European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday december 23, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup Weidler Cobb win porsche cups the porsche company staged its Isle an Nual porsche cup awards program in Stuttgart last week with lop honors in the european Driver Competition going to Germany s Volker we idler. In the Ameri can division the . Porsche cup was won by Price Cobb for the second year in a Row. La was my pleasure to attend he festivities and talk to Many of the Drivers All of whom were in a uniformly Good mood As a lot of prize Money was coming their Way. The porsche cup incentive awards program was established in 1970 to a courage private entry porsche Drivers in International racing. Drivers who race for the factory Are not eligible to score Points in factory entered cars bul May collect Points when they drive for a private entrant. Or. Ferry porsche son of the spots car firm s founder presented the awards and Cash prizes. Two Days after the porsche cup program the firm also made news with inc announcement that it was releasing its chairman 57-year-old German Ameri can pc scr w. . 31, 1987. His Succes Sor is Heinz Branitzky porsche s finance chief. Schutz who has led pors Clie since 1980, had a year to go on his contract. While no reason was Given for Schutz s release it s no secret that porsche sales Are sharply Down in Germany and the United states the . Representing about 60 percent of porsche s Market. Porsche also announced a severe cutback in production beginning in january so Schutz s release by porsche comes As no great Surprise. His Reliance on the . Market was subject to criticism within porsche circles for some time. Bul Back to racing. It was an especially Happy evening for the Kremr racing team whose 25-year-old Driver we idler won the european cup and the $52,000 Check. The Kremr team directed by Brothers Erwin and Manfred Kremer is the top team in the 18-year his tory of the porsche cup its Drivers having captured the cup 10 times. Erwin won it in 1971. The other winning Kremr Drivers include John Fitzpatrick of England twice Clemens Schickendanz of Germany Bob Wollek of France four time Klaus Ludwig and we idler. The Kremr Brothers aimed directly at the porsche cup with their protege Widler and Weidler s winning of the cup crowns a successful Randy Barnett year for the Cologne based Kremer team. The Krum cars celebrated their 25th year on the world s racing circuits during 1987. Following Widler for lop honors were John win Ter of Germany Joest team Oscar Larrauri of Argentina Brun team Frenchman Wollek Josl and Germany s Jochyn mass Brun. In the american division the winning Cobb was followed by Chip Robinson this year s Simsa Cham Pion in a Holbert porsche 962 Germany s mass who campaigned in Europe and America and won four Simsa races in the sulcs in by Rahal the american cart indy car series Champion who teamed with mass in several Simsa races and Chip Mead. Porsche also announced its plans for next year. Those plans feature the entry of three factory cars in the 24-hours of la mans endurance car race and the entry of a factory car for Germany s Hans stuck in the German sup cup series. Stuck won this year s super cup championship in a porsche 962. At la mans porsche will Field one car for the american family team of Mario Andrei i and his sons Michael and Jeff another car for i9s7 la mans winners stuck englishman Derek Bell and Ameri Ca s Al Holburt and a third car with no Driver assignments at this time. Porsche will also continue with its trouble plagued indy car program but will not have the services of Mario andr Clit services they were hoping for. Andretti has confirmed his contract renewal with the Haas Newman team in the states so the italian Driver Teo Fabi is expected to get the porsche indy car assignment. Germany s Jochyn mass May do some of the testing and development driving. Mass a formula one Veteran who has campaigned in porsche factory cars and private entry porsche said eventually the porsche indy car will be successful. Porsche always gets things right and i can l imagine their failing on the indy car project. They la make things work. They always porsche fans everywhere arc hoping muss is right. Looking at formula Onk inn an pounced recently that the Benetton cram i m Rac ing team will have exclusive use of a now. Normally aspirated five valves per Cylinder Ford engine for next year s world championship series. With Benetton s move to non Turbo Ford Pimer that leaves Only Honda. Ferrari and Zak Semi air Sci engines in the 1488 world championship Carpi sign for formula one cars. Honda will Supply Mohnen Gines to the Lotus and Mclaren teams. I Ferrari will use its own Luron. The Sunn goes Hir tin.1 Hcrman Zak Speed learn in its news release. Ford says the new five ii pcs per Cylinder ,1.5-Tilcr engine for rent ton n n further development of the old a liter Ford div unit and the 3.5-liter Ford co Worth used by the British Tyr Rell team this past season. Not year s formula one Racine be Iwvin tin Turbo and non Turbo teams will be much closer. Ford says because new rules Cut the Turbo engine fuel allowance to 150 liners 39.6 Gallons and Alvi Cut tin Turbo boost to 2.5 bar compared with Ilie 4.0-b.ir boost used during the past season. Additionally Dur ing inc i98fl season normally aspirated engines will not be subject to fuel allowances and will be permitted a 40-kilogram 88.1s4 pounds weight advantage Over the Turbo charged Competition. As a result the non Turbo cars will be More competitive a urd says. But. In my opinion there is no Way they la brat the Turbo teams unless All the Turbo cars break Down. Still with non Turbo teams like Williams Llen Elisii and Tyrrell the 19k8 season should at i in Pevc More interesting from the Turbo is. Non Turl � Mand Point than did the 1987 Campaign. So that wraps it up for this year s i Ian Roundup today s column is Ilie final one for imk7. I wish All the readers of this column ail the Best for the holidays a very merry Christmas and la Ipri new year jets fans chant Joe must go but will Hempstead. . A Joe Wal ton in t planning on going anywhere. Despite the Joe must go chanting of fans at sunday s 3b-27 loss to Phila Delphia that eliminated the new York jets from the nil playoffs Walton expects to continue coaching the team. Losing is the most imposing part of inc game Walton said monday when asked about How Tough it was to hear such chants. You re Only in this for one thing to make the play Olts and we did l do it. We simply Haven t won enough the jets 6-8, have fallen apart in de Cember for the second straight year los ing their Lasi three games by a combined score of 117-75, last year they lost their final five games. It s been a crazy year said Walton who received the support of team presi Dent Jim Kensil last week. Kensil said Walton was a Good coach who is doing an excellent Job. Walton agreed. He said monday i think i m a Good he is the Only coach in team history with a winning record 41-37. The jews made the play Olts As a wild card team in 19 b5 and 8 6. Walton is under fire particularly since the expectations for the team this year were High. Just three weeks ago inc jews were 6-5, tied for the Lead in the muddled acc East. With victories at Miami and new England the jets would have been in control of the division. Instead they collapsed. You can t blame it on one aspect of the team wide receiver Kurt Sohn said in analysing he jets record. This team is 5-6 not including games during the strike mediocre to poor record which Means we be been a mediocre team. Bul it just Means that other teams in the league have players playing belter coaches coaching better. Everybody takes credit for wins and blame for losses. The worst thing you can do when you re on a losing Streak is Start criticizing others on the earn or the coaches. It takes inc team apart it s counter pro Many players were annoyed by the re actions of the fans. I Hope they All catch pneumonia defensive end mar Gastineau said. Joe works As hard As anyone in the league. He does t deserve we re letting them Down not Joe nose tackle Joe Klocko said. We go on the Field and if we Don t produce he should t be offensive lineman Joe Fields a 13 year Veteran who went through the Low periods of the 1970s and the four playoff appearances in this decade was t sur prised thai the fans were so critical. When you be been around Long enough you re going to hear chants apart Ora new York Inch Joe Walton late collapse again Fields said. In a bad year the fans Al ways get on you. They always gel on the head coach he s going to Lake a lot of heal because the fans can focus on him Walton who was in a dour mood monday provided Short repetitive an Swers to virtually every question. It was t a matter of being uncomfortable in the aftermath of the chanting bul More a reaction to seeing his team col lapse again late in a season. When you have a losing record and Don l make the playoffs he said it All ultimately Falls on the head he refused to be specific about changes the team needs to make. Wil Flecken san Vito champs Vicenza Italy wildly Ken s men and san Vii s women Brycc cd in tues Day s finals of the Viren a Christmas basketball tournament. routed Aviano Ti-b2 for the men s title. San Vito handled Vicen a 5 j-44 for the women s championship. Juan Cunningham pumped in 24 Points including six 3-pointers. To Pace Wil Flecken s mountaineers. Larry Brooks added 16 Points and Moron Lee 14, the mountaineers gunned ahead 25-6 before the eagles responded with 12 straight Points. Wil Flecken made it 41-26 by half Lime and coasted Home. Bill Porter led Aviano with 21 Points. John Livingston and Mike Malone hit 10 Points apiece. The mountaineers from llii1 army s v corps league finished 4-q 10 Tup he 10 men s learns. Aviano an air free team a fail 3- in the double elimination for Mal. With four teams competing in the women s Side san Vitt eni i of and Viten a 2-2. Cherry Crumpler poured in 2v Points 10 Pace the crusaders. Hedge let Davis contributed 15, fur the Lionel is. Diane Wynn scored 14 and Tara Knighton 12
