European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Stars and stripes saturday february 22, 1986 pm Sis Phosai by Randy Barntt Ahoe Germany s Max Nic Dormair leads in this High Speed dash Over thaw at the Frankfurt . Below a Cycle wheel holds some 100 spikes almost All on the left Side. Spec fact a fits the b Tor Cycle racing on in by Randy Barnett motors polls editor spectacular is unc Way perhaps the Only Way to describe the sport of ice Speedway motorcycle racing. Four riders Roar to the Starling line the Gate goes up and they re off about a minute later the race is finished and lie riders have covered 1,600 meters about a Mil part of thai Dis Tance while listed far Down on the icy track. To go the mile these fearless bikers have gone Flat out for four laps around the 400-meter ova at an average Speed of about 60 Mph on Glare ice. During an ice racing program there arc 20 heals each heat of four laps. To watch a rider of world Champion Freddie Spencer s Caliper lean far Down into a High Speed turn on a regular track is Beautiful to Sec. To witness the same on ice Wilh the rider even lower to the sur face is a breathtaking scene. In last weekend s world champions he semifinals at the Frankfurt eiss Portal 16 riders from the soviet Union Sec Jan Czechoslovakia Germany Franco and Austria were fighting it out to Rovn the finals scheduled March 8-9 in Stockholm Sweden. The five riders who scorch Fth most Points advanced to the i rfcs. And at Frankfurt the lop rider was Widen s Eric Stenlund world Champis join 1984. Two russians a czech Andrw Tolhur swede advanced with other semifinal was staged in Italy. Ice Speedway by cof racing which prows in popularity carry car had its Start in the soviet Union aft Scandinavia where Riv ers and lakes freeze solid and where prac Tice and racy a has never required Arifi since the world championship Job Gram was inaugurated 20 years ago prussian riders have dominated i Nnaji the title 17 limes. Czech riders Mao feed to Cap Ture the title twice in of and 74 and Stenlund became tru Friesl rider from a non communist coup Fry to Wear the Crown when he won Iuppo years ago. Regarding the a rfcs they arc fast Soock engines of 6jplorsepowcr and the tires arc . The spikes arc about an Inch ago a half Long. The front Rik has about 100 spikes. Be cause the Jjack Only turns left on the Speedway Jwal the left Side of the front tire gets Fie spikes plus a few Down the Middle the Back tire has about 200 spikes on Boult sides and Down the Middle. Spikes make racing dangerous to have been fatalities but there could no ice racing without spiked tires. The riders Wear leathers and helmets As in Normal Cycle racing but they also Wear a specially designed protective leather sleeve on the left leg. Falls arc frequent but the riders arc so close to the ground that serious injuries Are rare. If a rider should fall during a race the race is Bro Ken off and restarted minus the rider who took the fall. The special Speedway motorcycles Cost about $5,000, and on the extremely Short straight sections they quickly reach speeds of up to 75 Mph. The clips Are a part of the program on the straights since Speed is gained that Way. On an ice racing Bike the rider will look in vain Tor brakes because there Aren t any. He can Only slow Down by gel Ling off the Gas which in this Case is methanol. Toafe cagers win to keep worldwide title Hopes alive Vandenberg fab Calif. Bit Burg Forward Tony Everett led the Way with in first half Points As Safe jumped in front Early and stayed there throughout ousting air University 101-97 wednesday in the air Force worldwide men s Basket Ball tournament. Safe evened its record at 1-1 and sent air University 1-2, packing in this five Day double elimination tournament. Meanwhile unbeaten strategic air come and Pacific air Force won to reach the winners bracket final. Sac toppled logistics come 91-87 for its third Victory and Pacific posted its second Triumph by edging systems come 76-75. In wednesday s other Battle for survival military air come Defeated space come 112-84, improving to 2-1. Sac and Pacific were to meet thursday in the feature game. Safe was to take on systems both Are 1-1 and Mac was to play logistics. The winners in each con test were to meet later the same night. Everett connected on eight Field goals and two free throws Tor his 18-Point first half and wound up with a game High 26 Points tops among six Safe cagers in double figures. He had Strong support from muted Turkey guard Bill Lewis with 21. Other Safe double digit contributors were Alconbury Forward Kevin a coed with 13, Wei Bruecken Center Tony Hicks with 11 and rams Cin Forward Willie slew Art and Sembach guard Robert Martin with 10 Points each. The victors shot an impressive 46 of 81 from the Field 57 percent. Air University was topped by a familiar name in Safe former Rhein main rocket Cecil spicy with 22. Guard Marcus Jackson contributed 19, including five three pointers and Center Walter Ellison tallied 17
