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Wheels Senate avoids mpg debate By Joseph Mianowany U n i t e d P r e s s International WASHINGTON - The Senate refuses to involved, at least ir now, in a battle over whether the administra­ tion should ease auto­ mobile fuel efficiency standards, but oppo­ nents of lower stan­ dards say the fight may not be over. On a 52-39 vote, the Senate tabled a resolu­ tion that would have called on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to reject a tentative plan to cut the fuel standard from 27.5 miles a gallon to 26 miles a gallon. The resolution, pre­ sented as an amend­ ment to an energy con­ servation measure, would have been non- binding. . However, during the four hours of debate on the resolution, Sen. Daniel Evans, E-Wash., the main sponsor, promised that if the re­ duced standard was made final, he would push binding legislation to reverse the decision. An aide to Evans said later the senator may also consider introduc­ ing a bill that would toughen exist ing standards. Final administration action on the new fuel standard is not expect­ ed until about mid-Au­ gust. However, the ten­ tative proposal has prompted an outcry in­ side and outside the automobile industry. That debate was ech­ oed in the Senate, where Evans contended that despite the current oil glut, the nation should not lose sight of its reliance on imported oil and the fact that a new energy crisis could erupt. "Anyone who remem­ bers, the last 10 years remembers the series of fuel shortages," Ev­ ans said, adding that it was not long ago "that gasoline used to cost 25 to 30 cents a gallon and is now five times that." But Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., argued that the continued tougher -fuel standard would hurt the domestic auto- mobile industry, prompting 1 million fewer large cars and costing 100,000 jobs. "The net result if this resolution is passed is we're going to make far fewer big cars and con­ sumers are demanding bigger cars," he said. Sen. Thomas Eagle- ton, D-Mo., whose state ranks second in auto as­ sembly, contended the argument over the loss of jobs was "something of a scare campaign." "Weigh that rhetoric against the fact that U.S. automakers reap huge profits on big cars and will continue to do s6 even if they have to pay fines for violating the fuel standards," he said. "Domestic auto makers won't voluntari­ ly walk away from those fat profits." Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Danforth, R-Mo , said the relaxed stan­ dard was unfair and would promote more oil usage. Even though there was an oil sur­ plus, he cautioned that could change through the instability of the Middle East. The Ford Motor Co., which petitioned with the General Motors Corp. for the relaxed standard, has hailed the tentative decision as a "common-sense victory for consumers." However, Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca has complained about the move because he said his firm has spent more than $1 billion dol­ lars to meet the law. Delays lead to unusual 1-lap race ByRlchardL. Shook UPI sports writer BROOKLYN, Mich. -- About 75,000 racing fans came to Michigan International Speed­ way last weekend to watch 30 high speed machines follow a pace car--and one lap of racing. The crowd showed up Sunday for a long afternoon of sun, cau­ tion flags, broken engines, flat tires, wheels that came off and cars hitting the wall. The actual rac­ ing lasted only about as long as it takes to guzzle a standard- sized beer. "We need to think about what to do to solve this problem," Tom Sneva said thoughfully af ter finishing third in the postponed version of the Michigan 500 CARTrace. | 5 Emerson Fittipaldi won it -- his first rac­ ing victory in a decade -- with better pit management and a lit­ tle help from Sneva, who partially blocked runnerup A1 Unser Sr. (m the last lap. The final caution flag of the afternoon was. lifted only on the 249th of 250 times around the speedway track, just in time for a sprint to the finish. The race was slowed 13 times by caution flags for a total of 102 laps -- that's 204 rac­ ing miles of the 500 scheduled on the MIS's two-mile oval. Last year too, there were a dozen caution flags totaling 105 laps, yet two drivers were seriously hurt in ac­ cidents . The only driver injured Sunday was Mario Andretti, who suffered a broken right shoulder .shortly after he'd fallen a lap behind the leaders and only 14 miles from race's end. The race was originally scheduled to USED C A R S MHMTO ̂SALES a SERVICE, INC. 2500 W. Wr 120 McHenry •11-144-1 be run a week earlier on new radial tires, but two blown right-front t i res caused the drivers to force a delay. Drivers, t rack management and the tire company agreed to wait a week while more bias ply tires were made for the cars' expected 200 mph speeds. But tires weren't what made the Michigan 500 an exer­ cise in boredom. It was the high speeds, Sneva said. "Speed isn't what puts (Hi a show," Sneva said, "it's close rac­ ing. The track (sur­ face) might be a little rough, but you have to do something about running within your limits." It only took seven turns around the high- banked oval for the field of 30 Indy style cars until the first of many caution flags cameout. Considering that on­ ly 10 cars were runn­ ing at the end of the $600,000 race, the pace car logged more miles than a dozen of the competitors. "We've either got to start more cars ," Sneva suggested, "so there are more runn­ ing at the end, or they've got to clear up the track quicker." There are those who believe the problem isn ' t sport-wide, however, and may on­ ly be peculiar to the high-speed tracks on the circuit of which Michigan Interna­ tional (which hosts b o t h C A R T a n d NASCAR races) and Darlington (NASCAR) are the most notorious. But in spite of the rough track surface,, the high speeds and the number of caution flags, the high banking and width of the track keeps the drivers' in­ terest. 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