Sports People

Dale Earnhardt, who nearly caught Jeff Gordon in the battle for the Winston Cup championship, is the winner of fourth-quarter balloting for 1995 Driver of the Year… . Julie Krone, thoroughbred racing’s all-time leading female jockey, rode her 3,000th winner by bringing Dustin’s Dreamer home first in the fourth race at Aqueduct… . Germany’s Martina Ertl flashed past teammate Katja Seizinger to win a super-G at Vail, Colo., in the first women’s World Cup ski race of the season… . Baltimore running back Mike Pringle was selected CFL player of the year.