European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup Sunivan fought hard to hit top Danny sullivans Victory in sundays Indi Anapolis 500 was a popular one in and we viewed it with a great Deal of personal interest Here in fair because it was in Europe where Danny got his until arriving in he had never been in a racing he came to England in raced in formula Ford and formula and while campaigning in for Mula 3 he gave a lot of help to another american Eddie Cheever who now drives for Alfa Romeo on the grand prix Sullivan is not Only a first rate but Hes a first rate character As unlike most aspiring Drivers who begin Reading racing magazines at age 10 or Sullivan never gave a thought about the sport until he was 19 years old and on the As he once put it during an interview with the stars and Why on the we he my parents were always bugging me about what Are you going to do with your life i really resented that continual nagging question it always put me and i didst know what i wanted to but i did know that i wanted out of Louisville the place was a so i decided to leave then i could make my own Danny left Louisville for new York where he worked a variety of jobs including taxi driving and As hed always enjoyed driving the family cars As fast As they would go his parents were quite Well he eventually decided to become a racing with the help of Frank a longtime racing authority who also happened to be a Friend of the Sullivan Danny made it to England where he went to the Jim Russell racing school and Drew rave notices from his a dropout at the univer sity of Kentucky in his freshman Danny likes to say that the Jim Russell school was the Only one he Ever enjoyed now age the Kentucky As the euro peans called him when he raced Over is no longer a Hes come a Long Way since his on the bum Days and his winning of the Indianapolis 500 is the High Point at this stage of his during his racing Days in new zealand and Sullivan became a relatively successful but an americans lot can be a difficult one in foreign racing no matter How Strong his record May for the kentuckian was runner up to the late Gunnar Nilsson of Sweden for the British formula 3 championship in and while Nilsson moved immediately into the top level of formula Sullivan received no offers and fell by the in Sullivan campaigned briefly in for Mula 2 during with the american racing entrepreneur Dan Partel giving him a boost with some Marlboro that Deal called for Danny to give talks to american soldiers at recreational centers and Uso facilities in Germany describing whats it like out Danny has a keen sense of and during a session after one of his lectures at the Coleman Barracks rec Center in he was asked what does it feel like if your engine blows up late in the race when you have the Lead said not without a slight Trace of exasperation creeping into his Kentucky what do you think it would feel like in football it would be just like tripping Over your own shoelaces on the five Yard line after running 80 Yards toward what would have been a his talk shows were always and Danny once said he was More nervous during those talks than he was in a racing adding that driving race cars is simply great its the business end that sends you up the finally without prospects in he returned to the United states in dead broke As he put it in a talk we had he had no no car and no Hope for further although the intrepid Sullivan still was not he managed to get a ride in the formula Atlantic series during where he had some and then came the great stroke of Luck that finally changed his he hooked up with Garvin Brown Iii of who had decided to go Canam racing in a big his team would be called Gar Vin Brown racing and he needed a he decided on a Driver from his own Hometown and one with a european racing for the first time in his Sullivan was no longer racing on a in far from team owner Brown had the Means to support a Driver and a team and then his George Garvin was Confounder of the leading whisky distiller in the United driving in Canam and also in cart races he ran As High As fifth in his first indy 500 in Sullivan did one full year of formula one racing in 1983 for the Tyrrell then returned to cart championship racing for the 1984 Hes been campaigning in America Ever and the big payoff came last sunday with his indy 500 we always wished Danny Good Luck in the past when he really needed so now we can take pleasure in wishing him continued Good Luck when he stands at the where to go this weekend in Auto the grand prix of fifth round in the world driving will be held sunday at the circuit in the ardennes practice for formula one cars is set for Friday and with untuned sessions from 10 to and timed qualifying sessions from 1 to 2 the race will be of 44 laps 189 and the starting Field of 26 cars will take the Green Light at on the Cir Cuit is located just West of the town of in a round in the German National championships for cars of various categories including touring sports cars and formula Ford 1600s will be staged sunday at the Mainz Rinthen army with practice All Day on saturday and racing All Day at the Snetterton circuit in near the will hire 24hour car race is scheduled for sat urday and motorcycle racing the grand prix of fifth round in the world motorcycle Roa Drac ing will be held sunday on the mile the circuit located just East of the City of races Are for cycles in the 250 and Soock classes As Well As for cycles with the american Freddie leading in both the 250 and Soock divisions after his double Victory last sunday in is among top entrants in practice will be held on Friday and on the Isle of the annual tourist trophy world championship gets under Way on with a week of racing to follow through june the Isle of Man races Are the first in this years seven race tourist trophy championship at there is German trophy racing on saturday for bikes in All including cycles with while sundays program at Bockenheim features a German championship motorcycle Motocross two world championship Moto Cross races will be staged on the italian up for Soock bikes at Mont Varchi Southeast of Flor and the Swiss up for cycles with sidecars at Rothe Thurm North of in an adar Motocross trophy round will be staged sunday at Reutlinger for cycles with sidecars and for 125cc also in the adar Spessars Motocross a German championship event for 250cc will be held sunday near located just East of bad orb in the Spessars cycles with sidecars Are also on the the stars and stripes but great baseball wizard overwhelms the kids on to smother Lasorda magic touch by John Nelson a sports writer Tom Lasorda head is wrapped in a the great baseball he is called on Johnny Bench saturday morning the baseball the Swami of los Angeles dodgers manager Tom Lasorda passes along his insights into the game to a television audience com prised mostly of if Only he could do the same in a medium not created by the argon gases of to tubes and for a slightly older you cant put your mind in the minds of the hitters when there up to Lasorda you can Tell what there doing not despite leading the league with 32 Home the dodgers Are scoring runs at a rate of just per game and have a record of six games Back of the National league West division leading san Diego Only seven of los Angeles homers have been hit with men on in 32 of the dodgers 43 they have been held to three runs or and their team batting average is a pathetic third from Bot Tom in the the encouraging thing is were getting men on Lasorda the discouraging thing is there staying Greg Brocks three run Homer last week against Montreal was the first of that Vari Ety this season for the like the Bald i thought both of them were Lasorda Lasorda says the dodgers Are struggling in two were not scoring and when we Shore up our Well be a lot better besides leading the league in the dodgers Are the most error prone team in having committed most of them by Rookie Maria no a shortstop second has third baseman Pedro Guerrero has and shortstop Bill Russell has first baseman Brock has and Catcher Mike Scioscia has these errors have led to 42 unearned or 25 percent of the runs allowed this year by dodger despite injuries to starters Bob Welch and Alejandro pitching has been the dodgers Lethander Fernando Valenzuela has an earned run average of and second year right hander Orel Hershiser is 40 with a Era and two another second year right handed reliever Ken has five a 22 record and a who had surgery on his right Shoul Der in Hast thrown a pitch this sea his condition is considered career who appeared in Only one has been on the disabled list since april 29 with a strained ligament in his right Welch has made two starts for Vero Beach in the Florida state plagued by injuries last the Dodg ers finished fourth with a 7983 13 games behind san in the and even without the can figure out what the injuries have done to his team this All you have to do is look out and see two of my finest pitchers on the disabled Lasorda one Pitcher has thrown five the other Hast pitched that should give you a pretty Good one of the dodger filling has been Tom a 34yearold right hander who had appeared in a total of 52 major league games in an 11year professional career before this Brennan is 13 with a Era in 12 including four Ive had to pitch Tom Brennan in place of Lasorda no reflection on but who would you rather face that just the Way things this Early in the la Sorda has not yet reached a state of de he thinks the dodgers might be Able to steal a few runs and a few games Here and if we we rent getting runners on id feel real he if a thief Doest have any houses to he Doest have a at least if you have houses to you have a
