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Decatur, Illinois Saturday, June 15, 1991 SPORTS DS OfS 5.3 ciie worc. 11 if tl i iyr lrAt tt Macon Speedway WHAT: Stock car racing on quarter-mile dirt oval WHERE: Macon, 9 miles south of Decatur off U.S. 51 on the west side of town WHEN: Tonight. Gates open at 5 p.m., time trials at 7, racing starts at 7:30 COST: Tickets are S7 for adults, S3.50 for seniors, SI for children ages 6-1 1 and children 5 and under are free INFORMATION: 764-3771 AT A GLANCE: It's the annual Shriners Night at the track. The festivities will be geared toward letting the public know how many good things the Shriners do for children and the The drivers sometimes have as little as $100 invested in their race cars.

By BRETT CLARK Staff Writer The Bombers. The name itself connotes the image of a car with its fair share of bumps, bruises and scratches. They are the low car on the racing totem pole, but there is a lot of work involved in these not-so-fancy automobiles. "Basically I got my the whole car from the salvage yard here in town, except for the tires," bomber driver Bob Monge of Tay-lorville said. "Some weeks I work on the car in excess of 40 hours.

When I got into a crash, I worked on it all week after work and all day on Saturday." Monge said some weeks he will only work on his number 71 car for a few hours, depending on whether he is involved in a wreck. Wrecks are usually commonplace in the bomber races, but Monge said he tries to avoid them whenever possible. "A lot of the guys, you swear they are trying to do it (crash) on purpose and some of them probably are," Monge said. "I try to avoid the crashes because of the work involved." Scott Landers, also of Taylor-ville, said he also avoids the crashes whenever possible. "We don't spend a lot of money because it is a low dollar class," the bomber driver said.

"I try to AP LaserPhoto BIG CROWD: John Paxson of the Bulls is swarmed by fans during the team's victory rally. An estimated 1,000,000 fans fl fl DffifflBH 10 I Decatup's Largest Selection of Quality Golf Bags Golf Shoes focus my money on safety equipment." Landers said each driver probably has around $100 in the car and they use stock engines. "I do it for the fun of it," the third-year racer said. "There are not too many places you can go for $15 and race. You also get to watch the other classes." The second race of the five-race series in the IMCA modified division will be run on Thursday.

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4 Officer Jackie Kimber of the police news affairs department said 12 people were arrested 11 for drinking and one for battery. Fifteen people were treated for heat exhaustion, she said. The press of fans outside the seating area caved in a fence around the band shell, leading to a stampede to the chairs about an hour before the heroes took the stage. No injuries were reported in the incident. The Bulls, wearing white T-shirts and team hats, took the party largely in stride, telling fans they hope this year's win is the start of something bigger.

"I've waited a long time for today," said John Paxson, who was Player of the Game in the fifth and deciding game against the Los Angeles Lakers, said. "Thank you, we'll be back again next year." attended. Report says Pippen signs for $18 million CHICAGO (AP) Scottie Pip-pen has signed an $18 million, five-year contract extension with the Chicago Bulls, a published report said Friday. The deal was signed in Chicago last week after Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the Chicago Tribune reported. It had to be signed before midnight of the last game of the NBA finals in order for the team to use the money available under their 1990-91 salary cap, the Tribune reported.

After the finals, any salary agreement counts for the next year. Bulls officials would neither confirm nor deny the report. Pippen's $18 million will be spread out over this past season, the next two seasons, for which Pippen is already under contract, and the five after that, the Tribune reported. Pippen was scheduled to earn about $765,000 this season and $1.1 million and $1.25 million over the next two seasons. Under the contract extension, Pippen's pay went to $2.7 million a season for this season and the next seven.

The Bulls had avoided using about $1.6 million of their annual limit on players' salaries, hoping to sign Yugoslavia's Toni Kukoc, and Pippen will receive most of that money, the newspaper said. Guard John Paxson and center Bill Cartwright, both over 30, become free agents and can negotiate with any NBA team without the Bulls having the right to match the offer or to receive compensation if either decides to leave. "It's not that I'm trying to retire," Magic said. "I evaluate myself after every season, only I'll do it more so in these (upcoming) years. But Magic? Retire? "I hope we can win one last ring, (that the United States, with NBA players eligible for the first time) can win the Gold medal )in the '92 Olympics), then (maybe) go out that way," Magic said.

time to a OPERATED CALL TODAY 428-8322 9-5; SAT. 9-12 Loud crowd takes over Chicago streets to cheer NBA championship team. CHICAGO (AP) High noon in Chicago Friday was high time to honor the NBA champion Bulls as an estimated one million fans danced, cheered and sang their appreciation. The Bulls logo adorned sweats, T-shirts, license plates, flags and banners. There were life-sized portraits of Michael Jordan and his teammates.

If it could be worn or waved, it was there as Chicagoans spilled into the streets around downtown's Grant Park for a rally in the team's honor. Fans young and old climbed trees, stood on cars and rode on shoulders to get a glimpse of the Bulls, who won the first NBA championship in the franchise's 25-year history and brought the city its first sports title since the Bears won the Super Bowl in 1986. "Yeah! This tastes so nice, we gotta do it twice," guard Craig Hodges told the cheering sea of red and black, the team's colors. The crowd, estimated at one million by the Chicago Police Department and the Mayor's Office of Special Events, was packed shoulder-to-shoulder in 89-degree weather. The throng had little patience for the dignitaries, booing Chicago Mayor Richard M.

Daley briefly while waiting to hear from the players. The crowd was loud, but well behaved. The biggest cheers, of course, were for Jordan, MVP of the championship series and the regular season. "Let's hear from superman," shouted emcee Johnny "Red" Kerr, a Bulls TV commentator. "It's been a long struggle and we're gonna be back here next year for another long struggle," Jordan said.

The mayor declared it Bulls Day in Chicago; Gov. Jim Edgar proclaimed it Bulls Day in Illinois. By Knight-Ridder Newspapers LOS ANGELES Earvin Johnson was 15, a kid growing up in Lansing, Mich. The other kids called him "Biggie" or "Sometimes they just said the Los Angeles Lakers' star was saying the other day. "They teased me about it.

I never thought it would last, but I had a big game, somebody said it was like magic. "This 'Magic' thing, that's when it came about. And here I am, a long time later." And he's not going anywhere any time real soon. The reports of Magic Johnson's possibly imminent retirement were somewhat exaggerated. In fact, the Lakers' loss to the Chicago Bulls in five games in the NBA championship series seemed to make it even urgent that he return next season.

And the gritty performance of an injury-riddled team in Wednesday night's final 108-101 defeat simply underscored the urgency. The Lakers played without starters James Worthy (sprained left ankle) and Byron Scott (tear in the rotator cuff area in his right shoulder), but got decent work from emergency-starters A.C. Green and Terry Teagle and some dynamic work from rookies Elden iapo says AAl A I I 10-1410-13 9-15 I 8-12 I IeeTeee 6-16 7-13 7-13 7-14 to play next season Cb IS Brettwood Village Decatur, IL. 875-1125 Red Wing Shoe Store CHANGE SHOPS "The celebration is wild," said Ray Badillo, as he hawked Bulls caps and T-shirts for $15 each. And, he acknowledged, "Business is good!" Vendors popped up on virtually every downtown street corner, selling shirts, caps, posters, commemorative editions of newspapers and just about anything else the team logo would fit on.

As police shooed one vendor away, another would take his place, selling Bulls paraphernalia out of shopping carts and duffel bags. The entertainment began with a blues band as the star attraction the Bulls players themselves waited to take the stage. Police on horseback had some trouble keeping the adoring from the adored as crowds filled the streets around the cars carrying the team, chanting "Jordan! Jordan!" Campbell and Tony Smith. Yes, Magic had said he intended to evaluate his situation and the Lakers' ability to again contend for a title. Yes, he had said he could leave in two years, he could leave after one more year, he could even leave this year.

But that was what he was wearing on his sleeve. It was emotion, desperation, frustration, aggravation. It really wasn't a whole lot 1 a rsti eneemifAV Macon, IL RACING SPECIAL June 20th ACE HYDRO-CLEAN RESIDENTIAL Clean all types of siding Remove paint and graffiti Remove loose, flaking paint Mobile homes, boat hulls COMMERCIAL Clean degrease dnve-thrus Clean sidewalks Clean dumpster grease pits Clean all concrete bricks CALL DON ASAY FREE ESTIMATES INSURED rtn different than the 76ers' Charles Barkley pleading "Get me some help" after being eliminated by Chicago in the second round of the playoffs. While the Bulls were winging home to a celebration of their franchise's first-ever championship, Magic already was looking ahead to the possibility of winning his sixth since entering the league in 1979-80. ivvfttir js tne fevoffne.

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