71.   Waltrip, a three-time Winston Cup champion, failed to make the field five times in the final nine races.

72.   Wait at least until the final race this season.

73.   Wendel Suckow was the top American, finishing sixth in his final race before retirement.

74.   Willie came back strong in the final two races, turning a dismal day into a minor triumph.

75.   Yeley believes he might have warranted a closer inspection had his IRL performance not tailed off the final three races.

76.   Peter Gilmour of Australia beat American Ed Baird in three out of four final races Sunday to win the World Match Race Yachting Championship.

77.   Only when the bell rang for the final lap of the final race did Marianne Timmer begin to believe in the improbable.

78.   Otto came into the final race with just an eight-point lead in the final standings over compatriot Gabi Kohlisch.

79.   A season of controversy and tragedy ended in an anticlimax Sunday when Michael Schumacher clinched victory in the world Formula One drivers championship without finishing the final race.

80.   A rainstorm hit Ruidoso Downs just before the fifth race and most of the final nine races were run into a headwind.