European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday november 21, 1973 by Randy Burnett racing Roundup Detroit s car world a few columns ago i mentioned that i d been visiting Detroit and that we would soon have a report on the scene there. The report entitled Detroit s car world. Now and tomorrow will be published next week four sections in All with the first one to appear in tuesday s stars and stripes and the next three on the Days following. It s been a lot of work but much fun too and i Hope you enjoy it. Only a month ago the Detroit experts acknowledged a trend to smaller cars but that was before results of the Arab Israel War were  with the arabs cutting off Oil to the United states and the daily talk of Energy crisis i have an idea that the trend to Small cars is no longer a trend. It s probably a Gigantic Rush for gremlins pintos vegas dusters and anything else in that category. As you know the 74 cars won t Start unless you buckle your Seatbelt and that situation has brought a lot of griping even from consumer advocate Ralph Nader who has Long campaigned for safety. Nader recently termed the interlock Seatbelt system Claustrophobic and he fears a safety  i feel that Nader has always moved in the right direction but the whole safety bit has gone the usual overkill route and if Nader feels the cars Are Claustrophobic he has Only himself to blame. One of the Many people i thoroughly enjoyed talking to in Detroit was Ford s head of safety web Mcdonald. He gave me a Good example of what Detroit is up against at times. I Don t necessarily sympathize with Detroit but i certainly appreciate the engineers problems. Anyway Mcdonald told me a Good Story involving a time when he appeared before a Senate committee on Auto safety. Once before a Senate hearing a senator asked me this if you can believe it Mcdonald said. He asked if air plane designers can come up with a Landing gear on a 747 to accept All that Load Why Are you Guys having problems designing a bumper to meet the 5 mile an hour crash Law " Mcdonald told the senator look we could design a bumper system to meet almost any Law if the Public would be willing to pay More for the bumper system than for the entire car. The Landing gear on a 747 costs $4 million and it has a stroke of 8-feet when it touches  see what we re up against Mcdonald asked me. He had made it quite Clear and from that time on i kept in mind Detroit s problems As far As costs Are concerned. Although american cars Aren t nearly As sophisticated As Europe a you still get a lot of car for the Money. We always must design around the Cost Factor As every Detroit designer put it. Sometimes we tend to forget this. In the stars and stripes series i be tried to cover everything of general interest. A few highlights include All the new cars the sales picture safety clean air and the problems there automobile design now and for the future alternate engines and a Turbine car test drive a test of Ford s new Mustang ii a Nice car by the Way recreational vehicles driving in the United states. A lot of other stuff. Art work and design of the four part series is by Dick Kraham and i think you la enjoy his modern approach. In fact i think you la enjoy the whole thing even though racing in t involved. Fuel hurting motor sport speaking of racing we May All be in trouble. With the Gas situation in Europe the racing scene is a mess at the moment and it could get worse. Wolfgang Rausch former chief editor of Germany s rally racing dropped in the other Day and he feels the situation May get worse before it gets better. Germany has cancelled All motor sport activities a lot of rallies involved until feb. 1 at the earliest Rausch said and what happens in 1974 All depends on the arabs. Hock Venheim s season finale slated for dec. 1-2, has been cancelled. Andre Pilette wrote to say that his driving school at zolder Belgium is out of Luck on sundays and so it goes. The effect of the fuel situation is widespread and Many livelihoods Are involved. One can Only Hope that things will return to Normal by next Spring when the racing gets under Way so keep your fingers crossed. Gas shortage or not the British Are running their famous Rac rally of the forests a world championship round for rally cars and on tuesday Finland s Timo Makinen was out in front in a Ford escort. Lying second was swedish Ace Bjorn Wal Degaard in a Bow 2002. Britain s big Hope Roger Clark Winner of last year s Rac event was running third in a Ford escort. The 2,000-mile rally Origi Nally set for 2,500 Miles had its route shortened because of the fuel crisis. The event ends late wednesday. The British round is the next to last on the world championship rally Calendar with the finale set for Corsica on dec. 1. As the French have no fuel problems the corsican rally will probably be held dec. 1 As scheduled. The press on regardless rally Amer Ica s world championship round was won by Walter Boyce and Doug Woods in a Toyota Corolla. Second were Jim Walker an Terry Palmer in a Volvo and third John Smiskol and Carol Smiskol in a Dat Sun 240z. Old Friend John Buffum who used to Campaign in Europe when he was in service Here he and Steve Behr took 12th in the 1969 Monte Carlo rally finished fourth in the press on regardless aboard a Ford escort. His co Driver was Wayne Zitkus. Standings for the world championship for makes rally after the . Round had Alpine Renault with 132 Points Fiat with 98 and Ford with 50. So after Corsica the title will doubtlessly go to the Tough Little French alpines which started the season with a Victory at Montecarlo and have been going Strong Ever since. Spitz world catching up other nations borrow . Swim techniques by Dan Synovec Nuernberg Bureau chief Herzog Nakrach Ger Many is american Domi nation of International swimming has levelled off and Many Good swimmers Are com ing from other countries Mark Spitz said Here monday. America s premiere swimmer who won an unprecedented seven Gold medals within a space of eight Days at the 1972 olympic games in Munich said we were dominating swimming be cause new ideas in coaching were coming from the . For More than a  Spitz said that competitors from other countries have picked up american coaching ideas and swimming techniques and now Are closing the Gap challenging american dominance in swimming. Spitz is winding up a two week tour of Europe with his attractive wife Susan. Sunday the couple made a Brief and surprising visit at the Herzo base football Booster club s father and son banquet honouring the Nuernberg Ameri can High school s varsity and Junior varsity football teams. We know the athletes Here Are As Good As the athletes in the states but you do not get the same exposure Spitz told the Eagle football players after receiving a certificate making him an honorary member of the 210th arty up from col. Alfred j. Cade group co. Spitz said he is presently promoting sportswear swimming products clothing and personal care items for seven different companies. He said he has an Active interest in six of the firms and is working with them to develop new ideas. I planned on retiring follow ing the olympics he said. I be taken an Active interest in the business world and i m not going on with dentistry. I be turned Down More than 400 movie offers because i Haven t had the time to take off eight to 10 weeks that it takes to make a  he said he has taken up sailing and has not completely stopped training. But i m not the frustrated athlete who must keep training with the idea of going Back to win Lmke Pawid gets or Ipson approx veil new York up the . Olympic committee has approved the bid of Lake Placid,. For the 1980 Winter olym pics. Lake Placid was the site of the 1932 olympics and is the Only location in North America with a championship Caliper bobsled run. The City bid for the 1976 win Ter olympics but was passed Over by the International olym Pic committee in favor of Den Lambert cup voting ends in deadlock new York a the University of Delaware on shaky ground after three straight late season losses grabbed a share of the Lambert cup with Lehigh University. The Blue hens wound up their season with an 8-3 record and be High finished 7-3-1, including a loss to Delaware. Each received four first place votes and 76 Points for a tie As the Best College division football team in the East. Delaware tied Wesleyan for the cup in 1969 and won it out right the next three years. Over All the Blue hens have won or shared the Honor nine times since it was initiated in 1957. Lehigh won it twice before in 1957 and1961. Bridgeport with a 9-1 season was third in the final voting with 63 Points Central Connecticut also 9-1, was fourth with 53 and Amherst 7-1, fifth with 42. In the second five were coast guard 8-2 and 34 Points Middlebury 7-1 and 32 Williams 6-2 and 27 american International 5-4 and 23, and Lafayette 7-2-1and 18. Ver. When that City s populace voted against it the 1976 Winter games were awarded to inns Bruck Austria site of the 1964games. The soc intends for Lake Placid to be its Only bid to the Ioc for the j980 games pro Viding that Lake Placid fulfils its intentions for filing a sufficient bid according to a soc spokesman. The spokesman said that it was t possible to be certain at this Point who Lake Placid s competitors in other countries would be inasmuch As the Ioc has an october deadline for filing bids. A spokesman for the Lake Placid chamber of Commerce said that the announcement by the soc was just what backers had sought. The designation gives sup porters the Lead time needed to try to get Federal and state action going before the Ioc meeting next october said the upstate new York spokesman. If the soc had waited until March As originally planned it would have been just about too late to get any action in the 1974 session of the state legislature and perhaps through Congress. Senator Ronald Stafford an assemblyman Andrew Ryan Are pre filing a Bill to create an olympic commission com parable to the one we had for the world University games of 1970," the spokesman said. The measure would cover organizing expenses prior to the october Ioc meeting. When a Resolution passes Money usually follows said the Lake Placid spokesman. He said that officials Hope to have two facilities under construction a 90-meter ski jump and a 400-meter Speed skating facility before the Ioc meeting. The race that i might have won earlier. I think everyone should keep in shape through some sort of physical activity. Today mine is sailing Spitz said. He said there Are some count Ries which Are allowing swimmers to take pills to make their Muscles More elastic and toaster hormones. We know of some people who Are experimenting with this tech Nique. You can do it with females to give them male traits. The pills will not work on men. But i do not believe in athletes taking simulators athletes should compete using their Natu ral talents Spitz stressed. Spitz said he believes there is not anything like a True Amateur athlete today. Athletes have to work to sup port themselves As Well As train to compete. They Are subsidized in school where they received scholarships he explained. Spitz said right now the olym Pic committee and the aau Amateur athletic Union com Mittee As far As swimmers go Are far removed from what swimmers want. I think the olympic and aau committees should have compe Ting athletes serving on them to represent athletes. I feel a Good proposal is to have an athlete on every committee for every representative who is not an athlete to give equal representation Spitz said. He said such a Compromise will certainly help present and up and coming athletes. I be been a member of the aau for a year. Only once in the past six months have i been called on by my committee to vote and that was to vote on an award to go to another athlete. I have a vote All right but it is not on the rules committee. I m not on a committee that can change any thing. This is Why i be proposed the 50-50 representation idea Spitz explained. Spitz who won Gold medals in the 400-meter freestyle relay 200-meter Butterfly 200-meter freestyle 100-meter freestyle 100-meter Butterfly 800-meter freestyle relay and 400 meter Medley relay said there always is More room for improvement and times will get even better As techniques Are developed. But As in the track distance events where there is always room to improve times in the sprints times Are More difficult to beat. I think swimmers will break 1 50 in the 200-meter freestyle Spitz holds the world record of .1 52 78 Long before they break 50 seconds in the 100 meter freestyle Spitz holds this 51 22 world record. The 200 meter record might fall within the next 20 years he said. His wife a 21-year-old graduate of Urcla said she does More swimming than her husband but i can still drag him into the Pool sometimes. I be enjoyed the trip to Europe she added because i did t travel much before i mar ried  Spitz said that if he had not been so successful at Munich he still would have gone on with his dental training. I eventually wanted to be plastic surgeon and the quickest Way i could have gotten there was through dental training Spitz said