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Come enjoy the discussion and some pizza. 342 ZACH @ 6PM Let us help you gear up for Spring Break! • New & Used Guns • Shooting & Reloading Supplies • Gun Safes • Concealed Handguns License Training • Travelwear and Travel Gear Outdoor Clothing Backpacking & Camping Supplies Boy Scouts of America Uniforms, Books & Awards Kayaks, Canoes, Paddle Sport Accessories Sales, Service & Rental 1406 TEXAS AVE. SOUTH COLLEGE STATION “The Adventure Begins Here.” HI 695-2807 CORNER OF GEORGE BUSH & .TEXAS AVE SOUTH ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (AP) — The race ended just the way The In- timidator would have liked — with one of his cars bumping and thump ing its way to the checkered flag. Tears flowed and the crowd at North Carolina Speedway roared Monday as Dale Earnhardt Inc. dri ver Steve Park paid tribute to his late boss with a victory in the Dura Lube 400. When the rain-delayed race was over. Park grabbed the No. 3 Earn hardt hat hanging from his gearshift lever and thrust it out of his car window, holding it high in salute to the fallen hero as he took a slow victory lap. He reversed direction with a smoking spin in front of the main grandstand and drove back the oth er way before stopping briefly alongside teammate and Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip. The two exchanged a high-five and took off in opposite directions around the 1.017-mile track, both with No. 3 hats thrust in the air. It was a fitting and comforting end to an event that began on Sunday with a frightening first-lap crash that took Park’s other teammate. Dale Earn hardt Jr., out of the race. The younger Earnhardt came away with minor bruises in a wreck eerily similar to the one in which his father was killed on Feb. 18 on the final lap of the Day tona 500. “It’s been a tough week and this is a dream finish,” Park said. “Dale’s gone, but he’s not forgotten, and he’s going to be with all the DEI drivers the rest of the year.” The win wasn’t easy. Bobby Labonte, the defending Winston Cup champion, was banging at Park's rear bumper on a final lap that came down to which driver got the best run off the fourth turn. The two bumped and the right rear of Labonte’s car caromed off the con crete wall. Park pulled away, winning by two car-lengths. “I threw a block on him because 1 was trying my hardest to win this race,” Park said. “I did what Dale Earnhardt would do.” Labonte, also wearing one of the black, red and silver No. 3 Earnhardt hats, said, “I got up on the outside of him a little bit and we were both slip ping and sliding with that many laps on tires. 1 got up into the fence a little bit with the right rear. I tried hard to come back, but it’s hard to get a good bite up off (turn) 4.” a It's been a tough week and this is a dream finish. ’’ — Steve Park winner of Dura Lube 400 Park, who got his big break when Earnhardt hired him in 1996, had to compose himself in the final laps. “I was emotional. I had tears com ing down those last couple laps,” he said. “Then I had to kind of wipe my nose and get back up on the steering wheel, ’cause that's what Dale would want me to do.” Park’s car ran out of gas on the vic tory lap and needed a push to Victory Lane, where he scrambled out of the cockpit, climbed on the roof and leapt into the arms of his crew. He scrambled back onto the roof, turned to the crowd and raised his arms in victory, bringing a huge roar from the 30,000 spectators who re turned Monday. As he celebrated. Park got a call from Earnhardt’s widow, Teresa, now the team owner, who was watching the race at the DEI shop in Mooresville, N.C., about 90 miles away. Park said she was emotional but happy. Rain on Sunday forced postpone ment of the last 341 laps of the 393- lap race. Monday was totally differ ent, with the gloom of the previous afternoon giving way to bright sun shine. Once the race resumed, it became a great fight among Park, Labonte and pole-winner Jeff Gordon. It appeared three-time series champion Gordon was in command late in the race, but tire wear played a big part in the final result. Park wrested the lead from Gor don on lap 339 and Labonte got past to take second on lap 379. At that point, the leader was ahead by more than four seconds, but Labonte began cutting into that steadily. By the final lap. Park's yellow No. 1 was just a few car-lengths ahead of Labonte’s green No. 18 Pontiac. “I saw Bobby starting to catch me. 1 put a block on him to try to win this thing,” Park said, “fin just glad it was him. He’s won this race. ... If it was n't him, we probably both would have wrecked. But he checked up and he gave me the opportunity to win, and I want to thank him.” The Texas team heads to Houston take on the Uni- versity of Hous ton Cougars at 7 p.m. The Aggies (4-7) are com ing off a series loss last week end against the Baylor Bears. The Bears took the first erry, il sng /lARCd erry carr- poliided e- : og with a niles off 1\— oerpon al one serioi— * |rhe pet two games of the seriesa'.jnjured we Field, but the Aggies sa said Jorge win on Sunday at BaylorBcfor Collie- A&M freshman pitcheMedial S Farnum pitched 3 2/3 imriwere not i i less relief and junior ste, Ryan Wardinsky added‘|£; RBIs as the Aggies wpnJHt Ags take twoP* Florida swing The Texas A&M menVthe San team recorded two victone g Ji iday a 1 top 25 teams this weekei a gL was i i ing its Florida road trip. 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