European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes May 1977 first time Ever in practice there Andretti and Foyt top 200 at indy by Steve Herman Indianapolis api Mario Andret the Indianapolis 500 and a trying or his fourth indy turned in the first practice laps Iii history Here i Marc than 200 Miles per hour wednesday Lias Wen seeking that fourth championship fur 10 came within in Hundredth of a second of with Lap at 199936 in the final hour of practice for the but less than a half hour after Foyt retreated with a sly smile to his Gaso line Alley garage and came Back for one More Andretti wheeled his Mclaren co Worth racer onto the track and soared to an unofficial clucking of 200 make no hones about i was going for there was no Deubl in my said the 37yearold Andretti but the worst thing is to get so wrapped up in it you do something 1 want going to be in a scramble to beat Foyt out of the sat in his racer and was visibly he went Back out once More and reached As practice speeds edged closer to 201 through the two Lime Winner Al Ensor said the Barrier was certain to be 1 didst think wed reach 200 this year Malone leads rockets Over 76ers Houston Puli Moses Malone soured 30 Points and dominated the Back boards with 24 rebounds As the Houston Kitik ctr knocked off the Philadelphia 76crs Here wednesday night the Victory tightened up the Aba semifinal the tigers Lead being reduced to two games to one Houston out muscled the stronger 76ers to a 20point Lead in the first half and was threatened Only once the rest of the con test Malonis 30 Points and 24 rebounds were game Rudy Tomjanovich added 24 Points and Rookie guard John who was held to eight Points in the two previous chipped in the who were led by the 28 Points of Julius closed a big Houston Lead to six Points Early in the third Quarter by running off 15 Points to the rockets three in a four minute Philadelphia was Hurt by an injury to substitute guard Lloyd free in the second rough Landing who suffered a severe Bruise of the ribs in a collision with Mike was carried off the court and taken to a As the 76ers pulled themselves Back into the their top rebounding Darryl was getting his fourth and fifth Dawkins and the Man he re placed in the starting Caldwell both fouled out in the first five min utes of the fourth the hot shooting rockets refused to allow the 76ers to move closer than six Points in the second half and Philadelphia As  drive was defused when Calvin Murphy led the rockets Back to a 7440 Houston fired a percentage in the third for the Houston shot per cent compared to the 76crs Philadelphia showed none of the devas Tating Runan gun offence it had produced in the first two in the first half the 76ers missed 26 shots from the held and committed 12 turnovers to fall behind by 18 the 20yearold 611 Forward who played in the Aba last season and is with his third Aba team this one began with ii Points in the first Quarter and then kept the heat on by grabbing eight re Bounds in the second Erving was the 76ers Only consistent dropping in 10 of 17 Field George Mcginnis got 15 Points but they came on Only six of 18 shots from the guard Doug Collins could hit Only four of 12 shots and before he left the had Only unc Basket in seven rockets 76ers94 Philadelphia 111 109 in Mon Cohill Dai 29 t tilt Jisela j3m Houston u8 Malone to a 16 Lucais j s Murphy s 1 j 1 0 Willite t 0 0 a j 71 is t a in 10 i 6 a Tinnen 1 1 1 1 Faulds out c Hoji tall Loti t at Unser but the Way there going there was no question about Unser had just completed a practice run and was silting on the pit Wall when defending Champion Johnny Ruther Ford zoomed by at somewhere Between and Rutherford set the official record of during qualifications in but no one even came close to that the next three years because of Auto club tech Nical restrictions that Cut speeds dramatic even a year the top qualifying Speed by Andretti was More than 10 Miles per hour slower than the cur rent top practice Al Gordon Johncock and Tom Sneva All were pushing 200 by wednesday the fastest Day of practice in indy whose top Speed for a full Lap was later was clocked at a quicker half Lap than Andretti before his engine Mal functioned and he shut Sneva said he was sure he would have topped said his Lap Felt but it want the Best i have Ever i thought last years first qualify ing Lap was closer to when ran when asked what a perfect tap an diet Lisaida being Able to keep the throttle Down As Long As you think you but i dont feel i could have run Flat out around the is a four Lap average of 200 possible during saturdays qualifications could Andretti said with a Al said speeds Are faster this year because the cars Are a lot its the Chassis the the Unser in clude the Complete resurfacing of the mile track and the easing of sacs Limi tation on manifold which had Cut air and fuel intake to the engine and thus lowered Power and this were allowed 80 inches of boost instead of 75 Al Unser if the limit was removed wed be Well Over 200 right the Only Man to have gone Over 200 at indy before wednesday was the 1973 Winner but that was during tire tests in March and therefore unofficial before the closest anyone had come to 200 under current Sac regu lations had been a Lap at Over 198 by Roger Mccluskey in tire tests last or Cluskey was Pur chased last Winter for Janet who stands a Good Chance of making the race with practice speeds already up to 191 John Cocks Lap of two months ago continued on Page 21i Bill Simpson quits Auto racing because concentration wanes the 76ers Doug Collins lands on the shoulders of Calvin Murphy of the alter taking a shut Al the Basket in the first Quarter wednesday night in Collins missed the shot and charged with a Indianapolis i i Bill saying he knew it was time to announced his retirement As an Auto racer Rancho Palos drove in the Indianapolis 500 Only finishing 13th in on two other occasions his machines were bumped by faster Simpson came to the Speedway this year As owner of two cars he said he made up his mind to quit after a few Warmup laps i turned a Lap at then 187 and 188 and everything Felt he but As i came through the second turn and headed Down the Back i found myself thinking about a business problem and want ready for the third turn i almost wrecked my car trying to get through the turn and then 1 pulled into the pits and told the Crew to take the car to the garage Simpson he told his Crew he was finished i just didst think it would be fair to them after All their hard work to go out and Lake a Chance at wrecking the car i knew it was time to Simpson said he had of his own Money tied up in the two cars he said he operates five businesses that put a lot of pressure on him and there is no room for Swiss grand prix Veteran Clay Regazzoni is assigned to Simpsons other Simpson said Regazzoni will have his Choice of cars for the race on May they Are identical British made our entire team is going to work As hard As we can to help Regazzoni win this Simpson