From: djd@gator.rn.com (Dennis Dunkman)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport
Subject: Re: IndyCar: Long Beach Comments (spoilers)
Date: 17 Apr 92 02:16:52 GMT
Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site

dwv@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (Dave Vollman) writes:

> 	Silly me! We get one shot of Sullivan in victory lane and blamo
> 	were off to local news. So, I'm in the dark. Please help
> 	me. What was said by Al and Danny?

For those who weren't watching the satellite feed of the Long Beach
race, here are the transcripts of post-race interviews:

Jack Arute:
          You can see the damage that was done to the front wing when
          Danny Sullivan and Al Unser, Jr., his teammate, came
          together.  First of all, congratulations.  A great win.

Danny Sullivan:
          Thanks, but it feels a little bad because, you know, Al's my
          teammate and friend and I wasn't even trying to pass him.  I
          was just trying to keep Bobby behind me and we all got kinda
          screwed up with Matsushita and so we were all fumbling
          over--scrambling for places.  Unfortunately, I hate to say
          it's one of those racing things 'cause I hate to do that.  I
          don't think that I was quicker than Al and I don't think I
          could have passed him in the course of the race.  I'll take
          the win.  It's been a long time.  I'm glad at least if we
          had that faux pas that one of the team won it.


Gary Gerould:
          Al Unser, Jr., back here talking with the crew and getting a
          cold drink.  The streak has been broken.  It's a teammate
          that ends up breaking that streak.  What's the feeling and
          what happened in that incident?

Al Unser, Jr.:
          We got behind Hiro Matsushita coming off onto the back
          straightaway and he messed my momentum up and then everybody
          got a run on me.  I was trying to protect my line and then
          somebody hit me up the rear and I went spinning, so I don't
          know what happened.  I don't know.

GG:       Is this a bitter one to swallow?

AU:       It hurts, you know, anytime you lose a race like this one,
          you've been leading it.  The Valvoline guys did a great job,
          and my teammate won the race so, you know, what can you say. 
          Galles-Kraco won today and that's what we're after, is for
          the team to win the championship.

(During the interview, Al sounded very disappointed, but did not seem
to be angry.)


Further notes:  Even though the f***ball game ran over (and over, and
over), you didn't miss a thing thanks to Mario's antics.  They just
showed the tape of the start and then picked up the restart live.

During a commercial break, the announce team agreed with the rest of
the world:  Cheever did not swerve into Mario.  Sam Posey said, "Eddie
Cheever did not waver one inch."  Paul Page asked Bobby Unser, "Is
that what it was like for you when you eyes started to go?"
(I also watched the tape several times, checking the amount of wall
visible above Cheever's tires on either side; it did not vary,
indicating a straight line down the track.)


Finally, this is too good to pass up (from Robin Miller's column in
the Indianapolis Star on April 13):

          Excuse of the year so far:  After slamming into
          the back of Eddie Cheever on the first lap Sunday
          and eliminating two of the three Ford Cosworths
          from competition, Mario Andretti honestly said, "I
          didn't have anyplace to go."
          How about Skip Barber Driver's School?


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From: bruno@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bruno Melli)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 03:05:13 GMT
Subject: Re: Back to 84.  (Was Re: senna bashing (#2))
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA