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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                26 the stars and stripes March Foy Wollek porsche wins at Sebring a Foyt and Frenchman Bob sharing one of the intimidating porsche 962 outdistanced a Strong Field saturday on the Way to a four Lap Victory in the coca cola 12 hours of the winners completed 281 laps for a total of they averaged Miles per hour in leading the sweep of the top three places by Al englishman Derek Bell and Al Unser in another of the powerful German built finished a Distant they moved to just under two laps of the Lead car after but the second place car lost fifth gear about that time and gradually lost ground the rest of the and each added his first Sebring Triumph to last months Victory in the 24hour race at Daytona the win also gave the Only fou time Winner of the Indianapolis at least one Victory in each of the worlds three most prestigious sports car endurance he combined with fellow american Star Dan Gurney to win the 24 hours of lemans in 1967 and first won the Daytona race in 1983 after a 16year absence from sports car the who earned about inherited the top spot when the 962 of West German Jochen Jim Busby and John Morton went out after leading from Lap 30 through Lap 175 in the International motor sports association Camel it who drove the sixth place starter into the Lead in the second hour of the was again at the wheel and leading the Foy Wollek car by More than a Lap when he ran through debris on the Lith turn of the course at Sebring pieces of Metal came up through the Bottom of the damaging it bruising and cutting busboys right calf and knocking the car out about hours into the who was at the wheel the last 60 drove Preston Henns Swap shop sponsored porsche across the finish line comfortably ahead of third place went to the 962 of Pete Dieter quester of Austria and Rick the Jaguar xjr5 of Bob Chip Robinson and Jim another car that had Early wound up a Distant followed by the Mazda Argo of Jim Downing and John the Winner of the Camel Light less than half the starting Field of 73 cars were running at the end of the Tough race on the rough Sebring International raceway crashes knocked the other Jaguar and the Buick pow ered March 84g of John Paul Ken Madren and Wayne Pickering far off the Paul charged from fifth to first on the first Lap and was still running near the front when he tangled with the Ford Gebhardt of Jan Thoelke of West that knocked the Gebhardt out of action and sent Pauls car to the pits for 24 record setting pole Winner Hans stuck of West Ger Many and co Drivers Bob Akin and Jim Mullen had a Short a blown tire Tore up the rear suspension and sent the car to the sidelines after Only three the car was running fifth at the Girardelli captures 7th slalom of season heavenly a world cup Overall Champion Marc Girar Delli of Luxembourg capped a Brilliant sea son on saturday by winning a record tying seventh world cup slalom ski race by Al most two the 21yearold native of aus who has skied for Luxembourg since age had the fastest times in both heats to Post an aggregate of 1 a Distant runner up was Liechtenstein Paul who completed two trips Down the Mountain in Frommelt had trailed Girardelli by Only seconds after the morning but withered under Girardelli second better than any other of some Consolation to Frommelt was the 20 Points awarded for the runner up that boosted him to 80 Points for the sea son and into second place behind Girardelli on the slalom Sweden Ingemar who was third after the first fell Only a few Gates into his afternoon run and dropped to third in the slalom standings with 78 it was the end of a frustrating Campaign for the 29yearold the world cup career Leader with 79 but none this third place went to Austria Robert whose Fine second run of Al Lowed him to slip past teammate Klaus Hei Degger by Zoller was timed in Heidegger in Pirmin Zurbriggen of the 1984 Overall Champion and runner up to Girardelli this rallied gamely from eighth place to take fifth Overall in seconds behind As was Brilliant in win Ning his seventh slalom to tie the single sea son record established by Stenmark in with Frommelt waiting Girardelli barrelled Down the East bowl course in an amazing seconds faster than it was Girardelli 11th Victory he also won four giant slalom in capturing the title in that discipline to place him third All time in season Only with 13 triumphs in and Jeanclaude Killy of 12 in won More races in a season than did Girardelli wound up the season with 262 Overall including a maximum 125 Points in slalom and 120 in giant a photo Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg Bangs a Gate in route to Victory in world cup slalom at heavenly Jacksonville Cal poly win division ii titles from press dispatches Melvin Allen hit a Layup with 45 seconds left sat urday night to rally Jacksonville state of Alabama to its first Mcaa divison ii championship with a 7473 Triumph Over South Dakota it was the 31st straight Victory for the who were in the final four for the first Jacksonville state lost its first game of the year and did not lose in the women Mcaa division ii also played in Springfield 8 California poly at Pomona beat de fending Champion Central Missouri state a senior guard who led Jackson Ville state to a 7361 semifinal Victory Over Kentucky Wesleyan with 24 Points scored from underneath to give the gamecocks the Lead for Good at Earl Warren caused a South Dakota state turnover with two seconds left and made two free throws after being Mark Schultz scored at the Buzzer for South Dakota Center Mark who had 21 Points before fouling out with and Tom Mcdonald each made two free throws to give the jackrabbits a 7164 Lead with but Allen had 6 Points to key a 100 run that provided the game Cocks with a 7471 advantage with two seconds Tetzlaff was named most valuable player of the Allen finished with 20 Points while Robert Spurgeon had 15 and Warren Mcdonald and Schultz each had 14 Points for the in the women championship Cal Polys Vickie Mitchell scored 24 Points and grabbed 12 Mitchells Layup sparked a 10point run by the Broncos Midway through the first half and the smaller Jennies were never Able to Cal poly took a 4026 Lead Midway through the first half As 511 senior guard Kelly who finished with 13 bombed for 8 straight Points 25 Central which had come into the tournament ranked Cut the margin to 7 Points with 11 minutes left to behind the shooting of Rosie the division ii women player of the who finished with 28 won the scoring Battle with a 60 Jun but Central Missouri 56 and 58 guards could not handle the taller who picked apart the Central Missouri to feed Mitchell and 510 for Ward Sheri Jennum Jennum finished with 15 Points for the 267 who won the first Ever Mcaa division ii women tournament in 1982 and finished second the following Shara Sherman added 13 Points and three steals for Central utahs Dixie captures Junior College Cage Crown up Averi an Parrish scored on a Short jumper with 46 seconds remaining saturday night to give the Dixie Utah rebels a 5755 Victory Over Kankakee and the National Junior College athletic association Champi Parrish tallied 12 of his teams first 14 Points but didst score for almost 33 min utes until hitting the winning Mike Murff had a Chance to tie it for Kankakee with 10 seconds left but his shot bounced off the Parrish was awarded the tournaments most valuable player he scored 66 Points in his three tourney the championship was the fifth game in eight Days for the the last team to qualify for the 16team ranked fourth in the final Njaa finished 351 and won its last 23 the game was tied three times in the second the last at 5555 when Steve Schreiner of Dixie knotted it with Brent Stephenson led the rebels with a game High 16 Points followed by Parrish Stephenson was named to the Al tour lament Alan Eaton was Kankakee leading scorer with 14 Points and also was an All tournament a ranked entering the Tournai finished Dixie coach Neil Roberts was named coach of the tournament and Robert Max Well of Dixie won the sportsmanship  
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