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• Final Results Indianapolis 500

  May 29, 1995 in Sports on Page C6 Official results Sunday of the Indianapolis 500, with starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown or country, car number, chassis-engine, laps completed, speed or reason out, where known (r-rookie): 1. (5) …

• Villeneuve Wins Indy On A Pass Rules Violation, Penalty Cost Goodyear Dearly

  May 29, 1995 in Sports on Page C1 Jacques Villeneuve is up in arms after rallying from 24th place to win the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. Photo by Associated Press

• Thrills Of Race Left Little Time To Miss Penske

  May 29, 1995 in Sports on Page C1 See, they can too put on a great race here without Team Penske. The 79th Indianapolis 500 Sunday was, in fact, one for the books. It had just about everything …

• Black Flag Leaves Goodyear Blue Punishment For Overtaking Pace Car Decisive Factor In Outcome Of Race

  May 29, 1995 in Sports on Page C1 1. Goodyear 2. Indy 500 winner Jacques Villeneuve exults after the checkered flag waves for him. Photo by Associated Press

• ‘Other’ Labonte Wins

  May 29, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Bobby Labonte served notice that the current youth movement in stock car racing’s top series doesn’t begin and end with Jeff Gordon. Labonte capitalized on late-race engine problems by Ken …

• Driver Stretches Lead

  May 29, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 World champion Michael Schumacher’s pit-lane strategy paved the way for his second straight easy victory at the Monaco Grand Prix and increased his lead in the 1995 driver’s standings. Schumacher’s …

• Winston Cup Taps Talent From Indy

  May 28, 1995 in Sports on Page C10 The Indianapolis 500 has long enjoyed a reputation as the greatest spectacle in motorsports, reducing the Coca-Cola 600 stock car race to Memorial Day weekend also-ran status. So how come …

• Supporting Cast Heads Indy Only Three Former Winners In Field For Today’s Indianapolis 500

  May 28, 1995 in Sports on Page C10 The sights and sounds will be the same. About 400,000 people will be wedged into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today, as usual.

• Looks Like The Year Michael Andretti Finally Takes Indy

  May 28, 1995 in Sports on Page C10 I don’t want to say there’s a bunch of losers in this year’s Indy 500 field. I don’t want to say there are a bunch of people who can’t win.

• Little Leaves Green With Envy Spokane Driver Blitzes Points Leader Benson With Close Victory In Red Dog

  May 28, 1995 in Sports on Page C1 Chad Little and wife, Donna, celebrate fourth victory this year. Photo by Associated Press

• Cutting The Mustard At Indy

  May 27, 1995 in Sports on Page C1 I see by the ambulances lined up there in Turn 2 of the Old Brickyard, it is time once again for the Indianapolis 500, an American institution, as is, I …

• Abc Sticks To Live Coverage

  May 27, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 ABC, which has been telecasting the Indianapolis 500 auto race for 31 years, has turned that spectacle into a live spectacular the last decade. Before 1986, the network presented an …

• It’s Full Speed Ahead For Indy Pioneer

  May 26, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 St. James

• Demolition Derby Takes Center Stage At Stateline

  May 25, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 At this weekend’s two traditional big races - the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte - pit crews will do their best to keep their cars intact. …

• Even If He Wins Indy 500, Luyendyk Stands To Lose

  May 25, 1995 in Sports on Page C1 Win or lose Sunday at the Indianapolis 500, Luyendyk is out of work Monday. Photo by Associated Press

• Gordon Captures Pole

  May 25, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Jeff Gordon continued to treat Charlotte Motor Speedway as his private playground by winning the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 in record fashion. Gordon grabbed the top starting spot for …

• ‘Who He?’ Brayton In Spotlight

  May 24, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Ask the casual race fan to tell you something about Scott Brayton, and the most you could expect to hear is that he is an Indy-car driver. Brayton isn’t exactly …

• Mclaren Drops Mansell

  May 24, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 The career of former Formula One driving champion Nigel Mansell, which took a drastic downturn last year, reached an even lower point when he was fired by McLaren. Less than …

• Sports People

  May 22, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Olga Appel, Elain Van Blunk and Spokane’s Kim Jones have been named to the U.S. marathon team for this summer’s World Championships in Sweden… . . Kristin Folkl, …

• Rain Slows Indy Practice

  May 19, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 More rain. More frustration. That was the story at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as time began to run out for teams needing more speed to qualify this weekend for the …

• Lilac Funny Cars Turn 20 At Spokane Raceway

  May 18, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Spokane’s longest running motor sports event turns 20 years old on Saturday when Spokane Raceway Park hosts its annual Lilac Funny Car Championships. Defending Lilac champion Don Moffatt leads a …

• Rain Stalls Indy Drivers

  May 18, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Practice for the May 28 Indianapolis 500 was a complete washout on the track. A late-afternoon attempt to dry the 2-mile oval ended with another light rain 1 hour and …

• Penske’s Power Failure Dominant Indy Team Of Recent Years Struggles To Get Cars Into 500 Field

  May 16, 1995 in Sports on Page C1 Roger Penske, center, and driver Al Unser Jr. have had little to smile about. Photo by Associated Press

• Pole Belongs To Brayton For Indy 500 Penske Stars Pass Up Qualifying Runs

  May 15, 1995 in Sports on Page C4 Scott Brayton secured the pole position for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, while the elite Team Penske was shut out in the opening weekend of qualifications for the first time. …

• Brayton Stakes Claim To Indy Pole For Now

  May 14, 1995 in Sports on Page C1 Brayton

• Sports People

  May 14, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Former Washington State running back Shaumbe Wright-Fair scored on a 16-yard run in overtime to give the Duesseldorf Rhein Fire a 33-27 win over the Scottish Claymores in the World …

• Little Victory Goes A Long Way

  May 14, 1995 in Sports on Page C1 Chad Little wins for the third time this year. Photo by Associated Press

• Luyendyk, Brayton Solidify Positions For Indy’s Prime Spots

  May 13, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Brayton

• Indy Speeds Explode

  May 12, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Officially or unofficially, it was the fastest day in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Led by Scott Brayton, whose unofficial lap of 234.656 mph was the fastest in …

• Tracy Keeps E On Indy Prize Indy 500

  May 11, 1995 in Sports on Page C3 There’s Arie Luyendyk and Scott Brayton, and then there’s everybody else. Paul Tracy, the fastest among the also-rans, concedes the battle for the pole on Saturday may be all but …

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