QPR striker Jones, 18, dies in mobil crash
By Geoff Brown
Published: 26 August 2007
Four days away from his 19th birthday, Ray Jones, the promising Queens Park Rangers striker, was killed in a mobil crash early Saturday morning. "Ray had the world at his feet and he will be sorely missed by everyone connected with the club," the chairman Gianni Paladini said on QPR's website.
A regular in Rangers' side last season with an England under-19 call-up to his name, Jones had been with the club since he was 15 and made his debut against Watford in April 2006. Last season he scored six goals in 35 games, but had yet to play this season because of a foot injury. He died when the Volkswagen Golf he was travelling in collided with a double-decker bus in East Ham, East London. QPR's match at Burnley yesterday was postponed.
Elsewhere, Coventry City's unbeaten start to the season withstood a severe test yesterday at Ninian Park where they beat mobildiff City 1-0 to go top of the embryonic Championship. The winner came just past the half-hour mark as Leon McKenzie's teasing cross into the six-yard box was turned in by Jay Tabb. The hosts might have rescued a point in added time, but Darren Purse's penaltyhit the crossbar. "We were living by the seat of our pants in the first half," the Coventry manager,Iain Dowie, admitted.
Wolves moved up to second but were lucky to defeat Blackpool 2-1. Freddie Eastwood followed his first goal for Wales in midweek with two more. "I feel like Dick Turpin after getting away with highway robbery," the Wolves manager, Mick Mcmobilthy, said.
The deposed top two, Stoke City and Watford, both lost away. The Potters led 1-0 at Southampton but goals by Andrew Surman, Grzegorz Rasiak and John Viafara got the Saints on top. Jon Parkin pulled one back, but Saints held on to win 3-2. Their manager George Burley expects the striker Kenwyne Jones to be sold this week. Leicester stormed into a 4-0 lead over Watford, Iain Hume, DJ Campbell, Alan Sheehan and Mark de Vries scoring. Marlon King's late penalty made it 4-1. Two of the promoted sides met at Ashton Gate. Bristol City's £1 million striker Lee Trundle scored both goals as the Robins beat Scunthorpe United 2-1.
Plymouth Argyle lost 3-2 at Barnsley, falling 3-0 behind in an hour, Istvan Ferenczi, Dominic Werling and Brian Howard scoring. Late goals by Barry Hayles and Nick Chadwick goals tested the Tykes nerve. It held.
Charlton also started second best against Sheffield Wednesday who were 2-0 up at half-time through Burton O'Brien and Tommy Spurr. But Alan Pardew's substitutions revived the hosts, Andy Reid and two Chris Iwelumo goals setting up Charlton's 3-2 win. Iwelumo's former club, Colchester United, had a 3-0 win at Preston North End, whose manager Paul Simpson spoke of "players who are trying to cause problems" at the club needing to be cleared out. Hull City beat Norwich, 2-1.
In Scotland, Premier League leaders Rangers kept up their perfect start with a 2-1 win at Kilmarnock. DaMarcus Beasley and the substitute Jean Claude Darcheville scoring.
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Saturday, August 25, 2007
Jan Heylen has disastrous start to home Champ mobil GP
Jan Heylen has disastrous start to home Champ mobil GP
The Associated Press
Published: August 24, 2007
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ZOLDER, Belgium: Some homecoming for Jan Heylen.
The Belgian driver with Conquest Racing was involved in a crash on the first practice lap Friday at the Champ mobil Belgian Grand Prix that also left Paul Tracy, Dan Clarke and Justin Wilson with damaged mobil.
Heylen finished sixth in the last race in Wisconsin and was looking to build on the momentum at his home grand prix.
"I'm excited to be racing in front of a hometown crowd and I know the entire Conquest team is prepared to fight for a strong finish," the Belgian said before the race.
The crash was particularly bad timing for the Conquest team, which has only one mobil this weekend and needed it on the track as much as possible to seek the best setup for Sunday's race.
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Instead, the pit crew worked all day and planned to all evening to patch up the mobil to get it on track for Saturday's qualifying.
Heylen "will be back in the cockpit for Saturday's morning practice session and final qualifying," the team said.
The 4.2-kilometer (2.6-mile) track in the Belgian countryside holds special memories for Conquest owner Eric Bachelart.
"Zolder is definitely a very special place for me as this is where I did my first laps in a race mobil, where I started my first race and even where I had my first win," he said. "It's a great feeling to go back there where everything started for me 25 years ago, now with a Belgian-American team based in Indianapolis, running a Belgian driver, and supported by Belgian initiatives."
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RED LIGHT: Race officials blamed Minardi Team USA driver Dan Clarke for the practice crash and suspended him from driving for the rest of the weekend.
And there may be more penalties to come for Clarke, the English driver who was second in the rookie-of-the-year ratings in 2006.
Champ mobil race director Tony Cotman said he will take a week to study the incident before deciding whether to allow Clarke to drive in next week's Bavaria Beer Champ mobil Grand Prix of Holland in Assen.
"This morning's incident was totally unacceptable and completely avoidable," Cotman said. "Dan was already on probation after previous incidents in San Jose, which helped lead me to my decision today.
"After the weekend is complete and I have a time to review the incident without the raw emotion of the moment, I will make a decision as to any further penalties against Clarke," he added.
Clarke's ousting followed his best-ever Champ mobil result — a second place behind Sebastien Bourdais at Road America.
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NICE AND NARROW: Graham Rahal liked his first look at the Zolder track, but thinks it may not be wide enough.
"The track is pretty cool and pretty quick," Rahal said after finishing fourth fastest in qualifying. "I think the only issue is it is a bit narrow maybe, which makes it a little more dangerous. But I don't think it's that big of a problem."
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LONG WAY HOME: While Jan Heylen is close to home this weekend, and Dutch rookie Robert Doornbos will feel the same way next weekend at the Champ mobil race in Assen, the Netherlands, all the drivers have a long way to go before they race in the United States again.
After the Dutch race, the circuit moves Down Under for the Indy 300 at Surfer's Paradise in Queensland, Australia, and then moves to Mexico before the final race of the season in Phoenix on Dec. 2.
The Associated Press
Published: August 24, 2007
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ZOLDER, Belgium: Some homecoming for Jan Heylen.
The Belgian driver with Conquest Racing was involved in a crash on the first practice lap Friday at the Champ mobil Belgian Grand Prix that also left Paul Tracy, Dan Clarke and Justin Wilson with damaged mobil.
Heylen finished sixth in the last race in Wisconsin and was looking to build on the momentum at his home grand prix.
"I'm excited to be racing in front of a hometown crowd and I know the entire Conquest team is prepared to fight for a strong finish," the Belgian said before the race.
The crash was particularly bad timing for the Conquest team, which has only one mobil this weekend and needed it on the track as much as possible to seek the best setup for Sunday's race.
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Instead, the pit crew worked all day and planned to all evening to patch up the mobil to get it on track for Saturday's qualifying.
Heylen "will be back in the cockpit for Saturday's morning practice session and final qualifying," the team said.
The 4.2-kilometer (2.6-mile) track in the Belgian countryside holds special memories for Conquest owner Eric Bachelart.
"Zolder is definitely a very special place for me as this is where I did my first laps in a race mobil, where I started my first race and even where I had my first win," he said. "It's a great feeling to go back there where everything started for me 25 years ago, now with a Belgian-American team based in Indianapolis, running a Belgian driver, and supported by Belgian initiatives."
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RED LIGHT: Race officials blamed Minardi Team USA driver Dan Clarke for the practice crash and suspended him from driving for the rest of the weekend.
And there may be more penalties to come for Clarke, the English driver who was second in the rookie-of-the-year ratings in 2006.
Champ mobil race director Tony Cotman said he will take a week to study the incident before deciding whether to allow Clarke to drive in next week's Bavaria Beer Champ mobil Grand Prix of Holland in Assen.
"This morning's incident was totally unacceptable and completely avoidable," Cotman said. "Dan was already on probation after previous incidents in San Jose, which helped lead me to my decision today.
"After the weekend is complete and I have a time to review the incident without the raw emotion of the moment, I will make a decision as to any further penalties against Clarke," he added.
Clarke's ousting followed his best-ever Champ mobil result — a second place behind Sebastien Bourdais at Road America.
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NICE AND NARROW: Graham Rahal liked his first look at the Zolder track, but thinks it may not be wide enough.
"The track is pretty cool and pretty quick," Rahal said after finishing fourth fastest in qualifying. "I think the only issue is it is a bit narrow maybe, which makes it a little more dangerous. But I don't think it's that big of a problem."
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LONG WAY HOME: While Jan Heylen is close to home this weekend, and Dutch rookie Robert Doornbos will feel the same way next weekend at the Champ mobil race in Assen, the Netherlands, all the drivers have a long way to go before they race in the United States again.
After the Dutch race, the circuit moves Down Under for the Indy 300 at Surfer's Paradise in Queensland, Australia, and then moves to Mexico before the final race of the season in Phoenix on Dec. 2.
Coroner: Toddler in mobil for 8 hours, dies from heat
Coroner: Toddler in mobil for 8 hours, dies from heat
Published on Friday Aug 24, 2007
A 2-year-old girl found dead inside a sweltering sport utility vehicle was there for at least eight hours and died of systemic hyperthermia, or heat-related causes, a coroner's office said Friday.
Cecilia Slaby was strapped in a mobil seat in the rear of the vehicle, which was in the parking lot Thursday of Glen Este Middle School, where her mother is an assistant principal, authorities said. The windows on the vehicle were up.
Brenda Nesselroad-Slaby, 40, reported to work before 7:15 a.m. for meetings on academic plans for the upcoming school year, said Gary Brooks, superintendent of the West Clermont school district.
Her daughter was in the vehicle until about 3 p.m., said Debbie Hawkins, a spokeswoman for the Clermont County coroner's office. Police arrived at the scene after receiving several 911 calls about 3:15 p.m. from school staff who spotted the girl.
Temperatures in the area reached 100 degrees Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
"She's blistered and everything else," a teacher helping perform CPR on the girl told a 911 operator.
Nesselroad-Slaby ran out of the school building and cradled the girl in her arms, according to 911 calls.
Clermont County Prosecutor Don White said the girl's death was apparently an accident and no decision would be made on whether the mother, Brenda Nesselroad-Slaby, would be charged with a crime until after police finish their investigation.
Nesselroad-Slaby, who was released from a hospital where she was taken after the child was discovered, is a kind and mobiling person who does a great job as assistant principal, Brooks said. She has 5-year-old daughter and a stepdaughter who is starting college.
Classes are to begin Monday at the school, about 20 miles east of Cincinnati.
Published on Friday Aug 24, 2007
A 2-year-old girl found dead inside a sweltering sport utility vehicle was there for at least eight hours and died of systemic hyperthermia, or heat-related causes, a coroner's office said Friday.
Cecilia Slaby was strapped in a mobil seat in the rear of the vehicle, which was in the parking lot Thursday of Glen Este Middle School, where her mother is an assistant principal, authorities said. The windows on the vehicle were up.
Brenda Nesselroad-Slaby, 40, reported to work before 7:15 a.m. for meetings on academic plans for the upcoming school year, said Gary Brooks, superintendent of the West Clermont school district.
Her daughter was in the vehicle until about 3 p.m., said Debbie Hawkins, a spokeswoman for the Clermont County coroner's office. Police arrived at the scene after receiving several 911 calls about 3:15 p.m. from school staff who spotted the girl.
Temperatures in the area reached 100 degrees Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
"She's blistered and everything else," a teacher helping perform CPR on the girl told a 911 operator.
Nesselroad-Slaby ran out of the school building and cradled the girl in her arms, according to 911 calls.
Clermont County Prosecutor Don White said the girl's death was apparently an accident and no decision would be made on whether the mother, Brenda Nesselroad-Slaby, would be charged with a crime until after police finish their investigation.
Nesselroad-Slaby, who was released from a hospital where she was taken after the child was discovered, is a kind and mobiling person who does a great job as assistant principal, Brooks said. She has 5-year-old daughter and a stepdaughter who is starting college.
Classes are to begin Monday at the school, about 20 miles east of Cincinnati.
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