European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 53. 1937 the stars and stripes Page 25 Mansell nips Piquet for up win by Mark Burton Silverstone England up Nigel Mansel excited his Home fans and threw Itie world championship race wide open sunday with a dramatic Victory in the British formula one grand Pris. For the second successive grand Pri. Mansell and his Williams i Cammac Nelson Piquet dominated he race the briton rousing the 100,000-Slrong crowd by overcoming a 28-second deficit to overhaul inc two Lime former world Champion. I think it was a great race for anyone who we watching i think i was a Little Lucky. Mansell said after his third Triumph of the season and his third i succession or British tracks. Mansell captured last year s British up at Brand Hatch and the 1985 european up at the same circuit. He won sunday s 65-Lap, 192.985-mile race in i hour 19 minutes 11.780 seconds at an average Speed or 146.208 Mph with Piquet 1.92 seconds a had and Ayrton Senna also brazilian a Lap behind in third place in his Lotus. The win left him and hit archrival Piquet locked together on 30 Points in the Drivers championship just one Point behind Senna. The race encapsulated the intense rivalry Between the two Williams Drivers and ended with a handshake Between the two of them. I must compliment Nelson. He drove a very clean race mail sell said As if to allay the fears of those who think their rivalry could prevent either of them from winning the Lilly. Twice Many a tried to pass Piquet and each time the two cars almost touched. The first time was after 31 laps after Manuelj had eaten into Piquet s Early 4-Sccond advantage. Piquet closed the door and four laps later Mansell made a pit Stop to Correct wheel imbalance and Lake on new tires. The Oul of balance in the wheels got worse and worse so i chose to  Mansell explained. Otherwise i would have gone All the Way through without slopping. I think if Nelson would have stopped for tires then he would have won  the pit Stop icel Mansell 28 seconds adrift of Piquet but with vociferous support from track Side Mansell clawed Back the brazilian advantage. The crowd was fantastic Mansell said later. On the 63rd Lap with just two laps remaining Man sell made his move. The cars wheels almost touched but Mansell pushed through. While Mansell thought that would be his Only Chance to  past. Piquet knew he would be overtaken once his teammate caught him. When someone is coming up at a second a Lap if it in t one Comer it would be another he said. "1 tried a Little to hold him Oft but on a fast circuit like Silva Lonc there is Only so Long you ran hold  Piquet said saturday thai decisions Over tires could dictate the outcome of the race. He wanted to go through the race on one set but his tires Al him Downin the closing stages. I did t eur Eccl the tires to disintegrate quite so much in the last 10 laps. Fifteen laps from the end they were still Good he said. Piquet was on pole position for the first time this season with Mansell in the no. 2 spot but world Cham Pion Alain pros jumped both of them off the Start. However the Frenchman s Lead was Short lived. Piquet overtaking him on the first straight and Mansell taking second place from him before the end of thetis Lap of the 2.97-mile circuit. Frost still aiming for a record breaking 2slh grand Prii win could not match the Pace of the Williams and settled hit Mclaren into third place after passing Senna. But on his 54th Lap the Mclaren s engine failed. With italian Mic feel Albreto retiring his Ferrari a Lap later the Way wat left open for driven who do not often finish in the top Rix to score Points. Satoru a Kainu of Japan brought the other Lotus Home in fourth place briton Derek Warwick was fifth in in arrows and a Lajtman Teo Fabi struggling from Early in the race in hit Benetton was sixth All of them two laps behind the Winner. The eighth grand prix of the 16-race season will be run at Bockenheim. Germany july 26. Yanks Phinney wins stage of tour de France Bordeaux France a american Davis Phinney of the 7 eleven team won the sprint finish sunday in the 12th stage of the 74th tour de France cycling race. Phinney s time was five hours 46 minutes and 21 seconds. Frenchman martial Gay ant retained the Leader s yellow Jersey after inc us Milc leg from Bevc la Gail Larde to Bordeaux. The stage was marked by the withdrawal Oili Eland s Sean Kelly considered one of the favourites. Jean Pau Van poppy of the Netherlands finished second behind Phin Nev with Malcolm it tit of Britain third. Both had the same time As the Winner. In the Holly contested sprint finish belgian Michel Vermote and Manuel Jorge Domin Uscz of Spain collided and full. The 31 year old Kelly Leader of the Kas Mavec team fell in a group of riders at the 32nd mile of he stage. He carried of for another 12 Miles before abandoning the race. Although a favorite he Wai More than 10 minutes behind the Overall Leader. Tour doctor Gerard potty said Kelly suffered a fractured Collar Bone. Seven men broke away from he Bunch 18 Miles from the finish including Phil Anderson of Australia Leader of the Panasonic team but the pack swallowed them up within a Kilometre of the finish. Gay ant leads the Overall standings at 49 54 50, with Charles toilet of a photo american darts a Binney. Celebrating Victory France 22 seconds behind. Phinney 3d, who won last year s third Slage at Kevin said last year i was totally surprised this year i think there were a lot of people looking out for me. It s a very big moral boost for 7-Elcvcn. Now everything is for Hamp Stan he said of the team s Leader.  is 50th in the Overall standings 11 minutes and 46 seconds off the Lead. Phinney is placed 137th. The 13th stage monday unfolds in inc pyrenees he mountains of South Western France where an enormous police search was on sunday follow ing the arrest of two Basque Milianis who police suspect were planning an attack on the tour de France route. Amigos rangers split a a twin Bill Mainz Germany Peter Jackson drove in five runs to Power Mannheim past Mainz 15-5, salvaging a split of Sun Day s German american baseball league double header. In the first game Lou Griffin s three run double boosted the rangers Over the first place Amigos 5-4. Jackson who drove in seven runs on the Day collected the bulk of his Bis with Athree run Homer in game 2. That helped put he to run Rule into effect which ended the contest after six innings. Jose Joop pitched five innings to get the win. The Amigos 11-3, backed him with 17 hits. Mainz held to four hits got half of its production from Trent rus ton. The first baseman slugged a two run double and three run Homer for the 6-7 rangers. In the opener. Griffin came through with his bases loaded double in the fourth  hit erased a 3-2 Mannheim Lead. The Amigos led 2-0 in the first on Jackson s two run Homer. The rangers tied it on Rushton s two run double inthe Bottom of the first Pharisee Reese Berry who joined the rangers last week struck out eight and walked three to pick up the  Jordan took the loss. In other a a action sunday Suuberg 7-1, Nuernberg 6-6 Bamberg Germany Bamburg braves rallied for five runs in the Bottom of Floc sixth and Hung on to pull out a 7-6 Victory Over Nuernberg but the pirates gained a split behind a five hitter by John heis for a 6-1 Triumph James Foreman slugged a three run triple erase a 4-2 deficit after two Wal Sand Alex Holman s single loaded the bases in the big braves sixth. Rober Daigle s run scoring single and Leon Woodhouse s rib triple increased Bam Borg s margin to 7-4. Winner Alan Martel 3-0 choked off pirates rally in the seventh after Nuernberg scored twice. Two walks and rib singles Yandre Turner and a Bambrick got me visitors within 7-6 before Manel recorded his13 h strikeout to end the game. , who yielded just two hits Over the first six innings wound up with a four Hitler and three walks logo with his13 whiffs. Joe Linbeck who came in for starter Tim Michaels in the fifth was charged with he loss yielding four hits and being charged with three runs. Michaels was touched for three hits and four , with two singles was the Only Hillst with More than one  second game was All acis with the Nuernberg hurler scattering five hits giving up one unearned run striking out seven and walking three. He also plated Arun with a single in the seventh. The braves contributing sin errors to help the Nuernberg scoring. A single by Turner and double by a Bambrick gave Nuernberg a first inning run and a walk error and wild Pilch made it 2-0 in the third. Two walks a sacrifice and a throwing error made in 3-0 in the fourth and two More Bamberg a miscues and loner Sumner s run scoring single put Nuernberg up 4-0 in the fifth. In the seventh a dropped Flynall set up Reis s run scoring single. Paul coolie singled in the pirates final run. Ramstein rips Spang 17-1 for 3-game Csc Lead Span Dahlem a. Germany Ramstein Rode 16 hits to a 17-1 Triumph i tar  sunday boosting the rams Lead to three games in Safe t Continental sports conference baseball standings. The rams 10-3. Grabbed a 2-0 Lead in he first inn ing on George Hull s two run Homer the sabers 8-7, answered with bully air Force baseball Balocan i Solo Blasl in the Bol Tom of the first. Then came rams in s Thunder three runs in the second two in the third three in the fourth one in the fifth and us in the sith. The 10-run Rule finished the game after sixth innings. Hull finished with three hits in three Al bats and three runs batted in. Rob Brugh. Pal Mccain and Frank Trevino contributed two Bis apiece and Jef Karth scored three runs. Winning Pitcher Rich Hawze fired a two hitter striking out four and walking none.  Triu to to Flop Ramstein i bats with four pitchers. Starter and Lour Bob Dorr lasted a Little More than one inning. Sunday s game capped a three game series bet Wren these Csc contenders. The trams split saturday re Rani in won the fire game 7-2 on Danny Wulick math s six hit pitching and two run Homer. Spang Dalcin won the Nightcap s-7 on Balocan s rib single in the Bot Tom of the seventh