European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 30.1988 the stars and stripes pags25 racing Roundup up season opens sunday in Brazil the 1988 formula one world driving championship blasts off this sunday with be tunning of the brazilian grand prix it Rio de Janeiro the theme of it is year s Campaign being Turbo is.  the Outlook is for a highly interesting and exciting Campaign and or the 16 grand prix races on this year s list 10 take place in Europe this is the final year for the t.5-1iler turbocharged engines in formula one racing and while the turbos still hold an Edge Over the normally aspirated 3.5 Lilor non Turbo engines lie Gap is doing fait a total of 18 teams will contest the 1988 scrip 13 teams Fielding two cars and five with single tar entries. Of he 31-car total Only 11 an powered by Turbo engines. These include two Lotus hondas two Mclaren hondas to Ferrari two arrows Mega trons two Zaki Pecos and one Osella Alfa Romeo. Normally aspirated Ford engines will Power 14 cars tops Here the Benc on Ford car White normally aspirated Judd engines will be used in 111 can Wil jams Judd the Best Here. White most experts see this year s work championship going to a Driver from Lotus Mclaren or Ferrari the Rule makers have gone All out to even things up Between the Turbo and non Turbo teams. For instance last year Turbo charged cars were limited to boost of 4 bar i bar is 14 pounds per Square Inch and also were limited to 190 liners of fuel for a race. This season the limit for Turbo boost has been Cut to 2.5 bar. And he Turbo can receive Only 150 liners of fuel for a race the normally aspirated can will run with no fuel limit this being done to Ici Ricl horsepower and make the turbocharged airs and normally aspirated cars More equal non Turbo cars also get an advantage in weight a limit of 1,100 pounds compared to the Turbo car weight of at least 1,1 go pounds. Beginning next year Only the normally a Sira cd 3.5-Litcr engines will be allowed so it comes As no Surprise that big cams like Ferrari and the Honda powered contingents already have 3.5-liter engines ready logo in Case their turbos Don t stand up this season under the new restrictions. The new nites but for this season Only will allow a team to change from Turbo to normally aspirated engines Bui Here s a catch Here because once a team does make the change it must use thai engine for the rest of the season and cannot switch Back did Forth. Despite Ihbe option it s our opinion that Ferrari and the Honda powered Lotus and Mclaren earn will slay with turbocharged engines because despite the equalization measures inc Turbo engines Are still put Ting out 700 to 750 horsepower while the non Turbo engines have developed a maximum of about 650hp. In Ore season testing this year Gerhard Berger of Austria was fastest at Rio in u Ferrari Turbo while the brazilian Ayrton Senna Mclaren Honda Turbo set the Pace during last week s testing at the Imola circuit in Italy. In both Brazil and Italy the defend ing world Champion Nelson 1 Iqual was not terribly impressive fourth fastest in his Lotus Honda Turbo in Rio and seventh fastest at Imola. But testing while vitally important is not racing and it will take three or four grand Pru events before a pattern even begins to emerge. The brazilian Piquet a triple world Cham Pion and twice a Winner of his Home grand Prii 1983 and b6will be highly favored by the Brazil Tan Public in sunday s race. He has inc personality and flair that surpasses a countryman Senna and even the race track at Rio has been named aul6dra to Ilo Nelson Piquet in a press release from Lotus Piquet says a would be Good id Mark the Start of the season and the Start of my Lotus association with a third Victory in Brazil. It s alway Good to race in your Home grand prix but it s even belter when it s a place you love like Rio and the circuit you re racing on has been Numi d after you. Bui inc Bailie for la championship won t Lake on its real shape for three or four  the Lolus team meanwhile is especially eager in get the season off to a winning Start because it s now 15 years since Lolus last won at Brazil. That was at the Ink Lagos circuit in 197.1 when another Fra Ilian Star Emerson Filiip Aidi came through to Lake the Flag aboard a Lotus Ford 7 2. Perhaps Piquet making his debut with i Lolus team will finally break inc is year  Viiu in sunday s grand pain. The race will be shown on German television Ard first program beginning at five minutes Afler Midnight on monday morning april 4. Cen trial european time i Ikic to go this Wekkind in Auto Mobile racing. Inc opening round in Thi i 2-Racc German National championship for touring cars will i staged sunday on the Vokler Eircil in Hel Gium. The leading contenders for honors i Iii year Ore Mercedes Bow opel and Ford. The opening race in the German formula 3 championship plus other races arc also on sunday s program. Practice and qualifying Lake place on Friday and saturday. The zolder circuit is located just Northwest Tif has Salt approachable from either inc Antwerp Lii go or Aachen Antwerp autobahn. In England the brands Haich circuit Southeast of London will slag races on sunday for sports cars Louring cars and formula Fords motorcycle racing the firs round in the super hike world championship tents a if be held sunday Ai Chi Donington Park Cir Cuil near Derby England. Practice and qualifying races arc set for saturday. At la mans. France the opening race in the Lone distance motorcycle world i Hampi Muhin will be slaved on saturday and sunday. In Germany the adar Moloi Vicle rally "1,000 Kilometres of Hock Nchim will in staged saturday Al Hock Nufim. With inc rally to in held on tin full length 4,2-Miu grand prix course. Drag racing show tic 6th annual dragster show featuring drag racing m in Hin cry of All types continues at the sins hdm  museum in Germany through april in daily hours an.1 9 . In 6 . Tin to in if . Just Southeast of Educ Sherg May he readied directly olt Lac a6 Heilbronn i Ati Ohahn. Tit St i l big joke s run its course for big eight basketball Kansas City to. Apr when the big eight said it would be hosting his year s Mcaa final four no one dreamed Bow right thai would be. For years. Big eight basketball was an to even to big eight players. Basked they ruefully agreed was just some thing the conference did Between foot Ball and Spring football. What s More they were right. Most of the league s Arenas were cramped and outdated. Nobody in inc big eight i Cpl Kansas and Kansas stale spent any Money on the sport. It seemed that few nationally recruited players Ever sprang from High schools in the big eight area and the ones who Dida quickly lied. Football was absolute in is puled King in Middle America where Oklahoma and Nebraska challenged year after year for National championships. Bui then slowly the winds of change began to blow. Coaches like Larry Brown Billy Tubbs and Johnny Orr were hired at places like Kansas Oklahoma find Iowa slate players like Wayman Tisdale and Danny Manning signed big eight i chars of intent. New Arenas were built Al Oklahoma Missouri Iowa state Nebraska and col Orado. Other facilities were upgraded More Money was spent on basketball. Now with the final four Back in Kansas City s own Kemper Arena the so called football conference has not one but two final four teams Kansas with two time Alt american Manning will of Clcil Duke of he acc in the first semifinal saturday and Ihen Oklahoma once a basketball Doormat will meet Arizona in semifinal no 2. Watching iwo big eight teams get into our own final four was the most exciting thing 1 Ever saw said Bill Han cock big eight associate commissioner. It s just a dream come True for us after All lilo so years of struggling so hard Hancock said. We hoped against Hope we would gel a team in the final four. Now we have two. It s jus unbelievable. Conference coaches and athletic directors have been calling each Olber offering  when the season opened big eight coaches told anybody who would listen that heir league had come of age. By the season s end three of the league s four nil Lime leading scorers were winding Down Brilliant careers. Manning at Kan Sas Jeff grayer at Iowa slate and Der Rick Chivous at Missouri i is commonly thought Hal most of this year s second in in All big eight squad would in the lean years have been prime Candi dates for conference player of the year. Money As Well As Honor will accrue to big eight schools. With five teams invited and a Gansas Oklahoma and Kansas slate making the final eight the conference Fig ures to split almost sj.7s million. People Are talking about the Money and gelling out their calculators to total up a the dollars but to be honest whal the big Meijhi is gelling out of this is absolutely priceless Hancock said com pared la what we re gelling in terms of prestige the Money h secondary. The Glare of the National Media Al the final four is awesome and half of thai is going to be trained on the big eight con Oku chm Billy Tubbs. Big pan of resurgence for Cnoc. It s like a priceless work of  if Kansas gels past Duke and Oklahoma overcomes Arizona in saturday s semifinals it would set up an All big eight championship finale a Prospect to leave conference fathers Glassy eyed i would be the grate is thing since 1971 when Nebraska Oklahoma and Colorado finished 1-2-3 in the final fool Ball poll Hancock said. Final four tickets get tighter still Kansas City. To. A i gelling id inc final four is wonderful All Kan Sas athletic officials agree but now comes the Tough part. We have been Allu cd 1.625 tickets for the Kemper Arena final four said Richard Kon pm. Assistant us Lelic director we could sell out the super dome. Supply is very very limited. De Mand is very very Large several Hundred hopeful followers fell into line outside inc Allen fieldhouse ticket office within minutes sunday of the Jay Hawks 7i-5x Victory Over Kansas state in the Midwest regional finals in Pontiac Mich we had about 7.000 students and fans wailing in Allen fill Alhouse for our arrival from   said. It s not easy telling people who have donated thousands of dollars to the Al Icelic fund thai sorry they re not on the list for final four tickets. And it s especially Tough since the final four is in Kansas City the Jay Hawks Home away from Home. There were rumours around Kansas City sunday night that final four ducats would fetch a much As s1,000, "1 have no idea about that have Nolh-1 ing to do with  Konzen Slid. But with this being the final four and our having so Many Loyal fans 1 would guess this May be the Lough Cal ticket Ever. The toughest