European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday january 1, 1968 the stars and stripes 25 racing Roundup prediction Piquet will win 86 title with the Start of a new year Well also Siart another world championship formula one racing sea son and As predictions tire in order Well make ours by saying that the brazilian Ace Nelson Piquet will win Ilie 1986 world driving title in a. Williams Honda should Piguet do so it will be his third world Crown. He won his first in 1981 in a Brabham Ford and his second in 1983 in a bral Ham Bow Turbo. Piquet finally left Brabham at the end of the 1981 season to join Williams and the brazilian will be hard to beat in the Honda powered car. The Wil Liams Honda racers won the last three Gas in a Row so the learn has everything right. Piquet also was the fastest Driver in the recent lire citing sessions on the. Estoril Portugal circuit so be obviously came to terms quickly with the new car. If Piquet tins any problems on the Williams team it will be a Case of not having a genuine no 2 Driver. The englishman Nigel Munsell really name on Strong during the end of the season with two straight Victo Ries Lor Williams so Munsell has finally achieved some team status. Still hell have to play the backup position to some degree As Piquet is among the Best formula one Drivers in the world last year we picked the Frenchman Alain Prost to win the title and we predicted correctly although Frost s winning of the Crown did not come at easily at a thought it would. For the 86 season. Frost and his new Mclaren teammate Kileci Rosberg of Finland will be Tough. And of course both Are possible winners of the championship As defending world Champion and a two year member of the Mclaren team prot should have slight Edge at Mclaren where treatment is concerned. Sim Rosberg is a former world Champion a Groat fighter and nearly equal in ability to Frost to it maybe an equal no. I situation there. Prost is familiar with that Rote however having played if for two seasons with the austrian Niki Lauda now retired after winning three could Well become the tint Driver since Australia s Jack Brabham to win two crowns id a Row Brabham a three time Winner had Back to Back championships id 1959 and 60, then won his third Lite to 1966the in Williams Driver Rosberg As noted must also be considered for top Honor uni year along with the brazilian Ayrton Senna Lotus and the italian Michele Alborell if Ferrari can get its act together. But Well stick with Piquet. He s a dedicated and intelligent Driver and he s overdue to win nil third world championship. The Superb Williams Honda racing car will give him that Opportunity. On the subject of form ult one racing the revised 1986 schedule has been released by the federation internationale do sport automobile with the proposed March 9 Cynd Pri of Argentina already dropped from the Calendar. That race would have opened the 1986 season but the honors now go to Brazil with like brazilian of ski for March 23 at Rio do Janeiro. The 16-race 1986 schedule is As follows March 23, Brazil Rio de Janeiro april 13, Spain Jerez do la Frontera a new circuit april 27, san Marino at Imola Italy May ii Monaco May 25, Belgium spa Franco champs june 15, Canada Montreal june 22, , Detroit july 6, France Dijon july 13, Britain brands Hatch july 27, Germany Hock Venheim aug. 10, Hungary Budapest aug. 17, aus Tria Zel Tweg sell 7, Italy Monza sept. 21, Portu Gal est aril oct. 11, Mexico Mexico City oct. 26, Australia Adelaide looking at rallying the first round in the 1986 championship is the Monte Carlo rally scheduled for Jan 1 to 25, favored to repeal As Champion constructor will be Peugeot which recently announced its plans for the 86 Campaign. The news there is that Peugeot has hired French woman Michele Moutot the Only woman Ever Mohave won world championship events. She scored her victories while driving for Audi of Germany. Along with the hiring of Mouton the French firm also announced it has signed on the Shikhor Michta of Kenya a five time Winner of the East african safari the hiring of Mehan it s obvious that Peugeot is aiming to win the safari during its defense of the 1985 world championship. Jean Todt the Peugeot team rally director said in a press release the main objective is the world title and Peugeot will again use the 205 Turbo 16 in the 11-rally championship. The regular team will be made up of the defending world rally driving Champion Timo Salonen of Fin land and his countryman Juha Kan Kunnen while Michta will concentrate on preparing and competing in the safari rally. Todt said he had hired Moulon Ilie world s leading women rally Driver away from the German Audi team and she will compete in the German championship the Monte Carlo rally and the tour of Corsi Champion Art Valarin of Finland badly injured last summer when he crashed his Peugeot 205in inc rally of Argentina is now on crutches and will not be driving for quite some Lime. Todl said however that Van in will remain a member of the team and will be Given a car As soon As he feels capable of driving competitively. Peugeot s stiff Cal Competition this year will again come from Lancia of Italy and Audi at Germany. One of the toughest rallies of them All the s,600-mile Paris to Dakar endurance contest for cars motorcycles and trucks got under Way new year s Day from Versailles. The eighth annual edition of this event which becomes More famous every year ends on Jan. 22, top entries include Andrew Cowan of Scotland last year s Winner in a four wheel drive Mitsubishi Pajaro he s in a Pajaro again Jacky icky of Bel Gium also a past Winner for porsche he s in one of the three new factory prepared 959 porsche cars entered for this rally and the belgian Guy col Soui an Germany s Erwin Weburg both in new factory entered opel four wheel Dave of Lett rally cars. The most popular vehicle in the Paris Dakar rally appears to be the Mitsubishi Pajaro with 63 of these machines entered. Top entrant in the Cycle class is the belgian Gasto Rahier the Winner in 194 and 85. Rahier seeking a hat trick Victory in this year s Paris Dakar will be supported by Germany s Eddy Gnu and Frenchman Raymond Loizeaux on the Bow factory team. The entry totals 313 vehicles in the car division mostly four wheel drive machines 132 motorcycles. And 72 trucks. Clay Regazzoni of Switzerland the sex formula one Driver now in a wheelchair fro racing Accident injuries will drive a specially equipped Ivreco truck in the Paris Dakar event As we begin the new year we would like to wish the readers of racing Roundup a Happy and Prosper Ous 1986 Giessen takes Rhein main title 95-93 staff writer Rhein main a Germany re Spect aretha Franklin sings about it Rodney Dangerfield jokes Aboul it. And the Gies in wolverines arc serious Aboul getting some respect from their Usa eur basketball Foa. The wolverines were joking and smok ing tuesday not to mention singing their own respect my after coming from behind to lip by Hanau 95-93 and Cap s Ture the seventh annual rein Mara Christmas tournament Hanau had to win to Force an if Pec Essary game just like it did against Bawn bolder at the Berlin thanksgiving Purna men As they did in Berlin the hornets went ahead Early Only w eventually lose. The question persists can the hornets win the big one not on tuesday. The wolverines Rob Ert Edwards said Tell pm coach. Ajl we wanted from the other learns m this tournament b respect.". And Couch Earl Rowland echoed de .7 wards sentiment. My players took in the-1 paper and on to television and All they Ever hear about is Bank Holder and Hanau in Usa eur. It like they re the T11�teams capable of winning in Usa eur. We want people to know Leal we can play a Well Baum folder and Hanau Hanau knows now. The hornets should have won this game would have forced an if necessary game could have won the tournament. Should haves. Would haves and could haves Don t win basketball games killer instinct helps it lot and the hornets seemed to Lack it. Giessen look a 2-0 Lead at the outset on an Alonzo Mcmillan Basket. But Hanau Richard Johnson retorted with two Buck ets of his own and the hornets held the upper hand tie rest of the tint Naif. The hornets built their Lead to 44-37 before the wolverines growled heir first comeback of the game with Sevea i Nuht Points. The Horne came Back behind Gerald Davi to Lead by in at halftime 54-48. Davis scorched the net for i of the hornets last 15 first half Points. In the second half the hornets seemed to gather strength despite having played chemo ser bracket final just poor to the championship game. The Hornet Bull of a w-57 Lead with 13-20 left behind the shooting of Davis Richard Jot Ouon and Wilbur Jordan. Dans finished with 21w Lead the hornets. Johnson and Jordan got in gear at the beginning of the second half notching 12 of the hornets first 16 Points. Davis had the other four. _-.,.,then Mcmillan name alive. The Little guard soft spoken off the court has a Foud Mouth on the court Yelling at Lus my Mui to pick up their opponent As soon As they in bounded the Ball. Hanabil s a running team the new Ark n.j., native said. What we want to do is pick them up where they get he Ball regardless of where it is on the court. They had to play two games so we needed to hound them and try to tire them the strategy worked As Mcmillan and mates hounded the hornets into poor passes unnecessary fouls and poor snot selection. The fatigue started to set in and Hanau started to fold. Edwards got some it aspect of his own keeping the wolverines within striking Dis Tance by scoring 10 of Giessen s next 12 Points. With Hanau leading Midway through the second half the wolverines ran off 12 straight Points six by Jasper Hatlen in three minutes to tie the game. With four timeouts remaining that would be an appropriate time for Hanau coach George Brown to Call time out re group and rest his team. But Brown who was subbing for head coach Roderick Roach because Roach bad duty did t Call Lime out. Why i thought we were in the right Tempo. Our game u running the Ball and we we redoing that but the shots weren t falling Brown explained. The game see sawed for the next four minutes before the Wolverine took the Lead 88-86 with 3 17 left on a Ricky Hooper turn around jumper. The hornets tied the score an a Davis jumper from the top of the key. Then Davis converted two free throws to give the Hor nets inc Lead Back with 2 50 left. But Giessen s Randy Brooks hit a 20 foot jumper to tie the score. Hooper put Gesien Back in the Lead on a shot in the Lane Over Hanau Center Barton Wade and Drew a foul. Hooper who led the wolverines with 21, convened making it Gies sen by 3,93-90.the hornets went to Davis who pumped in a 3-Polnt Field goal from the right Side to tie the game for the last time. But Mcmillan was fouled on the next Wiessen Possession and converted both free throws to give the wolverines the title and some respect along with it 95-93. The hornets reached the title game by outlasting darn Ladt 100-94 in their ear Lier game As Robert Estes scored 22 Points. Jordan added 19 and Davis had 17.carl Beard paced Darmstadt with 19 and Teddy Moore scored 18. An sports television College football fiesta bowl Michi Gan a Nebraska wednesday 7 30 Rose bowl Iowa is. Urcla wednesday 10 30 . Orange bowl Penn stale Oklahoma thursday 1 �.ra, Radi College football Cotton bowl a Burn a. Texas a am wednesday 7 30 Hose bowl Iowa is. Urcla wednesday 11 . Orange bowl Penn slate s. Oklahoma thursday 2
