European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 29, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 29 outdoors with Brian Mcwilliams Hunter marksmen Bright and Early on the mornings of oct. 28 and 29, dozens of Hunter marksmen will gather at the Wei Blicken Rod and gun club Range to test their skills during the annual Rheinland Pfalz regional championships. Rifle Shotgun and pistol enthusiasts will have the Opportunity to vie for prizes trophies and a Chance at the Grossgold marksmanship pin which is awarded at Only two shoots per year usually the association championships and the Rheinland Pfalz regional match All Day saturday is set aside for practice shooting with actual Competition getting underway on sunday. Additional information and Advance registration is available from the we Brucken Rod and gun club Kreuzberg Kaseane 6660 we Brucken Tel 06332-7851. Other 1978 div shoot dates current As of this Date sept. 30 Baum older oct. 14-15 Baum older subject to Chang closed club shoot. Note it is Wise to Call the div match sponsoring club a few Days before a match is scheduled to learn of any last minute changes that May have occurred. Hubertus mass and Hunting Art show the Frankfurt Lions club in co sponsorship with the Sachsenhause Hunter s club invites All German and american Hunters and the general Public to attend a St. Hubertus mass to be celebrated in the Frankfurt Cathedral Kaiser do starting at 6 ., saturday oct. 14. Sacred music will be performed by Germany s most popular Kur Saelzer jag Horn Blaeser  the carmelite cloister in Frankfurt will be the scene of a Hunting Art show. Or. Walter Wall Nann the lord mayor of Frankfurt will Cut the ribbon at 11 ., oct. 14. Three Drivers fighting for Lead As Sac racing debuts at Silverstone perpetual fishing contest As the Trout season moves into its final month anglers with a competitive spirit Are reminded to enter their record catch of the current season in the . Perpetual fishing contest program. Entries however Are not limited to Salmon ids any fish taken on Rod and reel in a sporting manner and in compliance with Legal and statutory require ments May be entered. There Are four major game fish divisions 1 Salmon ids 2 Cyprinid 3 predatory fish and 4 special category which encompasses Saltwater fish and All Freshwater fish not included in any of the other divisions. Apart from Trout Many other Freshwater species can provide year round contest fun because Legal season and size requirements do not apply to them. The perpetual fishing contest is also open to Host country and third country nationals. There s no entry fee and every Angler who files his or her first valid entry form will automatically receive two awards the master Angler Patch and the trophy fish citation containing pertinent data on the catch. All entries received by dec. 31 of each year will be considered in the final judging to de Termine the four division champions. Top Winner in each divison will win the master Angler of the year award a Pewter plate 25 centimetres in diameter depicting the Patron Saint of fishermen St. Peter surrounded by eight of the most popular German game fish. Each plate will be inscribed with the  of Winner and identifying  and weight of the record catch. . Rule books and official entry forms Are available at any Rod and gun club Affili ate or from the Usa eur Hunting and fishing office. A completed entry forms should be sent directly to the Rod and gun association Headquarters at one of the following addresses a he Usa eur Oag red a Apo 09403 b Postrach 10 57 23, 6900 Heidel Berg. I As of sept. 20, the following entries Are the leading contenders for 1978 honors 1 a 2,625-Gram Large Mouth Bass taken at Lake Caspe Spain by Thomas h. Lively 2 a 2,200-Gram eel removed from the nag old River Germany by William e. Hill 3 a 320 Gram Brook Trout pulled from the nag old River by Gela d. Hill. No entry has yet been received for the special category. Fishing fun and happiness can be a Lazy line in a warm sluggish River teeming with Cyprinid or a fast lure in a Trout Stream a dry or wet Fly in a Grayling Creek or a minnow on the terminal end of a bait casting Rig in a Pike Lake. These and other things like sitting under a starlit sky with a fresh catch sizzling Over a campfire and a cup of hot Coffee with bits of ashes is happiness. There s plenty of variety. Take your Choice. And remember Complete happiness is a master Angler Patch on your fishing Vest or the Angler of the year Pewter plate on the Wall of your fishing Den. Enter your application form preferable together with a picture of your record catch and make the 1978 . Program a truly memorable experience for yourself. Enter As often As you like. Petri Heil. Southern Germany championship members of the association of american Rod & gun clubs recently competed in Freiburg Germany at the Southern Germany championship International Clay Pigeon shoot. The association team placed second Overall. Match Winner was Esteban Askue from Spain who is the european titlist and the defending world Champion. Wade Lunnis was second in a class and maj. D. Behrens placed second in b class. By Gary Harris . Bureau chief Silverstone England is Fea Turing a three Way fight for the Lead America s Multi thousand Dollar United states Auto club Sac National championships come to the British scene for the first time Ever with a race at Silverstone saturday opening the . Series. A week later the Sac circuit moves to brands Hatch Southeast of London. Three time Indianapolis 500 Champion Al Unser of Albuquerque n.m., reigning Sac Champion Tom Sneva of Spokane wash., and former Champ and indy 500 Winner Gordon Johncock of Phoenix Are locked in a hot Battle for the Lead in the 18 round championship series. The title could Well be decided in Britain As Only one race at Phoenix remains after the dates in England. Unser who recently made . Motor racing history by winning Over half a Mil lion dollars in one season leads in championship Points after taking the triple Crown by winning All three 500-mile races this season Indianapolis Pocono and Onta Rio. Sneva is a close second. After beating Unser for third place in last saturday s Trenton n.j., race he trails Unser by Only 87 Points. Unser and Sneva drive British designed Al Unser Tom Sneva Stock cars to race at Babenhausen track Babenhausen Germany the Babenhausen Stock car racing association will stage races on sunday at the one mile dirt track Here with the first of the Day s events to be flagged off at 1  The club plans to hold races every Sun Day through oct. 29, with 10 to 12 events on each sunday s program. Classes Are open to 1200cc and 1600cc cars. The track is located on Babenhausen Ca sern and Spectator admission is free. Sniffen repeats at Wood i Awn Ramstein Germany Carmel sniff in of Ramstein captured her second straight Woodlawn ladies Golf association championship Here thursday with a 29 that gave her a 239 total for the 54-Hole tournament. Piggy Djuren finished a Distant second to Sniffen with a 91-86-88265. Gloria do Novan s 208 took Low net honors. Marathon orders clarified Eringen to Host Power lifting meet Schwet Zingen Germany . Mil itary entrants in the oct. 9 Athens Mara Thon must have permissive toy orders administrative leave orders and an Ordi nary leave a 31 form in order to be Eli Gible for a space available flight out of Greece after the Competition a recreation services spokesman said Here thursday. An earlier announcement in the stars and stripes had stated that administrative leave orders or a a form 31 were required. Erlanger Germany the Eringen invitational Power lifting championship for men and women is scheduled for Satur Day oct. 14 at Ferris Barracks gym. Open to All Active duty . Military As signed to Europe and their dependents Over 18 years the Competition will feature squat Bench press and dead lift. Registration will take place from 9 to 10 ., weigh ins will be conducted from 9 to 10 15 ., and the program is slated to get underway at 10 30  The Power lift Competition is open to All weight categories and a $5 registration fee will be levied. Limited billeting is Avail Able oct. 13 for out of area participants. Trophies will be awarded for first and second in each weight class for the Best Overall lifter and for the Best team 4 per sons. For More information Contact your local gym no or Call Nurnberg military 2621-6883 or 7115. And built Lola and Penske cars respectively and both run the British co Worth v-8 engine. The dark horse is the 42-year old Johncock who with his All american Wildcat car and four Cylinder Dis engine is within easy reach of the leaders from his no. 3 spot on the list. Sac Drivers and equipment Are More used to Flat or banked curves in . Oval racing. Of the 18 rounds in the Champion ship series just three Are on Road circuits and two of those Are the British races. The Only other Road circuit is Gosport in  current Lap record for Silverstone the world s fastest grand prix circuit is 1 minute 18.81 seconds or 133.93 Miles per hour and was set by Britain s James Hunt in a formula 1 Mclaren m23 in 1977 Brit ish grand prix qualifying. Several indy teams Are confident that they will crack this record with their 900-horsepower, methanol fuelled cars. In recent testing Sneva lapped Silver Stone at 131 . Without running the engine on full Power. To make the British race tracks compatible with american racing several costly modifications have been made. The pits at both Silverstone and brands Hatch have been converted to 110 Volt 60 Cycle Power so that american teams can use their own tools and Oil heating equip ment. Normal British Power As on the continent is 240 Volt 50  racing normally goes counter clockwise whereas the British circuits Are designed for clockwise use. This makes pit stops happen the other Way round " that is All fuel supplies will be on the right of the car with intake nozzles on the left. Every pit area at Silverstone and brands Hatch has been fitted with booms to carry Supply lines Over the tops of the cars to enable Safe pit stops. Methanol the alcohol fuel used by indy cars is not generally available in the . In fact it is illegal to use in a Normal Road vehicle and it is also an untaxed spirit and subject to close scrutiny by customs and excise officials. This fact has caused enormous problems for teams and the fuel suppliers. The fuel is Only available in 45-gallon Drums and will be supplied at each circuit in loads of 56 Drums. Every drop of fuel used must be accounted for subject to a stringent Check by customs and excise representatives. Sac pit stops Are much faster than anything previously seen at Silverstone and brands Hatch. Refuelling and tire changes take As Little As 12 seconds and cars enter and exit the pits much quicker than do formula 1 cars. To make the operation Safe slight modifications Are being made to the pit entry exit roads and a special safety Wall is being built at brands Hatch. Silverstone is already equipped with such a Wall. The organizers have also taken Steps to Cope with the wet British weather. Be cause of the enormous Power output of indy Type engines it is impossible for them to race safely under wet conditions. No wet weather tire can grip the Road with sufficient Power. Two enormous drying machines nor Mally used at Santa pod drag strip will be tried at Silverstone. The machines consist of Flat bed trucks fitted with Rolls Royce Jet engines with the Jet deflected Down wards onto the track. The engine will con sume 250 Gallons of fuel per hour As the trucks travel at i12 . Sports on of major league base Ball Toronto Blue jays at Boston red sox 12 30 ., and Cleveland indians at new York Yankees 1  Dual coverage saturday