1. Finishing fifth, but beaten only a length, was the previously undefeated filly Honest Lady. 2. Frank Stapleton had less success with the Revolution, finishing fifth in a five-team division in the first year of Major League Soccer. 3. He asserted that the Lithuanian couple, Margarita Drobiazko and Pivilas Vanagas, should have won the bronze medal instead of finishing fifth. 4. Seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt moved into first place in the points chase after finishing fifth at Martinsville on Sunday. 5. This year, he won the John Henry Handicap at Hollywood Park before finishing fifth in both the Hollywood Turf Handicap and Hollywood Gold Cup. 6. After finishing fifth in his Penske-Mercedes-Benz, Little Al was in a philosophical mood. 7. But Villeneuve looks poised to lose the two points he picked up Sunday by finishing fifth at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, Japan. 8. Erica Sorgi was the top American, finishing fifth. 9. He can clinch the title Sunday by finishing fifth or better. 10. Jean-Christophe Boullion of France, in a Sauber-Ford, picked up his first Grand Prix points, two, by finishing fifth. |