European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 28, 1997 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup Lane a Peugeot celebrate oily wins Lancia and Peugeot rivals last year in the world championship rally series arc both celebrating this week after posting major victories in separate International events. Lancia of Italy scored a one two sweep in the Monte Carlo rally and pc Geo won the ninth running of inc 1,600-mile Paris Dakar mar athon. The French Peugeot firm which captured last year s world rally Crown Tor both cars and driven is no longer contesting the world rally series so opted for the Paris Dakar run instead where the publicity in France is especially rewarding. Looking first at the 55th running of the Monte Carlo rally initial round in the 1987 world championship Victory went to italian Driver Massimo Biasion who drove a Lancia Delta of while his team mate Juha Kankkunen of Finland placed second in an identical car. Kankkunen the defending world rally Champion drove last year for Peugeot. Biasion won on Lancia team orders these or Ders Reading whoever is fastest on the final col de turini stage will win the  Biasion was 17 seconds taster than Kankkunen on this stage and that was it. The finn Kankkunen who had Lea Biasion by More than i minute going into the col de turini Section stopped his Lancia some 500 Yards from the. End of the stage and Lei Biasion go by to win by almost a minute an Kalian winning in an italian car which was obviously the . Biasion thanked the finn afterwards for the gesture but it was a poor Way for Kankkunen to begin the defense of his world rally Crown. Third was Germany s Waller Rohrl aboard an Audi 200 Quattro 4 minutes Back. Fourth was Stig blomqvist of Sweden in a Ford Sierra 4x4, while fifth place went to a Mazda 323 driven by Ingvar Carlsson of Sweden. Rohrl a four time Winner of the Monte told re porters afterwards that he was the actual Winner of the real car division As his Audi was in Legal group a order while the Mancias were not Only Rotten but  controversy about the legality of he Mancias reigned from the Start. This year with group a cars contesting the championship the group b super cart Are banned rules stale hat a firm must build a minimum of 5,000 identical group a can for production Street use. While Lancia met this Homolic gation requirement some of its Lancia Delta of turbos were built with Kkt Turt chargers and some with Gannett Turbo versions so the 5,000 has Are not identical and Lancia admits it but says it will eventually build 5,000 has with Kkt turbos and also 5,000 with Garrett and that All they need is time to meet the new roles. Regardless the Mancias were allowed homology Muslo Blum in rate to Monte Carlo Triumph. Jul photo Ari Vatanen took pub Dakar rally in this Peugeot. Lion and three Delta of models were entered into the Monte Carlo rally with Garrett turbos. But there was a lot of hard feeling other rally car manufacturers making it Clear that the Mancias should not have been allowed group a Homolo gation in the first place. On the Day before the rally ended the japanese Mazda team filed a formal protest against Lancia charging that the Delta has did not meet group a specifications especially where two front Cooling in lets were concerned along with the front bumper an the rear Axle design. But officials inspected the Lan Cias and gave them clearance to continue so the final Monte results stand. Lancia which won the Monte Carlo rally last year was totally dominant in last week s event. The italian firm s three cars ran one Lac three from the Stan and it would have been a one iwo three sweep if Frenchman Bino Saby had not dropped out with a broken transmission at he Midway Point Saby leading at the time. Going into the next round the swedish on feb. 13-15 Lancia has 20 Points Audi 14, Ford 12, Mazda 10, and Volkswagen 8, the Paris Dakar Marathon meanwhile provided pc Geo and Finland s Ari Vatanen with a great Victory Manen making his first run since his near fatal Accident in the summer of 1985 aboard a Peugeot 205 Turbo in the rally of Argentina. Alanen the 1981 world rally driving Champion won the 22-dny.kmg Paris Dakar Marathon in a Peugeot 205 Turbo modified for the off Road desert run and he did it despite turning it Over at one stage when he flipped at High Speed Over a Sand Dune. But Peugeot with a big team of mechanics and with trucks containing enough spare parts for a rebuild was ready for ail  and they repaired the car without Alanen losing his Lead. On the very first Day of the rally Vatanen also had a front suspension failure which dropped him to 279th place so he More than earned his Victory 21 Days later. The Paris Dakar is doubtlessly the Only rally Long enough to allow a Driver to come from 279th place to the front of the Field. The Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 four wheel drive rally cars were in a class of their own so much More powerful and faster than the opposition that it was Only a Case of the cars staying together. Alanen s teammate Shekhar Mehta of Kenya placed fifth. In second place i hour and 16 minutes Back was pal Rick Zaniroli of France in a Range Raven third was Kenjiro Shinozuka of Japan in a Mitsubishi Pajaro Montero while fourth was Jean Jacque Rafet of France in a Toyota la. Winner of the motorcycle division was Cyril Neveu Honda the Frenchman biking top Cycle honors for the fifth time. Neveu won after Herbert Auriol of France Cavigga who had been leading fell and broke both Ankles on the next to last Day of the event. Finishing second was Eddy Orioli of Italy Hond with Gaston Rahier of Belgium third on a Bow where to go this weekend the fourth International adar Berlin indoor Molo Cross will held on saturday at the Berliner Tut Scotland Pfalle. With More than 30 riders competing on 125ec bikes. Unlined practice starts at 2 ., with official timed practice to follow from 4 to 5  The Moto Cross races begin at 5 30  And continue through about 10p.m. At Stuttgart Germany meanwhile the Isth International Stuttgart racing and sports car show Cut 87 continues through sunday at the kills Borg Park Fairgrounds. Daily hours Are from 9 . To 6 ,  Mcgrath 3rd in opening world ski event austrians 1 -2 in combined slalom crams Montana Switzerland a Bernhard Gstrein led a Surpris ing austrian sweep of the two top places in the men s combined slalom at the world Alpine ski championships tues Day but the favourites remained in Good position for the medals. Gstrein who has never won a world cup race in two seasons on the circuit mastered the Tricky Chez Rqn course with two blistering runs clocking by far the tastes times in both heats. The 21-year-old austrian went into the second run with a 1.11-second Lead and finished the Day 2.03 seconds ahead of countryman Guenther Masder. Gstrein clocked 1 minute. 42.45 seconds for iwo runs to 1 44.48 for matter. Felix Mcgrath of the United slates was third in 1 44.60. He s the first Amer ican Man to Irish in the lop three in a world cup or championship race since Doug Lewis won the the Bronze medal in the downhill at the previous world championship in Bort nto Italy in 1985. Mcgrath was second on his opening Runin s3 seconds Flat after Paul Frommelt of Liechtenstein was disqualified for Fatina a Gate. He improved his time on the second run to il.60. But mad or was fester at 51,23 and moved up from third. To just barely satisfied Mcgrat said. I am skiing solid but i m still making Little mistakes. I still need that extra spark to make me a second  another american Bob Ownsby was sixth after the tint run at 53,63 but mused a Gate Early in the second run. Pirmin Zui Bremen the local hero an defending combined Champion was ninth 4,67 seconds behind the Winner i lost my rhythm in the second run when i dropped my pole. I just didst ski Well. I Felt too much pressure said the 23-year-old Swiss cheered on by a crowd  ringing Swiss co Beds. It s n big margin but it s still wide open and i must attack in the downhill he added. The downhill portion of the combined is scheduled for Friday. Zurbriggen has won four world cup downhills this season the last one at Kitz Bushel Austria on sunday. There he also won the combined after finishing 18th in the slalom 3.98 seconds Back. The Swiss All founder who is gunning fora record four Gold medals on he Home slopes also won the other combined world cup event this season at Wengert Zurbriggen s main rival for the combined title is austrian bom Marc Girardelli who races for Luxembourg. Girardelli was seventh in the slalom 3.51 seconds behind Girrin and has been doing Well this season in downhills despite a nagging shoulder injury. Markup Wasmeier of Germany Zur Briggen s other main rival finished ius behind inc Swiss in 10th place with a deficit of  seconds. Zurbri flan Girardelli and Wasmeier Are considered top candidates to split me combined medals. The combined scoring system gives a slight Edge to downhill Rac ers putting Addea weight on that event sire if said be bad Only an outside Chance of winning a combined medal. It looks Good but still have to do the downhill which is very difficult. I Haven t even looked at the downhill course said the austrian who has not raced a downhill this season. The first run through 63 Gates washed in glorious Sunshine but Clouds had gathered for the second run which was flagged with 60 Gates both Over a Verti Cajarop of 189 meters. Josef Schick of Germany was fourth Christian finn Jagge of Norway was fifth while Robert Erlacher of Italy was Smth. An sports radio College basketball Illinois at Indi Ana 2 ., than Day