European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stuck tops qualifying at Sebring a West German Hans driving a porsche 962 Proto smashed the qualifying Mark for the coca cola 12 hours of Sebring by nearly 6 Mph the Veteran european endurance whose co Drivers will be car owner Bob Akin and Jim sizzled around the twisting course in 2 an average of that buried the track Mark of set a year ago by englishman Brian Redman in a Jaguar xjr5 Proto joining stuck in the front Row at the Start of saturdays race will be two time Sebring Winner and International motor sports association Camel it series Point Leader Al Holbert in another who will co drive with Derek Bell of England and Al Unser also broke the old qualifying touring the rough Sebring Airport layout in in the top five qualifiers All were under re mans third place on the big Grid went to the Jaguar co driven by Bob Chip Rob Inson and Jim which qualified at and it was followed by the Chevrolet powered March 85g of de fending Simsa Champion Randy Lanier and Bill Whittington at and the Buic powered March 84g of John Paul Ken Madren and Wayne picker ing at the other group 44 team which will be co driven by 1978 Sebring Winner was placed seventh in the starting lineup by co Driver and two time Sebring Winner Hurley Haywood at americas oldest Road race is run on a the rough Concrete runways and Access roads of the Sebring which annually makes the 12hour event a real race of the track usually begins to break up Dur ing the Long with the powerful cars tossing chunks of broken Concrete into the the race was to Start at 11 est saturday and end exactly 12 hours the winners will share about from the total purse of about which is the biggest in the 33year history of the Sebring March 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 Erika Hess right celebrates her slalom and season victories with 8485 runner up Tamara Mckinney left and Perrine Mckinney 2nd in final slalom standings Hess wins cup season Crown heavenly a Erika Hess of the last skier of the won a women world cup slalom race on Friday to Clinch the season title in that event for the fourth time in her who by virtue of being fastest in the morning run had to Start last in the 30woman Field in the had a second run time of seconds for an aggregate time of 1 Sec the Victory boosted Hess slalom total for the season to seven More than runner up Tamara Mckinney of Lexing who finished fifth in this runner up to Hess in fridays slalom was Perrine Pelen of who was timed in Pelen finished third in the slalom standings with 89 taking third in the final slalom race of the season was Malgorzata Tlalka of Poland in Brigitte Gadient of Switzerland captured fourth in and rallying from eighth place after the morning took fifth in a 23yearold two time former world cup Overall added the slalom Crown to titles won in 1982 and Only two weeks it seemed As if Hess would have Only frustration to show for this but she won her first race of the sea a slalom at Park Utah on tues to jump past Mckinney into the Sla Lom setting the stage for her Gutsy performance on she took control with a first run of that was faster than Italy Maria Rosa who ranked third on the slalom and ahead of my Winner of the slalom title in held the Lead temporarily after racing 23rd in the but was pushed Down in turn by Tlalka and Mckinney Only Hope As Hess stepped into the starting Gate was for the Swiss standout to but Hess was in control All the Way Thornton will need surgery on knee from press dispatches slugger Andre signed by the Cleveland indians to a guaranteed four million contract in Learned Friday he will need surgery to re pair damaged cartilage in his left who missed the entire 1980 season because of a similar injury to his right said he has been slightly Trou bled by the left leg All after the knee locked up on him while be was run Ning to first base thursday in an exhibition game at he decided to have doctors examine it if the surgery can be performed with an Thornton said he could Possi Bly be Back in action in four the extent of the wont be known until he is examined by John Bergfeld in Cleveland Early next probably in very confident it wont be like last Thornton referring to the two operations he needed to Correct the prob Lem with his right knee in i guess they cant really Tell How bad the injury is until they get in  use the scope to see How much damage there elsewhere at Spring training Camps Fri Rookie Bobby Bonilla s Longshot baseball Roundup Hopes of jumping from Nashua in the double a Eastern league to the Pitts Burgh pirates opening Day squad vanished with a Throat tightening the pop came when Bonilla collided with second baseman Leon Bip another while going after Mike brew ers Fly Ball in an exhibition game Between the pirates b team and the Kansas City royals and meant that Bonilla had suffered a Bro Ken Bone above his right who batted for Nashua last will be sidelined several the royals won the game 62 with Charlie Leibrandt tossing five scoreless Dave Parker belted a three run Homer and Nick Esasky hit a two run shot to Lead the Cincinnati reds to a 62 win Over the pirates a Harold Baines had three including a three run Home to give Tom Seaver and the Chicago White sox an 82 exhibition Victory Over the Toronto Blue Darryl Strawberry and George Foster hit rib singles to break a 33 tie in the fifth sparking the new York acts to a 65 Victory Over the Montreal Dwight pitched five innings to pick up the Mike one of four mets traded to the expos for Gary tagged Gooden for a three run Homer in the second inning the Only runs Gooden has allowed in 12 Spring Chris Chambliss drove in four runs with a pair of two run pacing Atlanta 12hit attack in a 95 Victory Over the Texas Jim Rice hit a three run Homer and five Boston pitchers held Houston to four lifting the red sox to a 93 Victory Over the Bruce Kison was the Winner but relievers Mike de John Henry Johnson and Bob Stanley limited Houston to Only one hit after the fourth inning a single by Harry Spil Man in the Lonnie Tom Herr and Jack Clark each had two hits and Andy Van Slyke drove in two runs to Lead the Louis cardinals to a 53 Victory Over the Kansas City Van Slykes Bloop double scored the first run and an error allowed the Ozzie Smith and Lonnie Smith then had rib singles when the cardinals scored four runs in the fourth inning to overcome a 20 Minnesota Frank Viola pitched seven innings of three hit Ball and the twins pounded out 17 hits on their Way to a 102 exhibition Victory Over the Philadelphia making his fourth Spring allowed two unearned struck out five and walked he has allowed Only seven earned runs and walked one in 19 stripes will carry baseball schedules tuesday where does your favorite major league baseball team open the season for the answer to this and All your other questions about who plays whom in be sure to turn to this Page in your stars and stripes the next two the american 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