European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 29, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 21 sorry about no column last week but racing enthusiast Paul Hopkins aim i took off in haste for the Monte Carlo rally to watch All of that madness if Doit think race Drivers Are  should see the wild finns swedes and others sliding along 50 Yards of ice sideways. But More on that later. To bring you up to Date on the racing scene piers courage of Britain whose Luck has finally changed for the better won the fourth round of the Tasman series sunday in new zealand. The Las three rounds now move to Australia. Courage driving a Brabham Forf v8, finished the 100-mile race 18 seconds ahead of England Graham Hill Lotus Ford. New Sealander Chris Amon took third in a Ferrari. Austrian Jochen Rindt who had the pole position broke a half Shaft on the starting Mil and retired but not before the Ferfort of Britain s Derek Beu shunted Rindt As the Flag fell Ell still managed to finish fifth. Frank Gardner of Australia driving his Mildren Alfa took four tilt armful championship Rossare As follows Amon 26, courage 22, Remdt 15, Hill 12. Befalls Gardner. R Hawkins splits title _ Australia s Paul Hawkins driving the team Gunston ferrarip4, won the Pietermaritzburg sooth Africa three hour race and a week later took a Victory in Lite East London 500-Kilometerrace to capture a share of the. South african springbok Champion ship. Hawkins had to split the title land the prize Money wit Digby Martland and Paddy Mcnally of England who were win ners in their class in a 2-Uter porsche 911l. So the party after Ward probably was t As grand As it would have been had Hawkins been the outright Winner. Too bad action on the col de Turin thanks to ferried Prince Hohenzollern who won 11 of 17 race last year in his porsche and Ulf Freiherr von Reyder Malberg a Munich journalist we made it up to the col de turini in record time. The Prince who prefers the nickname of Pfaff pushed the factory Bow 1600 up the Mountain with the same Elan he displays in the porsche. Pfaff said he won t be in the porsche this season but is thinking of campaigning in a Ford escort twin  Only drawback he said is having the car prepared and serviced in England so he s not committed yet on what he will drive. Heroes plan a full racing Campaign this season in Europe however. He s one of the better Young German Drivers and he s Worth watch ing As a future Star. Once up the col de turini for the last Section of the Montecarlo rally it was easy to see Why Many formula one Drivers say no to that Type of  the roads Are solid ice an Snow yet the top Drivers Fly through it All out with total throttle control. Braking Here could Lead to disaster. It was a bit disappointing this year in the final stage As Many of the great rally stars had been eliminated in the first Alpine stage. Nevertheless to see a car come through this Section is an unforgettable experience one that could bring you Back time and again. One Renault Alpine even lifted a wheel rounding a Cornero ice. How about that congratulations to Buffum Bohr our congratulations to John Buffum and Steve Yogi Behr for their marvelous twelfth place finish. It was an incredible achievement for a privately entered car with no works  weren t taken very seriously by the porsche professionals at the beginning but they Are now. It was a great drive by but Fum and Behr and every american can be proud of their finish. Miscellaneous ramblings bits of information with Repco having pulled out of formula on racing former world Champion Jack Brabham of Australia will use a co Worth Ford engine for this year s world championship  s partner will be Jacky icky of Belgium who drove last year for Ferrari. Brabham also plans to enter a two car team forthe Indianapolis 500. Press reports recently said that Mexico s Pedro Rodriguez who does t have a drive this year would go Long distance racing for Ferrari. The italian stable has denied this saying that the team already Bas completed us lineup of Drivers. Rodriguez who did very Well in a non competitive Brm formula one car last year and who won at be mans in a gt40, certainly deserves a drive he s one of the Best in the business. But with porsche the Wyer gt40-Ford Mirage team and Ferrari committed he May be out of Luck. Alfa Romeo however is Fieldin gits new 3-liter prototype so perhaps Pedro s future lies there. Britain s Peter Gethin who finished Strong last year in formula two drives will Pilot a new Brabham in All major fit races for the Church farm racing team run by Derek Bell s Stepfather Bernard Bender Church farm racing team also will officially represent Bruc Mclaren motor racing i formula 5000 and Gethin will drive a Mclaren m10a in f50qo races in England and abroad. Gewn one of the really fast Young men in racing has needed a Good break for a Long time and this could be it. New trounces in Ciurlik c Kae Mursel Turkey Spe Cial defending Champion Kag new air station from Ethiopia sewed an easy 95-50 Triumph Over in Ciurlik Turkey Here Mon Day As five games kicked off the 1968 Safe Mediterranean basketball tournament. The Gigli twins Trabzon Phan Toms Kar Mursel eagles and Ankara sultans also chalked up first Day victories to help launch the 13-team double elimination meet. Rag new led All fhe Way Wither in Williams 37.jpoints and Gary Bryan s 21 showing Thel Brlik Down 43-27 at in Ori was led by Andrewt Way with 15. Vie twins broke Loose after holding a slim 36-32 Lead at the half and went on to blast the. U. Samsun bears. 88-52. Dee Salon and Jim Beckman provided the scoring punch for Gigli with 27and 26 Points respectively. Frank Walker had 23 for the losers. Trabzon trailed the Diyarbakir hustlers 44-43, at intermission but poured it on in the second half for a 106-86 decision. Bob Murphy had 2"� for the phantoms ener a local but game honors went to Joh Baisey of the hustlers with 37. Ron Coleman pumped in 27points and Jim Keane chalked up 28 to spark Kar Mursel past the Istanbul Falcons 87-55. Ralph Parsons had 22 for the losers who were Down at halftime 33-28. Ankara took a 39-27 halftime Lead against the Eski Chir tigers one of 10 teams from Turkey inthe tourney and went on to Register an easy 89-58 win. Joe Purpura s 21 led the sultans while Gerald Jackson s 23 set the Pace for the tigers. Five More games we rescheduled for tuesday in the six Day tourney. The Winner Andrunn rup in the meet will qualify for the Safe championship scheduled in London feb. 7-11. Snow slide Stephen Behr with teammate John Buffum drives their porsche through a four teams launch Csc Cage tourney Ramstein Germany is the Rhein main rockets the Sembach tigers the Hahn Hawk Sand the Darmstadt comets open play wednesday night in a Dou ble elimination tournament hosted by the rockets at the Rhein main gymnasium to determine the Germany sports conference second representative in the Safe basketball tournament at London feb. 6-10. The Ramstein rams who won the Csc regular season league Crown have already earned their right to compete in the Safe  wednesday night the Tig ers who finished third in league play will meet the Hawks who were fourth in the first game of the tourney starting at $  in the second game the league runner up rockets take on the comets w to won their Way into the meet by capturing the Small unit championship of the 17thair Force at 8 . Two games Are also on tap for thursday with one Friday. The championship tilt of the tourney will be played at % . Saturday afternoon with the if necessary contest set for 7 . The same night. Tight turn during the first stage of the Alpine test in the Monte Carlo rally. Is Barnett Best Ever yank team in rally i Tuff urn & Behr drove without factory support by Randy Barnetts a Auto racing columnist first lieutenant John Buffum i Long Way from their starting was Clad in his army dress Point in Frankfurt and they blues his driving partner Stephen Behr wore a Tuxedo and Buffum s vivacious wife Vicki appeared in sparkling humor in a new gown. The three Happy Young Ameri cans were on their Way to Prince Rainier s gala dinner for Montecarlo rally competitors. Buffum and Fehr had come a raiders Chicksands win in . Playoffs South Ruislip England is we Piersfield s raiders rallied from an Early 11-Poiutdeficit to Surprise Host London 84-70, and Chicksands turned Back Lakenheath 88-80, As the Safe . Conference play offs opened Here monday. Tee Winner of the double elimination meet will join league Champion upper Heyford in the Safe championships Here feb. 7-11, weren t going to the dinner adjust one of the competing teams who happened to be in Monaco after dropping out along the Way. They had finished 12th Over Allin a porsche 911, the Best any american team has Ever done a Monte Carlo. They did it on their own without factory support Butas Buffum said laughingly we started getting a Little support Ashe Hung in and As we entered the last stage we started getting lot of  their drive had indeed mad porsche representatives sit up and take notice with even such adjectives As sensational Fly ing , 25, of the 540th engr up did most of the ice and Snow driving he comes from Stowe Vermont while his partner Beh did most of the dry Road bit. But Fum loves hard driving on Snow and in the Monte he had enough to keep him , an american who lives continued on Page 22