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Show ‘The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS NFL Glamor Just a Rumor Sunday,June 30,2002 AUTO RACING me to be unbeatable. “Therighttires hel ire value for you! 3 Here's an n u eserev For Staley With the purchase of 4 new Affinity LH30 tires ... BY MICHAELC. LEWIS THESALT LAKE TRIBUNE Two monthsafter being drafted into the NFL by the Detroit Lions, former Brigham Young running back LukeStaley still doesn’t feel as though he has seen the supposed glamorous sideofhis profession. Wildparties? Autographhounds? Photo shoots? Notasfar as Staleycan tell. Instead,hehasstrainedtofind an inexpensive apartment, shopped on a tight budgettofill it, watched plenty of movies at street to kill tine L UK and hung , outalotat STALEY homewith his wife Editor's Note: In a and their regular series, The Salt two dogs — Lake Tribune is track- a Chihuaing former Brigham hua anda Young running back PomeraniLuke Staley’s rookie an. Evena year with the Detroit trip to San Diegolast weekto meetwiihscores ofother NFL Lions. rookies turned to be pretty mun- dane. “It wi Hornish Uses Late Surge To Overcomede Ferran long three days,” Sta- Staley wasattending the NFL's annual rookie symposium, where theleague advises players about whatto expect and how to managethelifestyle that comeswith beingpaidpiles of moneyto play football. All day, players sat in hotel conference roomsfor meetings no time for golf that covered topics that Staley said he hadalready beenlectured ononce or twice by the Lions. “Youtalk aboutfinancing,” he said. “Youtalk about managing your money, how yourrookie season is goingto be, how it’s going to develop. Everything from that to STDs to AIDS and everything... . It wasn’t much funat all. And then, you know, weflew to San Diego and the weather'sall nice there, but you're in meetingsall day, and that just makesit wot Staley said he did not learn anything newfromthe meetings, althoughhedid pay particular attention to thefinancial infor- mation. Ofcourse, Staley already hada pretty good understandingofliv- ing within his means; he has refusedto chargeup credit cards while he andhis wife established themselves in Michigan. He knowshe can’t count on anything, because he has to make the Lions fall roster before getting a guaranteedcontract. The symposium wasn’t all bad, though. Staley did bumpinto manyof his former Cougarteammates, quarterback Brandon Doman, tight end DougJolley anddefensive ends Ryan Denney and Brett Keis Bealso renewed acquaintas former Utah guard Bi\d Ta’am’ saw ‘em all,” Staley said. “I ate a coupleof meals wit: Brandonandwetalked about what's going on inhis| ind everything. He soundslike he’s doing all right. Heenjoysit alot”with ehicle roadside service fetes towing, lockoutassistance,jump-start, and more! Firestone THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS RICHMOND, Va. — Sam in the Funny Car category at the Sears Craftsman NHRA Nationals at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill. Hornish Jr. blew by Gil de Fer- ran on the inside of the first turn with less than twolaps to Finaleliminationsaretoday. Cannon had a 4.964-second run at 302.14 mph to become go Saturday night and handed the vaunted Penske team abitter loss in the SunTrust Indy Challenge. Jim Yates (Pro Stock) and Hornish, nevera factor until Angelle the end, passed Felipe Giaffone for ‘Second in the same spot on —— finally Allis, Wis., passing Jason Lef- fler with less than two laps remaining to win the NASCAR 1.8323 seconds. season since coming over from CART. De Ferran, the pole-sitter seeking his second consecutive victory, seemed to have the race in hand when Giaffone twice tried to challenge him for theleadin thelast 50 laps, and both times was turned away. But once Hornish got by Giaffone, the race was on, then over. De Ferran, wholed 168 of the 250 laps, held on to finish sec- Steve Helber/TheAssociated Press Sam Hornish Jr. hoists the winner's trophy as he cele- two drivers who had already made qualifying runs Adrian Fernandez and Michael Andretti — decided to take anothershot. They were able to do that because there wasstill nearly 20 minutesleft in the session scheduled for 45. Usually, any time remaining afterqualifying is finished is used for open practice. Fernandez, then Andretti withdrew their already qualified primary cars and took lost his grip coming out of Turn 2 on theeighth lap and FedEx Series career and his first on anovalsince taking the put Castroneves behind top spot in Rio de Janeiro in the springof1998. the wall for 150 laps, but he returned. Franchitti on Pole © anothershotat the 18-car field. Happily for Franchitti, neither was ableto dislodge him from the 11th pole of his CART DonnerWinsHill Climb David Donner won the Open Dario Franchitti had to wait through a sort of overtime in qualifying to take his first pole position on an oval track in four years. The Scotsman posted the fastest lap for today’s CART Chicago Grand Prix at 158.118 mph. He wasalready in celebration mode at Chicago Motor Speedwayin Cicero, Ill, when Craftsman Truck Series GNC LiveWell 200. 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