European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 30, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup of title Chase remains wide open As the 1987 motor sports season speeds Towar Dils close Only three major championships remain to by decided the world driving championship in formula one racing the world rally driving championship and the cart indy car championship in the United Stales. First Lei s look at formula one. England s Nigel Mansill who came so dose to winning the title last year scored a Brilliant Victor last sunday in Spain to keep his 1987 championship Hopes alive As the european segment of the Campaign closed. Now Wilh Only three grand prix races logo Mexico an oct. 18, Japan on nov. I and Australia on nov. 15 the Chase remains wide open with Williams Honda Driver Nelson Piquet of Brazil leading it Wilh 70points. Pique twice world Champion is Fol Lowed by his teammate mans Lowith 52, then the Bra Zilian Ayrton Senna Lolus Honda with 51. And defending world Champion Alain pros of France  with 46. Nigel Manwill the Williams team has already clinched the formula one manufacturer s cup. Piquet has a Strong Lead and in the 13 races run so far he has three victories six second place finishes one third place one fourth and to races with no results. But now with the "bcst-11-results" Rule com ing Inlo play Pic Tuel will have to drop some Points in the remaining three races. Mansill. With five Vic tories a third place a fifth a sixth and five did nol finish entries May keep every Point he scores from now on. So thai makes a big difference. In Spain last week Mansill was quoted As saying after last year i believe that anything can happen and u Long As i have a mathematical Chance of win Ning that s All t ask. That and a fair Chance. Then i m  moving to the Bally championship scene finnish Drivers dominate there As usual Wilh Lancia Leam males Markku Alen and Juha Kankkunen tied for the 1987 Crown with 80 Points each. Only two rallies remain the italian san Reno and the Brit ish Lombard Rac. Third and Only six Points Back is another Lancia Driver Massimo Biasion of Italy so it t All quite close. Lancia meanwhile has clinched the rally makes title. In the United states the cart indy car championship situation at this stage is the same As it was last season with Bobby Rahal and Michael Andretti again battling it out for the Crown. Last year Rahal won inc Indianapolis so Milc race and then went on to win the cart driving championship beating out Andretti in the finale at Miami. This season with Only two races remaining at Lacuna see calif., and Miami Rahal leads with16 Points to Andretti s 137, so with a Victory Worth 20 Points a win by Andretti in California would practically even things up if Rahal fails to place High. Last weekend the Sopcic motorcycle world championship was decided with Australia s Wayne Gardner coming through for Honda. Gardner needed an outright win Ai Bra in to take the title and he achieved just that from pole position beating the California riders Eddie Lawson second and Randy Mamola third both on Yii mohns. Lawson had Bee the defending world Champion and he had also won the Crown in 1984. Mamola always second or third in the world standings each year seems destined never to win the title. Wilh his Victory in Bra in Gardner became the first australian Ever to win the 500cc world Crown and he also broke the four year american hold on the championship fashioned by Lawson 84 and 86 and Louisiana s Freddie Spencer 83 and 85. Honda s domination in both cars and cycles this season has been thorough to say the least wit Honda rider ton Mang of Germany also clinching the 250cc title in Portugal. Mang now Wilh five world crowns in the 250cc and a soc classes de scribed his fifth world championship As the most important and worthy title in my collection because i won it against the strongest possible opposition and also being 38 Yean old 1 had to fight against a whole Bunch of Young Lions " the 250cc series this year was indeed the Tough est of All and the racing was close and often highly spectacular. Mang More than earned his Crown As we noted after the portuguese race. In Brazil last sunday Mang apparently took it easy finishing Only seventh while his Honda team mate Dominique Sarron of France greeted the Check ered Flag to score his first Victory of Fth season. The final 1987 round takes place on sunday wit the grand prix of Argentina at Buenos Aires. Still on the subject of championships the British Jaguar team Winner of the 1987 world sports car Crown scored its eighth Victory in 10 races this season when Jan Lammers of Holland and John Watson of Northern Ireland captured the 1,000 Kilometres of Fuji Japan last sunday. It was a Jaguar one two with Raul Boesel of Bra Zil and Johnny Dumfries of Scotland placing second jiul one minute behind the winning Jaguar. Private entry porsche 962s filled the next three places. The brazilian Boesel clinched the world sports car driving Crown at the 1,000 Kilometres of spa Bel Gium on sept. 13, so Jaguar wrapped it All up this season. One race remains in the sports car series and that one will take place sunday at Nishi Sendai on Japan s main Island hons. In rallying last week s african Ivory coast rally Lith round in the world championship was won by Sweden s Kenneth Eriksson in a Volkswagen coif git finishing second was Shekhar Mehta of Kenya in a Nissan Silvia while third came another vow Golf Oti this one driven by Germany Erwin Weber. Forty three cars started the rally and Only 11 finished. Lancia did not contest the event. The rally was overshadowed by inc a Cash of Toyota s assistant team manager Henry Liddon who was killed in a Light plane crash along with three other people during the second Day of the event. The englishman Liddon who worked out of Fth newly completed Toyota Europe rally Headquarters in co Logne Germany was a rally Star during the 1960s and 70s, navigating such Drivers As briton Paddy Hopkirk and finns Timo Makinen and Kauno aah Loncon. With Makinen lid Jon won the British Rac rally three consecutive limes 1973, 74 and 75all in Ford escorts and he also was aboard the famous British mini Coopers winning the Monte Carlo rally in these tars with Hopkirk in 1964 and Wilh Gallo non in 1967. The Toyota team which had entered three Supra can in the Ivory coast round withdrew from the rally Afler learning of Liddon so Cash. Vii ire to co this week knit in Ger Many. Inc International div Hock Nchim trophy races for touring cars will be run saturday on the Short course at Hock Nchim Wilh races starting a noon and continuing until about 4 . After the car races inc Pirelli cup truck race will follow wit Riboul 25 trucks entered. The Ruck race starts at 4 15p.m. And ends about 5 30 . Practice is scheduled from 2 until 6 . On Friday and from 9 until about noon on saturday morning. Entrance on saturday is 10 Marks about $5.50 for seating anywhere in Themo Todro the bomb Lingen sinde Iringan Slock car racing association will hold Slock car races on saturday and sunday with the Gates opening at 9 a.m., time trials beginning at 10 a.m., and races starting at 12 15 . The circuit is located near Panzer Cas Ernin bomb Lingen South of Stuttgart in England the Silverstone circuit in England near Northampton will Host Fia formula 3 euro Pean cup races on sunday along with the final race in the British National touring car championship. Races for formula Fords sports cars and historic cars Are also on the program. Practice and qualifying eats will take place on saturday. This is the find major program of the year at silvers one. At the Snetterton circuit near Norwich. England meanwhile races Are scheduled on sunday for Lour ing cars sports cars and formula Fords. The circuit will Host motorcycle races on saturday. The brands Hatch circuit Southeast of London will stage International truck races this weekend with practice an qualifying heats on saturday and racing All Day on sunday. Motorcycle racing the Insi round in the european Road racing championship will be held sunday at the nugello circuit in Scarperia Italy North of Florence with races for cycles in he so 135, 250 and Soock classes. Practice and qualifying will be held saturday. Motocross the 41st Heilbronn Frankyn Battier div Motocross will be held saturday and sunday this Moto a round in the German National championship for 25cc bikes and the final round in the German trophy series for 250cc cycles. Franken Bach is located just Northwest of Heilbronn. Sooner slip in poll but not As far As second 87 Herschel n1ssenson a football Britt despite 65-0 rout of tuba the okla homa sooner lost ground in tuesday s associated pros College football poll Al though they remained no. 1 for the fifth week in a Row. The conc is received 44 of 60 first place votes and 1,181 Ofa possible 1,200 Points from a nationwide panel of spans writers and sport Caslen. Twelve first place ballots and 1,136 Points went to Nebraska which has been no. 2 every week this season. The com huskers Defeated Arizona stale 35-28. Last week Oklahoma led Nebraska 53-7 in first place votes and 1,193-1,129 in Points. Miami of Florida became the first team in three weeks other than Oklahoma and Nebraska to get a Vole for no. 1.the hurricanes received the other four first place ballots and j.os8 Points in climbing from fifth place to third with a 51-7 drubbing of Arkansas that knocked the Razorbacks no. 10 last week out of the top 20. Miami moved ahead of album and Louisiana state last week s no. 3 and 4 teams which played lie games an slipped three places in the rankings to Suth and seventh respectively. Florida state jumped from sixth to fourth with 965 Points by defeating Michigan slate 31-3. The seminoles entertain Miami on saturday. It s too Early to really pay much at Tention to the rankings Miami coach Jimmy Johnson said. Ill know More about what kind of team we have after  Noire Dame shot from eighth place 10 fifth Wilh 890 Points following a 44-20 Triumph Over Purdue. Auburn which played a 20-20 lie with Tennessee fell from third to sixth with 859points. Ironically the come from behind tie was Good enough to push ten Nessee from 11th to 10th. Leu s 13-13 tie Wilh Ohio stale dropped the tigers from fourth place to seventh Wilh 821w Points. Clemson moved up from ninth to eighth with 810 Points following a 33-12 Victory Over Georgia tech. Ohio state skidded from seventh to ninth with 775w Points and Tennessee rounded out the lop 10 Wilh 636 to Points. The second 10 consist1, of Urcla Michigan Arizona state. Penn stale Texas Washington. Alabama. Iowa Florida and Georgia. Alabama and Iowa finished tied for 17th. Last week it was Tennessee. Arizona state Urcla Michigan Penn slate. Texas am Alabama Washington Iowa and Georgia. Florida which raised its record to 3-1 by defeating Mississippi state 38-3, made the top 20 for the first time since the preseason poll. The gators replace Arkansas which had been in the ratings each week this season