Debris decides Daytona finish; Cope: Baseball came first
Feb. 19, 1990
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Derrike Cope of Spanaway, Wash., won the Daytona 500 and $188,150 Sunday when Dale Earnhardt ran over debris and shredded the right rear tire on his Chevrolet Lumina a half-lap from the end.
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Indy 500; Luyendyk forgoes F1 - and delivers
May 29, 1990
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INDIANAPOLIS - As the driver of the Domino's Hot One, Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk will have to endure jokes about being the world's fastest pizza delivery man, but his win Sunday was worth more than a lot of dough.
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Irvan delivers in Daytona 500; Proves point by outdueling Earnhardt
Feb. 18, 1991
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Ernie Irvan said all week he could run with the big boys and win the big race.
Irvan, 32, proved a man of his word Sunday when he muscled his Chevrolet past odds-on favorite Dale Earnhardt with six laps to go and sailed home under the day's ninth caution to win the 33rd Daytona 500.
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Mears turns corner into elite club
May 28, 1991
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INDIANAPOLIS - Rick Mears doesn't often make a mistake. When he does, it's a doozy.
Mears won a record-tying fourth Indianapolis 500 Sunday by 3.1 seconds against tenacious Michael Andretti. Afterward, he said, "I never thought I'd race at Indy. I always felt it was out of my league."
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Foyt to quit driving after Marlboro 500
July 19, 1991
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A.J. Foyt, heeding his hurting feet, says the time has come to walk away from driving race cars.
He does have one race left in him: the Marlboro 500 Aug. 4 at Michigan International Speedway, a 2-mile oval. He won't drive in Sunday's Molson Indy Toronto or in any of the six road-course events left on the CART Indy-car schedule.
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Davey Allison eludes crash, wins Daytona
Feb. 17, 1992
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Davey Allison might go down in history as the driver who won the Daytona 500 on the strength of a right-hand turn.
Allison, driving a backup Ford Thunderbird, cranked it to the right to avoid Sunday's worst accident before charging home for his first Daytona 500 by STP victory.