European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 4, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup Mclaren on Way to 84 dominance while two races Don t make a season if obvious he Mclaren Tarn is on its Way to a Campaign similar to that of 1984, during that season the Mclaren tag poncho Tram demolished she opposition winning 12 of 16 grand Pri races. The no. I Mclaren Driver Niki Lauda of Austria won hts third world championship that year while no. 2 Man Alain Prost of France placed second Only one half Point behind Lauda. Along with the world driving championship aed vice championship Mclaren also captured the for Mula one manufacturer s cup. Ii was strictly a Case or Winner lain All. Frost was in Bis tint season with Mclaren in 1984. Since then he has Wen two world driving championships 1985 and 86 and he finished fourth last year. All of this we achieved on porsche Power. This season with Honda Power the record May be even More impressive. After iwo races the Mclaren Honda team has two victories. Frost won the brazilian opener and Ayrton Senna of Brazil captured sunday s san Marino grand prix at Imola Italy. In the brazilian grand prix it would have been a Mclaren one two except for the Black flagging of Senna because of a starting infraction. At Imola in was Mclaren one two. Senna won and pros tool second and there doubtlessly will be Many More such finishes 10 come. In practice at Imola in was Senna fastest and pros nest Only fractionally slower. Thai was impressive enough bul the two Mcl Jiron Drivers were iliac a Skon is Littler than the third quickest Quali Fier no less a Driver than Lite defending world Champion Nelson Piquet of Brazil in a Loius Rondil. The grand Pris of san Marino proved strictly a two car race involving Senna and Prost. Both of whom lapped the third place Driver Piquet. Senna led from Start to finish and Prost was Only iwo seconds Back. The rest of the Field was simply out of it. After the race. Piquet was quoted As saying All we have right now against the Mclaren is  Hope won t do in. In takes ingenuity and hard work and inc Mclaren Honda team apparently has cornered this Market in formula one racing. The Turbo engine is. Non Turbo engine Issue is dead and buried. The brazilian race where turbos finished one through six indicated in and the san Marino grand prix underlined the fact. The Imola circuit was supposed to have Given the non Turbo cars a Chance because Imola is a relatively High Speed circuit that requires heavy fuel consumption. But inc Turbo cars had no problems with their Iso liter limit while the normally aspirated car teams Slih unlimited fuel allowed were never in the Hunt Lotus and Ferrari were out of it Loo. The Neil round is at Monaco May is where the non Turbo curs Are supposed to have a Chance. But after Brazil and san Marino who would bal on a non Turbo and for that matter who would bal against a Mclaren win for the formula one cants chasing Mclaren it s going to be a Long Long season. Last weekend we visited the Nushur firing to take in the third round of the German touring car Sedan championship and the racing in this series is As Good As you la see anywhere. It s close and in involves a Supert Field of cars and International driven. The first iwo races at zolder were won by the German Ace Klaus Ludwig in a Ford Sierra cos Worth while the two rates at Kocke Nchim Werc Wonky Christian Danner of Germany aboard a Bow Alpina m3. Al the Noti Burgering Victory in the first race went to Kurt Thiim of Denmark in a Bow m3 and the second race was won by Danny Sno Beck of France in a Mercedes 190e 2.3-16. Ford s Ludwig one of the world s Best sports car and touring car Drivers finished second Al the ring in the first heal after a Brilliant fighting Effort he started i2lh on the Grid and he led the second race from the Start until the last Lap when his cos Worth ran out of fuel. He just managed to nurse the car across the line to take fifth place. Ludwig remains the Overall Points Leader in the series Afler six rounds bul he s Only managing to hang in because of what most people consider an unfair rules Penally to the Ford Sierra co Worth cars. The 2-Liler co Worth Turbo develops More horse Power than its non Turbo rivals Bow and Mer cedes but the Siena Sedan outweighs its rivals to male things even. But Ludwig won too impressively Al zolder. Perhaps so the German Rule Smtth ers who want to keep the cars within i percent of each other where Power is concerned decided to penalize Ford. They ruled that the Turbo air Inlet should be drastically reduced and this reduction creates a Sharp Power loss for the co Worth engine. Since zolder. Ludwig. Klaus Niedz Wied and the other Ford Sierra co Worth Drivers have been forced to live with inc situation and they re any thing but Happy about in. Ludwig said the reduction is much Loo severe and the Only thing we can do is Hope they the rules Malics give us a break and increase inc air Inlet diameter to some extent. We re losing no much Power and both the car and engine arc no longer performing As dictated by inc original design setup. I have Only a Small Power band Aren to work within. Under in or Over it the engine won t per form. 1 drive As hard As 1 can of course bul i can t Hope to win the Way things  Ford fans Aren t Happy about the situation either. Lothar Pinske the competitions director at Ford of Germany says the German press is sym pathetic to our situation and they arc making a big Issue of it. We can Only Hope the rules Are changed to the Point where we can at least be  had everything right the first time out and we re being penalized simply because we did our Homework correctly right from the  Ford presents a Strong Case in this Issue. While the idea of extremely close racing is Well taken forthe Benefit of Spectator inc rules should not re strict any team from inc possibility of winning. I spoke with Ludwig about his ims a racing in America and his recent Sebring Victory in Florida the three time be Mam Winner said if things continue fur Ford As they stand in his series. Would prefer Loda even More racing in America. At the moment 1 plan to do it Ricail inv Marc Simsa races his  i Hope Ford will Sunn gel 1 break fron inc rules makers Ami the German touring car championship will be Buichl out on even icbms Horn Zutl on in. If you would like to see some of these Odling races Here s the schedule for the remainder of inc season May 29, Berlin june 5, Mainz Fin than Al . Army Airfield june 17-18. The 24 hours of tile  june 26, Nurnberg Noris Ringl july 17, Wun Slorf aug. 28, Salzburg Austria Cpl. In Budapest Hungary oct. 16, Kocke Nchim. Whereto co this Weeke Nithe 1.00 1 Kilometres of Silver Stone. Fourth round in the world sports Cor championship will be staged sunday at the Silver Slonic circuit near Northampton in Central England. Practice and qualifying Wilt occur Friday and saturday. On the curb urging circuit in Germany the third round in the new opel Lotus Challenge series will be staged sunday along with races for touring cars. Formula Fords. Formula vees super votes and Renault 5s. In Portugal the third round in the european touring car championship will be held sunday in Estoril near Lisbon with practice and qualifying Friday and saturday. In zolder Belgium Iacre is racing saturday and sunday for formula 3 cars. Touring cars and formula Fords. Motorcycle racing the fourth round in the super Bike world championship will be staged sunday at Hock Nchim Germany Alon Wilh five races counting for Points in the european Road racing championship. The european Wirra races which make up the third round in thai championship arc for 80. I2s. 2so and Soock cycles. Plus cycles Wilh sidecars. A a Omaha c Amrol Uprate for 35flcc cycles is also on the program. Pic Tice will be held from 9 . To 6 . Friday Wilh final qualifying from h . To 4 . Saturday. The qualifying saturday will be followed by three 8-Lap races. The program sunday begins Al 1 1  continues through 5 . Fhe super Bike world championship race will be run in two 15-Lap heals inc first heal at noon and inc Winnd it 3 10 . All . Military personnel May attend sunday s race for Only 5 Marks about 13 by presenting i cards at inc inner grandstand entry sections a or b. The regular entry Price is 2 5 Marks about $ 151 on inc incl Turton circuit near Norwich. Eng land there is racing saturday and sunday for motorcycles of All classes Al inc brands Hatch circuit Southeast of London Here is racing saturday for bikes of All classes Motocross the 8lh annual adar Moio Eross Odenheim will be staged saturday and Sun Day with events for 80 and 250cc cycles plus cycles Wilh sidecars. The 25qcc Polo is a round in the German National championship. The town  is located Northeast of Bruchal. Heidelberg women capture team Bowling Crown by Tracy Tanner staff writer Heidelberg the Heidelberg All stars borrowed the Berlin sweeper s Broom and swept past 59 other teams to Tike inc learn title in the women s inter National Bowling Congress european Bowling championships monday night. After the second shift of bowlers the sweepers led their closest Competition the Wiesbaden who knows by 77 pins. Bul Berlin s Lead retired to the Broom closet As the Home team entered the lanes. Heidelberg nol Only out bowled All other cams they also cleaned up the All stars averaged 182 for their 4371 tout. Jackie Thomas always Strong on the lanes bowled an 1136 for her six game series. Her teammate Nona Newborn finished with an 1124. Those totals followed Only an 1141 by Lynne Brown for first Day s lop scores. Valerie Greer the 1987 singles Champ and Connie Olive filled out the Heidel Berg learn and managed 177 averages. Although 10 pins less than their High rolling teammates Greer and Olive were consistent Wilh the rest of the Field of 240 bowlers. After three shifts of tuesday s Dou Bles Augsburg s Jamie Griffin and Selini Sandefur led with a 2309 six game series. Thai series was 90 Points above the 2219 pins in look for Ramstein s Ira Jor Dan and Lilly Cowley to Lake the 87 doubles title. Griffin and Sandefur weren t the Only ones sinking from Augsburg. In the All events Augsburg held inc third fourth sixth and eighth places Sandefur also rolled an 1168 tuesday for the series High. Her 235 was the High game in this year s tournament. Viceria s Flo Umer had the hold on the All events after the Early rounds. She sported s 221s, just is pins above wies Baden s Michelle Knose. Knose Rose above her 159 regular sea son average and pulled a 183 average after 12 games. Standing in the third spol was Augsburg s sic i Hall with a 2198 ail Etc nth total the closest competitor was Joanne Ickes 20 Point Down Al 2178. The doubles were scheduled to finish Lale tuesday. Wednesday the women were to take 10 the lanes for the singles radio pro basketball Aba Phi cats bos ton to new York t06 . Thursday