Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, November 13, 1993 TAG: 9311130108
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BOB ZELLER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: HAMPTON, GA. LENGTH: Medium
Purvis and Dick Trickle were driving the only cars to finish all 204 laps. Purvis was ahead by 17.7 seconds at the end after Trickle was penalized a lap late in the race when he pitted outside his pit stall. Trickle managed to unlap himself, but that was about all he could do.
A three-car crash on lap 16 took Steele out of the race, but he won the ARCA title just by starting. That crash also involved pole-winner Kirk Shelmerdine, but he stayed in the race and finished fifth.
Jerry Foyt, 30-year-old son of racing legend A.J. Foyt, was 17th.
\ HMIEL MOVING: Crew chief Steve Hmiel is expected to finalize his long-rumored move to Hendrick Motorsports today. Hmiel is said to have car owner Jack Roush's oral approval to get out of his contract as Mark Martin's crew chief with one year remaining on the deal. He is expected to receive written approval today.
Hmiel will be Hendrick's director of racing, supervising the construction, maintenance and operation of the Chevrolet Luminas driven by Ken Schrader, Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte in 1994.
\ CLOSE RACE: The manufacturer's championship will be settled Sunday. It boils down to this: Whichever make - Ford or Chevy - finishes ahead of the other will win the title. Ford has 186 points; Chevy 185.
\ RUDD CREW: Ricky Rudd said Friday he still hasn't settled on the crew chief for his new team.
Rudd has talked to a number of crew chiefs in recent weeks and the latest to be rumored as Rudd's choice is Tim Brewer, the veteran who heads the Bobby Labonte/Ford Thunderbird team owned by Bill Davis.
"It's getting real close, but I don't think I'll be able to announce it this week," Rudd said.
\ PIT STOPS: Mark Martin will start from the pole in today's Slick 50 300 season-ending race for NASCAR Grand National cars, which begins at 1 p.m. The race will be shown by ESPN at 4 p.m. The 42-car field will include Neil Bonnett, making the second GN start of his career. . . .
Contrary to rumors that had him taking his Budweiser sponsorship to another team, Bill Elliott said Friday he will drive Junior Johnson's Ford Thunderbird in 1994.
"Next year, as far as I'm concerned, I'll be back where I am," Elliott said.
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AUTO RACING
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