European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Senna nabs 4th Victory of season Silverstone England a Ayr ton Senna posted his fourth formula one championship Victory of the season sunday when he won the British grand prix at rain soaked Silverstone. The 28-year-old brazilian led from Lap 14 of the 65-circuit race to beat runner up Nigel Mansell of Britain by some 23 seconds and extend the unbeaten Streak of the Mclaren Honda team to eight races. Mansell who has had a disappointing season with the Williams Judd team picked up his first Points of the season after finishing a race for the first time. In third place was Alessandro Nannin iof Italy in a Benetton Ford while another brazilian Mauricio Gugelman in a March Judd collected his first championship Points of the season by finishing fourth. World championship Leader Alain Prost of France whose modified Mclaren Honda had suffered steering problems All week retired from the race on the26th Lap. He saw his advantage Over Senna in the standings Cut to six Points. Prost has 54 Points while Senna has 48. It was Senna s third Victory in four races and his first in Britain. Mansells second place performance in a slower normally aspirated car followed his monday july 11, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 a photo the British grand prix starts amid swirling rain and Mist with pole Sitter Gerhard Berger at left. The race was won by Ayrton Senna. Three formula one victories on British soiling the past three years when he drove Turbo charged Williams cars. Two were inthe British grand prix and the other was in the 1985 european grand prix. Because of the steady rain the drive Shad to contend with Clouds of Spray which billowed across the track and made visibility very difficult. While the race was a disappointment for Prost who was placed 16th when he dropped out it was a disaster for the Ferrari team. Gerhard Berger of Austria and Mich ele albretto of Italy held the first two places on the starting Grid but wound up without a single championship Point. Berger who led for the first 13 laps looked set to take sixth place going into the final Bend but was overtaken by three cars in the closing stages an wound up ninth. Albreto ended up 17th, three laps be Hind the Winner. Niernberg splits with Mainz Mannheim Ramstein sweep Nurnberg West Germany Niernberg and Mainz swapped German american league victories Here sunday with the hosting pirates taking the opener 5-1 and the rangers winning the Nightcap 3-1. The split left the pirates As 10-3 Lead ers in the Southern division while Mainz still with games to make up is at4-4. Quintet Brooks now 3-0, pitched the first game Victory for Nurnberg striking out nine and walking three while yielding four hits. Willie Dejesus was the offensive spark lug for the pirates with 2 for 4 an three stole bases in the opener. In the second game John Reece of Mainz raised his Mound record to 3-0with a five hitter. He also fanned nine and walked three. Greg Wolfgang clouded a Solo Home run for one of the rangers five hits off loser Eddie Michaels 2-1. Michaels hurled the first five innings striking out four. In other a a action sunday Mannheim 6-5, Darmstadt 5-1 Mannheim West Germany mar tin Helmig triumphed in both games for Mannheim and Iron Man Ron Bevans lost both As the Amigos swept a pair from the Darmstadt comets. Mannheim won the first game in the extra eighth inning the right handed Hel Mig getting the Victory in Relief. Bill Dickman started for the Amigos but had to retire after two innings with a pulled Back muscle. Helmig fanned six Over the final six innings. Istvan Dejesus who went 3 for 5, Dou bled Home the winning run after Miguel Luzunaris had singled and Peter Jackson had  started the Nightcap and pitched into the sixth inning with relievers Artis Kennedy and Roland Schmitt finishing up. Georg Bull with two hits i three at bats paced the Amigos in the second game. A a baseball the left handed Bevans went the route in both games allowing eight hits in the opener and five in the Nightcap. The comets scored their Only run inthe seventh inning of the second contest and were threatening to keep their Rall going when the Amigos pulled off a Dou ble play to end the game. Mannheim upped its Northern Divi Sion leading record to 14-2, while Darm Stadt dropped to 4-8. Ramstein 7-12, Giessen 1-2 Kaiserslautern West Germany the rams made it Short Day at the office and a Long Day for the Brewers Mound , rebounding from twin past ing at the hands of Mannheim last sat urday riddled the defending a a Cham pions for 20 hits in the sweep to run its record to 7-5.jim Tucker 1-1, went the distance for Ramstein in the opener striking out 10 and giving up five hits one of them asolo Home run by Giessen reliever Moses  was supported by four runs batted in off the Bat of third baseman Tony Jimenez who stroked a pair of two run doubles in Ramstein s seven hit  Santini relieved in the fifth by clerk took the loss for Giessen. Jimenez continued his assault in the second game ripping a run scoring Dou ble in a five run first inning. Kim Martini drove in two More with a single during that Frame As the rams wrapped up five inning 10-run-Rule-shortened game  Jacobs boosted his record to 5-1 for the winners striking out four an walking none. Christopher Burt went the abbreviated distance for the loss and was tagged for 13 hits. Bamberg 7-6, Stuttgart 2-8 Stuttgart West Germany the Bamberg braves behind the two hit pitching of Winner Alan Martell punished some shaky Fielding and 11 walk by plating 6 unearned runs and coasting in the opener. Martell went the distance striking outlive and walking three to pick up the win. Third baseman Frank Goodwin go Bamberg s Only rib in the opener with a seventh inning single. In the Nightcap the Blue sox benefited from loser Frank Goodwin s wild Ness and nine hits to break the Gam open late. Winning Pitcher Garland Diamond survived a three run rally in the seventh to earn the win surrendering seven hits and two walks in a five strikeout performance. Canada s Bauer regains tour Lead Nancy France a Rolf Golz of West Germany won the eighth leg of the tour de France cycling classic sunday a Canada s Steve Bauer regained the Over All , Riding for super convex was the fastest in a breakaway of 16 riders which separated from the pack six Miles from the finish. The group sprinted to the finish completing the 137-mile leg from reims in 5 hours 24 minutes 18 seconds. The pack was 20 seconds  s Etienne de Wilde was Sec Ond and Italy s Gianni Bugno third. Bauer also in the breakaway took the Leader s yellow Jersey from dutchman Jelle Nijdam one of three cyclists fro the Netherlands who has held the Lead. He failed to place among the top 25 finishers sunday. Bauer had held the Lead following the first Day of the cycling classic which ends july 24 in Paris after a clockwise tour around France. Curvin wins Woodlawn by 8 shots Ramstein a West Ger Many Ken Curvin of Ramstein celebrated his return to competitive Golf after a two year Layoff with a runaway eight stroke Victory in the Woodlawn invitational tournament sunday. Curvin a 29-year-old air traffic controller fired his second straight 72 sunday and finished with a 2-under-Par 278 total for the 72-Hole tournament. Defending championed Burgesson Ramstein made a run at Curvin on the front nine sunday cutting Thetro Trunner s nine shot Lead to four at the turn. But Curtin hit a pitching Edge to within 18 inches of the pin on the 146-Yard 10th Hole for a Bir die and a Lead of five. Then Curvin notched his secon Bird in a Row on the 455-Yard, Par 5 11 the while Burgess was bogey ing and the former military Airlift come Champion s Lead was Back to seven. It never dipped below five strokes after that. Curvin sewed up the Victory Withan Eagle on the Par 5, 507-Yard 16th Hole where he made an 18-foot put from the fringe of the Green. For the tournament Curvin had 15 birdies plus his Eagle. His first two rounds were both 3-under Par 67s. Burgess fired a a Over 71 Sun Day and finished with a 286 total. He won last year s Woodlaw tournament with a 298. Larry Galaviz of Heidelberg came from five strokes behind Ramstein s Jim goodnight Start ing the final round to lie Good night for third place at 296. Gala Viz fired a 72 sunday while goodnight recorded a 77. A total of 149 golfers entered the annual four Day tournament