European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup Rosbergh win boosts Honda in Keke Rosberg is a Honda America mans the finn races in the Only once a but when he does race he world Champion in Rosberg won Only one race last season in his his Victory coming in the Dallas grand then last Rosberg came through scoring his first win of the 1985 season in the Detroit grand if Honda sales Are unusually Strong in America this the Public relations men will have to give Rosberg some because winning on sunday Sells on As the Stock car people when Rosberg is on Hes one of the and if his car holds Hes Likely to at that was the especially talented when driving on Street Rosberg found his Williams Honda suited to the de troit his Honda Turbo engine never missed a and his pit Crew did a Superb late in the the finn had built up a 25second Lead Over Sweden Stefan Johansson but was Able to Stop for a Complete change of tires and return to the track with a Short but reassuring 2second for the pit that is really coming through under and one can certainly say the same for while the highly personable finn was the hero of the villain honors were easily won by the French Driver Philippe who ruined the englishman Martin bundles remarkable running fifth in a was in the process of passing Alliotts Rampart when Alliott simply moved to the left and into bundles Trig Gering a High Speed watching the race on Tele it was apparent that Alliott failed to Check his mirrors before moving into bundles the Acci Dent occurred on a straight Section that led into a righthand and it was fortunate that no one was badly behaviour of this kind is surprisingly poor for a Driver who competes at the highest level of International with six races run in the 16race world driving Italy Michele who placed third at Detroit in his leads in the run for the title with 31 he is followed by his countryman Elio de Angelis fifth at Detroit in a Lotus with 24 while Frenchman Alain Prost is third with 22 Prost crashed his Mclaren and failed to score Points at the swede Johansson has 13 Patrick Tam Bay of France has while Rosberg and Ayrton Senna of Brazil Lotus have 9 Points these Are the in the Battle for the constructors Ferrari leads with 47 while Lotus follows with Mclaren has Williams Renault arrows Ligier Tyrrell and Brabham the next round is the French grand prix on july 7 at the Paul Ricard circuit in Southern weve written from time to time about Peter the american Driver who once competed Here in Europe and who now drives the pol motor plastic engine Lola t616 in the american ims a after running Well but failing to finish in some Early Argetsinger co Driver quit the pol motor team after the race and Argetsinger was tapped to drive Solo in the next Simsa round at Lime in late it All worked As Argetsinger drove the polio Tor Lola to third place in the Camel lights the Best showing for the car this but the drive was anything but Halfway Peter was negotiating a very fast turn when eventual race Winner Drake olsons porsche 962 hit the knocking it off the track and into an there was a terrific thump on the rear of the car and i found myself shooting across the track and headed for an Argetsinger told us in a phone i thought it was going to be a bad one the car didst hit the Bank with too much Force and i was Able to get it going Argetsinger got the car Back to the where the pol motor Crew removed the rear Wing and a lot of the rear he then returned to the had to pit again for new front then rain tires when a cloudburst arrived during the last 15 it was a drama with a Happy and for the next race the Simsa round at mid Ohio Peter was joined by his brother Mike who also raced in Europe and directed the old american express for Mula Ford they finished fifth in class and 13th the car running perfectly All Day until just two laps from the end when electrical problems cropped the teams next Simsa race is on july 28 at the International raceway in speaking of american Lee an f16 Exchange Pilot stationed in is competing this year in the Benelux formula Ford championship and his next race is sunday at Zand no stranger to the racing Brandt has also campaigned formula Ford cars in America and in racing on All of the major British circuits while stationed my Best result so far this year is a sixth place at zolder a Benelux championship Brandt told us and i was quite Happy with that he has every reason to be As his car a Crosse 35f is a 1979 Model going against some very late Model and Thuc Drivers in the Benelux series Are All highly who drives with the belgian Devaux has done four races so far this he says Hes improving As he learns the and is looking Forward to at least four More races this year and continuing to Campaign in the 1986 heres wishing him Good Luck at Zand Voort this last week a note arrived recommending that we print an update of the formula one racing schedule so that readers can plan further although we publish a Complete schedule of All races annually in a monthly projection is a Good and heres the list through july and Early French grand Paul Ricard july 7 British july 21 German grand please note that the grand prix of Europe at brands originally set for will now take place on the brands Hatch organizers announced late last week that the Date has been changed to at visas the staging of the postponed belgian grand prix on 15 at spa lets look at where to go this week leading off is the annual 200 Miles of one of Germany top Auto racing the race meeting will be staged on the Noris ring soldiers Field with racing scheduled from 10 to 5 practice will be held on saturday from to 4 with one race to follow 15 minutes after practice some of the top Drivers in International racing will compete at this event on the Noris ring in at the Dijon Renois circuit just outside the sixth round in the european formula 3000 championship will be held on along with races for sports formula 3 cars and formula also in France is the sixth race in the european historic car the old cars to run on sunday at the Mon thery circuit South of in the seventh round in the european touring car championship will be held on sunday at the Salzburg ring just East of with practice scheduled for formula Ford and Renault 5 races Are also on the today in a Benelux championship formula Ford race will be held sunday on the Zand Voort along with races for touring cars and sports practice is scheduled for at the Monza circuit in a round in the ital Ian formula 3 championship will be held on with other races also on the Thunder sports five sports car races will be held on sunday at the Snetterton circuit near eng with qualifying sessions set for motorcycle racing the dutch grand prix for seventh round in the world will be held on saturday near with races for All classes of cycles plus cycles with there will also be a world championship tourist trophy super Bike race on the practice is scheduled for thursday and at there is racing on sat urday for cycles in All including cycles with on Germany the 40th International fim rally will be held on Friday and with another Cycle rally the Ger Man National championship Sauerland rally to follow at the ring on Motocross the grand prix of san a world championship round for 125cc Motocross will be held sunday at in there is an International Motocross for 125cc bikes at with practice on saturday and racing on the town of la bus Eschbach is located East of Limburg in the Taurus Mountain there will be no column next so Check the stripes Magazine for the listing of motor sports the stars and stripes Navratilova Triumph at Wimbledon England a John Mcenroe and Martina the de fending mens and women cruised through their first round matches tuesday on the Center court at the rain plagued Wimbledon Tennis the Czechoslovakia born Navratilova crushed fellow american Lisa Bonder 62 in just 39 minutes while Mcenroe won equally comfortably in straight sets against Peter Mcnamara of Australia in a match that was suspended monday because of rain after six evenly contested when the match resumed at 33 tues Mcenroe quickly established control and won the american left Bander closed out the opening set when be broke Mcnamara in the 10th he broke again to Lead 31 in the second set As his australian playing in Only his fourth event since returning to competitive Tennis in december after a two year injury caused served a number of double the third set went with serve until the ninth game when Mcenroe gained the Cru Cial break and served out the on court Gabriela the rising Young Star of women came from behind to beat the British Amanda after a nervous Start on Ber Wimbledon 15yearold the is recovered her composure and bad too Many shots for a game earlier this Sabatini became the youngest player Ever to reach the semifinals of the French that tournament was played on slow and Sabatini said she had to change her style slightly for the Wimbledon i am having to learn to come to the net a Little bit she told reporters through an i have always dreamed of playing at Wimbledon but there was a lot of pressure playing on 1 after eight Breaks in nine games in the final Sabatini won the match on her fourth match after a Saibour rain Navratilova blew a bewildered Bonder off the court in Only the second completed match of the which began Bonder appeared nervous and tense As she won Only seven Points in a 15minute opening behind she protested to the Umpire about the Slippery Why should i play on i have no footing out there she its in afraid to break my when Navratilova appeared Happy to Bonder went Back to her Mark to cheers from the packed Center court who bad waited patiently All Day to see some seeded Here last year but basically a fared slightly better in the second set and won two but the defending Champion never looked in trouble and sailed confidently into the second