
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, May 22, 1993                   TAG: 9305220213
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: INDIANAPOLIS                                LENGTH: Short

SLOWER INDY DRIVERS STRIVE TO QUALIFY

Perfect weather mixed with a sense of desperation produced a rash of fast laps Friday, the final full day of practice for the May 30 Indianapolis 500.

Many of the drivers who qualified solidly on the first two days of time trials methodically and contentedly worked on their race day setups, while those still hoping to make the 33-car field doggedly tried to find enough speed to get the job done.

Seven spots remain open for the race going into the final two days of qualifications today and Sunday. The 33 fastest qualifiers start the race.

Among the non-qualified drivers trying to get in are Willy T. Ribbs, Jim Crawford and rookie Robby Gordon, the full-time driver for newly retired four-time Indy winner Foyt.

Nigel Mansell, the reigning Formula One champion and Indy rookie, who qualified in the middle of the third row, was fastest Friday, turning a lap of 225.468 mph.

by CNB