European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 19, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 13 Wiesbaden to Host old Tirner car rally entry tops 180 Mark the City of  and the Hesse Moln sports club will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the automobile with an old Limer i a parly this week end. Hit feature being a 45-mile rally on saturday in the Taurus Mountain area. More Ihnn 180 old cars Are entered for saturday s run. He two oldest tars in the lineup a 111 3 do Dion Boulon and a 1to" bolide l. Both the Gnu inn and bolide have engines of four horsepower. The third oldest car is a Lorraine die Trich of 1005 Vintage with a 24-Horsc Power engine. From Ilie 1905 and 1905 models the cars Range through Llic 1920s, Jas 40s and 50s, followed by models of inc 1960s, with the Cut off year being 1970. Some of the famous Marques rep resented include Amilcar Daimler Benz Rolls Royce. Jaguar Cadillac Buick. My Aston Martin Horch Ren Ault opel Bow. La Salic and Delahaye. The cars will arrive on Friday for tech Nical inspections which begin it 3 . In the docs incr Bank area. Saturday s old timer rally will be run in two stages with a mid Day pause at the Raule  in Eppstein Vocks Hausen in the Taurus. The first stage of the rally starts at 10 . From the Dresdner Bank in downtown Wiesbaden and the route from Wiesbaden is As follows a Rolal Rab Ungrund Nero Birg Good sheintal Sonnenburg Rambach. Maurod Brenthal  and Eppstein Vocke Hausen for the mid Day Jause from i l 30 unlit l30. Leaving Epps Thiis. The cars return by Way of Lorsbach. Ling Chain. Brecken Cim. Wallut Nuriden Slade Erbena Cimisi and like Brich the first car arriving in Wiesbaden about 2 . At the Kut Litius Tawny Fin Ishing Point. The cars will continue to arrive there until about 4 . On sunday an old timer a festival and display of the old cars will open act Liv Ilies at 10 . At the Kurliak. And the old cars will then make a final run through Wiesbaden beginning at 2 . A motor Market featuring classic cars for Sale is being held in conjunction with Wiesbaden s Salute to the 100th anniversary of the automobile. The Market open now through sunday evening is located in the   to the Kur Haut. Entrance is free. . Parts firm opens a new firm us spec automobile  has opened in Fuerth Germany and is operated by americans Earl Erick son and Tim Johnson. The owners have written us to say that they can Supply All parts for All makes and models of Ameri can made ears vans and Rucks As Well As All parts for  euro Pean and japanese models. The parts list includes everything from a Rolls Royce convertible at a Pas old i inter rally Hody and Glass to engine and drive train plus High performance items and accessories the firm says. All parts come from the United states and Normal delivery Lime is 10 business Days the firm says adding that All parts Are sold tax and duty free at Ilie manufacturer s suggested list Price. For More info Nalion. Write us spec automobile parts Al seyhers Iassc 91, 8510 furl i.  Germany or Call 0911-709190. New Auto Center the military car sales pcs firm of Frankfurt recently opened an Auto shop Ping mall in ,.ein5icdler Hof that is patterned after the Auto Rama in san  new cars on exhibit and for Sale Are from Audi Bow Dodg coh Mitsubishi Jaguar Nissan i eur cot and Volkswagen All Are with . Specifications. They arc featured in separate facilities within the extremely modern de sign 16,200-Square-foot building. Tie Center is Upen from 9 . Until 9 . Mondays through saturdays and i rom 11 . Until 6 . On sundays Randy Barnett 240 Turbo Model carries the Banner Volvo goes racing to change its image a Alvr a Honari to head Battle and for car fans who Don t follow motor sport it May come As a Surprise to learn that Drivers of the Volvo 240 Turbo won last year s european touring car Crown and they arc doing very Well again in this year s series. Volvo in racing yes and winning it share seven victories in last year s series that gave Thomas Lindstrom of Sweden and his italian teammate Gianfranco bran Calculi the european driving co championship. During a recent visit to Volvo head quarters in Goteborg we talked to to Wikas the swedish firm s motor sport manager who said we knew we had a competitive car in the Volvo 240 Turbo and we wanted to shed our reputation for staid automobiles. We also wanted to show that we could beat the likes of Bow and Jaguar and the Only Way we could do that was to go racing. New markets Are also involved Wikas who is also in charge of devel swedish Driver Thomas Lindstrom behind the wheel of Volvo 240. In 1985, Lindstrom and Brancatelli won the title with seven victories in 14 races and went the full distance in 13 of the 14 a Superb record for reliability. The Drivers in the other Volvo 240germany and we came in cold and had a lot to learn Wikas said especially in racing suspension development but n All came a tally. Our cars were the Best seventh and eighth respectively in the 8s championship run. This season Lindstrom is driving with his countryman Ulf Granburg while the second pc a stand. It s most dangerous to quit developing when you re ahead so we continue to develop our cars from race to  actually it did not take too Long to achieve Success. Volvo cars competed inthe european championship series in 1984 and scored one Victory by the end of the season. Many experts picked the Volvo As the cars to beat in lie l3 championship and they were Rigel. Highly experienced . Racing team of Belgium is in charge of the cars this season. Volvo is on a winning Streak Al the moment with Back to Back. Victories Al ande Storp Sweden and boo Czechoslovakia. Last year the Volvo 240 turbos developed 315 horsepower in racing trim and Unis season the engines Are putting out some 340 horsepower. The trick is never to use More horse Power to win than necessary Wikas said because with too much horsepower it s a Case of too much stress on the engine. And in european touring car championship racing dependability is the key on the question of How much racing knowledge goes Back into a production car Wikas said it is always essential to push for weight reduction on a racing car and weight reduction knowledge can be transferred to the production lint automobile. Chassis and electronics knowledge  Auli Ough the 240 Turbo is the mainstay at the moment Wikas hinted that the big 700-scries car May get the Call some Day because you always have to carry some thing in your Back pocket just in  what about the old adage win on sunday sell on monday it works of course Wikas said and a Good example there is the Japa Nese five hour endurance race of last autumn. The Volvo finished one two there after had to Hea d we be already no cd a 50 percent increase in Volvo sales in Japan and the far East. The next race was in Hong Kong where Brancatelli won and the Hong Kong Market was immediately up by 50 percent. These Are Brand new markets Wikas said and racing opens them up. Japan and Hong Kong Are Good examples along with the Volvo teams in the european touring car championship the swedish firm also has entries in the australian new zealand races the cars sponsored by Volvo dealers there. Wikas feels that inc Type of racing provided by touring cars in the european series is on the verge of great Success. The racing is close and it s first Rale the Lindstrom Granburg . Team Volvo 240 Turbo for example beating a Brit ish Rover Viesse by a Mere 0.37 seconds in the recent 500-mile race in Sweden. Average attendance is running from 15,000 to 20,000 spectators Wikas said and next year the series will be on a world championship basis with full Tele vision coverage. New zealand. Australia Japan Macao and Brazil will Host races and there will be six additional rounds in Europe. The six european races will count for both euro Pean and world championship Points. Once the series is established on a world championship basis american car entrants May come in Wikas feels. Some american manufacturers have already asked for the group a rules that will govern the 1987 world series. If you would like to see the Volvo Rov ers Bow and other cars in action the next round in the touring car championship is july 6 on the Sake urging in aus Tria and Hen comes the German round on july 13 at the Lucr Burgering.