European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday May 3, 1978 the stars and stripes Poge 25 famed Street race by Randy Burnett racing Roundup the so running of the Eitel Ronnen on Germany s famous curb urging was strictly a bad news weekend for the Bow racing dision in particular and Bow Fansin general. The Nightmare started new dec Day when Sweden s fearless Ronnie Peterson of grand prix Fame gave the Bow 320 Turbo a suck Down run. He was to drive the car in sunday s round or the German championship and he was also scheduled to give a hash ranking Bonn minister a demonstration ride on race weekend. During wednesday s test the rear Wing flew off the car and Peterson crashed at about 175 Miles an hour. My Raul loudly he escaped unscathed from the destroyed Auto. When approached on the scene by worried Bow officials the unflappable Peterson s first comment was Well i guess your minister won t be having his ride in this car after , Peterson got into a Brand new Turbo on Friday s opening Day of practice and it was More of the same. A tire hew of the rim again at 175 Mph or so and Peterson crashed into the Guardrail. Somehow the car was repairable and Ronnie promised to take it out again on saturday after an overnight rebuild. By now it should be obvious Why Ibe swede is called earless. So the rebuilt Turbo was wheeled out on saturday and Peter son As he had promised took it out briefly but a leak developed in the Radiator alone with other problems. The car wag mercifully scratched from sunday s race and Peterson then flew off to Monaco where hopefully hell have much better Luck in sunday s grand prix Leftere. Along with Peterson s Trail of destruction Dieter quester of Austria wrote off his Bow on Friday and Germany s Harald Grohs destroyed his Bow 320 in a High Speed crash on saturday. German Driver Klaus Ludwig who drives a porsche Turbo for the Loos team described the wreckage of Groh s car As the worst mess i be Ever seen. How he live through that one is beyond me but he walked away from luckily neither quester nor Grohs was injured although Grohs was treated for Shock. The Ford Hart engines come through in sunday s european championship formula 2 race Bruno Giacomelli of Italy had pole position in his March Bow and of the 10 fastest cars at the front of the 38-car Grid those powered by Bow engines numbered seven. So what happened in the race the Ford powered racers took first second and fifth with Giacomelli retiring with ignition problems. As noted earlier it was a rare Nightmare weekend for the Munich firm. The March Bow formula 2 cars Are Beautiful to behold and i have an idea they la dominate the formula this season March bows swept the first two rounds despite the mortar Grung setbacks. But it was Good for the snort that Ford was Able to fight Back with the Brian Hart prepared engines especially on the Surbur Grung where a Victory is Threet Smej More valuable than anywhere else. Brazil s Alex Ribeiro obviously drove the Best race of his career to win it and certainly the same can be said of Finland s Keke Rosberg who lost out by just a car length. Rosberg tigers All the Way in his famous Book the racing Driver British journalist Denis Jenkinson writes about what he Calls Tigerino his word for fighting Back like a Tiger even in a hopeless situation. Actually one does t see Tigerino too often any More on the grand scale but when you see it. You never forget it. On sunday Rosberg put on a display that i Haven t Seal since the Days of the late Jochen Rindt who was a Tiger on the track and then some. Despite a practically inoperative clutch on the starting line which caused a very late getaway and despite being shoved off by Italy s Piero Necchi Rosberg came storming Back through the Field in a drive that defined Tigerino at its limit. The Only thing that or prised me was that be did t win. But be said be could never get by Ribeiro when be Tod the Chance As the brazilian would rightfully Block him and that be could t touch re Bro in straight line Speed. Regardless when one sees a performance such As Rosberg som can Only speculate on what be would do in a first class car in formula 1 racing. He on the non title Al race in the rain at Siverstone aboard the Only so so Theodore term ule in the South african up be qualified the same car 23rd, and had moved up to 16th by Lap two. He left that race a few laps later with a fuel leak. Talent like Rosberg s cannot be overlooked by the top racing teams forever regardless of the sponsorship wheelings and three formula 2 championship rounds Bruno Giacomelli still leads with 18 Points Marc surer has 15. And Ribeiro 11. American Driver Eddie Cheever who turned in an excellent performance on the ring to finish third just behind Rosberg has 7 Points As continued on Page 26 dragster demonstration runs Monaco up opens european season by Randy Barnettt is Auto racing columnist the Mediterranean principality of Monaco hosts the opening grand prix in Europe on sunday its famous race through the streets ranking with the Indi Anapolis 500 and the 24 hours of be Kansas Mot sports like Indianapolis and be mans the Monaco race is among the oldest on the International Calendar and each year it draws at least 150.000 spectators from throughout the world. Although Many changes have been made on the circuit to slow the cars Down the Monaco Mysti que remains As Strong As Ever. America s Mario Andretti tied with Argentine Driver Carlos Reutemann for the world driving Crown after four grands prix said recently that Monaco is a Good example of a circuit that has outlived its usefulness there s no Way to pass and if you re not on or near the front Row you rout of Andretti is right of course but Monaco remains a fixation of sorts for both drive Sand fans and regardless of How dated the circuit is for modern racing cars a grand prix season without a round at Monaco would be unimaginable. The old Cir Cuit at Indianapolis has been the Brunt of similar charges yet like Monaco it commands world Mario Andretti wide attention once a year. Before the Days of Guardrail and that was t so Long ago the grand prix of Monaco featured Straw bails at the critical Points and frogman along the Harbor. When a car sped off the circuit and splashed into the sea the frogman went into action. But with Guardrail All along the circuit now the Days of Rescue at sea Are Over. The race at Monaco is about As Safe As any race can be but it still requires great skill from the Drivers As the slightest mis take usually ends in a Bash against the Guardrail and subsequent retirement. A Driver who wins at Monaco rightfully con siders that Victory a High Point in his career. Sunday s famous event Marks the begin Ning of the european up season where things get truly difficult with a race every two weeks until september. So far four grands prix have been staged two in South America one in South Africa and the recent round on the streets of Long Beach. As noted Andretti and Reutemann Are 2 of Europe s fastest due at Hanau Hanau Germany is two of the test drag cars in Europe will be driven to demonstration runs sunday when the Nau Auto racing association Hara sages its second race of the season at the hegerhorst army Airfield strip near Here. The regular Field for sunday s compete Uon should top the 40-car Mark Hara of jul Jey Lackey says with one of the there being a rail dragster owned a Many s Willi Hestermann and drive by american Harvey Denfield. Machines scheduled to do Demon of Upo runs on sunday include the funny Little Blue swede in owned by Tom my Swenson of Sweden and the fastest car in an a fuel dragster owned by Germany s Fred Krux. The Swenson car one of 10 from Sweden that will appear in the Hara summer nationals on july 16, holds the world re Cord for the 1/8u mile at 5.6 seconds Lackey said. When running on a 67 percent mixture of Nitro the engine develops 1900 horsepower. Krux s a Fuei dragster meanwhile develops 980 he with 67 per cent Nitro said the cars cannot compete in Quarter mile events due to their very High speeds and Lack of run off area but they will do l/8th mile bursts using twin Para chutes to help with the braking. Drag racing cars from the Hara club will be on display from 10 . To 3 . Saturday at the Pioneer Cavern and at the parking lot of the Frankfurt shopping Cen Ter. The club meanwhile will hold its monthly meeting at 8 . On Friday at the Schutze Nheim behind Gross nauheim Ca sern. The gales open at 10 . For sunday s drag race deadline for registration is noon time trials Start at 12 30 and final eliminations begin at 2 . The Fliege Horst army Airfield drag strip is located off National route 40, direction Fulda from Hanau exit Erle see. Tied for the title with 18 Points each but neither Driver has Ever won at Monaco. Until now. Monaco has been a Jinx for Andretti. Who has always had problems there in practice. Reutemann has never spar kled there either but if his Michelin shod 12-Cylinder Ferrari works As Well on Mona co s streets As it did at Long Beach the Argentine Driver could Well come Home the Winner. But englishman Ken Tyrrell Boss of the famous Elf team Tyrrell that helped Jackie Stewart win three world titles rates neither Andretti nor Reutemann As potential winners on sunday. He sees a Victory by either defending world Champion Niki Lauda or his own team Tyrrell Driver Patrick Degailler. Picks Lauda. Degailler if i were a gambling Man i would place Money on Lauda to win if his Brab Ham Alfa Romeo lasts the distance Tyr Rell said last week but i would bet the same amount on my Man Degailler in the Elf Tyrrell 008. The 12-Cylinder Alfa Romeo engine has More torque than our Ford co Worth v-8, and although Niki could be quicker i think our car will be More chances Are that Lauda will definitely be quicker. The austrian world Champion is Superb at Monaco never clipping a curb and never putting a wheel wrong. He won there for Ferrari in 1975 and 76 with pole position in both races and hell be Tough on sunday. Regard no Reutemann s chances Tyr Rell says expect the race to be won by a Goodyea shod car because Michelin have a lot to about the different circuits and because. Don t really fancy the Ferrari Drivers at. Monaco. It s a circuit where you can t afford to make any sort of mis Lake. Gilles Villeneuve s error Cost him the race at Long Beach and Reutemann s spin late in the race at Long Beach would have made him a retirement at discussing Andretti s and Ronnie Peter son s situation in the Lotus cars. Tyrrell says the circuit does t suit the Wing cars either. The Lap speeds Are too slow so that cars like the Lotus will not enjoy the advantages they obviously have on faster Winner in 1974 still Peterson has always qualified High at Monaco which is absolutely essential because of the passing problems in the race itself. The swedish Star won the Monaco up for Lotus in 1974 and chances arc he will be quicker than his teammate Andretti when final practice ends on Satur Day. It would be no great Surprise if Peter son comes Home the Winner on sunday. Going into the Monaco up Peterson and Degailler Are tied with 14 Points each. Lauda meanwhile has 10. Jody Scheckter last year s Winner in a Wolf Ford has had no Luck so far this season and hell need More than his full share of it to repeat on sunday. Many cars will be making their debuts at Monaco among them the new Lotus Ford 79s, a new Surtees Ford and a new uglier Matra. Formula i practice goes from 10 . Thursday until 2 30 . It s a Day off on Friday for the formula 1 Drivers while the formula 3 pilots get in their training. Sat urday s Al practice is at 10 30 . In turned and again at 1 30, the final timed session. A formula 3 race follows Satur Day s Al practice program. Two schedule should be firm but it s not rare for the Monaco organizers to make changes. Sun Day s race of 76 laps 152 mile starts at 3 30 . After Prince Rainier and his wife the former actress Grace Kelly tour the circuit
