European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. March a 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 23 racing Roundup . Racing grows More International its a pleasure to note some Strong Ameri can influence coming into the world racing picture with two resent examples being jut weekend1 Nas car race in Australia and the Laterna ional motor sports association Simsa announcement that it plans to stage a race next december in Coil Rica. A third example this one also from Imsais Therlsa approved Bat non championship Mac set for the  Holiday weekend of nov. 25-27 in Tampa Fla. The Florida race named the Chal Lenge of three worlds will bring together Simsa european group c and japanese group c sportsman an olympics of racing so to speak with a 30 ear starting Grid. Sanctioned by Simsa Iii race i unique in the proper sense of the word and has already drawn massive sponsorship and television coverage plans. Simsa says. Meanwhile the Simsa sanctioned race in Costa Rica will be similar in nature and wet have details on that one in a minute. Bui first let i look at last weekend Lascar race in Melbourne Australia. The first full Lascar event held outside North America it was quite successful drawing nearly 50,000 Spectator. The australians were treated to a super race Wilh Neil Bon Nett winning in a Pontiac grand prix and Bobby Allison placing second in a Bukk be Sabre leu than one second behind. Both driven Are from Hucy Lown ala., and both Are winners of the first two races in the Winston cup series this season Allison by the Daytona 500 and Bon rail at the Richmond before the australian race which did not count for Winston cup Points Allison said he is firmly behind the concept of moving Lascar into the world picture and said this is the next step to making Lascar an International circuit and i m looking Forward to it. I think this the australian a i reall docs show the Appeal of Slock car racing in the autumn of 1978. The late Wolfgang dimmer. A German racing official and track promoter staged a .-Slyle Stock car event at Hocken Heim and although it was not a genuine Lascar race As Runin Australia by any Means it Drew a full House of 100,000 spectators. Bill France or. The founder of Lascar was pre sent it Bockenheim thai weekend along with Daytona 500 Winner tiny Lund who raced a big Ope before the Cheeng fans. The highly popular Lund was to die five years later in a six car Accident Talladega Lund was n big Guy with an equally big personality and sense of humor and after qualifying he spent an hour or so autographing his own Colo photos for kids who stood in line to get them. The Young German racing fans could t believe thai a Star Driver Ike Lund would give them special treat ment of this kind. Dut Lund obviously liked kids and he proved to be a top notch american sport ambassador that weekend. We did a Story about him for tin Man Anil stripes and Isle Viewins Lund was a highlight of our work that season. So Lascar racing would work in Germany and that race Long ago proved it. The German offi Al Diemer knew it but the big problem then was to find land to build a banked Oval and that extremely expensive problem would remain today along with Pra Tetu from . Dut a Lascar race could be staged on the new Norbur Gitig Road course Stock cars for instance race on the Riverside Calif Road course and with the Success of the australian race As an example perhaps the germans will get some thing going there. It s something to think about we also mentioned imsa1. Plans for Arace in Costa Rica and that one will be an invitational sports car endurance event la be held in the capital of san Jose on the weekend of dec 11. Simsa will unction the event and Ralph Sanchez president of uni motors Pori. Inc., which put on both the grand prix of Miami Simsa race and the Miami indy car race will organize and promote the Costa Rica race which will be called the grand prix for  the race will be held on a circuit located about 10 Miles from downtown san Josd. The Costa Rica race will be similar to the Florida race in Tampa that we discussed earlier and will follow it by Only two weeks. As in Tampa the Costa Rica event will bring together the top Simsa euro Pean and japanese group c racing teams. Daimler Benz makes its official return Lorac ing this weekend after an absence of 33 years from the world s tracks with a Sauber Marc eds entered for the first round in the world sports car championship. This race will be sunday at Jerez do la fron lera in Spain. Although Peter Sauber s  Mercede backed team planned to have two cars for All 11 world championship rounds this season the learn will have Only one car for the Jerez and Jarama races in Spain. Germany s Jochyn mass Frenchman Jean Louis Schlesser and Italy s Maura Baldi will share the single car in both races. Although  noted last week that Sweden s Stefan Johansson would also join Mercedes that remains to be confirmed. Johansson May have a formula one ride with the French Gujer team and if he gets it he probably won t race in the sports car championship series. Daimler Benz says that Iii first race for the Saub or Marc cacs car in Germany will come on May with the first round in the super cup series at the Wilibur grind regarding the Mercedes return to racing Erwin Kimner one of the top private entrants in the world sports car championship sees it As an Eichling development he views the Mercedes move As Good not Only for Daimler Benz and Mercedes can but for racing in general. We visited the porsche Kroner racing Headquarters in Cologne recently and we touched on the her cedes subject at that time Well have a Minry on the Kleiner team in tomorrow s car car nor column. Kramer feels that Mercedes return 13117401 to racing is an extremely significant and important one. And said when a firm that Large and powerful returns to the Racks after such a Long absence. 11 will bring out huge crowds and Wili Ercale an even better International atmosphere for spans car Rac ing. This is the Best thing to happen in racing Inmany years. Kramer s private entry porsche 962 will run against the factory backed Sauber mtr Ceils cars in a of the world sports car races this season including be mans a race his Kremm porsche 936won in 1979. From the american interest stand pin in a Kramer High Point came in 1983 when the Kramer Brothers entered a porsche 956 for Mario Andry Leliand his son Michael and the French Driver Phil Ippe Alliot. They finished third in that race the Best Rchull that Mario hns achieved at be mans in his four efforts there. Andretti will return this year in a factory entered porsche and if lie should win he will become Only thu second Driver in the history of motors on to capture the formula one world driving Champi. On in inc Indianapolis 500 and the if hours of be mans. The Only Driver Ever to achieve this triple Crown of automobile racing is the englishman Graham Hill who was killed in a planet Raisin 1975. Where to go this be Ken d the first round in the la race world sports car Champi. On ship series for 1988 will be singed sunday on the Ciren Wintie i Toci Dadius Jerez Dela fro Nicra. Spain near Rota and Cirii. The race of 496 Miles 190 laps Over the 2.61.mile circuit starts Al noon an ends about 6 . Practice and training will he held on Friday from 10 . To i ., and from 3 to 3 15 ., while official qualifying sessions will beheld on saturday from 9 to 11 . And from 3 to 3 10 . The group cd sports car Lap record stands to Oscar Larrauri of Argentina Al one min Ute. 3s.09 Smidi. An average Speed of 05.9 Miles per hour Over the extremely tight circuit. In England there is raring on sunday m the brands Hatch circuit Southeast of London for for Mula Fords sports cars and classic Ion rink cars motorcycle racing the  near Norwich will singe motor Vii la races for All classes of bikes on saturday and sunday while the brands Hatch circuit will feature championship motorcycle races on saturday for ail classes.  Pecheske survives Day of disqualifications by Klint Johnson assistant sports editor garm1sch, Wal Germany do fending champions first Lay winners and a first run Leader All Lump cd out of Coni Emion tuesday As Safe crowned three new slalom lit lists on the second Day oils Alpine championships. Disqualifications and crashes look heavy toll of contenders on this snowy Day at the Horn slope. As a result the i9s8 Safe meet was left with just one two time Winner Julie rce Hisle of Wiesbaden who will shoot for her third Gold medal in wednesday a super of. Guy Worthington of Rhein main emerged As the new slalom King of Safe displacing 87 Winner Jim Oul Idle of Wiesbaden who Nile literally fell to third place. Patrick Arnony of Simbach runner up to Ouel Kotc last year won the open division Silver medal. Worthington a is year old Wyoming native who arrived Al Rhein main seven months ago from flight training cruised through the 4s-Ga e first run in 40.39 seconds and the 47-Gatc second in 39.07fora 1 19.96 winning Lime Worthington complained of Only on mishap and it seemed a minor one com pared to the Pitfalls of others. I hit a Gate pole with my face in the second run and wound up skiing with my ,1 he said. Worthington has burst into prominence this season with Little pm Safe training. My Only racing this season was an arc shalom Here last weekend he said. Amone was second after the first run. But trailed by 1.42 seconds. He clocked a 39.52 second heal for a 1 21.83 total up Elcyle lost All Chance to repeal when he fouled up run no. I with a 47,68 Lime that was Only 10th fastest. Then he uncorked the Day s fastest run 38.69, in an All out shot Al a medal. That gave him a1 26.37 and the Bronze. Oue Llytle said he straddled a pole and had to climb Back on his first run. Til get him in die out race he said. Steve Benson of Wiesbaden and Rauli Marjai Wincn of upper Heyford England claimed the men s seniors and masters golds As monday s is champions me catastrophe. Benson Lumen in 45.29 and 42.43 limes and a combined 1 28.30 to win the30-39-Ycar class by More than six seconds. Runner up was Ramstein s Dic daird in 1 34.34, with Aviano s Brian Campbell third in 1 3 5.03. Benson finished third in last year s Safe slalom behind Richard Turk Anugraham Smith. Turk who Aba won monday s giant Sla Lom with Benson fifth opened the door for the Wiesbaden skier when he slipped past a Gate and do Don the first run. Mark Paxton of Wiesbaden who was second in the seniors is also was Dis qualified. And he did it in full View of the finish line crowd catching a lip on the nut to last Gale missing it but sprawling through the final one. Kar Jatinen who was born in Finland skied a  i mooch race clock ing 43.75 and 43.1 so record a 1 26.90. Smith had beaten him to win Mon Day s race but the masters is Champ from  also crashed Early inthe first run. Smith broke his pole in a fall and that led to a second crash on which he lost a ski and had id abandon. Steve Slivinski of Rhein main took Hii second straight Silver in the Ovcr-40 Sla Lom Wilh a 1 32.46 Liming. Bill Hume of Lakin Heath gave . It second medal of the Day Wilh 1 44.92 Afier Waller Wasowski of nor Way loss third on a disqualification. It was Heartbreak Lime for Rhein Mai tit Pegi Watkinson who has raced in Safe for three seasons and was the Leader in the clubhouse for her first Gold medal. However Wilkinson Mcd out to be one of a dozen racers disqualified for missing the same one or two Gates on in Ekmond course. Roche Joe then moved up to no. T in the women s division. She posted a speedy 48.03 second run. But she Bot Ched her first one and clocked 57.18. Kathryn racier of Hahn wound up second in 2 ls.9i, emf a Clara May moved up to third at 2 29.65, Oaly six Otil of is women survived both rum As disqualifications on the Sec Ond course took three Piir Lial medal winners out of Contention