European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. August 4, 1987 the stars and stripes sports Michael Andretti wins 500 by Mike Harris Brooklyn. Mich. A Michael Andrelli s prayers were answered sunday As he went 500 Miles rot the first Lime in his career 10 win the Marlboro 500, he fast Cal 500-mile race it Andy car history. Andr Clit who look advantage of the continuing hard Luck of his father Mario Andrulli to win Sun Day s event at Michigan International Speedway had problems restarting on each of his eight Pil stops he cause Ota minor transmission problem. Late in the 250-Lap race. Andr Tii held a Lead or just Over 21 seconds Over second place Al Unser by Andretti knew he had o Slop once More fora splash of fuel. La did bother me because i knew we had trouble gelling in and out of the pits 1hc 24-Ycar-old Driver said. We did lose about 10 seconds. Ii was a Good Shingi had a big Lead Over Fiig his Crew had to give the Young Andrulli a Nui of the pits after lie last Stop and Michael said he was think ing to himself please god i lease god Lei it Tjie engine did Caich and Andrelis came up with his second Victory of the season the fifth of his career and first in a 500-mile race. The younger andr Clit inherited the lend when Mario Andretti fell Oul of the race with an engine failure after building a two Lap Lead Over his son jus past the half Way Point in inc race. The Victory from he poll by the younger an Dromi duplicated the feat of his father Here in 1984, and made Michael the seventh different Winner in As Many 500-mile races on Michigan s fast 2-Miic Oval. Andrelis who drove most of the race on the hot humid Day with a broken helmet strap Hinl allowed the g forces in inc turns 10 Wear him Down Hild off Unser the Indianapolis 5110 Winner and Bobby Rahal Over the last 94 laps. I knew he was just playing a game with us Unser said after his futile Chase fur inc second jewel of the Andy car triple Crown. He was jus keeping the proper distance and Idin l know lie was hating any Andretti said i m just � tired. We went Soo Miles Wilh hardly any yellows and that s what really did me the Winner who still trails defending Champion Rahal 119 Points to 110 in the cart-1 pm Driver standings averaged 171.4 x Mph in a race slowed by Only two caution periods. Thai was faster than the 170.722 run by Rahal in winning the a ski Irdy 500, see and Letti on Page 26 a s win Trail by 1 game by la Gloe Nurfus is Newman Saijol Lintin s i jut. Griffin tried to score on Pulzoni see Al on Page 26 germans whip . Team capture federation cup title West Vancouver British co Lumbia a in a match that will be Long remembered Steffi Graf led the West germans to i hair first federation cup title by keying a stirring comeback in the doubles sunday dethroning the United states for the women s world team Innis championship. Graf and Claudia Kohide Vilseb combined to win the deciding doubles i-6, 7 5. 6-4 Over Chris Evert and Pam Shriver of he United states after a split of the earlier singles. Nothing worked for us Al first the beaming Graf said. We did t get into the match. We could t hold our serves then they got a Little shaky and we started to make our after losing inc first set on four serv ice Breaks the germans trailed 4-0 in the second set before breaking service four limes to Lurn Pic momentum in their favor. The germans took control in the final Sel when they broke serve in the seventh game to take a 4-3 Lead. The German team played great especially in the doubles being Down Evert said. They really showed a lot of guts and came Shriver played brilliantly during the eight Day Competition performing in the singles in the federation cup for the firs Lime. I be just found out a new definition of pain Shriver said when you hear another nation s National Shriver said the final was perhaps inc greatest doubles match she had Ever played. La was a match made in the said. And somebody Laira said that s the Way it s going to be and we the West germans were appearing in their fifth final and it was the third time for Kohide Krisch 23, in inc last match of inc event. The americans who won 12 of the previous 24 federation cups tried to defend the title they won last Jear in Prague. This year no i player Martina Navratilova was sidelined by injury. Shriver opened the Host of three final with a convincing 6-0, 7-6 tingles Victory Over to hic Kilch winning the m Condo we tiebreaker 7-5. Graf pulled Lite Ihirg ranked West German even when the world s no. 2 ranked singles player used her powerful forehand to subdue exert 6-2. 6-1 to Force the Doublet showdown Agni jul the no i Sec did americans. I was Only the second time Evert had lost at illicit in the Fede Ratum Fuji. She dropped a match last year to Sandra i dec Chin of Tlajy. Shriver 25, and exert 32. Pm part a Vail term univ s Steffi Graf 1$ ecstatic after when tin cup Victory. App Nora play together As a team were a Dix Alai my pair Early in the doubles. The German team earned $80.000 from the total Prie Pool of s 3 25.000 in the event sponsored by the Nec corp. Of Japan. Craf overpowered Evert in the main by breaking service four unit s and mov ing to the net in win Tkv Pom i. Grass game was so cmnplek1 she needed on a Mitru to to Send ihi1 final Junio the dt1 d.iubk", tin Weil i Nisan in Elm cd twice 111 the i a eng 4eih he Ludig like eighth gjnii1, and ii la Niue in the Smyj sit Ludi Jie Wun on an Ace in the Sev Enid game. Shriver Rumpl Clely dominated the first set against to hic Kilsch. But ran into Stiller opposition in the second before winning her fourth singles match of the comic Liluain in a tiebreaker. When him a in sour first nine games against someone like Claudia Sou know Jou in placed in in at Maith Shriver said. She was helping me a bit but i was l making a errors. When push came Lovlimo. I got in Mure first Stu Shriver said. Even when she made some great panes in the second i Finfun in the i Fri Nta Gei were Wilts i
