European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 3, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 2 sports Brabham team wins Miami up in Nissan entry \ Miami winners Colt Brabham left ind Elliott Forbes Robinson hoist Winner s drop he in Victory Lane after winning the Miami grand Rixin record fashion. By Mike Harris a Moton ports writer Miami Victory. Geoff Brabha wondered if it would Ever come again. When the australian born Bra Hamand co Driver Elliott Forbes Robinson visited Victory Lane on sunday after a record breaking Triumph in the fifth Miami grand prix it snapped a wingless Streak extending to 1981, when he was can am Champion. There were limes when i would become talking to my wife or just thinking about it when i would say this jus can t go on forever but i just tried As hard As i could each time 1 got in a car. We definitely Tell we could win the  on sunday Brabham a regular on Heinik car circuit and a part timer in Simsa Camel it racing and Forbes Robinson a former trans am Champi on dominated the three hour race i their Nissan Ftp. The car was just As Good As we thought it could be said Forbes Robin son whose Triumph in the Ftp car made him the first Driver to win at Lea Stone race in each of Simsa s divisions. Really there was no problem at  the second place car a porsche 962 co driven by Bobby Rahal and Ger Many s Jochen mass was closing in on the Leader Over the last 30 minutes wit Rahal the Indianapolis 500 Winner at the wheel. The Oil pressure Light was kind of bickering on and i did t want to take any chances said Brabham who started the car from the pole and also drove the last 48 minutes Why throw it All away taking risks maybe i was More cautious than i should have been but i knew exactly where Bobby Rahal was. I knew he was catch ing up but i was t worried about  the winners who earned about $50,000, finished the three hour race with an average Speed of 82.927  the record of 79.309 set fast year by Frenchman Bob Wollek and Paolo Barilla of Italy in a porsche 962, Brabham who won the pole on sat urday in record fashion on the Scenic 1.87-mile circuit twisting through Bicentennial Park and along Biscay Boule Vard in downtown Miami led the first 40 laps and 52 minutes before making his first scheduled pit Slop. Forbes Robinson then got in the Carand kept it at or close to the front until turning the wheel of the sleek Nissan Ftp Back Over 10 Brabham with about 48 minutes remaining. Brabham stayed out of trouble on the narrow course lined by Concrete barriers and retook the Lead for the final time 35 minutes from the end. Thai s when mass made his Tram s final pit Slop. It was the first Victory in a major so Ries for Brabham 34. The son of three time formula i Champion Jack Brab Ham. For Forbes Robinson 45, it was his 10th Simsa win but the first in the pre Mier Ftp division. They came close in a Nissan last sea son at Portland ore., when Forbes Rob Inson won the pole the car dominated the race and Brabham ran out of Gas while leading on the last Lap. Rahal and mass who also stayed out of trouble and drove a strategic race Tike the winners closed a 30-second margin in the final 30 minutes but still wound up crossing the finish line 11.048 seconds behind. Brabham and Forbes Robinson completed 133 laps and 249.109 Miles in the race both records for the 5-year-old event Pete Halsmer and Scott Pretl Fin see Brabham on Page s6 bo7eau fops Field of j 5,000 in los Angeles Marathon los Angeles a an Boileau of Canada led most of the Way sunday and won the second los an Geles Marathon which Drew a Field of almost 15,000 runners Boileau 29, completed the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours 13 minutes eight seconds. I Don t think my coach will be very Happy Boi Leau said afterwards. He says patience patience i got a link  defending Champion Ric Sayre 33, of Ashland ore., finished second at 2 13 38, with Jose Gomez 30, of Mexico third at 2 14 31. Sayre said the heat affected his closing kick. Temperatures reached the mid-70s during the race. The last couple of Miles it affected me Sayre said. It was a Liliie tougher catching  Nancy Diu of Woodside calif., won the women division for the second year in a Row in 2 35 24. Her winning time in 1986 in 2 36 27. "1 had hoped to run a faster Lime Din said. Sylvia Mosquida of la Angeles was second Amon the women at 2 37 46 and Maria Trujillo of Mexico was third at 2 39 50. The second rendition of the race that winds through the streets of los Angeles Drew 14,937 runners from 47 slates and 31 countries. The Field for the inaugural Losangeles Marathon fell Short of 11,000 runners. Sayre won last year s race in 2 12 59.Boileau s personal Best is 2 11 15, when he finished second in the 1986 Boston  moved to the front just before the race s Halfway Point and opened nearly a half minute Lead Over Gomez Over the next four Miles. He ran the first 13.1 Miles in 1 05 10. With five Miles to run Boileau had extended his Lead to almost two minutes Over Gomez with St Tyre another half minute  continued to gain on Boileau through the final three minutes but could not make up the needed  Esquibel a student at Adams slate University in Colorado led for most of the race s first 10 mile. Wilh Ivo Rodriguez of Brazil and Gomez right with  raced Well Oft the Pace of the first three during the Early , after chasing Sylvia Mosqueda most of the Way finally surged past the Cal slate los Angeles Stu Dent Wilh less than two Miles to  led the women runners through the first 24 Miles of the race. She held a 24-Sccond Lead Over Diu at the Halfway Point. Eagle helps Wadkins win doral open Miami a Lanny Wadkins sunday shot a final round 70, including an Eagle on the Par four fifth Hole for an 1 a under Par 277 total and a three stroke Victory in the doral open Golf tournament. It was the 16lh Victory of his 17-year pea career and his first since 1985, and was Worth 1180,000 from the total purse of $1 million. Wadkins earnings for the season Are now �264,825. The 37-year-old Veteran held a iwo Shoi Lead when the Day s play begun in 25-Mph winds on the Blue monster course Al the doral country club. He increased the margin to four when he holed out a wedge Liol from the fifth Fairway for an Eagle-1 and led by five at the turn but was put under pressure by the Laic charge of Sivc Balc Stvros of Spain who closed 10 within three see Wadkins on Page 26