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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 1, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 Racine Roundup Battle for 500cc Cycle title tightens with Eddie Lawson finally winning Hii Sec Ond grand prix race of the season in the dutch round Al Assn Las saturday the 50qcc motorcycle world championship scene quickly lakes on added interest. The aus Ratific Wayne Gardner Honda Slid has a Good Lead Over his two american rivals Lawson and Randy Mamola Bolh Yamaha but Gardner re Mains i Long Way from wrapping Imp. Ii son. Who is the defending word Champion now has 64 Points to Mamola s 66, while Gardner is out in front with 85 Points. But in would take Only one fail to finish result for Gardner to Creale a Quick three Way struggle for the 1987 Crown. Gardner however has enjoyed great reliability from his factory Honda the australian scoring Point in All of inc seven of run so far and racking up four victories along the Way Namoia who ride Tor the Kenny Roberts Yamaha team a failed to score Points Only once in Illy and he s won. One race Lawson meanwhile on a factory Yamaha he tailed to score Point in two races Japan and aus Tria. But he s now won twice. The Roberts team running without the services of american rider Mike Baldwin who was injured in the Gentian up at Bockenheim has hired new Zee Lander Richard Scon to fill in until Baldwin returns to action. Another injury victim a the great Ameri can rider Freddie Spencer who broke his Collarbone during qualifying at the recent yugoslavian grand prix. Fasl Freddie or hardluck Freddie i you prefer was aug injured during practice for the Ger Man up so he is out of the running for 87 honors and will have id try again next year. At at sen last saturday the 250cc race was won by Germany s ton Mang Honda Mang beating out his countryman Reinhold Roth Honda by just four seconds. Third Wax silo Pont of Spain also on a Honda. Mang and Roth Are now lied for the 250cc Lead with 67 Points each while  follows with 45 Points. Please note thai the next round in the motorcycle world championship Road racing cries Wilt be the French grand prix at be mans on july 19, the Bel Gian grand prix at spa Franco champs which had been scheduled for this sunday has been cancelled because safely work on the circuit hat not been completed. The belgian up has been rescheduled for sept. 6, but will be run then Only if the safely work is of d by the riders. At the Noris ring stadium in Nuernberg last sunday the two heat "200 Miles of Nuernberg was won by a private entry liquid moly porsche 962 driven by Mauro Bardi of Italy and Jonathan Palmer of England Baldi won the tint heal while Germany s Klaus Ludwig won inc second heat in a Pesl porsche 962. Ine englishman Palmer placed third in the second heat which clinched the liquid moly porsche team Overall Victory. Second Overall were Ludwig and his unman teammate Frank Yellinski. Finishing third Overall were Germany s Jochen mass and Argentine Driver Oscar la Nurt in a bran porsche 962, so Pri vate entry porsche ruled the Day. The Jaguar driven by american Eddie Cheever ant Raul Boesel of Brazil placed fifth Overall White the factory porsche piloted by Germany s Hani stuck and England s Derek Bell failed to score Points. Stuck finished third in the first heat but Bell had mechanical problems in the second heal and failed to finish. The race was the sixth round in inc world sports car championship Jaguar leading in with 96 Points to porsche s 74. As we reported in yesterday s stars and stripes porsche announced its withdrawal from inc series because of priorities on the indy car project and formula one engines and Jaguar is now assured of the 1987 championship. The next sports car round is july 26 at the brands Hatch circuit in England. The program on the Noris ring also included a round in the German National touring car championship this race ending in a double Victory for the Bow m3 cars Wilh Olaf Manthey of Bonn winning by 10 seconds Over Marc Hesse also of Bonn. Placing sixth in another Bow m3 was Bel Gian Driver Eric Van de Polc who leads the Ger Man series with 81 Points to Man Lucy s 80. It was a Good weekend for Bow All , Wilh the Munich can placing 1-2-3 in the european touring car championship round at Imola Italy and Bow clinching the title with that result Bow m3 cars placed first and third while a Bow 635 was second the next championship race is Sci for july 12 on Germany s Niico Burgering. In rallying the italian Lancia team scored big in the United states Olympus rally in washing ton with Lancia Delta cars placing first through third at the end of the five Day run on tuesday. Winning was Juha Kankkunen of Finland followed by Lancia teammates Massimo Biasion of Italy and Markku Alen of Finland. American rally Champion John Buffum in an Audi Coupe Quattro. Retired near the end of the rally after crashing near Tacoma. Buffum had been running in fifth place. After seven rallies the finn Kankkunen leads for the world rally driving Crown with 72 Points while Alen follows with 60. Biason is third with 54 Points in the automobile division Lancia leads big with 104 Points to Audi s 62. Volkswagen is third with 47. Before concluding Wilh where to go this  please Nolc that Germany s truck grand prix will be held Al the Nuermburg ring on july 17, 18 and 19, and i you Haven t seen trucks racing on a Road course Check this one Oul the first Ever truck up in Germany was staged lost year we covered that one and in was great fun and it attracted 70,000 people which made it the biggest happening on the ring All season. This year s event is expected to draw at least 100,000 spectators the organizers say. The racing is for the european truck championship with three horsepower classes 300, 360 and 500. In the paddocks there s also a lot going on. With custom i Rucks featured along with Beer to cols. Courtn Mic and All the rest. Well have More  Lair but Mark Down Chr july 17 19 Dales for my. Where to go this weekend the lop automobile ring event in Tut Ope this weekend ii the Fri nah grand prix sixth round in Ihil formula one world driving championship. It will be held sunday Al the Paul Ricard circuit near la Caus Sci Between Marseille and to Cion. Practice in Friday and saturday with unturned sessions from 10 to 11 30 . And official qualifying from 1 to 2 . The French grand prix of 81 laps 192 mile starts sunday Al 1 . And it will be Telvi cd live in Germany on All five Channel 3 millions the telecasts by Hcssen-3, Sudwest-3, Bayern-3 and Wdr-3 All Start Al 12 45 ., while Nrd-3 Start its coverage at 1 30 . The coverage ends about 2 45 . On All five station. At the Bockenheim circuit in Germany sunday it s round three in the Wurth Sune cup series for prototype sports cars. Germany s Hans stuck this year s la mans Winner is among the lop driven entered other even on sunday s program at Hock Nhim include a porsche 944 Turbo cup race plus races for Renault 5s, opel Vorsas and go karts. Practice is scheduled for Friday and sat urday Wilh sunday s program starting at 10 30 . And continuing through 5 . The sup cup race starts Al 2p.m. On Germany s Lucr Burgering meanwhile there is adar club racing on saturday and sunday for can of All categories. The bomb Lingen Sindel Fingen Slock car racing association will hold its sixth race of inc season on sunday with he Gates opening Al 9a.m. Lime trials at 10 ., and races beginning at 12 15 . The Oval racing circuit is located near Panzer Cavern in to Clingen. South of stud it. The Rheinland Pfautz l Jck in so citation will stage racing sunday at its Biniom. Quarter mile dirt track Oval Wilh the Gates opening at 10 . Trials starting at ii. And racing to begin ill noon. The track is located near the vog Chweh shopping Center in kaisers Laulom. Off National Rouzic 40. In Italy an italian National championship for Mula 3 race will be held sunday Al inc t Ergisa circuit at Enna. Sicily. At the Siori circuit in por Tugal near Lisbon meanwhile races arc scheduled sunday for touring cars and formula Fords in England the inc Merton circuit near Norwich will Host championship car races on sunday for formula Fords sports cars and touring cars while the Donington Park circuit near Derby will a Gaff the i till round in the British National formula j championship. Motocross the 28lh International Rupersberg adar Motocross. A German championship Molo for cycles with sidecars and for Soock bikes will be held sunday at rude Bare. Nori Najl of Luttman the racing Roundup column will not appear next week so please Cheek the sports Calendar Page in stripes Magazine for the schedule of motor spoil events. I if my i Wimbledon from Page 21 round singles matches completed Navratilova and Graf the first and second seeds each took another step toward a championship meeting Wilh Iligir fourth straight set victories in a Row. Navratilova bidding for a record Sisikh consecutive Wimbledon Crown beat Gigi Fernandez of Bueno Rio 6-3. 6-1, while Graf who beat the american for her first grand slam tournament title at inc French open a month ago downed Jana nov Ina of Czechoslovakia 6-4,6-3. Evert die third seed wasted three Mach Points on her serve before reaching the quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive year and the Tith time in 16 appearances with a 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 Victory Over Ros Fairbank of South Africa Evert Odd a 1-0 Lead in the second set when fair tank caught Fie. In my other matches i started out slowly and i was determined to Start quickly today and 1 did Evert said. Then after a set and 1-0,1 Don t know what happened. I let her get into one game and she was a different Flayer after  Sabatini seeded sixth became a Quad terminal it for the second year in a Row beating 16-year-old Natalia Zvereva of the soviet Union the defending Junior Champion 6-0,2-6,6-4. Wilander was sluggish in the opening set against Emilio Sanchez and Kepi hav ing problems with the i4th-sceded spaniard before winning 2-6, 7-6,6-3,7-s. Shriver charged Back from a 4-1 deficit in the thin set to Beal i6th-meded Sylvia Hanuka of West Germany 6-7,7-5,10-8. That was Lough Ai Heck Shriver said. For a change when the chips were on the table i was he one who came up Wilh some Good Rutlt Lendl won his first it Reighl ii match of the tournament beating Kriek 6-3, 7 6, 6-2 in i hair first meeting since Lendl destroyed the american in the semifinals of the French open a year ago. Doohan who became to instant celeb Rity with his elimination of Becker did t have the game to Beal Zivojinovic. A Scmitz Fahsl at Wimbledon last year. The yugoslav won 6-2, 6-4, 7-6, taking inc tiebreaker 12-10. Edberg the men s fourth seed dropped a set fur the fint Lime in the tournament by fret beating Jakob Haiek of Switzerland 6-x 6-7, 6-1, m. His quarterfinal oppo nent will be the unseeded Jaryd. Who Defeated another soviet player Alexander Volkov. 7-6,7-5,6-7,6-1. Sutkova inc women s fifth seed blanked 1 St seeded Raffaella Reggi of 1 Laly fro 6 0, to avenge a fourth round loss in the French open a month ago. Eighth seeded to hic Kitsch beat huh so card Carina Lindqvist of Sweden 6-4,6-2. Cash the men s 1 Ullh seed and a Quad Ler finalist a year ago. Beat Guy forget of France 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, and nem plays i Lander whom he beat last year. A Antral a Wimbledon  in 1979, ousted i year old Mary Joe Fernandez of the United slaves 7-5,6-2. An sport radio Ebay lot Stoa Astra at Coda Nati feds j -30 in thursday  
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