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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 2002
Page
21
Jeff Gordon captured the pole for Saturday's Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. He posted a 124.034 mph lap in the No. 24 Chevrolet to lead qualifying.
Northern Iowa football coach Mark Farley will delay selecting a quarterback until after a meeting with the team and two candidates Tom Petrie and Griff Jurgens. He called Friday off to clear minds following Thursday night scrimmage.
Belleville reports Marcellus Sommerville from Iowa has signed with Southwestern Illinois Community College Blue Storm. The Peoria native can play this season and has four years of eligibility. He plans one year at SICC before pursuing a Division I program.
Wayne Simmons, 32, former starting linebacker for the 1996 Green Bay Packers Super Bowl XXXI team, died early Friday when his car crashed and burst into flames with no other occupants. Autopsy planned. Witnesses reported the incident in Independence, Missouri.
Interview with Bruce Nelson, a 6 foot 5 inch 290 pound offensive lineman for the Iowa Hawkeyes, recounts his near fatal hayrack accident at age five near Emmetsburg and his recovery. He describes family support and early life in northwest Iowa as the path to college football.
Ankeny driver Curt Van Der Wal clinched his second straight Hawkeye Downs Sportsman championship with a second‑place finish in Friday’s 25‑lap feature. He enters next week’s ASA Papa John’s Cup with six wins, 15 top‑fives, and 736 unofficial points, while controversy from the season lingers over traction control disputes. Tom Burke won the night’s feature after a two‑hour rain delay before about 2,000 fans.
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