European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes june 1977 by Randy Barnett racing Roundup an additional column is necessary this week to discuss another move to hold grand prix racing in the City of is the oldest and most famous Street circuit but Long has established its grand prix West with two races run despite Many Long Beach has survived and a third up will be staged next chances the Long Beach race will become a permanent fixture on the International grand prix ready to follow Long Beach and become u third Street setting for a world Champion ship round is in Ontario the Canadian grand set for 9 and originally scheduled for Gosport Park As in the past May very Well take place in the proposed of would wind Over the cites exhibition place roads and use a portion of Lake Shore Boulevard As a 180mllcanhour straight Al who serves in the Canadian has kept me informed on the Prog while serving in Europe a few years Al covered the racing scene for the Cana Dian forces newspaper Der Kanadier and he Hast lost his interest even although he misses the Many opportunities that living in Europe offers the grand prix in it looks pretty Good i thought you might be interested in the enclosed clippings since it looks As if the Long Carlo syndrome has finally made it to the Northern Al wrote re it int definite but it looks pretty i checked with both the Toronto Star and Star sports writer Len and got a release for you to use the stories if you so choose and that you would credit the Toronto Star if you so theres the credit and heres a thank you to Al for the the original proposal for the Canadian grand prix in Toronto hit its first Coates and that involved the million carpet of artificial turf in exhibition heres a part of coals Story officials of Gosport Park and Lavatts breweries partners in the Toronto up Enterprise confirmed that they Are proposing moving the race from Gosport to with the route running through exhibition the pits would have been there and the stadium used for a major problem Gord general manager of the stadium says the artificial turf cant be lifted without ruining i would think that poses a rather major Walker the carpet of turf is glued Down to an Impact live eights of an Inch the in is cemented to an Asphalt the turf and Cush Ion cant be removed without Walker Gosport president Harvey Hudacs said the grand prix plan does not live or die on whether the stadium can be he said the route could be altered to bypass the stadium and temporary bleachers could handle the and that exactly what the route has been changed and will now bypass the the pits and area to be located on the Lake Shore with temporary bleachers last the Canadian National exhibitions Board of governors approved the moving it one step closer to the proposal now must be okayed by the metro Council and its executive race has outgrown Gosport sports writer Coates quoted Sid vice president and general manager of la As saying the race has outgrown Gosport it must move to a major Canad an City and be run within the Coates quoted Oland As saying Oland estimates the race in Toronto would attract of them visitors to the spending an estimated Lavatts and Gosport expect to spend million building a track and paving parts of the Road Coates and have guaranteed the Canadian National exhibition a the idea of running a race on the streets of Toronto dates Back to when the mos port circuit fought the but Gosport president Hudes has since changed his Coates quoting Hudes As saying the Canadian grand prix has almost outgrown the Gosport the event is now so Large that we were busting at the rafters to accommodate the increase in we must either find a Way at Gosport to get More people in the site know narrowed Down to and if the metro Council supports the Deci Sion of the Canadian National then the Canadian City will join Monaco and Lone Beach in hosting a race right in Long Beach has proved it can be and before perhaps other cities will get the for grand prix its a very healthy ill keep you posted on what develops at porsche 936 approaches be mans Victory with it Treen Barth at the wheel Nickxs great drive wins at lemans be France up Jacky Ida of Belgium swapped cars in mid race and drove a Martini porsche 936 Turbo sunday to an 11lap Victory in the 45th be mans 24 hours sports car classic despite a 38 minute pit Stop in the final icky joined Jurgen Barth of West Ger Many and Hurley Haywood of the in the porsche teams second car and hoisted it from 41st position after four hours when his own car broke the rules of the annual endurance Clas sic permit a Driver to change cars provided he is listed As a replacement Driver for the car he takes the three teammates covered 342 laps of the Sarthe circuit for a total Dis Tance of Miles at an average Speed of 122 Miles per the porsche with the bearded 29 year old Barth at the limped around the track for the required minimum of two laps in the final half hour of the doing Only about 40 Miles per hour and making a huge Racket because of a damaged the porsche Victory idas third straight Triumph at be mans and a record tying fourth win Here for the 32yearold belgian Ace came As the Climax to a Usa eur fire marshal shoots Hole none Heidelberg Usa eur fire mar Shal Duane Tom Collins cooled off his partners saturday when he registered his first Hole none Collins connected on the Par second Hole at Heidelberg Golf he used a 4iron and was playing with Bob Harlan and Bud Collins Ace was the fifth recorded this season at earlier aces were registered by Dumas Johnnie Jack Garris and Kurt Gullikson upsets Tanner in England up Tim Gullikson sunday upset Roscoe Tanner 1311 to reach the final of the John player grass court tournament and earn himself an automatic berth for the Wimbledon championships he was to meet Chiles Jaime 63 conqueror of Stan Smith of sea r aunt beginning of the Gullikson was faced with the Prospect of qualifying for Wimbledon Centennial tournament but wins against top seed Guillermo Vilas and the fourth have earned the unheralded player from a wild card after splitting the first two Gullik son and Tanner fought a service Battle for 20 games in the final when Tanner broke through to go 1110 Gullikson chances to make Wimbledon appeared very but he parried tanners booming serv ice with a Gutsy performance that won him the next three games to Clinch and the All important the chilean Davis cup Star who is in the first set 86 when his service return list the net Cord and dribbled Down on the Calico Means in the decisive Smith dropped his service in the sixth game to give Fillol a 42 Lead which he served out to Solomon wins Brussels title Brussels a Harold Solomon of Silver beat West Germany Karl Meiler 75 64 sunday to win the belgian International Tennis championships and take Home the prize Solomon had not lost a set in the previous four rounds but had to rally from a weak Start against nigh Long Duel with the Renault Alpine Turbo of Frenchman Jeanpierre a Boutte and England Derek the Only other Driver before icky to win four times at be mans was another Bel Olivier who triumphed in and 1961 Jabot due went from pole position into the which the Renault held until it was forced out with a broken Piston seven hours from the the second place porsche then took Over the Lead and stayed up front until the Renault team manager Gerard Lar who had sworn to avenge last years defeat by the West German had to make do with a second place for australian Mem Schuppan and Jean Pierre Jarier of France in a Renault Mirage Claude ballot Lena of France and Peter Gregg of the were third in a privately entered porsche 935 you can never be certain of winning in a race like Leas we All found out Ida referring to the last minute scramble in the porsche you have to keep your senses to win a race like he of said it the same Way you can never say youve won this race because anything can three times Winner of the Daytona 24 was racing in his first be mans and driving a porsche 936 for the first idas cockpit change came after Only three hours when his own 936 which he was driving with Frenchman Henri Pes limped into the pits with a broken it was a rough race on porsche team chief Manfred Jantke switched his 1 to the second 936 at its next refuelling it was running in 41st porsche Hopes of crowning its last year at be mans with Victory seemed dashed when the 935 Turbo driven by Rolf Stemmelen of West Germany and Liechtenstein Manfred Scurti dropped out with a blown head Gasket lust one hour later after running second behind a Bouillez Renault fortunes changed with a Bouillez withdrawal and the Renault Challenge faded when Patrick Degailler and Jacques Law file of France dropped out of second Posi Tion with a broken Cylinder with Only four hours tension heightened in the crowd of 000 when the porsche pulled into the pits with smoke belching from its engine just 45 minutes from the mechanics Laboured for 38 minutes to repair the Piston sufficiently to enable the car to Complete its required minimum of two laps in the final half