European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday june 15, 19b6 brazilian fastest in Canadian trials Ayr Lon Senrud of Brazil checks time Wilh pit Ere for 111.8 Mph qualifying run. Montr ua1. A Ayrton Senna of lira Al mastered i drying track r rid a Anil placed his Lotu Renault on inc provisional pole for the Canadian grand prix. Senna when will Enlar sunday s race on inc Willos Villa ecu pc circuit leading the Wurm cd standing was clucked in i minute 37.422 seconds or i i 2.% Mph. Tor his qualifying Ruhr of he remains inc fastest through Slit second and final qualifying session sat urday ii Fiji be his Fourie Pule Surl of the season. Warmer dryer weather was forecast for saturday after Laic morning ruin hampered the opening of Lime Trink Lori Day. The fill minute session begun with the sleek open wheel can. Spilling out Roost entails of water. As the Trad dried qualifying speeds remained Short of the Irack record of 1 24.567 Sel by inc Laic Elio do an celts of Nlaly in a Lotus. Senna s fast Lap came on the last of the 2j he ran on the twisting 2.74-mile Cir Cuit on notre Dame Island in the Middle of the St. Lawrence River. Nelson Piquet of the Williams team and Senna s countryman was second at i 28.5k8, followed by Ferrari s Stefan Johansson of Sweden at 1 28,Shi. Close behind was englishman Nigel Mansell in a Williams clocked Al f2h.ss9. With Kike res actg Tif Finland and the Mclaren team next at 1 29.348. Gerhard by rec of Austria in a Benet ton moved up 10 Sisikh Laic in the session turning a Lap at 1 29.471. Alain Prus the defending world Champion who trails Senna by Only two Points in inc stand Ings was next Al 1 19.541. The session was interrupted three i lines by red flags and a session that was supposed to last one hour wound up a in nearly iwo hours. Tyrrill s Philippe Struiff of France he first red Flag when he spun and slopped in a dangerous spot on the narrow circuit just five minutes into the session. Three minutes Afler the cars were re started. Tco Fabi of Italy driving a Ben Etton spun into 3 Guardrail along the main Straightaway and brought out the second real Flag. Tonally the Turbocharger on Johans son s Ferrari went up in flames closing the track after Only about 15 minute of qualifying. White Irack personnel were cleaning up that mess the Turbocharger on the Oak Speed car driven by Jonathan Palmer or England also blew lengthening the delay. None of the Drivers was injured and Johansson later turned life fast Lap in hit backup car. His teammate Michele Alborell of Italy inc defending Canadian grand Prin Champion wound up near the Back of i tic provisional Grid after his engine blew on his 13th Lap with inc track still very wet. His Best Lap was clocked at 1 42.740. There arc no american Drivers a inc Field but inc team owned by Chicago businessman Carl Haas placed two cars in he tentative lineup. Patrick Tam Bay of France was 10th in a Haas Lola while Alan Jones of austra Lia who spun and knocked off the nose Cane of his Lola was 17ih. The second and final round of qualify ing was to be held saturday wild the 25 car Grid determined by Lite Best Lap of each car during the iwo Days of time Tri als. Open from Page 21 Demers goes from rags to riches Bobby and . Bobby yet to win in a decade on the pea tour had Al 69. Lanny matched Par 70 also Al four Over 144 were West German Bernhard i anger. Tommy a Kainu of Japan Payne Stewart and Mac o Grady. Inc tour Maverick who ii appealing a Fine and suspension levied for conduct Unbe coming a professional Nakajima a frequent Winner in his Homeland Hud a 11. Langer had a 70. Stewart a 6b and o Grady a 69. Ai 145, six strokes Back were former masters champions Ben Crenshaw and Craig Stadler and former pea Winner Hal Sutton. Crenshaw had a 69, Stilton a 70 . Others were not so fortunate. Seve Ballesteros of Spain could do no better that 73 148. British open Champion Sandy Lyle of Scotland was 71-149. Pea Champion Hubert Green and defending . Open title Holder Andy North both were Al 150. Inc cutoff figure to qualify for the final two rounds saturday and sunday. Among the casualties were tournament players Champion John Mahaffey 73 1521985 leading Money Winner Curtis strange 79-155 and Danny Edwards who set a course record with 30 on the Back nine. He had a second round 69, hut could not overcome an 83 opening round and finished Al 152. Norman who won More than 30 International titles before settling Down to the american tour has been on a tear winning twice and finishing second twice in Bis last five starts and earning More than . Detroit a the Detroit red wings used big Money to lure Jacques Demers from the St. Louis blues signing him to a million five year contract Friday and making him one of the High est paid coaches in the National hockey league. Lie had been one of the i owns paid with the blues earning about j70.000. He made it Clear that he turned to Detroit Only because the club has a history of paying Well. Demers move to Detroit where he be comes the club s fourth coach in the past year surprised Many in the blues organization. Owner Harry or. Neil accused the red wings of tempering. This is Prelly hard to take Ornels said. That s tampering of the Pocsi order. They had t even asked for permission to talk 10 Jack quit try the blues executive vice president claimed dimers had a contract with St. Louis. Thai s very Fra Ziering thai other teams Are interested in our coach but Jacques signed a contract Extension mid Way through shia past season Quinn said thursday night. He placed a depos it on a Home in West county three weeks however Arl Kaminsky Demers agent and lawyer denied there was Tam Pering and claimed Demers had not signed a contract Extension. The Mailer probably will have to be sedfred by the nil and if the red wings Ore found guilty of tampering the blues Likely will Dmund compensation from them possibly a High draft Choice. Do Iroil has the first Overall pick in the nil entry draft this week. What s wrong with wanting to belter yourself Demers said. I did t put a gun to anybody s head i wanted what s Best for Jacques Demers thas s dimers who will be the 50th Detroit coach in the team s history is charged with returning inc once proud club to prominence in the nil a task general manager Jimmy div Plano said he would have Lime to Complete. Anybody who thinks this Man in t going to be around awhile this says it All said Dave Llano calling Demers the Best coach in Detroit which has boasted such great hockey names As Gordie Howe Sid abet Ted Lindsay and Jack Adams was the worst club in the 21-Teara league last sea son winning Only 17 of go games the 41-year-old Demers look an unheralded blues team to the semifinals of the Stanley cup playoffs where they were beaten by she Calgary flames in seven games of Bis goal with the red wings he said i Don t have to make promises i Don t have to sell myself. All i can say is we re going o play belter than we have in the past the red wings Aren t a great hockey club but it s a Good hockey club and we re going in make it better Demers who coached the blues the last three seasons guided St. Louis la a fim Pace finish in the Morris division during the 1984-85 season. Demers playing career ended at age 17 because of a serious leg injury and be built a coaching reputation As a disciplinarian and hard worker. He began his coaching career in he Junior ranks in his native Montreal in 1967-68. Dimers then spent eight years in the now def no world hockey association before moving to the nil with the Quebec Nordques he was hired by St. Louis ii 1983 and was a finalist for coach of the year Hon ors last season. The red wings have fired three coaches since last summer but still finished 17-s7-6, the worst record in club history. Brad Park was dismissed june 3. He replaced Harry scale on dec. 29, 1985. Neale took Over last summer for Nick Polano who became an assistant general manager. Padres demote Kruk to make room for ready san Diego a _ the san Diego padres Send Rookie outfielder John Kruk Bact to heir class aaa earn in Lai vegas on ortday to make room on i hair 24-Man Scaler for Randy ready obtained in a Trade with the Milwaukee Brewers. In 39 games for the padres Kruk was hitting .279 with one Home run and seven Bis. He had started 12 games but was used mostly u a Pinch Hjuler
