European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday Junel 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup despite rain ring Drew Bike faithful checking out the German grand prix for motorcycles ism weekend was a Case of returning la the Good old Days when the crowds were always Gigantic. On the old 14.2-mile circuit crowds of 150,000 or More Tor a car or Cycle grand prix we reconsidered Normal but the old King has moved into history and the new curb urging has had problems drawing crowds. But perhaps no longer. Awful weather or not the ring weather is usually awful the motorcycle grand prix Drew Well Over 60,000 highly enthusiastic spectators and the nor Burgering official were Able to conduct a Good week end of racing under extremely difficult weather circumstances. Heavy fog forced he cancellation or the opening practice session on Friday while rain waste general Rule on saturday and sunday. If the weather had been belter chances Are Strong that More than 100,000 Spectator would have been at the ring so perhaps the new circuit in the Eire mountains is finally on its Way to Success. It deserves Success As it is a Good track in the Modem Era an the facilities Are among the Best in the world. A huge new j2.3-Mil Ion press Center was completed just before the grand prix weekend with workmen on around the clock schedule to get things done. It was a great weekend for most Ameri can riders with texan Kevin Schwantz winning these oct King class on his Suzuki and californians Wayne Ramey and Eddie Lawson placing secondhand fourth respectively on Yamaha. Going into the next round at Austria Lawson still enjoys a comfortable Points Lead in his quest for a third world title. We said that the weekend was great for mos american riders but we must note that John Kocinski a Kenny Roberts Yamaha protege in the 2socc class crashed in his race and that Allan Scott the Only american rider competing in the 12scc world championship class ran out of fuel Scott s Fate was especially cruel As he is a Strug gling Independent rider who campaigns a Honda without factory support. He finished 13ih in the ital Ian grand prix at Imola two weeks ago winning 3 championship Points there and at the  sunday he Rode brilliantly in heavy rain and was lying seventh an the last Lap with the Bike coughed and died for Lack of gasoline. The 23-year-old Scott truly needed those 9 Point sin his Battle against Europe s Best i25cc riders and it was a shame he did t gel them because he had More than earned them. A resident of pleasant Hill calif., Scott Shook off his disappointment with Well that s racing but even so it was hard to Lake his performances Bothin qualifying and in the race were Superb. Hopefully hell have better Luck at the austrian grand prix a Salzburg on june 12. If you should attend that race keep an Eye on him and try to visit him after the race. He s a Nice Guy he deserves our support an you can find his Van and his tent easily because the tent has a big american Flag attached to it. Scott and his assistant Jeff Markus use the tent As a protective garage for work on the cycles. To end our Cycle report All Bow Cycle fans and Cycle fans in general Are invited by Bawlo visit the Bow motorcycle factory in Berlin on its Day of the open door saturday june ii from 9to 3 . The factory is located at am Juli Sturm 14-38, Berlin Spandau. Along with the factory tour Bow officials will give demo stations on Abs anti Block braking sys tems used on Bow bikes feature a Paris Dakar rally show and a special Sale of the latest motorcycle accessories and clothing. The party part of the presentation will include Abeer Garden with music folklore and talk about motorcycles. If you re not stationed in Berlin and Nee to make hotel reservations Bow says to Call the tourist office at 030-21234. Moving to cars the domination by he Mclaren Honda team in formula one grand prix Rac ing continued at Mexico City last sunday with Alai Prost of France scoring his third Victory in four out Ings so far this season. Prost has won in Brazil Monaco and Mexico City and finished second in Sammarino while his teammate Ayton Senna won the san Marino round in Imola Italy and finished Sec Ond in Mexico City. If Senna had not been Black flagged while running second in Brazil and if he had not crashed while leading in Monaco All four grand prix races run sofar this season would have resulted in one two finishes for the Mclaren Honda team. By this stage the other teams must be ready to concede. And if Lotus and Ferrari play it smart they May As Well Start running their non Turbo cars in preparation for the 1989 season As neither team appears in a Posi Tion 10 Challenge the Mclaren outfit this year. Before the Start of sunday s mexican grand prix the Frenchman Prost told a crowd of reporters that he s confident the Mclaren team is capable of win Ning every race this season without being vain Frost said i believe that have a Good Chance of winning not Only the mexican grand prix but that Senna or 1 will win every remaining race this season. I Only dare say this because of the potential of the Mclaren together with my teammate Senna. We All make for a winning combi nation. Only a technical problem will Stop us fro winning Prost said. During his talk to reporters Prost added that the Only places i have not won Are in Mexico and in the United states and 1 wish to do  he achieved part of that wish in Mexico last Sun Day and will probably achieve part ii at Detroit on june 19. Prost now leads for his third world driving championship after four races next up is Canada on june 12with 33 Points. The austrian Driver Ger Hardberger Ferrari is second with is Points while Senna has 15. Prost establishes an All time Victory record with his every win the Mexico City Triumph the 31st of his career. Where to go Maini Fin then one of the lop events in Europe this weekend is the 23rdannual International racing program at the Mainz Finhen army Airfield the major race in sunday weight race program being the sixth round in the Ger Man National touring car championship. Leading this series is German Ace Klaus Ludwig who drives a factory entered Ford Sierra cos won. The Bow m3 cars and the Mercedes 190 car continue to Challenge venezuelan Johnny accotto won last sunday s round in Berlin for Mercedes and sunday s Louring car race at Mainz Fin then army Airfield should be first rate. Also on the pro Gram is a round in the new German opel Lotus cup series a German National championship formula 3race, a porsche 944 Turbo race plus races for for Mula Ford 1600s, vow polos and Renault is. It timed practice is from 4 to i , on Friday while saturday s final qualifying goes from 8 . To 5 ., with a formula Ford 2000 race set for 5 30p.m. On sunday the program is As follows formula Ford 1600 race 9 50 . Vow Polo cup10 35 . Formula 3, 11 20 . German touring car championship heat one i ., and heat two 2 . Porsche 944 Turbo cup 3 10 . Opel Lotus Challenge race 4 1 . Renault 5 race 4 55 . The three Day Mainz it then program is sponsored by the Hesse motor sports club of the avd and the Mainz military Community. Tickets May repurchased on saturday or race Day sunday for 10 Marks about 16with All tickets purchased by Mem Bers of the military to Benefit the Mainz morale support fund. The Mainz Fin then army Airfield is located about 2 Miles from the Fin then exit off Auto Bahn 60, just Southwest of Mainz. In Italy meanwhile the sixth round in the euro Pean touring car championship Wilt be staged Sun Day at the Vallelunga circuit near Rome with qualifying on saturday. At the brands Hatch circuit Southeast of London the fourth round in the european championship for historic cars will be staged on saturday and Sun Day. At Silverstone just Southwest of Northampton there is a major International racing program on sunday for formula 3000 can fourth round in the european championship. Formula 3 cars formula Fords sports can and touring cars. Qualifying will be held on saturday. At the Snetterton circuit near Norwich meanwhile races for formula Fords tour ing can and sports cars arc set for sunday. Rallying the 37th International adar rally Hessen fourth round in the German National rally championship and also a round in the euro Pean rally championship will be held on Friday and saturday with rally Headquarters at Kirchheim East of bad Hersfeldt. The first Section of the rally starts at 5  on Friday from the Markl Platz in bad hers Feld and ends about ii . In Kirchheim. The second Section gets under Way at 7 . On sat urday from the Motel Center in Kirchheim an ends there at 9 1 . Total length of the rally whose route lakes in Northeast Hesse is 44s mile with 25 High Speed stages totalling 186 Miles. More than 145 teams from 10 nations arc entered in this event. Motorcycle racing in Austria thesal Burgering will Host National races on sunday for cycles in the 80, 125, 250 and a Doc classes plus cycles with sidecars. Qualifying races Are on sat urday. The Salzburg ring is located just East of Salz Burg at the Hock Nchim circuit in Germany there is racing on saturday for 250, 350 and Soock bikes the races to be run on the Short 1,6-mile circuit. On the curb urging saturday the 27th running of the Bauerl Lindisch adar motorcycle rally willbe held with the action beginning at 8 . And ending about 3 . At the Snetterton circuit i England meanwhile there is racing on saturday for All classes of cycles. Motocross the grand prix of Germany for Soock bikes fifth round in the world championship will be held sunday at Northeim with practice and qualifying on saturday. Northeim dislocated North of getting in. The belgian grand prix for 250cc bikes sixth round in that world championship series will be held sunday at Marche in Tamenne with qualify ing on saturday. Marche in Tamenne is located in Eastern Belgium Between Liege and Bastogne. Sabatini wins reaches semifinals Paris a fourth seeded Gabrie la Sabatini of Argentina advanced tues Day to the French open Semi final against top ranked Stem Graf of West Germany but she had to overcome Ca Nadian Helen Kelesi 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 in a match that erupted in controversy As intended. With Martina Navy Alilya and Chris Evert both out afire losing Over the weekend the Winner of the Graf Sabatini semifinal Wilt be the overwhelming favorite to win the title. The other semifinal will match Nicol Provis an unseeded 18-year-old from Australia against soviet player Natalia Zvereva Zvereva the 17-year-old soviet player who upset Navratilova ousted such seeded Helena us Kava in a woman quarterfinal 6-2, 6-3 in a match watched by a few dozen fans on a Side court Ai darkness fell Provis advanced by beating Spain Sarant a Sanchez 16, in another women s quarterfinal 7-5,3-6,6-4. The Long awaited fourth round match Between men s top seed Ivan Lindl and no. 16 John Mcenroe started Afler the Provis Sanchez match on Center court but was halted just 17 minutes later Byrain. Chair judge Richard Kaufman hesitated before interrupting the match an Mcenroe s protests grew steadily louder. I m not going to play on he said complaining about the Slippery Clay sur face Why should i continue to play i these conditions after consulting with tournament ref Eree Jacques Dorfmann who said it was the judge s decision Kaufman suspended play in the first set with the sea see French on Page 26