European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 13, 1996 the stars and stripes Page 25 Racine Roundup Piquet Bock in championship Battle brazils Nelson Piquet scoring Back to Back victories in Dennany and Hungary is now very much in the fight for the 1986 world driving championship a close run that May not be decided until the final race in Australia on oct 26. Piquet seeking his third world Crown and his third straight up Victory will go into sunday s austrian grand prix As one of the favourites although he has never won on the of Esler Ihring. But he was second there in 1984 and third the previous year so he s due for an austrian Victory. Piquet s Williams Honda teammate Nigel Man Sollof England who took third in the hungarian up behind brazilian Ayrton Senna Lotus Renault nude his formula one debut in Austria six years ago but like Piquet he has yet to win there. But on sunday it should be either a Piquet Normansell Victory. The austrian track is an Ultra fast one and the Williams Honda cars unlike the others have no fuel problems on High Speed Cir Cuits like the Oestreich ring and Bockenheim. For austrian up details see where to go this week end in this column. The Williams team is beginning to make it a run away in the constructor s cup seven victories in 11 races so far this year Williams with 102 Points to Mclaren s 63 and Lotus 50. The Driver s championship however remains wide open Mansell leading with 55 Points. Senna following with 48, Piquet now with 47, and defend ing world Champion Alain Prost of France Mclaren tag porsche with 44, Only these four Drivers have scored up victories this season Mansill four. Piquet three Senna and Prosl two each. For Prost however nothing has gone right recently his last Victory came More than three months ago May 11 in Monaco and following his out of Gas fiasco at Bockenheim he fared even worse in Hungary that race the 100th grand Pru of his career Prost had to use a spare car after his regular car developed problems on the Warmup Lap then the spare had ignition defects and Prost dropped out Early never remotely in Contention. His teammate Keke Rosberg of Finland did t do any better retiring from the race after three pit stops. For the smooth running Mclaren team two cars failing to perform properly is quite hard to believe. The winning Piquet meanwhile who drove brilliantly in Hungary said in the weekly Williams pre race press release that i always enjoy going to new circuits and in this Case a new country Hungary. It was great to be Back on the Rostrum in Dennany Andi m hoping to continue where i left  this be certainly did. After his Victory in the hungarian race. Pique noted happily that the championship is now wide open and pm Happy to be Back in the run. Piquet s Victory on the new Hunga Roring was the 16th of his career. Before we Tarn to motorcycles it s interesting to note that the hungarian race the first Ever held in an East bloc nation proved to be a duplicate of them than up where the first three a cations were concerned Piquet Senna and manse. That does t happen often. Cal1fohn1an Eddie Lawson clinched his second Soock motorcycle world championship with  swedish grand prix last sunday atan Derstore but the accomplishment still must Lac Complete satisfaction. The reason Freddie Spencer s absence. Lawson who rides for Yamaha won his first Crown in 1984 and in that year Loo the louisianans or a out of action with three races to go and unable to fully defend the title he had won in ivs on Honda recovered from injuries fast Eddie came Back last year and won not Only the Soock Crown Forton debut the 250cc championship for Good Mea sure while Lawson trailed him for second place in the Soock  season Spencer s trouble started in the open ing spar hip where he had pole portion but.w.0i Drew from the race next Day with severe pains in the right . Suffering from tendinitis he did one other race failing to finish then had surgery in the Hope of Brazil Nelson Piquet. Seeks third straight win correcting the condition. At the moment he s still unable to go racing. So Lawson has had things very much his own Way winning six races of the 10 run sofar there s one More to go and capturing the Crown. Lawson is a Superb rider and the Breaks against Spencer Are not he problem but one can t help but Hope that for next year s run it will be a Lawson  fight All the Way and May the Best Man  1978, americans have dominated Soock world championship racing Calif Oman Kenny Rob erts the Champion in 1978, 79 and 80 Spencer in 83 and 85 and Lawson in 84 and 86. In Motocross Britain s Dave Thorpe place second in the final round of the Soock world championship in Luxembourg last sunday to retain his world title. Thorpe who rides for Honda held off challenges by three Lime world Champion Andre Mal Herbe of Belgium Thome s Honda teammate and belgians Erik be boars Honda and Georges Jobe Kawasaki. At Luxembourg Thorpe climbed the podium Sec Ond after Jobe. Both had earned 35 Points but the Kawasaki rider finished with a better Overall  hashed third with 34 Points. In the final world championship Soock Motocross standings it was All very close Thorpe winning with 316 Points. Malherbe had 311, deboers 299, and Jobe 296. In rallying tie italian Lancia team scored Aone two sweep in the Argentine rally last week this event the eighth round in the world  Driver Massimo Basioa edged out his team mate Markku Alen of Finland by just 26 seconds Towin the 1,303-mile event. Both Biasion and Alen drove Lancia Delta s4 cars. Third place went to sex world Champion  of Sweden in a Peugeot 205 Turbo while another team Lancia s4 driven by Argentina a Jorg Recalde placed fourth. Finland s Juha Kankkunen who feeds for the 1986 world rally driving title it tired near the end after an Axle broke on his Peugeot 205  eight rounds Peugeot leads for the manufacturer s championship with 121 Points to Lancia a 103while Kankkunen is tops in the Drivers division with 76 Points to Alen s 57. Biason is third with 47  next world championship round is the 1,000 lakes rally of Finland on sept. 3-7. In last weekend s rally of Dennany meanwhile frenchwoman Michele Mouton scored a Start to Fin is Victory in a Peugeot 20s Turbo. Second was per Eklund of Sweden in an Austin metro and third came Manfred hero of Germany in an opel mania. The porsche club of America Ger Many Region staged its fifth slalom of the season last sunday at Simbach air base with the modified class the top attraction Jim Brunson winning it in his porsche Carrera. Other class winners were Andy Mcfadden porsche 356, class a Don Ames 944, class a nor Bert Sci 911, class a Steve Nichols. Porsche car Rera class a Cocci la Nichols Poreche Carrera women s class Chuck Statham 930 Turbo Novice class. Porsche owners who Are interested in learning More about the porsche club of America Over 300 members should Contact Cocci la Nichols Al . Box1401, Apo 09403, or Call 06205-5833. Where to go this weekend the grand prix of Austria 12th round in the world driving championship will be held sunday at the Oester Eric Hong near Judenberg and Zel Tweg in Central aus Tria. Unt Mcd practice is scheduled from 10 to 11 30a.m. On Friday and saturday with timed qualifying from i to 2 . On both Days. Sunday s grand Pix of s3 laps 196 Miles starts at 2 30 . Supporting races including the ninth round in the european formula 3000 championship Are also on the  Gram. The formula 3000 race will be held on sat urday afternoon. The 14th International avd old Limer grand prix of Germany for historic tars and motorcycles will be held saturday and sunday on the nue Burgr ing near Adenau. There will be 17 races on each Day with the program starting both Days at 8 . An ending about 6 . The Muerb Nigring races constitute the sixth round in the european fisa and Fia historic car championships. At zolder Belgium there is a nine race program on sunday for touring cars formula 3 cars. Formula Ford 1600s and 2000s, vow polos and other categories. Practice will be held on Friday and saturday. Al the Zand Voort circuit in Holland races will beheld on sunday for touring cars formula Fords and sports cars. Practice and qualifying will Lake place on saturday. Truck acing the British truck grand prix sixth round in the european truck racing championship will be held on saturday and sunday at the Silver Soite circuit near Northampton. Dirt track racing the to Eslingen sin Delfinger Stock car racing association a Sacra will hold a race on sunday Al the 3/8th-Imle Oval dirt track near Panzer Cavern in bomb Lingen Ger Many. Time trials begin Al 10 30 ., and racing starts at 1 ., ending about 6 . Racing will be held for four classes of cars. Drag racing the Hanau Auto racing association Kara will stage its third and final drag race of the season on saturday and sunday at  Arney Airfield South of Wuerzburg Ger Many. Many of the same cars that appeared at Las weekend s Bockenheim drag race including the Jet cars from England will be featured at  open at 9 . On both saturday and sunday registration deadline is 11 ., time trials Start at12 30 ., and final eliminations at 2 . Motorcycle racing the 24 hours of spa Franco champs Belgium sixth round in the motorcycle Long distance world championship will be held on saturday and sunday with practice on thursday and Friday the spa  is located in Eastern Belgium near the town of Malndy. The adar Kassel Calden Airport races eighth round in the German National Road racing championship will be held on saturday and sunday wit races for cycles in All classes from de to Loo oct plus rounds in the Yamaha cup for 3socc bikes and for cycles with sidecars. The races Are held on the Cal Den Airport circuit just North of Kassel at the Bockenheim circuit in Germany there i racing on saturday for Cycle in the 250, 500 and . In England there is racing at brands Hatch circuit on saturday for cycles of All classes with races for Vintage cycles on sunday. At the snet tenon circuit near Norwich meanwhile there is racing on sat quiday and sunday for All classes of motorcycles. Motocross the sixth round in the Molo Cross world championship for cycles with sidecars will be held on sunday at Fel Kirch. In Western aus Tria with practice scheduled for Friday and sat urday