European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 09, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 25 practice opens for May 29 classic Guthrie turns fastest Lap at indy by Steve Herman Indianapolis a Janet Guthrie whose bid to become the first woman Driver in the Indianapolis 500 ended in defeat and frustration a year ago turned the fastest tap saturday As practice began for the May 29 race. Guthrie whose Vollstedt racer never got above 177 Miles per hour last year was docked at 185.605 in a ugh Tiung Offen Hauser recently purchased from the land sey Hopkins team. The car was driven last fall in tire Testa Here by Roger Mcluskey at More than 198 . I went out and there was a slight prob Lem with the suspension Guthrie said. But we came in and made a few adjust ments and it was like a whole new another minor problem developed shortly after she hit a Lap at 181.415 when a Hose became disconnected Between the Gearbox and the engine. But it was quickly re paired and she went Back out for More practice turning in the Day s fastest Lap. The 39-year-old Brunette from new York would t predict How fast her car will go. Fast was All she would say. Guthrie did not make a qualification at tempt last year. A series of blown engines broken Oil lines and burned pistons kept her car in the garage much of the time and when she finally got the racer onto the track it simply was t fast enough. Guthrie s fast Lap and one by Rookie Danny on gals at 182.927 shortly before the track closed eclipsed the Day s previous Best of 182.815 by Wally Dallenbach the . Auto club Points Leader after last week s Victory at Trenton. Dallenbach shooting for his Lith indy Start was among a handful of Drivers Here As practice began at the Indianapolis motor Speedway under Cloudy skies and wound up in steam ing Sunshine. The 180-. Limit was lifted by Sac less than three hours after the track opened and within minutes Dallenbach was up to his 182-plus Docking. He Quali fied seventh last year at 184.445 and was running fourth when the race was halted by rain. Also making his first appearance late in the Day was two Lime indy Winner Bobby Unser. By the end of the Day s practice 11 can had made their initial runs and four others had passed Sac technical inspection. Guthrie and Bobby Olivero both of whom drove in other Sac 500-milers last year were the Only rookies who did not have to take the mandatory driving exam for first year indy and Todd Gibson completed Rookie refresher tests and were cleared by Sac for practice. Gibson a 40-year-old former midget and sprint car Driver from Richwood. Ohio was up to 180.805 shortly after the Speed limit was lifted. Ongais former motorcycle and drag racing Cham Pion from Hawaii completed his Rookie test at 175.9874 then improved his Speed late in the Day. Olivero and teammate Bill Vukovich were the first Drivers on the track after Early morning rain and opening Day Cere monies delayed the scheduled Start of practice by 46 minutes. Others were Veter an Jerry Grant. Larry Dickson Steve Kri Siloff and Rookie Jerry Sneva. Czechs win hockey title Nelson As swedes upset Russ by Geoffrey Miller Vienna a Czechoslovakia retained the world ice hockey title sunday night with a helping hand from Roland Eriksson the swedish shooting Ace of the Minnesota North stars. Eriksson fired in three goals As Sweden downed the soviet Union 3-1, in the final game of the tournament. The russians needed Only a tie to Clinch the title. Earlier Canada slammed the czechs. 8 2, but the czechs finished on top of the standings with 15 Points from 10 games. Sweden and Russia both totalled 14 Points but the swedes had an 8-2 aggregate Over the russians in their two meet Ings and took second place. The soviets finished third and Canada baseball Ace Mendofik goes to Bat in Bowling s masters Bubo Modem staff writer rein main a. Germany sits unbeknownst to nearly All the other bowl Era in this weekend s 1977 masters tournament one of the qualifiers handles a baseball Glove and Bat better than he does a Bowling s Dave Mendofik of Rhein main who surprised himself and others by qualifying for Europe s Premier Bowling event scheduled to begin Friday at Heidelberg s Campbell lanes. I had no idea i was going to make said the Buffalo . Native. Since i never practice and never saw the lanes i just went in cold Turkey and tried to adjust to them not Only adjusted quickly but Dave Mendofik he rang Home six game blocks of 1161-1130-1102-3483 for a 193 average to finish 15th out of 592 bowlers in the 1977 Abc european Alt Star tournament at Ramstein. He also ripped off the second highest three game series in the singles with a 682. The top 32 qualified for the he has been at Rhein main five years it was Mendofik s first try at qualifying for the masters. During the other years Mendofik who has a rocket for a throwing Arm was spending this tune of the year holding Down the shortstop Posi Tion for the Rhein main rockets. Last year Mendofik was one of the Prin Cipal figures in Rhein main s drive to its first Continental sports conference base Ball championship since 1951. He has played five years for the rockets and has been recognized As the finest shortstop in the Csc during that time. Mendofik who rotates for Plattsburgh. N.y., june 13 is really excited about com Peting in the masters. Dave is not going to change his style for the masters. He does t plan on going to Heidelberg to practice. I have never seen the lanes and will Only see them for the first time when the masters he is unlike most bowlers. They worry about Lane conditions too much Mendofik said. I just go out and Start at Ramstein the right handed Mendofik who has been Bowling since he was nine years old found out soon there was very Little break rolling the inside line. He went to outside and threw a straight line toward the pocket using the second Arrow or 10th Board. Well for Mendofik it worked won Ders. Everyone to their own liking be cause there were others that qualified using the inside line. Mendofik who rolled in four leagues this season and carried a High average of 183, had one aim in mind at the Abc All Star. I just wanted to be the top Bowler from Rhein main in the tourney. And it was Worth it because i finished higher than Gino Hichel Heichel who missed a 300 came by one pin this year when he left the no 2 stick in the thursday night mixed doubles carries Rhein main s highest average. Heichel qualified 19th for the Mas ters and he and Mendofik Are Rhein main s Only representatives in the ninth annual tourney. Mendofik smiles about that 682 series that opened his singles Competition in the Abc All Star but he grimaces about the follow up series a 510 which dropped him to a tie for 22nd in singles with an 1192 fourth. It was the soviets lowest finish in the world tournament since 1981. A sellout crowd of More than 9.000 saw the two leading teams lose As the see sawing tournament came to an end. Canada lacking its Best nil stars be cause of the Stanley cup playoffs produced its Best hockey of the 18-Day tournament and made the czechs look like anything but champions. Phil Esposito of the new York rangers played a great game As Captain in the canadians Success. He scored two goals an was an effective penalty killer at one hectic stage of the first period when the czechs had a 5-3 advantage on the ice with two men in the penalty Box. Wilt paiement of the Colorado Rockies also scored twice. The other scorers were Wayne Merrick of the Cleveland Barons Walt Mckechnie of the Detroit red wings Pierre Larouche of the Pittsburgh pen Guins and Ron Ellis former Toronto Star. The swedes were the heroes of the crowd and especially goaltender who made a string of Brilliant saves As the red suited russians stormed desperately in the final period. The soviets appeared Well on their Way to regaining the title which they have won 14 times in 17 years when Vladimir Shad Rin shot them into the Lead at 7 49. With the swedes a Man Short Hoe Gosta kept the russians from scor ing in a hectic spell and suddenly Roland Eriksson skated away Down the right and tied it with a Brilliant goal. That gave the swedes new s second goal came Early in the second period after Haas Jax had seized on a rare soviet defensive error and continued on Page 26 continued from Page 22 dubs you would ordinarily hit on this course can do sunday is to go out and play the Golf course and do the Best you his Best finish this year was fourth in the heritage said he again played on and played the Back nine at eight under the last two Days and i m hopeful some of those Good shots on the Hack will work their Way to the front tomorrow. I think the two keys for me were the Chip shot at the 7th that i hit to save and the Long putt 35 feet at the Lith that got me started on the Back was a Little bit More fun on the Back nine today because i played a Little More consistently. 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L 444-214 t3.n.73-2u 73744 21 72 71-71-2h Andretti grabs Lead at Start captures Spain grand prix there la be Tough Competition in the Mas ters but he is not scared of it. This will be Dave s first and Only time in the masters and he plans on enjoying himself. Madrid up Mario Andretti of Nazareth pa., driving a Lotus mk3. Led from Start to finish sunday to win the Span ish grand prix the first Auto racing Clas sic the current european Reuteman of Argentina in a Ferrari finished second Jody Scheckter of South Africa was third in a Wolf Ford. Jochen mass of West Germany fourth in a Mclaren. Gunnar Nilsson of Sweden fifth in a Lotus and Hans stuck of West Ger Many sixth in a crowd of More than 100,000, among them King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia watched Andretti. 37. Winner of the . Grand prix West last month grab an immediate Lead off his pole position and extended it to 200 meters before settling Down to a steady Pace in the 75-Lap race on the twisting 2.1-mile Jarama circuit. Andretti also clocked the fastest Lap. In the 23rd, clocking 1 minute. 20.81 seconds. He covered the 158.7 Miles in 1 hour. 42 minutes 52.22 seconds an average Speed of 91.1 . Reuteman was 16 seconds behind and Scheckter was another seven. Andretti lapped All but four racers in the Field of 23. Fourteen racers Victory earned Andretti nine Points which boosted his total in the Drivers world championship standings to 20, second to Scheckter whose third place earned him four Points for a total 23. World Champion James Hunt dropped out with Early mechanical world Champion Niki Lauda of Austria withdrew after he bruised a rib during a practice run. A team spokesman said the injury was not serious but Regazzoni of Switzerland in an Ensing and Vittoro Brambilla in a sur tees skidded off the track and withdrew. Neither was Hurt. Patrick Degailler of France in a Tyrrell retired with mechanical problems in the 10th Lap and later coun Tryman Jacque Lafitte also dropped out
