European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday september 4, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup 8e.of was potential world Champion Bellof did of car Idem last sunday rang expert Felt that German had fast its most talented drive since Baron a sagas no Jarowm trips. The legendary von trips was killed in 1 the italian grand prix while driving for Ferrari. Like von trips Bellof Wai noted for his verve and flamboyant style and he was not above aking rub that other Drivers would shun. At spa on sunday 27-year-old Bellof apparently made a mistake while trying to pass the leading fp1"1 Jat ick. An he paid for it a. The overtaking attempt came at the famous serpentine eau Rouge Section an area of extremely High risk As far As passing is concerned. In fact most Drivers feel that a High Speed passing a never there is next to impossible. And so it proved. Bellof who had just taken Over from his bran porsche teammate Thierry Boutsen of Belgium had told his Mechanic before taking off that this is Myrace and i m going to win he was challenging icky for the Lead when the Acci Dent came his brim porsche hitting icky s factory entered porsche 962. Germany s Hans stuck another porsche factory Driver told reporters that a Driver of beliefs experience should have waited for a Bette Opportunity to get by. Especially As the race had some time to go. In other words it was not a go for broke situation at this stage. But Bellof. The defending Long distance world Champi on he won the title while driving for the porsche factory team hut Yea obviously was t willing to bide his time and that impetuous Ness spelled the end. The Nee was broken off and the Frenchman to Boliek and italian Driver Mauro Baldi were declared the winners. They drove a factory entered italian Lan Cia Martini. Stuck and his British teammate Derek Bell were awarded second place in their porsche 962. Bellof is the second Tup line German Driver to die in three weeks. His countryman Manfred Winkelhoch succumbed aug. 12 to Accident injuries suffered in a Kremer porsche in the 1,000 Kilometres of Gosport Canada. Like Winkelhoch belief chose to compete in both Long distance sports car racing and in formula one. In formula one racing Bellof drove for the famous British Tyrrell team one that used the old Ford co Worth engine until Only recently when Renault Turbo Power and enough Money became available. Bellof made his Tyrrell Turbo debut at the German grand prix last month where be finished eighth. He followed up with a seventh place in Austria but failed a finish at Holland his last grand prix. Even without Turbo Pov the placed fourth i the Detroit grand prix and sixth in Portugal. His top career grand prix performance came at Monaco last year where be p aced third in the Tyrrel Ford. Most experts thought that Bellof. With a bit of Luck and the right car would become Germany s tint Worl Champion in formula one grand prix racing. A world title for this highly talented Driver was More than possible fas of Well Dever know. 0s on a happier note the american sponsored Lola Hart formula one car will make its debut Sun Day in the italian grand prix with sex world Champi on Alan Jones of Australia at the wheel. Jones made some Public test runs recently at brands Hatch after giving the car its first private testing sessions at Snetterton. Team owner of the Beatrice foods sponsored Lola is Carl Haas of Chicago whose Lola cars have done so Well in both cart and can am racing. Haas has termed the new Beatrice Lola team an International one with americans Teddy Mayer and Tyler Alexander both with the Mclaren team until 1982 building the cars with British technology Foran australian Driver and world wide the sponsoring Beatrice compares inc. Will invest some .$40 million in its five War racing program which includes both us. Cart and International formula one racing. The car for the remainder of this year s races is pow ered by a British-1 Karl Turbo engine but the two car team for 1986 will have exclusive use of Brand new Ford Turbo engines these engines being developed by Keith Duck Worth of the British co sworn firm. In drag racing there s finally some Good news that being the fact that there will be a big drag racing program on saturday and sunday this even the first of the year after a drought of Competition for too Many reasons to list Here. Jerry Lackey president of the Hanau Auto racing association Kara said the Wuerzburg military Community morale support fund is sponsoring the two Day program and that Hara is organizing an conducting it. The races will be held at the Gie Belstadt army Airfield located a few Miles South of Wuerzburg on National route 19 direction Stuttgart. Saturday s program is the 12th International Bug in a race that will determine the fastest vow Beetle in Europe while sunday s event will be an International drag festival. The Gates open at 10 . On both Days time trials Start at noon and final eliminations begin at 2 . American Driver Harlan Thompson who races in the Budweiser funny car will be present at Giebel Stadt sunday to give demonstration runs. Thompson and the Budweiser funny car will also visit Ameri can bases this week and next with the car display itinerary As follows sept. 6, Frankfurt shopping Center sept. 7, main Exchange Heidelberg sept. 8, Gie Belstadt drag race track sept. 9, Cambrai Fritsch Cavern Darmstadt sept. 10, Patrick Henry Village Mannheim sept. 11, main Exchange Hanau sept. 12, main Exchange Wiesbaden sept. 13, main Exchange Rhein main sept. 14, Martin Luther King Village Mainz. Looking at some results from motorcycle racing the California rider Eddie Lawson Yamaha won the san Marino grand prix last sunday Soock class but it was a rather hollow Victory because the world Champion Freddie Spencer Honda stayed Home in Louisiana. Spencer had clinched both 250ccand Soock world crowns earlier. Following the sex Champion Lawson across the line was australian Wayne Gardner Honda and the american rider Randy Mamola also Honda. The 250cc class up race meanwhile was won by venezuelan rider Carlos Lavado Yamaha who beat out Germany s Toni Mang Honda. In world championship Mot Crau Soock division Dave Thorpe of England won the recent grand prix of Switzerland to beat out the defending Champi on Andre Malherbe of Belgium. Where to co this weekend in Auto Rac ing the grand prix of Italy 12th round in the world driving championship will be staged on sunday at the historic Monza circuit with the Start set for 3 . The race will be of 51 laps 183 Miles. Practice i scheduled for Friday Ana saturday with untamed practice from 10 to 11 30 . And official qualifying from 1 to 2 . On both Days. In England the Rac tourist trophy endurance race 10th round in the european touring car championship will be held on sunday at the Silverstone circuit near Northampton. Races for formula Ford cars and sports 2000 cars Are also on the Silverstone program. Practice will be held All Day saturday. At the Snetterton circuit near n cd. Champi on of Snetterton car races will be held on sunday while at the brands Hatch circuit Southeast of Lon Don my car races Are scheduled for sunday. Rallying the International rally of Ger Many a round in the european championship willbe staged on Friday and saturday with the rally Headquarters at St. Wendel 25 Miles Northeast of Saa Bruf. More than 120 teams from 14 nations Are entered in the event with the first stage set Fri Day from 8 . Until 10 30 . And saturday s second stage set from 8 . To 9 . St. Wendel is the Start finish Point on both Days. Rally routes Are in the Saarland and Mitte Rhem areas some of the towns including Mosheim Trier and co chem on Fri Day and rams Cin Kusch her Merkeil and Laute Recken on saturday. Motorcycle racing the eight hours of the nuer Burgering fifth and next to last round in the world championship for motorcycle endurance racing will be held on Germany s new nuer Burgering Sun Day with the Start set for 10 . The race will finish at 6 . Practice for both endurance Bike riders Antsu Persike riders will be held All Day on saturday with a 15-Lap supt Bike race set for 4 15 . In the Netherlands the ninth round in the european Road racing championship will be held at Assen on Sun Day with races for bikes in All classes plus cycles with sidecars. Practice. Scheduled for saturday. In England Champion of brands motorcycle races will be held on the brands Hatch circuit on saturday while the Snetterton circuit will Host club mans motorcycle races also on saturday. Team world Motocross the team world championship for Motocross with riders from some 25 nations participating incr diag the unite states and Russia will be held on sunday i Gail Dorf Dennany each nation will enter riders in the 12s, 250 and Soock divisions and the outcomes will decide the world team championships. Each of the three Moto Cross races will have a starting Field of 60 riders. Prac Tice and qualifying is set for saturday. The town of Gail Dorf is located on National route 19, Between Schwa Ebisch Hall and Schwa Ebisch san a 4 Veteran quarterbacks top nil players on Cut list by the associated press four Veteran quarterbacks were among familiar names Cut monday while another was sidelined by a fractured ankle Asna tonal football league teams reduced Ros ters to the regular season 45-Playcr limit. Jim Zorn Jack Thompson Bob Avellini and Joe Pisarcik All were dropped As teams prepared for sunday s openers. Houston s Oliver Luck suffered a slight fracture of his left ankle leaving the Oil ers with Only starter Warren Moon. Zorn an original member of the club was released by the Seattle sea Hawks. Thomp son known As the "throwin1 samoan Dur ing his College Days at Washington state was waived of Tampa Bay. Avellini was dropped by the new York jets and Pisarcik was Cut by the Miami dolphins. Other veterans who did not survive their teams final cuts included running Sackron Springs and wide receiver Duriel Harris of the Dallas cowboys safety Beasley recce of Tampa Bay nose tackle Ken Kremer of Kansas City linebacker Dan Bunz of the super bowl Champion san Francisco 49ers and running Back Mike Pruitt of the Cleveland Browns. San Diego reached the 45-Man limit by trading running Back Earnest Jackson tothe Philadelphia eagles for an undisclosed number of draft choices. The chargers also swapped wide receiver Bobby Duck Worth to the los Angeles rams for tackle Gary Kowalski and a 1986 draft Choice. Jackson led the acc with 1,179 Rush ing Yards last season and gives the eagles a replacement for Wilbert Montgomery who had been traded to the Detroit Lions. The Jackson move fuelled speculation that the chargers May sign running Back Gary Anderson a first round 1983 draft Choice who has been playing in the United states football league. Another Usel player quarterback Steve Young May have been a Factor in Tampa Bay s decision to Cut Thompson leaving the bucs with Steve Deberg and Alan Richcr. Other Usel signing like tight end Dan Ross with Cincinnati tackle Luis Sharpe with St. Louis and running Back Buford Jordan with Green Bay will Force additional cuts by those teams. Thompson was Cincinnati s no. 1 draft pick in 1979 and was swapped to Tampa Bay in 1983 for the bucs no. 1 Choice last season. He started u games throwing for 2,906 Yards and 18 touchdowns in 1983before being relegated to backup duty be Hind Deberg last year. Zorn joint a the expansion sea Bawks Asa free agent in 1976 and started 100 games in nine seasons. He passed for20,122 Yards and threw for 107 ads. Avellini a 10-year Veteran came to the jets As a Reserve last season after spending his entire career with the Chicago bears. Pisarcik joined the dolphins after being released by Philadelphia but became expendable when Miami s regular Quarter Back Dan Marino ended his holdout. Bunz was coming off his Best season since 1981, starting every game including the super bowl. Pruitt 31, was Cleveland s no. 3 All time rusher gaining 6,540 Yards an aver age of 4.1 per carry for nine seasons. Arthroscopic knee surgery limited him to 506yards in 163 carries last year
