European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday february 12. 1988 the stars and stripes Pago 25 racing Roundup new Brabham Bow Sharp in testing new racing cars Are coming on fast As the formula one grand prix season approaches the brazilian of opener is set for March 23 and the most interesting car so far is the revolutionary ground hugging Brabham Bow bt55. This new racer successful in its first full testing session recent y on the Eston circuit in Portugal is nine inches lower than last year s Brabham Bow and the drive practically lies Down at the controls. At Estoril. Botn Elio de Angelis and Riccardo a irese were Happy with the car and they had no prob lems with the lying Down driving position. Both thought the car would prove extremely competitive in the coming Campaign. Although the weather was against them at times during Estoril testing the two italian Drivers were Able to familiarize themselves with the new bt55 and its seven Speed Gearbox. Only 26 inches High to the top of its Bodywork the new Brabham is powered by a specially designed Bow Turbo engine that is mounted almost on its Side the engine lying nearly Flat in the Chassis. The engine design has allowed the Brabham team to construct the bts5 with exceedingly Low drag characteristics that should contribute considerably to straight line Speed. Brabham and Bow worked closely together on the project Brabham s Gordon Murray in charge of the car design and Bow s Paul Roche responsible for the revised Bow Turbo engine. The Brabham Tea will have exclusive use of the engine one that May turn out As much As 1,100 horsepower for qualifying and 900 horsepower for racing. And All this Power from a 1.5-liter Block. No one would have believed this possible 10 Yean ago. Another new formula one car the Ligier js-27 was introduced last weekend on the Paul Ricard circuit by the French Ligier Renault team while the Benetton Toleman team also tested its new racer recently in England. The new Toleman Mode b186 is powered by a Bow Turbo engine. The italian Teo Fabi is again Toleman i no. 1 Driver with the second Driver will not named. At Ligier meanwhile. Frenchmen Jacques Lafitte and the newly bind Rene Arnoux formerly with Ferrari will do the driving on the All French Ligier team. Arnoux succeeds Italy s Andrea de Ceserio who was find by Ligier list year for wrecking one car too Many. Decesaris will remain in formula one racing however As he signed a contract Only last week to drive for the italian Minardi team. Minardi has no yet named its second Driver but the position is expected to go to the italian Alessandro Nannini. Both the new Brabham Bow formula one car. Decesaris and Nannini drive together on the Lancia sports car team in Long distance racing. From Bow of Munich comes news that three time world Champion Niki Lauda of Austria who retired from racing at the end of last season despite some fantastic financial enticements has decided to work for Bow in the role of adviser. Lauda Bow says will place the experience gained in his unparalleled racing career it the Dispo Sal of Bow motor port a Mph and will advise Bow in All motor port questions including the pro motion of Young Lauda 36, who signed his contract with Bow lat last month should enjoy his new role. He has done it ail where motor sports is concerned and he should prove a Good teacher to Young driven As Well is adviser to Bow. During his 17-year career on the world tracks he driven All types of cars has made 170 starts in for Mula one grand prix racing and has 25 grand in victories. Only Scotland s Jackie Stewart has More a record of 27. Belgium s Jacky icky who has won the 24hours of be mans six times was quoted recently in the Brussels newspaper be sold As saying that he retiring from world championship sports car racing. He was quoted by the newspaper As saying it has come full Circle. A racing Driver is like a Gambler. He wins he wins More and then one Day he has to Stop or lose it . Now 41, has enjoyed a truly magnificent Rac ing career one that has spanned 25 Yean and has involved practically every category of Competition from formula one to can am. His Only disappoint ment has been in not winning the formula one world driving championship although he was run Nerup in 1969 and 1970. Icky who walked away from some very serious accidents in his time contested 116grand prix races and won eight of them. He also won 49 sports car endurance races and was the world endurance driving Champion in 1982 and 83. The belgian Ace retired once before in s979, then returned for six More successful seasons. In his interview with be sold. He indicated he would continue to compete in such events As the Marathon Paris Dakar rally an event he won in 1983 aboard a four wheel drive Mercedes 280ge Wagon. Like England s Stirling Moss and the late Ronnie Peterson of Sweden Belgium s icky should have been world Champion somewhere along the Way. Also like Moss and Peterson he stands on the plateau with the truly great Drivers of All time. Selfishly perhaps we Hope be will remain in a few of the adventures like the Paris Dakar. Motor sport would not be the Sam without icky involved in a somewhere. Where to go this weekend the fifth International Frankfurt adar ice Speedway races for motorcycles will be held on saturday and sunday at the Frankfurter ets sport Halle at Rau wig near the East Park autobahn exit Frankfurt Ost or Streetcar lines 13 and 18. The Frankfurt world championship semifinal is one of three in Europe this weekend the others also on saturday and sunday at Assen the Netherlands and Madonna do Campiglio in Italy. The finals will be held mar. 8-9 in Stockholm. In the Frankfurt Competition practice will be Hel Friday beginning at 2 ., while saturday s racing program starts at 7 And ends about 11. The racing on sunday starts at 2 And ends about 6. The program on both Days will feature 20 heats of four laps each with 16 of the world s Best motorcycle tee riders from various nations. The specially designed 500cc ice racing motorcycles with heavily spiked tires some 300 Spike develop about 60 horsepower. Prices on either saturday or sunday Range from16.50 Marks about $7 to 30 Marks about is 2.50. To Stan we strip Ueberroth proposes plan to combat use of drugs by Chris Dahl anew Haven Conn. A sport Sand All of society can be free of drugs baseball commis Ioner Peter Ueberroth says if his prescription is followed closely Noth oed his pro Josas for eliminating what he called tie engine of a Shechem naung wac rime in this country during a speech say night at Yale University where i was honoured As the bar league school s first Chubb fellow of 1986. St Chub to o Ueberroth called for Loop mlle part of government and the Public an private sir tors in a five part plan of Edu Catton and enforcement that would entail Good aggressive diplomacy in the countries that grow the stuff. Better control on the United states Boen Upkeep i illegal drugs from entering xhv�ug5lktion that would allow for bet the rusts existing resources particularly a Rentof drug umm in the country by the police and involvement by private companies schools and we can lick it and beat it in baseball it will have a Domino effect on airline pilots and lawyers and if they can beat it it will have an effect in our High schools he , who was unanimously selected As baseball commissioner in 1984when he succeeded Bowie Kuhn said the the private sector is the most guilty of apathy about businesses can spend millions and millions and millions of dollars on Adver Tising shampoo and Beer they can spend a Little on educating about drugs Ueber Roth was elected commissioner of baseball by the Ownen on the heels of his performance in organizing the 1984 sum Mer olympic games in los Angeles which were acclaimed As a great Success both financially and from a Public relations standpoint. The 1984 olympics had a surplus estimated at about $250 took Over the Commissio Nexhip of baseball in october that year and immediately took a hard stand against drugs. Although there is no formal drug test Peter Ueberroth. Five recommendations ing program in major league baseball Ueberroth hailed the drug testing program in the minor leagues As a Complete Success because it ensures players privacy. He pledged that baseball would become a drug free sport in 1986. I m committed to getting drugs out of baseball not hurting the players. I Don t like testing but i m not going to sit Brand not have a solution Ueberroth said in a question and answer session with Stu dents after his address. Fulda girls top Ulm for tourney spot Nuernberg the Fulda Falcons girls basketball team is heading to the Dodds Smalt schools tournament which starts thursday at Patch Barracks in Stutt Gart. In an a Silver playoff Battle for third place the Falcons behind sue Rapp s 19 Points took the measure of the Ulm marauders 48-32 Here tuesday to earn a tournament berth. Both Fulda and Ulm finished with 8-4league records behind Champion Vilseck he and Bemberg 9-3 to Force the play off game. Fulda will face Baum older Winner of the a Gold title at 12 30 Thursday in the tournament. Kim Sampson and Markie Troutman contributed 12 and 8 Points respectively for the Falcons. Ulm was paced by Thorton t 14points, Cynthia Bramlett s 10 and vary Andujar s 4
