard and you tear up so many race cars like we have in the last month.'' Earnhardt finished the IROC race third, behind winner Jeff Burton Jeffery Brian Burton (born June 29, 1967 in South Boston, Virginia) also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 AT&T Mobility Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. and Mark Martin. TENNIS: Scott Draper of Australia and Zimbabwe's Byron Black were leading their rain-delayed semifinal-round matches Saturday when rain ended play at the Queen's Club grass-court tournament. Organizers plan to complete the matches today and then play the finals. After a four-hour wait in starting his match, Draper took a 6-3, 5-2 lead over Mark Woodforde before the showers. In the other semifinal, Black was leading Italian Laurence Tieleman 6-3, 1-2. Steffi Graf will spend her 29th birthday trying to survive a semifinal and a possible final match at the DFS Classic grass-court tournament in Birmingham, England, after Saturday's rain out. RUNNING: Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia set his 14th world record, clocking 12 minutes, 39.36 seconds for 5,000 meters after two sizzling siz·zle intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·zles 1. To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat. 2. To seethe with anger or indignation. 3. final laps during the race in Helsinki, Finland. Ten days earlier, Gebrselassie established the 10,000-meter world record of 26:22.75 at Hengelo, Netherlands. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Dale Earnhardt, left, is nudged by Rusty Wallace before crashing during practice for the Miller Lite 400. Carl Pendleton/Associated Press |
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