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SPORTS
MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2002
Sports in brief Kansas bowling expecting to roll into a strong national placement
Missouri's Farmer may claim starting quarterback position
Farmer started nine games last season and has started 14 games in his career. He was the No.1 quarterback at the beginning of spring practice. In the Black and Gold game to end spring practice, Farmer was 11-of-18 for 118 yards with one interception.
Smith was 12-of-21 for 89 yards and one touchdown in the spring game.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — After losing Missouri's starting quarterback job, senior Kirk Farmer made a claim for it Saturday as he threw for 250 yards and three touchdowns during the Tigers' first scrimmage of the season.
Missouri opens the season against Illinois on Aug. 31 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.
Freshman Brad Smith, who has a tenuous hold on the start quarterback job, threw for 161 yards and one touchdown. Freshman Sonny Riccio, listed behind Smith with Farmer, threw for 121 yards with two interceptions.
Coach Gary Pinkel penciled in Smith at the top of the depth chart when spring practice ended.
Senior wide receiver Justin Gate caught two touchdown passes — one from Smith and one from Farmer. Sophomore running back Tyrone Robertson also had a pair of touchdows, scoring on runs of 1-yard and 6 yards.
Jarret goes from spirt to Pepsi 400 victory Sunday
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Dale Jarrett rebounded from a spin on the 12th lap and passed Jeff Burton with five laps to go to win the Pepsi 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday.
Jarrett's 30th career victory — and fourth at Michigan — came on the 11th anniversary of his first one, when he led the late Davey Allison
The Ford driver has two victories this year, also winning the June race at Pocono.
Burton stretched his fuel for the final 53 laps, but it was an overheating engine that was a bigger concern. With two laps to go in the 200-lap race, Burton's car began spewing water and trailing smoke, but he held on to finish fourth.
Tony Stewart finished second in a Pontiac, about 2 seconds back, and Kevin Harvick was third in a Chevrolet.
Mark Martin trailed Burton to the line, with point leader Sterling Marling sixth.
"Who'd have thought when I spun out earlier that we'd be right here," Jarrett said in victory lane.
Cristiano da Matta emerges from slump in Motorola 220, grabs sixth win
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Cristiano da Motta returned to form Sunday, ending a three-race slump with a victory in the Motorola 220.
The CART series leader won for the first time on the scenic 4-mile road course at Road America, earning his sixth win in 12 starts this season and the 10th of his career.
"It's very satisfying, because we had a couple of bad races together, and it's very rewarding to be back in first place," da Matta said.
It wasn't a dominant victory, like some the Brazilian driver has had this season.
Paul Tracy actually led the most laps (24) in the race, which was extended this year from 55 to 60 lap.
Pole-winner Bruno Junqueira and Alex Tagliani both were contenders to the end.
Tracy, who started fourth in the 18-car field, got a great start and passed Junqueira on the fifth turn of the first lap and took the lead.
- The Associated Press
By Jonah Ballow
For senior Christina Boehm confidence is not going to be a problem going into the 2002-03 bowling season.
Kansan sportswriter
"We are expecting to go to the nationals." Boehm said. "I think both the men and women will have a great season along with finishing strong in nationals."
Boehm made two all-tournament teams last year and returns as the captain of the women's team. The senior feels she can provide leadership to the team that will add two new women to their队.
"I'm the anchor bowler of this team and I'm going to help by coaching the women because we only have one coach right now,"
"We need to do well in all tournaments,but if there is one important tournament it would be the qualifiers, but those are not until March."
Christina Boehm Kansas senior
said Boehm.
Boehm feels all the tournaments are going to be important but the Sectional Qualifiers will determine their status for Nationals.
"We need to do well in all tournaments but if there is one important tournament it would be the qualifiers but those are not until March."
Sophomore Anneta Manche also made two all-tournament teams and could be an impact player on the women's team.
Men prepare
for upcoming season
On the men's side, senior Jesse James will be the captain of the team that finished last year as the eighth ranked team
in the nation according to the Collegebowling.com's team ranking system. The men played their way into nationals and tied for 13th overall.
tations for this year's team and also feels the teams can again compete on a national level.
Coach Mike Fine has high expec
"We are looking to be a lot stronger because both teams are so deep with many of our players returning." Fine said.
Both the men's and women's teams take six players to each tournament and only play five of their top players.
The teams begin their season October 26-27 at the Mid-States Tournament in Springfield, MO
Contact Ballow at jbellow@kansan.com. This story was edited by Melissa Shuman.
Giafonne edges Hornish in Indy car racing championship run; four bidding for title
The Associated Press
SPARTA, Ky. — The battle for the Indy Racing League championship is almost as close as Felipe Giaffone's victory over Sarnish Hornish Jr.
With a different winner in each of the past nine races, the points battle is a four-way shootout that might not be decided until the season finale at Texas next month.
"The championship is very open," said Giaffone, who held off Homish by 0.932 seconds in the Belterra Casino indy 300 on Sunday.
It was the first career victory for Giaffaore, who was the IRL rookie of the year last season and has been one of the league's most consistent drivers with Top-10 finishes in all but four of his 25 career starts. He was second at Nazareth, Pa., in April and third at Indianapolis in May.
"After Indianapolis, where I really felt that I had the car to win, I said, 'Oh, man, even if i win a race I'm not going to be happy because I'm so mad.
"I can tell you," he said of his emotions now, "it's completely different."
Hornish, the defending IRL champion, took over the series lead with 399 points, just four ahead of Helio Castroneves.
Gil de Ferran, who went in as the points leader but finished 21st, dropped to third with 386 points and Giaffone is next with 382 — a margin of 17 points separating the top four drivers with three races to go.
"It's so tough. It just shows how competitive the IRL is." Hornish said. "It's tough to gain an advantage in the points because a new guy wins and he starts building on his points."
During practice for an Infiniti Pro Series race earlier in the day, actor Jason Priestley's race car crashed head-on into a wall at nearly 180 mph, breaking his back and leaving him in serious condition with a concussion and other injuries.
The former "Beverly Hills 90210"
television star was flown to the Uti-
versity of Kentucky Medical Center with a spinal fracture in the middle of his back and a closed head injury, as well as broken nose and broken bones in his both feet. IRL medical director Henry Bock said.
Giaffone, a 27-year-old Brazilian, led 124 of the 200 laps on the kentucky Speedway tri-oval and won $125,200 from a purse of $1.053 million.
"It was one of those weekends when everything works great," he said.
Giaffone led the final 39 laps after the leaders made their final pit stops for fuel
Hornish dropped to third as the race seemed to come down to a battle between Giaffone and Buddy Lazier, the two-time defending race winner. But Hornish passed Lazier for second place with four laps to go and pulled within 0.041 second of Giaffone going into the final lap.
Giaffone was able to pull around slower traffic and beat Hornish to the checkered flag.
"Sam showed he had a strong car." Giaffone said. "And that was my question: Is that it, or does he have something left? For sure, my car was great, but he could manage to run behind me, side-by-side, everywhere."
Lazier was third, followed by Scott Sharp, Castroneves and Al Unser Jr., who missed the past two races while undergoing treatment for alcohol abuse.
Lazier, whose brief lead midway through the race was his first since he won here a year ago, said he didn't have enough power to get by Giaf-fone late in the race.
"I'd get a run on him. and he did a good job defending. My only chance at the end was lap traffic hopefully elogging up the first two guys and I'd get a run on them, but I didn't quite have the legs for him."
Sarah Fisher, the first woman to start from the pole in a major racing series, led the first 26 laps and finished eighth.
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