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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1986
Page
11
Darrell Waltrip led final two laps under caution to win the Budweiser 400 at Riverside International Raceway. Tim Richmond finished second as a tow-truck removed Terry Labonte after a first-turn wreck. Waltrip earned 49000 dollars, Richmond 22155.
Television listings show at 9 a.m. tennis from the French Open on ESPN channel 18 followed by a 2 p.m. World Cup soccer match USSR versus Hungary on ESPN 18. At 7:35 p.m. WTBS channel 3 airs Pirates at Braves in baseball and 8 p.m. ESPN 18 presents Game 7 of the College World Series.
Houston Rockets rally from eight down in final three minutes to topple Boston Celtics 106 104 in game three. Mitchell Wiggins nets the winning tip with 31 seconds left over Ralph Sampson and Akeem Olajuwon contributing in key moments as Celtics eye 3 0 lead falter. Bird says Celtics were lucky. Rockets tout speed and rebound defense as turning factors.
Greg Norman defeated Larry Mize in a 6-hole playoff at the Kemper Open, tapping in a par putt on the sixth extra hole to win $500,000. Norman led late after overcoming a three-stroke deficit and tied Mize at 11 under. Mize finished second, earning $54,000, and Norman expressed sadness at Kemper moving from Congressional Golf Club to a nearby course.
Bobby Rahal, 33, wins the Indianapolis 500 as a fuel-light moment and timely yellow flag alter the race. Kevin Cogan led until the restart, with RahalSurely sprinting ahead on the front straight to secure victory. Rick Mears finishes third as Rahal maintains focus for the win.
World champions Derek Bell Hans Stuck and Al Holbert win the 54th Le Mans 24-Hour race, a dramatic finish shadowed by the fatal crash of Austrian driver Jo Gartner. Gartner’s Porsche flipped and burned near the halfway point, prompting a lengthy caution and a tense late-race duel with the Reinhold Joest team.
Fourteen year old Mary Joe Fernandez stunned Claudia Kohde-Kirsch 7-6 7-5 to join top seeds in the French Open quarterfinals. Martina Navratilova beat Laura Garrone 6-1 6-2, while Ivan Lendl advanced 6-1 6-2 6-4. Yannick Noah withdrew with a burned ankle. Guillermo Vilas defeated Guy Forget to set up a French hopes remaining with Henri Leconte.
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