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Former walk-oi ACHIM HUNT Staff Writer Jason Lawson, a 6-2,221 pound junior fullback from Union, S.C. has been climbing the ladder of college football success ever since he joined the Game- \ cocks as a walk-on before the 1993 sea- J ann nndpr fnrmpr Carnlinn head rnnrVi Sparky Woods. As a member of both Woods' squad HHH. and second-year coach Brad Scott, Lawson has noticed a definite difference in team atmosphere. "Under Coach Woods the team did ^ter display a slight family atmosphere, but ^ out f0 the team was somewhat divided into our freghm ar different groups of friends," Lawson said. oug trajnj "With Coach Scott the team is together, t^at wag we are a true family with no divisions. Qamecocl Coach Scott has emphasized that we must display a family attitude and the QjjV( team has been heading upwards ever Top-Cond since he arrived with his Together We team a^e Will'mentality." geagon Lawson pointed out that he was re- Laws< cruited out of Union High School by on- fejt about ly the smaller in-state schools but he felt stated "il that he, "could definitely walk-on at a me as 'a v larger school and receive a scholarship ajj 0f at a big college with an ambitious work Lawsc ethic" scholarsh Lawson shopped around at other gtaff were schools, but his visit to Carolina sealed wor^ the deal. ?Jago "I visited a lot of schools and I even ^ nm t grew up as a Clemson fan, because of wa^ r my family's roots at Clemson, but when jasj. gp^ I visited Carolina I was immediately im- y taje] pressed with the facilities," Lawson said. ?w n UX / 11 1 'i.L Al 11 l reu m love wnn me program overall Qar( and decided Carolina was the place that wag pre;,, I wanted to attend college." Weathered NASC./ Associated Press ? DARLINGTON, S.C. ? Dale Earnhardt's j< won here nine times. Rusty Wallace never has. s Jeff Gordon, Winston Cup's glamour boy, * holds the qualifying record at Darlington International Raceway, but hasn't come close to tak- t ing a race. 8 Mark Martin says there's no big secret to the v track. Kyle Petty wants it plowed back to the t cow pasture it used to be. e What makes Darlington one of the most revered and reviled tracks on the NASCAR cir- I cuit? 1 "It's probably a combination of the history ? and the toughness of the track," said Cale Yaiborough, a Hall of Fame driver who holds the record s with five Southern 500 victories at the 1.366- f mile track. ? Drivers get another chance at Darlington in | I MM J? 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Jason I x n 1 _ ___jx _ x* i_x TI arriving ai v^arouru ana wy- ing ngni enas. r; r the football team during his situation of stai 1 year, Lawson began a rigor- in and the entire ing and conditioning schedule pressed. That is above and beyond what the Jason was one o is coaches expected. His train- our offense, and te so impressed strength coach the scholarship jr that he named Lawson the Lawson ren litioned Athlete on the footbal1 East Carolina ge ;r the successful 1964 football to and has vivid "During th< m conveyed the honor that he Boomer (Foster) receiving the award when he both went down t was a tremendous honor for forced to play tl iralk-on to win the award over the game," Lav scholarship players." pass and thoug; >n however became cine of those Then I was nar ip players when Scott and his East Carolina g impressed with Lawson's hard coming and I wi "When I hea n is a special young man. He ing crowd for the Jock, and catch well, Scott said, numb and it we aw talent when I first saw him for me. I steppee g, but he has developed into a been coached t ited guy. pressed the coacl oticed him during the LS'J and to say that may! olina games last year when he snip." sed into a starting role due to This yea:*, b ea that knocked out our start- nay pracii.v-.-. is SR drivers learn t lundays Southern 500, the last of the four maor Winston Cup races this season. Unlike most uperspeedways, turns one and two at Darlingon are much different than three and four. "You've got to decide which turns you want o set your car up for because you can't do both," aid driver Lany Pearson, whose father, David, vas the most successful racer with 10 wins at he track. "You'll find yourself in big trouble othirwise." When Harold Brasington wanted to bring an ndianapolis-sized track to South Carolina in .949, he didn't know he'd have drivers praising ind cursing his layout. Brasington, who had a background in contraction, was so anxious to build, he drew up ew blueprints. When the course looked like it vould encroach on a favorite fish pond, Brasngton pushed out the backstretch to give Darington its unique bubble effect. le has spawned the best ^ lect mountain bikes and sories. ve up to $100 on bikes ro on any accessory. P?Day I Rlgn$27P50 8^00am_" V Now $20.00 With this ad. 12:30 pm y SALE DATES: 1:05 pm FJ Thursday 39 August 10 2;(X) throueh " Thursday Sat 9 to 4 August 31 4:00 pm 5:15 pm 1 1 5:30 pm 6:30 pm L ry Tours as brought changes to A F R OR 1 )rk resources. Tour the ailable to you. ??The sche mber 29th Conta ork Tours: The Univi lays: 11:30am Anypcrso lays: 11:30am contact the ( lesdays: 2:30pm 7:30pm sdays: 4:30pm ?rk Tours will last dmately 30 minutes ill focus on electronic ces available in as Cooper Library, ing CD-ROM ises, USCAN, and the st. * Office of Division o; Gamecock KjdiJm^l Wednesday, Auj ict in backfield e team is that we nounced that Jason had b game at a time. a/">*?" ?Marship. u? ~7 plete the workouts and is irter every game camp depth chart released ; to do my best Lawson was named the time and if I do back ahead of Re^e Ale . that he has earned the sta and the bowl ^ long preseason practice son can finally look aheai I nWQOn I LOT fllllhar.k nf aaaann a ooaonn fii and team goals. "My only goals for nr [e responded well to the team is that we would tak ter that he was placed one game at a time," Lai i coaching staff was im- W2rt to concentrate on Geo: i when we decided that then on Arkansas next w f the 22 best players on each game one week at a 1 1 thus we awarded him jg not ^ be the starter foi for this season. this season, but my goal is iembers the LSU and u ? ones that Scott referred ?ach game ?ne game at a that , re'erred do that then the awards, i memories of each. , , , ,, ? , t OTT bowl game will follow, e rainy game at LSU ? . , ... . , and James (Cummings) Of his battle for the sta with injuries and I was with Alexander, Lawson w le entire second half of mat,c- T?We and me are irson said. "I caught a and we P"11 for other ht I played really well, practice. There is not so ir aed the starter for the as there is a friendship 1 ;ame which was home- Lawson in his three yc is very nervous. cocks football has gone fi ird *2001' and the roar- on with no playing time t< i first time my body was fullback on a football tea is very emotional time contend for a bowl win a 1 up and did what I had Florida and Tennessee for 1 o do and I guess I im- ern Division title, hes enough for the them Jason certainly will cor be 1 deserved a scholar ],ard off the playing field prove his nerformance oi cfore the start of two a and? in hja 0.,vn -A.ora? slter, Scott formally an- ?^^ _ o revere, revile D; Earnhardt, Martin and Bill Elliott have been \ the best at navigating Darlington the past 15 years. Eight of Earnhardt's nine victories here 1 have come since 1986 and he has won two of the ( past three TranSouth spring races there. t "Darlington has an invisible hand that'll slap 1 i..: i Uot < yuu ecu ijf ill a laec, rniuuic ui a laec ui uii uic loot lap of a race," Earnhardt said. Thafs why every- 1 one wants to win Darlington." i Earnhardt says he took to the track's challenge early on. His 1982 win in the Rebel 500 ] ended a season-long drought during which he I slipped from 1980 Winston Cup champion to no 1 victories in 1981. i Elliott's Southern 500 win in 1985 earned < him the Winston Million bonus for taking three 1 of the Winston Cup's four major races ? at Daytona, Talladega and Darlington. ] He has added four more victories at Dar- i lington, including last year's Southern 500, which < Programs Classes Begii Monday Ttiesday Wednes LeroMIX* Step Body Sculpting icultv &Staff Faculty &; Enrichment Enrichmi Retro-Step* Upper Half* Lower F Body Lower Half* AeroMI Sculpting High/Low High/L H20 H2C UtimateStep* Two the Max* Body Advanced) Sculpti rvations must be made the day of clasj your step. Steps are limited, so re [CS FEE: There will be a $10 charge p< Programs. Please register and pay in th :dule is tentative. Changes may be made ct the Office of Campus Recreation, Bla ersity of South Carolina is an EEO/AA e ns needing special assistance for a disability )fficc of Campus Recreation at least 48 houi the event. lis ad is paid for by student activity fees, fdmpus Ifrcraatfon ' Campus Recreation Department of Student Li f Student Affairs * The University of South Caro gust 30,1995 POINT BLANK een awarded GS contini /son did com3 on the final -t -j j last Monday. f h P HP^t ; starting full- tl lv/ L/v/U L L> xander. Now irting job and s are over Ja- RYAN WILSON i to the start Sports Editor 11 of personal L . , flreetincra and welcome hat irse an e {JSC! I hope everyone has bee e 8 sea8?" adjusted to the rat race that i vson sai . w^j becomej y0Ur C0Ilege cai rgia this week The Gamecock Sports staff i . aP? a cited about the upcoming ath .une. My goal season and hopes that we can r every game the student body get more in ti to do my best with Carolina Athletics, time and if I ^ ^th most people, GS is r Arins, and the for Brad Scotfs second year, cJic trip to Athens this Saturday, rting fullback have cautioned you about unre as very diplo- tic expectations for the football sq great friends hut this team has a great deal o every play in tential. With seven home gai luch a rivalry there should be no reason an; letweehus." should not see a game. ;ars of Game- I know its hard to believe fori -om the walk people, but Gamecock football i: ) the starting the only thing happening in the m that could The men's soccer squad is talei nd challenge but a little inexperienced at the the SEC Eastr ing positions. For those not goii Athens Saturday, a good altemj itinue to work will be the Carolina-Clemson s< I, should im- game in CowtoWn at 2. ii game days, j A third possibility for this w will continue mo at a time." L irlington's. Souths vas his first series win in 52 races. Martin could be Darlington's current wizard, s ie's got five seconds and a first in 12 Winston a Hup races since 1989. His Busch Grand National I .earn is even more dominant, winning three of he last four races run there. <3 People keep wanting to paint this place with a jig mysterious cloud," Martin said. "But there's i 10 magic secret. It's just a good, solid track." Darlington slapped a lot of drivers around in i March as Sterling Marlin won a crash-filled Tran- g South 400. There were 15 caution flags over 87 I laps as cars skidded and swerved on the newly repaved track. One accident took out Winston I Hup points leader Gordon, who led for 155 of the c first 199 laps. t Gordon, who set a qualifying record of 170.833 " nph in the spring race, said egos around Win- ) ston Cup garages place prime importance on succeeding at Darlington. Fall 1995 Aerobic S i Thursday, August 24,1995 ;day| Thursday Friday Step* Body Sculpting Staff Faculty &Staff ent Enrichment lalf* AeroMIX* Step* X* Funk Ultimate Step* (Advanced) ow ) AeroMIX * ng 5. Call the Office of Campus Recreati servations are on a first come, first se ir person, per semester to take aerobic c e Office of Campus Recreation, 202 Bl; i due to budget, facility conflict, or leve itt P.E. Center, Rcx>m 202, 777-5261, foi mployer. p ? -y .picasc j rs prior to J ^ _| j[ 4j J One Free Ae; I Use this coupon I of the Fitness Pn I iiM:::l|perob*c classes.:;! Slllg a waiver of liabiJ fe ! Coupon exp Una | Mf Vi ues to offer ISC coverage nend is the Carolina Classic Volleyball tournament Friday and Satur J day at tflatt r. K Center. Coach Kim Hudson squad is poised to better last year's 20 plus win season. :k to A new addition to Carolina Athome letics this year is the new women's s, or soccer squad. Coach Sue Kelly has eer. laid the foundations for a successs ex- ful season and it should be a excitletic ing addition to USC. help There all also going to be some 3uch changes in Gamecock Sports, but I think you're are going to like what eady you see. After long consideration and 1 the some spilled blood, GS will have a . We weekly segment on USC club sports, salis- starting with today's article on rug[uad, by. f po- Another interesting addition will nes, be a series on women's athletics. The pone series will cover everything from gender equity to female star ath3ome letes. 3 not But never fear, you can still find ! fall. Sports Look and columns from our ited, Sports staff: Larry Williams, Robscor bie Meek and myself. We still are rig to committed to giving you the most ative complete coverage of Carolina Ath)cqer letics. I hope you enjoy Lhe year, and reek- as always...Go Cocks! ^rn 500 "That's something I want to take care of," he aid. "I believe it as much as anyone else. Actutlly, I feel like I should already have a win at )arhngton. Then there's Petty, son of Richard Petty, who loesn't even know why he bothers to show up. We just don't do well here'and I can never figire out why," he said. The coat of blacktop, the track's first repaving n 15 years, makes things slicker and more dangerous than ever, Darlington president Jim iunter said. And as a reminder to the drivers that this is Arlington, Hunter said he chose not to paint >ver the numerous black blotches left on the reaming wall five months ago. We want them to see what this track can do to rou if you're not'careful," he said. 1 Schedule ? S , ts Saturday Sunday (Q ^ ft* g AeroMIX* Lower Half* ca 9 N m 0> mwmm N CO 8) CO ion, 777-5261, to reserve 2E rve basis. 8 CO lasses offered by Fitness 'jjjj att P.E. Center. Q) 1 of interest in the class. ^ r further information. q CO ,mmmm.mmmm*~mmmm mm mm mm igapsgj? iigl i aa Slllg! s Programs J robics Class [ .g to get in to one ? 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