European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 23, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup porsche s new automatic wins in Italy the 1986 world s sports car championship got under Way at Monza last sunday and the results were More than familiar. A rothmans porsche factory entry 962-c won the race and porsche cars finished in eight of the top 10 positions. Second to the winning porsche was an italian Lancia la one minute behind on its Home circuit. Germany s Hans stuck and England s Derek Bell who share the world sports car driving Crown won the race for porsche and they did it in a car equipped with an automatic double clutch transmission a recent porsche development. Porsche s world championship race Victory at Monza was the first in 20 years for an automatic transmission equipped car. The last one came in 1966 when the american Phil Hill and the late to Bonnier of Sweden drove texan Jim Hall s automatic Chaparral to Victory in the 1,000 Kilometres of the nuer Burgering. The porsche firm said that last sunday s Monza Mission was above All the testing of the future oriented automatic double clutch transmission. Besides that the new system is to be used in the races at Silverstone be mans the nuer Burgering and spa fran co champs As  there will be two automatic transmission cars in All of those races except at be mans where Only one Auto Matic will be entered along with two manual transmission 62-c cars. In the italian race at Monza last sunday the porsche factory s other automatic transmission 962-c, driven by Jochen mass of Germany and Bob Wollek of France finished sixth. Wollek replaces Jacky icky of Belgium who has retired. The second place Lancia was driven by italians Andrea Decesaris and Alessandro Nannini. Sunday s race also marked the first time in world championship Competition that the big group c sports cars were not required to cover 1,000 Kilometres 620 Miles distance. The race went 63 laps 226 mile because the Monza round was classified As a sprint. Monza and the Noris ring Nuernberg Germany Are sprints this year while the other races on the Calendar will go the endurance route. This year fisa has named the series the world sports car championship instead of the endurance racing championship the format including both sprints and Long distance races to make this Type of racing More attractive to spectators. On sunday april 27 at the nuer Burgering near Adenau Germany there s another sprint race for these group c cars although it is not a world championship round. Active duty military personnel May see the race free of charge upon presentation of an id card see where to go this weekend for details the next world championship round is May 5 at Silverstone England. � looking at formula one racing the third round in the world driving championship will be staged sunday at Imola the grand prix of san Marin and it s obvious that this year s Campaign is shaping up As a straight fight Between the Williams and Lotus teams with Mclaren appearing to be in with a Chance at this Early stage. The French Ligier team May do Well but Ferrari and Brabham already appear hopeless while the other teams seem to be around Only to fill the Grid. The new Beatrice Lola team Beatrice is already phasing out its sponsorship in both Al and Cartis strictly no where although australian Alan Jones will compete at Imola with the Long awaited Ford Turbo engine and that could prove interesting. The recent Spanish grand prix on the new Jerez de la Frontera circuit proved a showcase for Lotus and Williams with Brazil s Ayrton Senna of Lotus beating his Arch rival englishman Nigel Mansell Williams by the closest margin in the history of grand prix racing. A Good indication of the Lotus Williams and Mclaren strength was illustrated by the starting Grid in Spain and it will probably go that Way throughout the 1986 season. For example Senna had pole in his Lotus Renault while his countryman Nelson Piquet was Sec Ond fastest in the Williams Honda. Piquet who won the brazilian up opener was followed by his teammate Mansell then came world Champion Alain Frost of France in his Mclaren porsche Prost followed by his teammate Keke Rosberg of Finland. And except for Piquet who dropped out with a blown engine the race results at the top were the same. Going into sunday s grand prix of san Marino Senna leads for the Crown with 15 Points while Piquet follows with 9 and Mansell with 6. Prost and French Man Jacques Laffite Ligier Are tied with 4 Points each while Rene Arnoux of France Ligier and Ros Berg Are tied with 3 Points each. Martin Brundle of England Tyrrell Teo Fabi of Italy Benetton and Gerhard Berger of Austria Benetto Nall have 2 Points each. In the formula one constructor s championship Lotus and Williams Are tied for the Lead with 15 Points each Mclaren and Ligier have 7 Points each Benetton has 4, and Tyrrell has 2. Since we opened today s column with porsche s Success at Monza it s an appropriate time to note that the porsche club of America Germany re Gion continues going Strong with Many events scheduled. Slalom driving Tours race weekends attending the 24 hours of be mans and the grand prix of Ger Many at Bockenheim for instance porsche factory Tours and Many other attractions Are on the club s 1986 program. If you own a porsche and Are interested in joining this extremely Active organization then write for details to membership chairperson Cecile Cricket Nichols Box 1401, Apo 09403 or phone Bockenheim civilian 06205-5833. The Swiss Corvette club International Sci meanwhile invites american owners of Corvette cars to its 10th annual Vette euro  this year s get together is set for july 10 to 14 in Salzburg Austria. The Corvette club s racing activities slalom drag Rac ing Road racing Etc will take place on the Salzburg ing just East of the City. Deadline for registration is May 17. For details on activities fees the program and accommodations write Michel Burckhardt Postrach 127, 8027 Zurich Switzerland. The phone is 0041-1 482 34 33. Where to go this weekend in automobile racing the grand prix of san Marino third round in the formula one world driving championship will be staged sunday on the aut Dromo Dino Ferrari in Imola Italy. The race of 60 laps 188 mile begins at 2 30 . Untamed practice will be held from 10 to 11 30 . On Friday and saturday while timed qualify ing is scheduled from 1 to 2 . On Friday and sat urday. Preliminary races including an italian formula 3 championship round Are also on the program. The town of Imola is located just Southeast of Bologna. In Germany the 48th International adar Eif Cluren Nen will be held on sunday at the new nuer Burgering circuit near Adenau. Admission for All Active duty Mili tary personnel is free of charge on both saturday and on race Day sunday. Personnel must show their id cards at the Entrance Gate to be admitted. Civilian clothing is recommended. The featured event in sunday s nuer Burgering pro Gram will be the first race in the five race series of the newly created adar super cup for the big group a sports cars. Among group a cars in this sprint race will be the porsche 962, Lancia lc2 and Jaguar Xor 6. Meanwhile the opening round in the new porsche 944 Turbo series for catalytic converter equipped cars is also on the program along with a race for Renault 5 cars and German touring cars. Practice is scheduled saturday from 8 45 . To 5 30 ., while sunday s program is As follows Renault 5 race 11 15 . Adar super cup race 1 . German touring car championship race 2 30 . Porsche 944 Turbo cup race 3 30 . The nuer Burgering May be reached from the Koblenz Trier autobahn exit Ulmen and follow the nuer Burgering signs. In England there is racing on saturday and sunday at the brands Hatch circuit Southeast of London for formula Fords sports cars and touring cars while at Silverstone circuit near Northampton there is racing on sunday for formula Ford cars porsche sports cars and touring cars. Iri Holland there is racing on saturday and sunday at Zand Voort for touring cars sports cars and formula Fords. Rallying the 25th International adar rally Vorde Pfalz will be staged this weekend with an entry of some 160 cars from five nations. Among the top entrants for this rally which is the third round in the German National championship Are French Star Mich ele Mouton in a Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 and Sepp Haider of Austria in an opel Wadett Psi. The rally begins at 4 . On saturday from the Raschig Par Platz Munden Heimer Strasse 100 in Ludwigshafen. The first stage ends at 9 40 . At the Massa Markt in Kaiserslautern the cars leaving there for the Start of the All night second stage at 11 40 . The rally ends at the Raschig Par Platz in Ludwigshafen at 6 30 . On sunday. Motorcycles at Bockenheim Germany there is racing on saturday for bikes in the 125 and Soock classes As Well As a race for cycles with sidecars while a rally follows on sunday this one a round in the German Cycle rally championship. In England Champion of Snetterton motorcycle races will be held on saturday and sunday at the Snetterton circuit near Norwich. Motocross in Holland the third round in the world Motocross championship for Soock cycles will be held on sunday at Markelo the town of Markelo located West of enschede not far from the German Bor Der. Practice is scheduled for saturday. In England the opening round in the world Moto Cross championship for cycles with sidecars will be staged sunday near Streatley Reading about 30 Miles West of London. The stars and stripes Nappi Breland oppose pros in olympic games san Francisco up . National coach Pat Nappi and olympic Gold medallist Mark Breland said monday that allowing professionals to compete in boxing at the 1988 summer games in Seoul South Korea would kill the sport s Amateur program in this country. Professionals Are banned from competing in the olympics. However when the association of National olympic committees meets this week in South Korea a change in the games s eligibility rules enabling professionals to appear will be discussed. Nappi Hopes that is As far As it goes. Has our boxing record in the olympic games been so poor the Veteran fight Man Ager said. No it has t. So Why should we turn it Over to the professionals i feel it would kill Amateur boxing in the United states. In Russia they have a different system. They Are professional amateurs. That s their system and not  Breland welterweight Champion at both the 1982 world Amateur championships and the 1984 olympics said it would be unfair for professionals to compete. I think it would be unfair he said. The Amateur Guys just would not stand a Chance against a professional fighter. The professional is trained to go 10 hard rounds where an Amateur is Only trained for three. Then there is the difference in physical strength and  the new York City native said there was a difference Between a Mark Breland get Ting Back into the olympic ring and san Francisco 49ers wide receiver Renaldo Nehemiah being Able to run the hurdles in the summer games. You see football players that can run track but in boxing there Aren t athletes who Are professionals in other sports who can come in and Box he said. Breland also said there would be a prob Lem with greedy fight promoters. A lot of promoters would want Money to be involved he said. Once you allow Money in you re going to have trouble. You might As Well have everyone who wants to be a Boxer in the United states turn professional right now and forget about Amateur boxing. This would kill  Nappi and Breland were in san Francisco to promote the 1986 world boxing championships in Reno nev., May 8-18. Nappi said the . Team would include a number of Good boxers who just Aren t that experienced. We have a group of talented fighters again this year but they Are very limited on experience said Nappy. The . Team is expected to compete against teams from the soviet Union Cuba East Germany and 33 other National Amateur squads at the event