European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 06, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday november 6, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup Australia s first up was huge Success in last week s column we wrote thai the australian grand prix is certain to be a highly successful and popular addition to the grand prix Cal that proved to be an understatement. In the reports from Adelaide where the first ctr australian up was held it was noted thai the race originally was considered a financial Gamble but Wor Ries were Over on the night before the event when Advance ticket sales closed after they had topped the 103,000 Mark. More than 50.000 spectators watched the first qualifying session on Friday mme 65,000 were present for the second session on saturday and Mere than 110,000 spectators attended sunday s grand prix. No organizer could ask for better. And the race was a thrilling one with Finland s Kike Rosberg taking the Check ered hag despite three pit stops the finn s Victory making it three wins in a Row for the Frank Williams team. British Driver Nigel Mansell won the other two for Williams Honda the grand prix of Europe at brands Hatch and then the South african grand prix just two weeks ago. On the Adelaide Street circuit Man sell s aim for a hat trick of victories ended when he was pushed off on the first Lap by the brazilian Driver a tron Senna who had pole position in his Lotus Renault. Mansill s withdrawal with a damaged sus pension allowed Rosberg to take the Lead from Senna and these two fought it out until the two thirds Mark when Senna retired with engine and tire problems. While he was dicing with Rosberg Senna also clipped the Back of the finn s car so Senna apparently had it in for the Williams team at Adelaide last sunday. The three time world Champion Niki Lauda of Austria in his final formula one grand prix at age 36 he announced his retirement recently also led briefly until Brake failure caused him to crash in his me Aren tag porsche. Lauda s teammate the world Champion Alain Prost of France also retired before making any Challenge when his engine blew up in big Way Early in the race. Finland s Rosberg who won the world championship in a Williams Ford in 1982, said after the race that i be been with Williams for four years and i have a very close relation hip with the mechanics so i wanted to do something for them and Only a win was Good the personable finnish Driver who now has five career grand prix wins will partner Prost on the Mclaren team next season but with the Williams Honda cars running so Well right now he s probably wondering Why he s making the twitch. Regardless Rosberg s Brilliant drive in the 16th and final grand prix race of the season lifted him to third place in the 1985 world championship standings. With the season completed Here arc the official world Driver championship results the Frenchman Prost Champion with 76 Points. He s Fol Lowed by Italy s Mph Csc Albor to Ferrari with Points and Rosberg with 40. Senna is fourth with 38 Points while his Lotus teammate Elio do Angulis of Italy placed fifth with 33 Points. Sixth is Mansell with 31 Points seventh Sweden s Stefan Johansson Ferrari with 26 eighth. Nelson Piquet of Brazil Brabha with 21 poems ninth. Jacques Laffite of trance Ligier. With 16 Points and 10th. Lauda with 14. Other Drivers scoring Points include Thierry bout sen of Belgium arrows and Patrick Tam Bay of France renault11 Points each Marc surer of Switzerland Brabham and Derek Warwick of land renault5 Points each Philippe Streiff of France Ligier and the late so can Bellof of Ger Many Tyrrel both 4 Points Andrea do a saris of Italy Ligi Errene Arnoux of France Ferrari Van Capulli of Italy Tyr Relland Gerhard bar Ger of Austria arrows3 Points each. As we noted in last week s column the Mclaren team was practically certain of wrapping up its second straight formula one manufacturer s cup and that s just what happened although neither of the Mclaren Drivers scored Points in Australia. Going into this finale Only Ferrari could Challenge Mclaren and Albor to failed to finish while Johans son placed fifth no Challenge there certainly. So the cup was won by the Mclaren team which scored 90 Points while Ferrari followed with 82. Lotus and Williams were next with 7 Points each followed by Brabham with 26. Ligier with 23, Ren Ault 16. Arrows 14, and Tyrrell 7. Teams failing to score Points include . Zak Speed spirit Minardi Osella. Alfa Romeo Tole Man and Beatrice Lola. Both Renault and Alfa Romeo have announced their withdrawals from the 1986 Campaign. In rallying Toyota celica Turbo cars placed first and second in the world championship Ivory coast Africa rally last week with finnish Driver Juha Kankkunen winning and Bjorn Wal Degaard of Sweden taking second place. It was a duplicate finish of this year s East african safari also won by inc Toyota celica Turbo curs with Kankkunen first and Wal Degaard second. Placing third in the six Day 2.600-Milc Ivory coast event was Frenchman Alain Ambrosio in a Nissan ?4 is rally car. The French pc col team which won this s world rally championship with the pc col 205 four wheel drive Turbo car. Did not contest inc Ivory c Oast event. The next and final round in the 1985 championship series is the British Lombard Rac rally of the for ests scheduled for nov. 23-28. Looking at the american racing scene the 15th and final cart race of the season will of held saturday at Miami. Fla., and it will decide the 1985 championship the first time in racing history Hal a father and son will Battle in out for the Crown. Squaring off will be Al Unser sr., and his son Al or. Lille a with big Al leading his son by just Ihrck Points. The in scr Sci the stage for the Manv showdown late last month when big Al on the 150-mile race at Phoenix ariz., his son finishing second. It was the first time this season for an Unser one two finish. The in scr performance in the Phoenix 150 eliminated Bobby Rahal. Mario Andretti. Danny Sullivan und Emerson Fittipaldi in the extremely close run for the Crown. All four of those Drivers had still been in Contention going into the Phoenix round. Regarding saturday s finale at Miami. Al Unser or. Was quoted As saying i Don t think even Al can understand my feelings. He would have to race against a son of his own to know what in feels Little Al meanwhile said i m Happy it s going to be an Unser one two. One of us will win the championship regardless bul i Don t care which one of us it is. This is so neat. The two in scr arc Back on lop even though my name s not he a refer ring to his famous Uncle Bobby Unser Al s brother and like Al a three Lime Winner of the Indianapolis 500. Where to go this weekend the i 5lh International German adar Rhein Valley racing pro Gram will be staged saturday on the Hock Nchim circuit with races for touring cars snorts cars. For Mula three cars formula Fords formula vecs and Renault 5s. All of inc races will be conducted on the 1.6-mile Short course. In England the second round in the bbl grands land formula 2000" racing series will be held sunday at the brands Hatch circuit soul Casl of Londo Ntim stir ind str pit it s Hahn is. Ramstein saturday As scheduled by Ben Abram suit writer Sembach Germany As it was m the beginning so shall it Continental sports conference championship football game will be played saturday at Ramstein where the Host rams will be gunning for their third straight conference playoff Crown in a i . Game against Hahn. We re clicking by our original sched ule Csc sports chief Norm Hoffman said tuesday. That Means Hahn will play Ramstein at Ramstein saturday at i " we also want to keep the Safe championship game on the original scheduled nov. 24 Date. We Don t want any part of pushing that game Back a week because the last sunday in november is late enough As it is Hoffman a later conversation tuesday Safe sports chief Dick Mullins said that officials at 3rd air Force the . Had requested permission to delay the Safe game and that officials at 17th air Force Germany were considering the request. Mullins also said that 16th air Force Madrid people were agreeable to making any necessary changes. Mullins said no decision was expected before possibility of delaying the Csc championship game came about when Alconbury and upper Scyford deadlocked for the . American division championship with 8-2 records forcing postpone ment of the nov. 9 scheduled championship game. Chicksands won the National division and will meet the win contingency was made for any tics when the original . Schedule which featured a week off for everybody in the Middle of the season was arranged. Bul . Sports officials have deter mined that the Alconbury upper Heyford game will be played saturday Al i . At Alconbury. . Officials were trying late tuesday to determine when its championship game would be staged because the . Champi on is scheduled to play Host to Torrejon. The Mediterranean sports conference Champion nov. 16 in the Safe semifinal game. Hahn barely made the Csc playoffs As it posted a 4-4 regular season record but the Hawks stunned previously undefeated Csc Champion Pitburg 14-13 in last week s semifinal tussle Al Tilburg. Ramstein outlasted Simbach 27-21 to gain the other semifinal berth. The Hahn Ramstein Winner gets the Host role in the championship game. Torrejon conquered Hill Nikon 35-0 in the Mac championship game to earn its spot in the Safe semifinals. Under the Curry no formal the Mac Champion Al ways qualifies for a Safe semifinals berth alternating years against the Csc and . Champions. 2 More americans gain world cup ring finals Seoul. South Korea a Europe clinched four Bronze medals and sent eight Boxen to the finals tuesday after two Days of semifinal Bovitt at the fourth world cup Amateur boxing championships. Europe the pre tournament favorite a ready bad secured three berths in the final on monday. It advanced five More finalists from tuesday s 12 bouts in six weight Divi Sions three from the soviet Union and two from East Germany. The United states had two winners tues Day giving it four finalists in All. In the Day s middleweight semifinals North american Champion Adam Garland of the United states knocked Down South american Champion Jose Silva of Brazil Wilh a powerful right Hook to the face be fore the referee slopped the bout Al 1 50 of the first round. Garland will meet East German finalist Henry Maske a european Champion who won a unanimous decision Over Dan Sherry of Canada. The other american who made the finals was Daryl Lattimore in the welterweight. Lattimore survived a close fight with song Kyung sup of South Korea scoring a 3-2 decision and will take on Israel Akop Kohl an of the soviet Union in the finals. Featherweight Kolcic Banks and former Usa eur Champion Kevin Bryant Quali fied for the finals with victories monday night. Eighty four boxers from 20 countries have enl Rcd the championships vying for 12 titles
