European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 2, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup proof can wrap if up of brands Hatch  of eur be at Brand match this sunday presents Frenchman Alain Prost with the Opportunity of clinching his first world driving championship if Prost wins at brands aboard his Mclaren tag porsche. Then it s nil Over and he will  become the first Frenchman in the modern Era of racing after world War ii to Wear the Crown. If Prost takes second and Ferrari s Michele a bore to fails to finish Prost will still take he tide. Other combinations too Long to list Here Are involved. But if Prost has a truly bad Day and fails to finish while the italian Albor to wins then the Battle will continue with Only two grands prix remaining the South african and australian rounds. Any Way one looks at it it a been an extremely hard fought Campaign Between Prost and Albreto. But the Way Prost has been going the Odds Are Strong that he will wrap it All up at brands Hatch on sunday. In his last three outings he has won in Italy placed second in Holland and third in Belgium while Albor to had a fourth in Holland and failed to finishing the italian and belgian races. For the season Prost has five victories in 13 races he also won at san Marino but was disqualified because the car was too Light two second place finishes three third place finishes and has failed to Complete Only two races. This is an extremely Brilliant driving record and it also says a lot for the Mclaren tag porsche car s reliability. Albreto meanwhile started Strong in the Ferrari and led Prost throughout the season until the austrian grand prix both Drivers with 50 Points at the end of that race which Prost won. And since the austrian race everything has gone Prost s Way and it now appears that the Albreto Ferrari Challenge hat been broken. At the Start of the season we predicted a Prost Mclaren championship simply because Prost is the Best Driver in the business the Mclaren the Best car and the porsche the Best engine. But we never thought it would be this dose with us Ferrari team surprisingly Strong. In that respect Ferrari s hiring of the swedish Driver Stefan Johansson Early in the season came As a big boost to the team and the swede had some Brilliant drives As Well As a lot of bad Luck not of his own nuking in his first season with the italian team. If Ferrari gets things right next year we have a Hunch that Johansson will be Frost s major challenger. Both Johansson and the brazilian Ayrton Senna now on ruin Prost. A win will do it the Lotus team must be viewed As future world driving champions. But looking at the situation right now Prost is the Best and he s due for the Crown after five years of fighting for it. In 1981, he finished fifth in the world standings in 1982, fourth in 1983, he lost out to the brazilian Nelson Piquet by two Points in the final race of the season and then last year lost out to his teammate Lauda also in the season finale by one half Point. So sunday should finally be Prost s Day and if he wins at brands Hatch no one Ever deserved a championship More. The diminutive Frenchman is always Quick to Point out that i drive Only to win and i admit that the critics Are Correct when the say i could have gone easier Here or there and finished a certain second or third. Although i can do that As i did in Belgium recently simply because i had to gel Points it is not in my nature and i hate driving that Way. I enjoy it Only when i m driving to win. That s what it s  Prost who started his formula one career in 1980, has an impressive Victory record. He has already scored 21 grand prix wins and should he continue at his present Pace he will pass the 27-Viclory record of Scotland s Jackie Stewart sometime in the 1987 sea son or perhaps even next year. Where to co this weekend the top race. Of course is the grand prix of Europe which is inc 14th round in the world driving championship and the final grand prix to be held in Europe this year. It is set for sunday at the brands Hatch circuit which is located about 20 Miles Southeast of London Iff the a 20 London Dover Road. Of 75 laps 195 mile the grand prix of Europe will Start at 2 15 . Practice sessions for formula one cars and cars of other categories arc scheduled for Friday and saturday with some preliminary races on saturday afternoon and sunday morning. Unt Mcd practice for formula one cars is scheduled from 10 to 11 30 . On Friday and saturday with timed qualifying sessions scheduled from 1 to 2 . On both Days. The preliminary races on the three Day program will include events for historic cars. Formula Ford 1600s, Renault turbos sports cars i and touring cars. The brands Hatch organizers also Wii feature an air show Over the circuit by the red arrows precision flying team. Gates open at 7 . Jii Friday and saturday and at 6 30 . On grand prix race Day sunday. Elsewhere in England the Silver Slonic circuit near Northampton will Host the final european formula 3 championship round on sunday along with races for formula Ford 1600 cars and historic it cars. Prac Tice and final qualifying will be held on saturday. At the Oulton Park circuit Southeast of Liverpool meanwhile sports car races will be held on saturday. In France the Dijon Renois circuit just North of Dijon will be the site for historical car races on Sun Day. In Germany meanwhile the Hock Nchim circuit Southwest of Heidelberg will Host races on saturday one of the events a final round in the German formula Ford 2000 trophy series. Motorcycle racing on Germany s Lucr Burgering. There is racing All Day on saturday with two races the 80cc and Cycle Sidecar events final rounds in the German National championship. Races also will be held in the 125, 250 and Soock Cycle classes plus a race for super bikes and a round in the Yamaha Castrol cup for 3socc Yama has. At the sect Turlon circuit near Norwich England. Champion of Snell Ron Cycle races will be held on saturday and sunday. Motocross the 25th annual adar Moto Cross trails him will be held on saturday and Sun Day with Aptos for i25cc bikes and cycles with Side cars. The City of trails him is located on German National route 290, East of Schwac Bisch Hall. To Tun Ltd Shpiti dumped Bubble gum cards would be valuable by Dave Anderson new York not if they were Gold coins deep sea divers would be searching for them now. Instead they were baseball Bubble gum cards which kids Trade and adult collect unless their mothers toured them into the garbage while cleaning a closet. Dumped into the Atlantic Ocean not far from new York Bay More than three decades ago that Batch of cards eventually disintegrated. But if those cards could be recovered now they might be Worth millions. One card alone in that 1952 series the first Mickey Mantle card has been told for at much As $3,000. The reason the Mantle card is so scarce by Berger cays is that it was pan of a second let we printed that year. We had about 2 million cards in that second set leftover so we derided to get rid of  Berger of creator of Topps baseball cards hired two garbage trucks that took those two million cards to a scow that dropped them into the Ocean. But a full 1952 series including the second set of 97 cards from Mickey Mantle to Eddie Mathews is now on display in Topps baseball cards the Complete picture collection it is a 35 year Treasury of about 21,500 cards without the Aroma of Bubble gum. That full 52 series of 407 cards in mint condition is Worth about $10,000now," Berger  of course if we had t thrown All those cards out it would t be Worth cd much but looking at All these cards year by year you can see your life in front of you. Much of Berger s life has been spent in baseball clubhouses a briefcase in one hand a pen in the other. He goes there to obtain a signed contract that would allow a player s picture to be put on a Bubble gum card. In the beginning each player received $50 a season. Now the fee is s250, plus royalties that earn a player More than s2.000 a year. Only one player Ever turned me Down be Tayi. Tony Horton a first baseman with the red sox and indians about 20 Yean ago. His father and grand father advised him not to  Young players Are usually flattered. Knowing his face will be on a Bubble gum card is proof that he hat made the big leagues. Some obscure buyers have been known to keep their cards in their wallets As proof to sceptics that they really did play in the big once upon a time. About a Century ago the first baseball cards were included in cigarette dockage. When a Bonus Wagner card was issued in 1910 by the Sweet caporal cigarette com Pany the Hall of Fame shortstop a non smoker objected. His card was recalled leaving few in existence. Of those now Avail Able one has been sold for $25,000. As a kid in the Bronx i had a full set of cards one year except for a Jesse Petty card Berger recalled referring to a left hander who pitched mostly for the Brook Lyn dodgers More than half a Century ago. I finally found another kid in the Bronx who had a Jesse Petty. But he would t Trade it to me he would Only flip me. After about four or five hours i finally won his whole collection. The last card i won was his Jesse Petty  through the years some pranks and some mistakes have produced some strange cards. In this year s series Gary Penis the California Angels Center fielder is not on his card it s 14-year-old Lynn Pettis his youngest brother. The photo had been taken at a family Day game when Lynn was wearing Gary s uniform. In 1969, the Angels Balboa posed Asau Relio Rodriguez. When it appeared that the san Diego padres were about to be transferred to Washington in 1974, that year s original printing included 15 cards with Washington Playan. Corrections returned those players to san Diego. And in 1957 Henry Aaron appeared As a left handed hitter the negative had been reversed. With each of Pete Rose s hits the Worth of his 1963 Rookie card increases beyond s300 even though he shared that card with three others Al wis of the White sox Pedro Gonzalez of the Yankees and Ken Mcmullen of the dodgers. But the most valuable set of cards remains that scarce 1952 series the prototype of to Day s cards which include a player s Statis tics. Topps reprinted that series two years ago although it was incomplete. For various reasons five in that 1952 series declined to permit the use of their cards Billy loss Dom Dimaggio Tommy Holmes Solly humus and Saul Rogovin. Oddly enough in 1951, in its first so Ries Topps had a Ralph Branca card but not one for Bobby Thomson the giants third baseman whose Pennant winning Homer off the dodger right hander de fined that year in baseball. As a Rookie last year Dwight Goodwn s card was an afterthought befitting a Pitcher who was t on the mets roster until shortly before opening Day. This year the 20-year-old right hander s card has re Cord breaker across it. Next year it might be the first card embossed in Gold