European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday May 28. 19b6 the stars and stripes Page 25 can f impose motor , Gerh Wiy the Powers that control t eliminate formula one cars and of fac formula three cars because of Elio d3l death in a testing Accident Bat hat s Whai Illey re doing to tallying. Speaking was Tony fall u. Former ranked rally Driver who is now the head opel s Molo Sporl division fall was discussing the drastic changes that Are taking place in world championship rallying because of new rules and revisions that were written practically overnight by Jean Marie Bill str the president of the Feitt Rasi ii do upon Auto Mabit Tisai. The fisa manifesto was issued the Day following the deaths of Finland s Henri Toivoncn and his italian american co Driver Sergio Cresto in u crush during the corsican Kully. No one will deny that changes arc necessary to Cut speeds and to make ral lying safer said fall but everyone directly involved in rallying and that includes the Drivers arc unhappy about the Way the rules and revisions were carried out quickly and without consultation with us. The fisa revisions written by a Istre within n Lime period of 24 hours ban the current group b cars Peugeot 205 Turbo and Lancia s4, for example by the end of the season and create a new world championship beginning in 1987, this championship to be contested by group a cars 5.000 must be Niader with a horsepower limit of 300. The group a cars Are slower than the group b racers whose Turbo engines develop up to 500 horsepower but Many rally experts think that the group a cars will eventually be just As fast and that nothing will really be Guined where safety is concerned. Many other revisions a rules such us shortening rallies came out of fisa s directive. Fall. A Lio with other rally bops con fronted Bible str. At u commission meeting last a in pans said thai lie and Ninny Atuf rally team leaders agreed with the Albi repro Scala live who said fisa to Jirrine to pin the blame on the car pc ple instead of the organizers who of Jerall arc responsible for safely measure in the Wak of recent developments Audi annoy wed last week that it Hasi International rallying the a Eelem at Portugal where three pc la is were killed and Many injured. Was an organizational problem. Fall said the High Speed stages Sci up in an area where there was a sea of people. That special Slage never should have been held mere.". The rally experts contend that even a Slaw car would have killed Swiec Salors at Portugal As there was no Ewi Irol of j the people Oliai Soever in the Sia Jse there he Accident Currod. The main com Elaml from the rally Pcolka involves the pre Pipih a Clun by fisa Jose re visions win Cost manufacturers Lions of dollars it Tony full not necessarily mss rallying any safer. The rally people that if consulted they would a made the existing cars slower Nna afr rather than having officialdom Siff Ilii ban the. Cars. Stability rules and regulations up to cover at least two seasons Anil manufacturer decides to invest 11104 go rallying on the basis of when they Are changed ova of tas in i his Case the manufacture a left hold ing the bag the result of All dffi7 fall said is Audi s , Peugeot planning to Lake Legal action Aislin Rover facing a pit limit Nissan hiking no further action on Dovd Pumeni of a rally car. And in and tin. La makes our Job very difficult we go before the boart of directors and persuade them 10spend Isu Iney logo rallying. They agree invent a lol of Money and then before the even built the rules Are j Ford s new ks2i10 group ii rally i a Pood exan Filc Here Ford w or Kine Lime to build the required 20uj�ints. And min out of whirl a Chiin Ilioiu Rae lion by the end of this season Bec Nifte of the fisa directive. Opel Lead Plain Iichi Rusc the new four wheel drive Tould Rias rallied in the l proposed new s class next season put that class also was can celeb Byjah fils a edict Hajj Folie 11s7 world championship is earned. Opel can use its group a a Villi Al is currently being rallied in. The Ter Tan National championship. It s ready and Well develop it further for nest year s Campaign fall said discussing other subjects during an in jervie1 in his Moio sports office at the gel Headri uraners. Fall supports the Lac ref Chat motors Virts Shn Tild always aim to be Feti entertain ing and thai its rules �3 i Majk a Tel a Btl if Vij. Igftfs., v i to jct being prepared by opel for the 1987 season in a new o roup a Competition. Pull to use Dill by acc. The car of Lascar . Tom Erica. As an example of a approach i ii ilor parts it ailment. He Kee is lie Leum Val rules simple full say and pikes certain that races Are trough Liberal us of t i he ears close up under a Yel Ion Fli Iii. And. It the firm has Money it can go racing and nol be plagued by endless technical rules a great i lenses like building 200 rally cars when Only a few of Thevil can be used in action while fall s Job is almost totally involved with rallying he takes pleasure in opel s recent racing gambit in the French touring car championship u Rac ing series where apparently anything goes it s called Noscak. Probably to resemble Lascar fall save. Smil ing and if the race officials feel cer Tain cars have an unfair engine advantage they just loss a 25-Poitnd sack of Sand into he Back. It s handicapping just As in horse racing. We asked the French officials if we could enter an opel senator with a i20 american Chevrolet engine and they said Why not stamped of r papers and we were on our Way. Can you imagine that at u race sanctioned by fisa1?. The Peinl is simple. Utieri mini Flat i the main aim and these French nos car races Are drawing big crowds pcs Geol is in it Audi taxi there s a Mercedes 191 with u Flitcr engine. Renault is in Anil Ikhi we re in it s without All the Usu Hess hag gling fall says. Few rules lots of fun Good racing and the fans love it. There were More Llian of them at a mull fiery race recently 11 track South of 1 Aris. This is a perfect example of sores no Lac entertainment the opel rally shop we looked Over the new four wheel drive opel hypes thai Lead competed in the Paris Daur rally in january. details or Skcar s construction and function. Fall Sala Iove la win the Paris Dakar some during one of by Nail visits to write about an opel Ina Geould run in tie East african Safarr Jilly fall had said Well win the Saf Ladunc of these and in in opel did Fin land s Ari Vatanen driving. There i no reason to think a Lief and his Ope team will nol fulfil Etc Paris Dakar prediction too. A nil Evert Lloyd Post French Tennis Tiyi Fps Paris a top is slut Ivan Lindl of Czechoslovakia and def new women s Champion Chris Evert Lloyd scots truism Sel victories monday on the first hot the French open Tennis championships. And the holiest player in Tennis Lam seeded Steffi Graf won her 21st Consic live Tennis match with n 6-1. 6-0 vie Over fellow West German Andrea Betm Tondl shaking off a lingering it in Surv routed Germany s m Michaelj Westphal 6-3,6-3,6-4.earlier on the red Clay a tier court at Roland Garros stadium Loyd looking to defend her Lone grand fam title of 185, beat French Junior jump Ion Cocci la Cal mctle6-0,6-1. / another Geri Afri teen age Star. Wimble Don Champion Boris Becker supported his own no. 3 6cdinb with a 6-0, 6-j, 6-q Victory oven Jerome Potier of France anal Sweden s fifth seeded Stefan Edburg rallied to beat Shahar i Perkiss 6-3,3-6,6-4,6-1. Seeded players had a relatively easy time on a gorgeous with Bright Sunshine and temper Turu Elt into the 80s. Vie men 12lh-Sccdcd Gitil Vernio the 1977 French Champi Hile s Pedro Rob Ollado 6-1, �-1,6-4. Mong the women sixth seeded Helena Turkova of c2echoslovakia Defeated Sabina ads of Lily 6-. 6-1 ninth seeded a bus Disabatini of Argentina beat Japan s is 6-1, 6-1 12th-sccded Catarina Lundqu Impf Sweden Defeated Grace Kim of the United Miles 6-2,6-1 and Canada s car Ling i assets Fol nth seed beat France s Ca Therine Tangier to 6-3. La was Bassett s first tournament since in Wiiri of her father. But american Karat Jordan the filth seed was Upsel by Anawro . Player Camilla Benjamin l-6.6-2\ 3. In another upset Louise cd toppled fellow australian Elizabeth Smy 6-1, 6 i also Michelle Torres Defeated fellow american Joanne Russell 6-3, 6-3 and Czechoslovakia s Regina Mars Kava Defeated american Kathy Horvath 6-4,6-1, .8th support Hooters rally to take setae soccer title Vicenza Italy far Ifie first time in setae soccer history two teams from Camp Darby Ballico it out for the championship. He co Kwh support croup bounced Back from an opening name a Cecal to take five straight games and the com Mand title monday with a 3-1 Triumph Over the -40111 ammunition Supply so with id undo Bonillo scoring nil three goals liar Lier he co forced the if acc Isary game with a 1-0 Victory. Zanillo put the eventual champions ahead at 10 14 on a free kick from the right Side but asps Donald Moore tied it at frill with a header off u Cor Ner kick. The defences prevailed for the re mini or of the first half but of Pinillo dribbled through the asps defenders twice in the Ciccold half for the clinching goals the first coming at 56 30 and the second exactly five minutes later. Bonillo played n spectacular game said setae sports director Doug Urner. Lie was All Over the Field All Day setting up the offence As Well As sparkling on defense Ulf Nils Soji scored the Only goal in the game that forced the if necessary Battle and Bonillo and Scott Slink a sparkled on defense. He co dropped a 1-0 verdict to cob Jill in 31si airborne in its opening game but bounced Back to topple cod 1th in 325lh airborne 2-0 combat sup port co 4lh in. 325lh 2-1, and avenged its loss to co d by taking a 3-0 verdict to set up the two games against asps. Urner said that an All Star team will be selected to represent Altaf in the Usak huk positional Lourn Ament june 5-8 at bind Luch Germany the position Al Winner advances to the us a r Bur finals hosted by the vol corps Champi on june 12-1 s
