European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday my 4, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 29 by Randy Burnett racing Roundup Hicks Tina Harris Star Csc nabs 2 team titles in Safe Bowling meet 1.henurburgring, under fire from the formula 1 people for safety reasons came under fire sunday for another problem it s famous for atrocious weather. The weather in the Eifels can be Superb or it can be miserable and there never seems to be an in be tween. On sunday it was miserable the rain pouring Down As the fog filtered in. The morning s opening song Over the Public address system was the . Naval Academy theme anchors aweigh quite appropriate As the joint seemed to be floating out to sea. Hie Start of the super Vee race was delayed by More than an boor but the rain never let up. The conditions were dangerous to say the least and the super Vee held took of in one Gigantic mass of Spray. Tibby Meray defending German formula Ford Champion and also of Winner in 1973, had pole position. He made a slow Start and Early Leader was Dieter Engle of Wous Burg who could t stand Prosperity. Going through the water at ugh Speed be Aqua planed off the course. Meray who had been running second then took the Lead and kept 11 to the end fending off Strong challenges All the Way. Ii was a Floe Vic tory under extremely difficult conditions. Driving a new finnish made Veeman for the first time Meray said it was a very hard race. At times i could t see anything at ail. Water was running across the track in Many areas so i had to Stow Down for those spots. Engle went into one flooded area full blast and he was off the track. The Veeman is a very Good car and once i had the Lead i knew i could keep it. The car was especially fast on the about racing under those conditions Well i was certainly a bit frightened Meray said and i m sure everyone else was too but that s All part of the game. If some of us would say we Don t race there would be a lot of others willing to take our place so we race no matter plans to continue driving the Veeman this season his Victory sunday counting for the Europa Pokal in super Vee. Here s wishing him continued Good Fortune. Cheever Man of the meeting the Man of the meeting As the British say was Eddie Cheever the 19-year-old Ari Zona bom Whiz who has spent most of his life in Italy. What he is doing this season Bor Ders on the incredible. Listening to the German television account later in the evening one would have thought Cheever their hero instead of Jochen mass. It was Cheever this and Cheever that with Leader mass getting Only a mention now and to announcer bad Good reason to be excited though because Young Cheever was blaring up from 13th place on the Grid to second place by spline and even then just trailing mass. His practice had been limited because of an Accident on Friday and a mined engine saturday hence the lowly Grid position. In the race. It was apparent that Beever competing on the ring for Only his second time would have pushed mass except for the formula 2 Points think the excitement Cheever generates comes from his winning attitude an attitude rarely seen these Days. The Young american is not impressed by big names in the challenges everybody he s out to have a go and he s out to win. His father Eddie st., said he would have Given mass a run but the pits Hung out the sign Points and Eddie let off. There was no reason for him to take on mass. Eddie Only needed a second place finish for the formula Points and be really needs after four races Cheever now has 15 to Frenchman Rene amour s is. For a Young Man of Cheever s nature it must have been frustrating to Back off be cause he had been within two seconds of mass with six laps left in the race. And this after starting in the Middle of the Grid. He flashed by everyone to get near the front including Gay Regazzoni nipping the famous Swiss Driver in the South curve. Regazzoni was driving without a clutch and later retired with a broken Gearbox i Don t think Cheever could have beaten mass because the German Ace drove flawlessly and had Power in Reserve with his March Bow. But then Well never know. Bee Vergas Wise to Settle for the Points and with any Remote Luck be should win the european formula 2 championship this year. Next of a round is at Vallelunga Italy on May is the circuit is North of Rome at Campagnano i Roma. Racing at its Best the Day s final event a German championship round provided a super spectacle inthe up to 2-liter division. While Frenchman Bob Wollek in a team Kremr porsche Turbo 935 polished off the others in the 3-liter class the 2-liter race proved classic. Hans stuck won it while the terrifying Trio from the Bow Junior team hounded and boxed in poor Hans Heyer who drove the Zak Speed Ford escort. Bow Junior Drivers Cheever Marc surer and Manfred Wink clock were to wheel to wheel and bumper to bumper with Heyer leading them once then sandwiched in the rest of the time. The action in the North and South curves was frightening. Surer finished second not far Back of stuck Cheever was third and Winkelback crashed. Heyer came in was one of the Best races i be Ever seen and it made formula 1 look tame by Compa Rison. The 2-liter class racing for the German championship rates easily As the Best thin going in Europe. The two Zak Speed Ford escorts Are heavier than the bows and Short on horsepower in the 25-30 Range but Ford plans to change that and catch up soon. If for does then the racing will be even that much better. Where to go this weekend the big one this weekend is the opening grand prix in Europe the Spanish round a Jarama circuit North of Madrid. After four Gas Argentina. Brazil South Africa and West Jody Scheckter and Niki Lauda Are tied with 19 Points each. Then comes Lauda s Ferrari teammate Carlos Reutemann with 13 and Lotus Driver Mario Andretti there s a Rumor going around by the Way that Reutemann May be bounced from the Ferrari team in favor of Emerson flt Tipaldi twice world Champion. Rumours emanating Tro Brazil and Italy have it that fluid Aldo will join Ferrari after the Spanish up. No comment from Fittipaldi but anything s possible. But Back to Spain. Official practice for formula i cars is set for 10 . To 11 30 .and from 1 to 2pm on Friday with untamed practice saturday from 10 30 to noon and final limed practice from 1 45 to 2 45. Sunday s grand prut with King Juan Carlos i a president of Honor gets under Way at 4 . The Spanish up will be of 75 laps 1158 mile continued on Page 301 Aviano Italy the Continental sport conference s no. 2 men s team and the no. 1 women s squad captured the team title sin the opening Day of the Safe Bowling championships Here Hicks of Ramstein. Who rolled 660 and 611 series in leading Csc no. 2 to the team title held a 48-pin Lead Over Kara Mursel s Joseph mrenak in the All event with a 1271. Mrenak has 1223. Rhein main s Tina Harris of Csc no. 1bowled series of 551-558-1109 to take the All events Lead in the women s Competition. The doubles event was slated for wednesday and the singles thursday. Hicks who averaged 212, had games of186-227-247-660 and 188-180-243-611 As the four member Csc no. 2 team rolled up4760 pins More than 200 pins better than second place Mac no. 1 in the men s Tea event. Berlin s Dar Wimer who holds fourth place in the All events had 585-589-1174. Followed by Span Dahlem s Larry Wallace with 599-560-1159 and Bill Mcallan of Zweir Ilcken with 516-640-1156 to round out the Csc s team scoring. Aviano s Jerry Suhl had sets of 639-5631202 As Mac no. 1 took second with 4554. Suhl had High games of 235 and 223 in his1202 Block Good enough for third in the All Sanders of Izmir rolled a 1156, including a 646 series As Mac no. 3 capture third in the team event. The Mac Kegler rolled the highest game in the second Gam of the first set when they chalked up a 90s a 228 average per person. Kar Munel Phil Blumenfeld led the quartet with a 2s8, followed by Athens Allan Price and Gary Miller with 247 and 211, respectively and Sanders with a 189.Harris, who had a 203 game lifted Csc no. 1 to the women s team title with 3961.while Csc no. 2 grabbed second with 3742. Along with Harris the winning foursome consisted of Pitburg s Pat Rainwater with 530-496-1026, Hahn s Bev Harr with 477-46&-943 and Ramstein s Cathy Fitzgerald with 397-486-883. Men s results final team standings. Csc no. Nio in Ino i Mac no. T a n�-4h 1 Mac no. A. .uii.jjoo-4sii 4. Csc no. 1 17ji-ji1i-44u 5. . No. 1 lt1 jj11-4mj All event leaders 1. Jim Hicks. A Mlton _ ,. Nil 2. Josepn mrenak Kar Mursel. L�3 Jerry Sun Savuno la 4. Dereimer Berlin "4 i. Peul King Alconbury i. James Newlyn Lindsey Wallace Span Dahiem 1114 9. Frank Sanders timer tile10. Gary Miller Athens "s4 women s results final team standings. Csc no. I mss a i j. Csc no. 7 Wimui-3h1 j. Mac no 1 1779-Kio-jm All events leaders i. Tine Harris Rhein Maln. L 09j.vkki Burns. Spang Dalem to x Pat Rainwater but org loii4. Marty Young Mylano 1001 5. Camy we Nonin upper Heywerd. It. Edra sent liner. Torreon i. Jenel Bellinger. ,Hann 9. Holly Hoppe avlano10. Valary Kidd. Sen men 9943 77 Vav by to be known As Eisenhut cakewalk Bubo Modem staff writerrhe1n-main a Germany the 1977 women s International Bowling Congress tournament will be remembered As the Jan Eisenhut record 3468 All events total and the record 1291 six game Block by the Hahn Lethander May go for Many years before they Are broken unless the quiet spoken slender woman Breaks them herself. To the Bane of hundreds of women bowl ers Eisenhut will be around next year to defend her wisc has accomplished nearly everything in Bowling in Europe. She is to gun average Wise with a 186. Along with being the wisc Champ which she accomplished by a whopping 171 pins. Jan led the qualifying in the 1976 thing she wants most is Bowling s most coveted title in Europe the Mas ters. Last year she lost out in the finals to Munich s Ann will be 13 new faces in the women s Competition at this year s Mas ters scheduled May 13-15 at Heidelberg s Campbell Eisenhut Kil Zingen s Marge Earley and Munich s Rcv Willett Are re turning from last year s lineup. For every one else it will be their first trip toasters. And Earley and Willet probably had to work harder than anyone to gain one of the 16 spots for this year s meet. Of the Quali Fiers Only Earley and Willett had one of their three six game blocks under 1000.Earley had a 974 and willed a 989 during the first Day in the team event. Both Are highly competitive Earley con g Back with 1151 and 1156 blocks to finish fourth with 3281 and Willett with 1135and 1094 took ninth at 3218. Along with Eisenhut both Earley and Willett will be favored to gain one of the top five spot during the masters qualifying. Only Earley and Kaiserslautern left hander Sandy Halsey had a pair of 1100 blocks in the up spares Gloria Hoffnagle who carries a 180 aver age at Ramstein received an award the final Day of wisc for a 187 All spare Gamin singles Competition. Dotty Cowart of Heidelberg 151 average competed in he first wisc and had a five Bagger for a 211. Dotty has been Secretary for eight years Tawarren Goldman. Usa eur s recreation services publicity had their highest tournament games Ever Here. One was Hedviga Sand ers of Munich with a 233talk about Tough Luck Bee Huffman of Ramstein averaged 170 through 16 games and had Only one double. When Sheila Wister. 100 average became sick. Penny Laughinghouse was a last minute substitute As double partner of Jan Eisenhut. Jan set a record with her 1291 which included a record five out of six 200-plus games but she could t top Penny s 242 in the first game of the second set. Masters qualifiers required to confirm Schwet zif Gen. Germany the 16qualifiers from the women s International Bowling Congress european All Star bowl ing tournament at Rhein main a last weekend Are required to Contact the Wib office to confirm their availability for the upcoming masters Moynihan Abc wisc european director said confirmation must be done by noon May 6 by phoning 2136 8377 or 6273. The masters is scheduled for May 13-15at Heidelberg s Campbell lanes
