European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday augusts 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup of i in t everything Bow stresses Bow of Munich whose super fast Bow m3 Model scored an impressive Victory last weekend in the 24 hours of spa Franco champs touring car Clas sic recently made the decision to remain out of for Mula one grand prix racing despite earlier successes in that Field. You May recall that with its 1.5-liter Turbo engine Bow became the first manufacturer to win the formula one Turbo world championship its engine powering Nelson Piquet to the world driving Crown in 1983. The Bow turbos continued to Power the Brabham cars until the Brabham team quit formula one racing at the end of the 1987 season Bow also leaving the scene then As its con tract with Brabham ran out. This season rumours had persisted that Bow would soon return with a car and engine of its own but the rumours proved false. There Are still rumours that Mercedes May return and that could Well be As Mercedes has not denied them and it is already test ing the Waters this season with touring car racing and sports car racing. The big prestige Challenge in formula one of course is coming from the All conquering japanese Honda outfit whose engines Power the Mclaren cars. So Mercedes May be tempted to meet that Chal Lenge and the american Penske firm May be consid ering it too As it s been rumoured that owner Roger Penske is trying to buy the Lotus team. If he should he May get his Power source from general motors which has voiced an interest in formula one racing. Penske so successful in american cart racing also did formula one in the 1970s but won Only one race the austrian grand prix in 1976. So he would probably like to give it another try. But Back to Bow. During the recent Ger Man grand prix at Bockenheim we talked to Fried Bert Holz of Bow s sports department and he said the main problem with a firm like Bow going directly into formula one with car engine and the works is that you have to win within two or three seasons to avoid negative publicity. With All of the circus publicity in formula one you can t wait five or six years for Success Holz said. The very minimum would be three years. So there s an immediate development problem. We build very Good sports Street cars. Really High tech cars. And we feel that our Best Way to show them off and to develop them is through touring car racing. This Type of racing is better for our Normal customer. After All he benefits from it. And the crowds Are huge this year at the German touring car championship events with Bow Ford and Mercedes competing. There were 90,000 spectators at the Noris ring m in Ornburg. That s More than will come Here for the German grand prix. Holz was right. The German up Drew about 70,000 spectators. We made a decision in 1986 that there would be no More formula one racing Holz said and when our contract with Brabham ran out at the end of the 1987 season that was it. But rumours kept persisting that we would be Back so we stated publicly during june that we would not return to formula one but would continue to concentrate on touring car racing. We feel this is the Best Way to go. It s also a matter of Money Holz said. With the world economic picture so Uncertain we must think first of our regular cars and our Market Randy Barnett to have the Money to develop the cars and to improve them. Both our 5-series and 7-series Street cars Are new and we have the new 3-series project going so there is a tremendous amount of Money involved and we would rather spend it on our customer Street cars than spend it on formula one racing. And for Mula one racing is expensive it could Cost us $60 to $70 million a year. Touring car racing mean while which obviously benefits us the most costs us $3 to $5  Holz stressed that Bow has had a sports image practically since its founding Days and that the Munich firm has already competed in practically every Type of racing including formula one. But if we were to return it would have to be with car engine and All not just the engine As with Brabham where we had no real control in team matters. And we simply see it As far too expensive in an Era of eco nomic uncertainty. That plus the problem of being successful right now right out of the Box. We have the sporting image and Bow will al ways be involved in motor sport. We May eventually go into formula one but it s difficult to say when. Maybe in three to six years. Maybe  while Bow will always have a sporting image it is interesting to note that the japanese Honda Nissan and Toyota firms Are also working hard to establish theirs. Honda is now the dominant engine Force in for Mula one racing Nissan is tops in Simsa sports car racing which was once the province of porsche and Toyota is challenging Lancia in the rally world with its new 4-wheel-drive celica Turbo car. At the Simsa race in Portland ore., last sunday Geoff Brabham drove the Nissan Ftp car to a re Cord seventh straight Victory while his teammate John Morton placed second in the other Nissan Ftp. Brabham started from pole position and mor ton was next up. Jaguar xjr-9 cars finished third and fourth while a porsche 962 placed fifth. In the 10 Simsa Ftp races run so far this season Nissan s seven wins Are followed by porsche with two and Jaguar with one. Racing buffs and purists May not like it but with their continued Success in motor sport it will not be Long before Honda Nissan and Toyota join the ranks of Bow porsche Jaguar and others where motor sport image is concerned. After All things do change. The porsche club of America Ger Many Region will stage its 25th anniversary week end slalom on aug. 13 and 14 at the Rhein main airbase. After the saturday aug. 13 slalom action a Coo Kout and anniversary activities Are planned from 4 to 9 . At the airbase recreational area. Registration and technical inspection will take place from 9 to 10 . On both aug. 13 and 14. Practice runs Are scheduled on aug. 13 from 10 . To noon and from 1 30 to 3 30 . The schedule for sunday aug. 14, includes practice runs from 10 to 11 30 . And timed runs from 1 to 4 30 ., with the awards presentations beginning at 5 . Combined entry fee for aug. 13 and 14 is $15, while a single entry for aug. 14 Only is $10. The cookout costs $5, with children under age 6 free. For further information porsche owners should Call Joseph Carastro at ets 460-7162 Days or 0911-749 8514 evenings. Registration information May be sent to Carastro at 87th med Del is Apo 09105 or Schreibe Strase 9, 8510 Furth. O where to go this weekend the Hun Garian grand prix Lola round in the world driving championship will be staged sunday on the Hun Garring in Budapest this grand prix the third an Nual formula one race on the new hungarian Cir Cuit. Practice is set from 10 to 11 30 . On Friday and saturday with official qualifying scheduled from 1 to 2 . On both Days. The race of 77 laps 192 mile starts at 2 30 . An edited version of the hungarian grand prix will be shown sunday on German television s second program Adf begin Ning at 5 10 . The race will be shown live on Cable station it plus from 2 20 until 4 30 . At the Diepholz Airport circuit in Germany the fourth round in the Iirth super cup series for big sports cars will be held on sunday with the Start of the 84-Lap race set for 2 . Races for Renault 5 cars vow polos and touring cars Are also on sunday s program which begins at 9 . And ends at 5 . Practice for All categories plus super cup qualifying races Are scheduled for saturday from 8 . To 5 . The town of Diepholz is located about Midway Between Osna Briick and Bremen on German nation al route b51. In Belgium the sixth round in the Fia historic car racing championship will be held sunday at the zolder circuit North of Hasselt. Practice and qualify ing will take place on Friday and saturday. Rallying the 21st annual International Hunsuck rally sixth found in the German National championship will be held Friday and saturday. The rally route in the Hunsuck and Mosel regions will be of 560 Miles duration with 26 special stages totalling 248 Miles. The rally with the Start and Fin ish in the City of Trier begins at 8 30 . Friday in Trier and takes in Thal Fang Birkenfeld Baum older special stages in Baum older Start at 11 . And Back to Trier at 8 30 . The second Section starts at 7 . On saturday from Trier and ends there at 8 30 . Baum older is also on saturday s rally route. Motorcycle racing the British grand prix 12th round in the motorcycle Road racing world championship will be staged sunday at the Donington Park circuit near Derby. Races Are scheduled for bikes in the 125, 250 and 500cc classes As Well As for cycles with sidecars. Practice and qualify ing will take place on Friday and saturday. Some of the racing will be shown live on German television s first program Ard in the sports extra show from 3 to 5 . Also in England the Snetterton circuit near nor wich will hold championship motorcycle races on saturday and sunday for cycles of All classes. Motocross in Namur Belgium the Lith and next to last round in the 500cc world Moto Cross championship will be held sunday with prac Tice and qualifying events scheduled for Friday and saturday. The stars and stripes army teaching Thompson what snafu Means new York a . Men s basketball coach John Thompson has al ready had some olympic logistics prob lems and it is his own government that has him upset. Thompson told a Telephone news con Ference on monday that he has had prob lems with american military officials concerning use of a gymnasium at an army base in Korea As a backup facility. It appears to me that i have to get an act from the president in order to use a United states facility and i kind of re sent that Thompson said from Washington. I always get a kick out of people telling me this is our team America s team. It is until you re ready to use some facilities. We be had More problems with the . Army and that facility than any thing i be made a trip Over to Korea  Thompson has expressed concern Over the starting times of the games in the olympics because they will be played in a time zone 13 hours from television prime time on the East coast of the United states. That Means for the game to Start at 9 . In the Eastern United states it would have to Start at 9 . In Seoul. He has made trips to Seoul to make sure everything would go smoothly and securing practice facilities was a big part of those trips. The gym was a backup it was not the primary place we would practice Thompson said his voice starting to Rise. What we wanted to do was know what we could do if the main practice facility that had been assigned to us had fallen apart. At least we would have had some where to go and it was a . Military base for 45 minutes a Day without an act of  Thompson gave no further details of which military base was involved or How the situation was being resolved. Thompson on monday also confirmed published reports that Florida Center Dwayne Schintzius was interviewed by agents from the drug enforcement administration on the Day he was released from the olympic team. Thompson emphasized the meeting came after he had decided to release the 7-foot Sophomore and had nothing to do with his being sent Home from the Camp being conducted at Georgetown. What happened is that those gentlemen did come to Georgetown univer sity and requested to see Dwayne Thompson said. They were Able to see Dwayne and talk to Dwayne after we did practice. It was not during practice. They were informed just As Dwayne was informed after practice that we had made some decisions to release some