European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 08, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday. June 8, 1977. The local sports scene by Randy Barnett racing Roundup continued from Page 25 finished third his first Points placing this year. ,._.brazil s Emerson thu pall world Champion in 1972 and 74, failed to finish in Belgium electrical problem but his new car looks Good and Emerson is quite Happy with ii. We were Able to test Only a few laps in England so most of the testing has been done Here at Fittipaldi said. During final practice i had a misfiring engine and too much oversteer. But the car eventually will be right. No comparison to the old one which i be driven or the last time Emerson said smiling. I m pleased with the new car in general both Lor handling and Road holding. It needs More testing and then i should be competitive. Hopefully after two or three More races ii will he a pleasure to see the Brilliant brazilian Driver up at the front again where he deserves to to. He and his brother Wilson have put an incredible amount of work into the All brazilian project and their time at the top must come soon. Lunger luckless ertl hangs in Brett a Unuer of Wilmington del., had his Mclaren m23 at older and he qualified it 22nd in the 26-car Field. Then came problems. The engine blew in sunday morning s in timed testing and it was replaced in time for the race. But there was a leak in the fuel system which could t be rectified and Brett was a very disappointed non starter. Strictly bad Luck for this very personable american. Lunger by the Way said he Hopes to do a series of lectures on racing and driving at various bases in Europe and i it have definite details later regarding time and Good Luck for a change was the bearded austrian Harald ertl who started on the Back Row in his he kelp Ford. Ertl put on a great show going Teto the first left hander after the Start passing about five cars then Pirouette no off in Ballet fashion along with Ian Scheckter s March. Both recovered ertl going All the Way to finish ninth but mor votes but there s Only so much space so let s wrap it up. After seven cps next round is the swedish grand prix at and Storp on june 19jody Scheckter leads by on Point with 32 to Niki Lauda s 31. Carlos Reutemann has 23 Points. Andretti 22, and Nilsson 13. These Are the lop five and it s very close. With 10 races to go it s still anyone s title. On the constructor s Side. Ferrari leads with 46 Points. Lotus has 33, Wolf 32, Mclaren 15 and Tyrrell 11 where to go this weekend be mans although the 24 hours of be mans no longer carries championship status it remains the most important event on the sports car racing Calendar. Like last year. Group 5 and 6 cars Simsa cars. It prototypes and production cars have been combined to form a 70-car a nary but Only the 55 fastest will take the starting Flag at 4 . On saturday afternoon. For 24 hours the Drivers will be stretching engines Chassis brakes and tires to the limit in the quest for All out Victory and class wins. This year the Winner will probably be either a Pon he Turbo 936 or a Renault Alpine Turbo these machines in the group 6 Cate gory. Porsche won last year and Lor this weekend s z4 hours of be mans the German firm is entering two factory 936 cars while the French Are going with three factory Ren cult turbos. Two Mirage racers will also use the Renault Turbo engines these machines entered by Harley Cluxton of Phoenix aril. Two in Altera group $ cars powered by Ford co Worth engines and a Lola entered by Alain de Ca Denel make up the top entries in the group 6 class the class that should provide the Over All Winner. The group 5 division Silhouette cars is strictly a porsche Turbo affair with top entries there being one 935 from the porsche factory one Krcmar racing team 935 and two Corg Loos Oclo racing team 935s. Luigi Chinetti or. And John Greenwood Are two of the big names competing in the american based Simsa class. Chinetti running a Ferran 365 it in the Simsa class plus a 308 gab in the it class and Greenwood again Fielding one of his famous 5.7-liter be mans practice is from 5 . To u . On wednesday and thursday with Friday a Day off for everyone. Every Public enclosure on the circuit opens at 8 . On saturday and the race will be nagged off promptly at 4 ., ending 24 hours later. Track area campgrounds Are open from wednesday through monday. Safe Golf reinstated at Ramstein aug. 25-28 Ramstein Germany the 1977 Safe Golf championship has been rein stated and will take place at Ramsten s Woodlawn Golf course aug. 25-28, Safe officials announced format for the 1977 tournament which originally was suspended Calls for 72 holes of medal play with each sports conference allowed to enter five open Golf ers three seniors and two women. The team championship will be determined by the six Low total scores of the 10 team Par tournaments will be staged at incl Lik Turkey hell Nikon a Greece Tore on Spain and Aviano Italy to deter mine the Field for the Mac championships at Torrejon aug. 17-20. The Csc meet will be held at two Sites aug. 13-14 at Hahn and aug. 20-21 at Ramstein while the . Tourney is at Lakenheath aug. 19-21.All participants will be responsible for payment of greens fees on an individual basis. Personnel belonging to a Safe Golf club will be allowed reciprocal playing privileges at Ramstein. Safe will be responsible for information can be obtained by calling Ramstein Mil 7766 or 6598. La conference slated for pm bad Godesberg Germany the annual Little league pre4ournament con Ference will be held june 17 at the a abiding at Rhein main s Gateway gardens housing area european director Mike Shapiro has said that it is imperative that each league have a representative at the meeting because administrative and Finan Cial matters at All Levels of tournament play in Junior senior and big league Divi Sions will be discussed. Special emphasis will be placed on tournament Dales and Sites naming of tournament directors District and country pairings world series travel and tournament rules and regulations. Shapiro said the european champions in the three brackets will Advance to the respective world series at Williamsport. Pa., Gary ind., and fort Lauderdale Fla. 7th at track dates set Grafe Wohr Germany three dates have been set for the seventh army training command open invitational track championships Here officials said. The Competition will be held on june a july 2 and 9, and is open to All Active Mili tary men and women athletes. The even twill also include a senior division for per sons 35 years and is slated from 8-9 . On the Days of Competition except for july 2when it will be held from 9-10 . 7th at to stage net event Grafe Wohr Germany these tenth army training command will stage its first annual Tower Tennis tournament june 24-26 on the Grafe Wohr courts. Competition is open to All military personnel and civilians who receive logistics support and will be held in four divisions open men s Junior Veteran seniors an women s with singles and doubles play in All but the entry deadline for the tournament is june 20. Reservations and billeting arrangements can be made by calling Gra pc Wohr Mil 2643 467. Stuttgart Bowler gets honors Stuttgart. Germany the Stutt Gart area women s Bowling association Bowler of the year award went to Pat Jones of Robinson Barracks who is the Samba Secretary at the annual awards banquet Here. Among others honoured were pack mins and Brenda Clabaugh both of hell Bronn. Cummins won the All events and singles titles at the City tournament to Heilbronn. She also had High series a 628. Clabaugh posted a 246 High game. The Dou Bles title was won by Enka balls and Del ores Walker. The get Pingen big 4 took the team annual Samba membership meet ing will be held june 11 at 1 . Heidelberg plans net events Heidelberg the Heidelberg american Tennis club will sponsor class a and b Tennis tournaments june 11-12 at the Patrick Henry Village courts Here it has been will include mens and women s singles play and will involve two separate flights based on ability. Registration will take place at the club House. The entry fee is $2. Northern Ireland s John Watson place his Brabham just Nau a car length ahead of Mario Andretti s Lotus As the two Drivers enter the first turn at the belgian grand prix. At far left is Jody mad dash in the rain Scheckter in a Wolf Ford. Driver behind Watson and Scheckter Are obscured by Spray. Shortly after the Drivers went around this turn Andrett crashed into Watson s car at the first chicane and both Drivers were out of the race. Andretti s Lotus teammate Gunnar Nilsson of Sweden went on to win the belgian event his first grand prix Triumph. Is photo Barnett softball stands Csc slow pitch american won Lou pet 0� undue. 4tuhn. Bra a. J National a Arstein. Cwt Brucken bark Envid my t m. 4 is s Jjo .44? 1.$� i to Sun div . Semsch a in 2 Zewri Dricken at Berlin i Csc fast pitch american Sven turn. Undy Camp new a turd a National harm. I Ramt tem. 4 Spang him. 7buburg0 Sundar Tamei 2 . 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