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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, January 17, 1978

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes january i7a race crash in fatal to 2 Apt Veteran Stock car Driver Sonny of Van and a racing Mechanic were killed sunday in a Freak Accident at Riverside International Easley 198 which he was driving in practice for next saturdays Stock car 300 Lascar modified sportsman race Slid out of control into a group of parked pit vehicles at High the other victim was identified As Doug Las of la officials said he was pinned Between a truck and a Van struck by the race Gruntz was a member of a pit Crew ing for Driver tiny Keith of Van the Accident occurred on an escape Road leading away from the High Speed Back All the cars on the mile Road course were driving at reduced speeds due to a yellow caution according to Ken West coast super i Piper mid observers reported a alleys ear dropped a wheel off the pavement into the Muddy Corner of a dog leg Bend in the and then skidded out of control Side across the track and Down the Easley had turned in the fifth fastest Lap time in practice shortly before the fatal a he had toured the eight turn Road course at an average Speed Miles per fastest was Glen Steurer at Chatsworth in a 1972 Nova at right behind Steurer on the clocks were Bobby Allison of in a 1978 concorde at Jim Walker of in a 1874 Smaro at m and Hugh Peanut of a in a 1977 Carnero at Easley was one of the most highly regarded race driven on the Pacific finishing second to Points to six time Champion Ray elder of in winning two but Easley had been less Active the last two Easley biggest Victory came in 1973 when he won the tint Stock car race Ever held on the Road course at Laguna and he was also noted for losing a hairline decision to Driver George Follmer in a Somile Stock car race at Ontario motor Speedway Easley record on the Winston West grand National circuit was eight 40 finishes in the lop and in the top 10 out of w since i wha sums Fred Holt my n w ii in u if Stu tint 11 Uthi i arh t i ii u Phlim oui cd Andretti leads All the Way in Lotus to capture Argentine grand Buenos Aires up Maria an Brettl of the United states gunned his Lotus into the Lead from the Start sunday and kept la there All the Way to win the Argen Tine grand the unit race of the 1971 formula one it was a Good the 37yearold italian bom Driver at least we were to control the whole Way and didst have any it was belter than i expected world Champion mild Lauda of making his debut with the Brabham finished second in a Brabham More than 13 seconds behind who started on the Patrick Depal ller of France finished third in an allowed by James Hunt of England in a Mclaren an diet tvs Ronnie Peterson of in a Lotus mk4 and Patrick Lambay of France in another Mclaren the scheduled for s3 ended in confusion when the nag was lowered Aspe Terson completed a 52nd Lap because his car was apparently confused with Andrei its almost identical coining around just after Peterson but almost a full Lap ahead of actually completed s3 circuits of the mile Buenos Aires Auto Rome but race director Juan Manuel a five time world ruled that the times would be taken As of the 52nd Andretti a time of one 17 Mario Abr Tell taking Check ered Flag at Bonn aim wins first race of 1971 formula one season sundays College Cage Roundup Chapel map North car Olina senior guard Phil Ford and Sopho More Forward Mike Okoren combined for 31 Points to give Iran feed North Carolina a 7169 Atlantic coast conference basketball win Over Wake Forest unc preserved its narrow Victory when freshman Al Wood blocked a shot by Wake Leroy Mcdonald As time ran out and Okoren grabbed the who had Only four Points in the first poured in eight straight to open the second half to push unc to a 4m8 the tar Keels then outscored Wake Forest 119 in five minutes to move out to a 6m7 Lead with remaining in the but Wake forests Rod Griffin and prank Johnson then dominated and Drew the deacons Back u within one Point at 66 65 with the deacons were aided by two Steak while North Carolina was in in stall but Ford converted four foul shots and jell Wolf hit one for unc final scoring warriors whip rebels Milwaukee a fourth ranked sparked by a Points by Jerome Whitehead and a career nigh by Ulice built a i Point first half Lead and held on to defeat 11 Nevada Las vegas 9781 sunday in nationally televised College Butch Lee also had 19 Points for the de fending National Champion warriors 12 Tony Smith scored 27 for Nevada Las vegas mostly from As the Runan gun rebels Seldom were Able to pass inside Marque Les tight Mai Homan soviets Edge Urcla los Angeles a Sergei Lovisha nit a i foot jump shot at the Buaer to give the soviet Vunion National basketball team an jo7s Victory Over Urcla in an International contest the Basket came after David Green Wood had put Urcla ahead by one Point with m second left by connecting on a pair the russians took a fou Point Lead 76 with less than three minutes How guard Hoy Hamilton put Urcla in front 7776 by scoring five straight the teams exchanged a pair of free throws after that before to Kaishas win nine us footmen Center Vladimir Zhi Gilt led the soviets with a game High 23 Al expander Salnikov added 20 while the 74 russian giant Vladimir Tkaczenko Audett a before fouling out with sin minutes left in the Greenwood led Urcla with a while Hamilton and Raymond Townsend each had 13 Powts for the defeat was Only the second loss of the season for the 7ranked seconds gave him an average Speed of Miles per there were no collisions or injuries but six Drivers went out Early with various John Watson of England ran second behind Andretti for most of the race but went out on the 41st tap when his Brabham bt4sc lost Power due to undetermined engine Danny Ongala of the United states completed Only 35 laps in his Ensign Alan Jones of Australia went out about the same Lime with problems with his Ara financed Lamberto Luconi of Italy went out at 21 tops in his Ensign Arturo Renarto Oil Taly finished Only nine laps in his Merallo and Rupert Keegan of t control of is Surtees on a who had the beat Lap time of was elated with nil third place in so or was the same the first Lap As the Depal ller the straight line Speed was Good and the brakes were it was a blazing hot typical of Argentina Southern hemisphere mid sum with Clear skies and temperatures above 90 an estimated fans in the Buenos Aires Auto drone were disappointed when local favorite Carlos Reutemann ran into problems with his Ferrari 12 after starting in second the final standings ulum shut 1 b Kathi it 1 a at Quill in Eifer Mutti Aba boxes sum Cavaliers Cleveland a a e off loll wow i Lut h m Tili i i Amer 111 1 u want Tui t m ten in anti g s w Foft 1 h ferry 1 1j to Superson Loi in Loki 101 Niew Roit Komu Krum 1 u cml Lluhi 1 h ii my utile hot Mcmall i Simiu i h a left t in Jonson i4j will Imp 14 r m tort b a u we h b it Itiba Tow Tamim it Shim Chiou Wiiri is Allmut 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