European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. July 30. 19s8 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup Gas Ess up racing not so grand when  Vevac inc Nim when Finland s Keke Boisberg announced he retirement from forr Auu one grand Pru racing at Bockenheim last weekend he said there Are two things that make stopping a cuu fairly easy the current regulations an Docous being suggested for next year. Another formula on farce and i thought i lad already seen most of them. Rosberg was referring to the current fuel limit regulations 195 liners i Gallons and the plans fora qualifying race Neil year on the Day before a grand prix. In last sunday s German grand prix at Hocken Neun the fuel limit farce was featured at its Best and now these rules can remain is a Good question perhaps the Drivers should refuse to race until they re allowed enough Gas to really go racing. It snot difficult to imagine How one would feel Raning out of Gas on the final Lap As Rosberg and his Mclaren teammate Alain Prost did last sunday. Brazil s Nelson Piquet Williams Honda had therace won regardless but Rosberg was denied a Sec Ond place and Prost a third because of dry tanks. And it s not a Case of Raer Ery running out of Gas. The fuel limit also Means that throughout grand Piu race Drivers cannot go All out if they do they win run out of Gas. Their pm Board compute read outs Tell them exactly where they stand so the Driver is always on an Economy run of sorts checking fan fuel consumption instead of by main grand prix racing situation. And the Spectator who pays a Small Fortune nowadays to watch a grand  denied seeing a genuine race. He is merely watch ing an Economy  Honda apparently has solved the fuel problem but Mclaren tag porsche the Renault powered cars Zak Speed and the others obviously have not. But if enough fuel were allowed Rosberg and pros could have gone All out from the Start Ana perhaps they would have won at Bockenheim per Mips not. But there would have been a real race against Piquet in his Williams Honda and no sorry spectacle like the one we saw at Bockenheim when Prost tried to push his Mclaren across the line. Officials who made the fuel limit ruling defend it by saying the idea is to Stow the Turbo powered can Down. Cutting speeds May be necessary but an unrealistic tie Mimi is no Way to do it. Once Turbo engines came into formula one racing both hone Power and peed climbed dramatically and methods of coning that Power using pop off valves or Airres Ricton Are available without drastic reductions in the fuel Supply. The 1.5-liter Turbo engines Are turning out 800 to1,000 horsepower so much Power in fact that it has become necessary to make pit ton for tires. Care fully planned pit slops for tires refuelling in t Al Lowed Are now a part of grand prix racing. This is necessary he Goodyear people say because of the Power of the Turbo engine and the constraints imposed by the regulation maximum tire Tate permitted being 26-inches in diameter and in inches in Width. The Turbo engines of course Are incredibly expensive Cost per unit is nearly $100,000 and this Means that the smaller teams Don t even have a Hope for a decent placing unless 80 percent of the Fiel drops out. Some teams even use qualifying engines with 1,400 horsepower while their poor relations Are Lucky to afford reliable racing engines. We talked to Ermano Cuoghi who Wansiki Lauda s chief Mechanic with. Ferrari during those glory years and Cuoghi said we re doing As Wen As possible for a Small team Mina Dibut Wedon t stand a Chance. The Turbo engines Are much More Complex too. We make every Effort but it frustrating and it really in t much fun  the Only answer it seems is 10 get rid of the Turbo engines altogether return to the far less expensive normally aspirated motors that most people associate with anyway and Sci on with the racing. There s a plan afoot to drop turbos and go with a3.i-Liler engine formula beginning in 1989, and one can Only Ray the sooner the  and then add a Rule that says the driven can havens much Gas As they need to go racing in a proper manner. Burkhard Nup Peney a German motors oru journalist whom we pc known for Many years summed it up Best when be said after the race i really Don care How they do it. Make the Turbo engines smaller throw oat the turbos or use any other method just along As we can see racing again without this fuel farce.". The Rise of the japanese Auto Industry in formula one racing was much in evidence at hot hdm with Honda calling a press conference to announce that it win Supply both the Lotus and Williams teams next season. At Honda Money i obviously no problem. With toe Honda engine setup Lotus said that i would retain the brazilian Ace Ayrton Senna for two More Yean but would replace Scotland s Johnny Dumfries with japanese Driver Satoru Nakajima  of the Deal. If it All works out Nakajima would become the first contracted japanese Driver in for Mula one racing. The brazilian Driver Piquet will stay at Williams but Nigel manse who leads for the world driving Crown ii a question Mart he has been receiving overtures from the italian Ferrari team which is anxious to sign him of and get started on a rejuvenation program a program that Ferrari sorely needs. Going into the next round the hungarian grand prix at Budapest on aug. 10 Mansel Steadi for the title who is Points to Frost s 44. Senna has42. Piquet 38 and Rosberg 19. In the formula one conductor s cup the Wil Liams team is far out in front with 89 Points while Mclaren is in Crup with 63. Lotus is third with 42, Ligier follow with 28, and Ferrari has 13. Benetton has 8 Points tired 5, and Brabham 2. The Hanau Auto racing Assn., Kara win hold membership meeting on Friday night and it win be the Tail meeting before Hara a two major Eventt of the year the International drag race at Bockenheim on aug. 9-10 and another inter National drag race on the following weekend at the Gieb Bladt army Airfield. Jerry Lackey Kara president said entry form for both races will be available at Friday night s meeting. There will be racing divisions at Hocken Heim for anyone who wants to run. Lackey says these including 8 Public race cup and of race cup. Other drag race at Bockenheim will include those for rocket cars Jet cars dragsters modified pro comp comp and motorcycles Friday s meeting begins at 8 . At the a Mtzen him behind Grots nauheim Cavern near Hanau where to go this weekend in Auto Mobile Iacong the sixth round in the world sports car championship will be held sunday on the new Spanish circuit at Jerez de la Frontera near Cadiz and Rota. Pouches jaguars and Mancias Are the top cars in this event. Practice will be held from 2 to s . On Friday and qualifying is set from 9 30 . To 4 30 . On saturday. The 86-tap race 235 Miles starts at 10 30 . On sunday. Id Belgium the classic 24 hours of spa Franer champs ninth round in the european touring car championship will be staged on saturday and Sun Day with the cars taking the Green Light it 5 . On saturday and the Check ered Flag 24 hours later. Four races including one for historic can. Will be held saturday As a curtain Raiser to the 24-hour endur Ance race. Practice Tor All categories will take place on thursday and Friday with a night practice ses Sion set for Friday ending at 11 . The spa fran co champs circuit is located in Eastern Belgium near Amedy. In England formula 3 can will race sunday at the brands Hatch circuit Southeast of London with races for it can and formula Fords also on the program. At the Snetterton circuit near Norwich meanwhile championship car races for sportsman and formula Fords will be held on sunday. Truck racing the  truck grand prix fifth round in the european truck racing championship will be held on Friday and saturday at the Misano circuit near the resort City of Rimini on the Adriatic. Dirt track racing the to Eslingen sin Delfinger Stock car racing Assn. A Sacra will stage races on sunday at the kill mile Oval circuit near Panzer Cavern in to Eslingen Germany. Tim trials begin at 10 30 ., and the racing program which features four classes of cars suns Al i .and ends around 6 . Drag racing an International drag racing program for All classes of cars and motorcycles will be held on saturday and sunday at Trachten the Netherlands. Motorcycle racing the British grand prix ninth round in the motorcycle Road racing world championship will be held on sunday at the Silverstone circuit near Northampton. The races Are for cycles in the so 125,250 and so dec divisions As Well As for cycles with sidecars. Practice and qualify ing Are scheduled for thursday Friday and sat urday while sunday s eight race program starts at11 30 . And ends about 6 Piti. In Germany there s a National trophy race on saturday at the Bockenheim circuit for cycles in the 250, 500, 750 and  classes. On sunday Bockenheim will Hott the 13th annual adar Rhein Lal motorcycle rally. Motocross the grand Prii of Germany for 125cc Motocross cycles ninth round in the i25cc world championship will be held sunday at la bus Eschbach. There win also a National Motocross races for 500 and 750cc cycles. Practice and preliminary races Are set for saturday. La bus Eschbach is located Between  off National route 456. In Belgium the belgian grand prix for Soock motor Cross cycles will acne old sunday near Namur this Molo the 10th and next to isl round in the 1986 world championship. Practice and qualifying rescheduled for saturday. Namur is located about mid Way Between Liege and Mons. Torrejon from Page 23 As Many Days leaving it the Only undefeated team in the tournament. The Brussels Naples and saudi Arabia teams hold 2-1 records while Benwa ters and Wiesbaden have won once apiece. Shape trails with an 0-4 re Cord. The champions will Advance to play inthe International Little league world series at Wuffli Asport pa., aug. 18-23. Saudi Arabia 19, be Hwte 2 Ben Waters look a 2-0 Lead in the first inning on iwo walks a couple of errors and a bunt single by Ray Howard. That however was All the offence bin Waters had. Saudi Arabia came Back quickly scoring five runs later in the inning. The second inning was almost As successful for saudi Arabia which scored four More runs the big hits being Home run by Dan Cariss and a double by Ransom. The team added three More runs inthe third one More in the fourth and six in the fifth. Those six runs came on sin Gles by Ransom Greg Longmore an Paul Mcgairy a base on balls and three errors. Ransom gave up Only one hit for the win while striking out nine. Bobby Shaw was the loser. Bus us 12, shapes in the Battle of Belgium Brussels Tal lied two runs in the first inning and one in the second to take an Early Lead. Shape countered in the second in Ning with two runs but Brussels comeback with four runs in the third two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings Andone in the sixth. Shape staged a three run sixth in Ning rally but did not seriously threaten Brussels sizable Lead. Miles Gregg yielded Only four hits an struck out eight in route to the win. Gregg and Hayward Peterson jr., who homered in the second inning led the hitting with two apiece Peterson s three bus were the tops in the game. Shape s Patrick Stewart who struck out six took the loss. Michael Kutz Joseph Mack Anthony Ray and Miguel Vasquez accounted for the team s Only hits. Shape faces Wiesbaden at 10 8,wednesday. At 12 30 ., undefeated Spain meets Brussels and saudi Arabi and Italy will fight it out for the tournament s second Best record at 3 .Bentwaten gets a Bye