European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Al Unser or. Takes iroc finale title Watkins Glen . A Lunser or. Led from the Start saturday and won the final round of the International race of champions that gave the indy car Driver his second series championship in three years. The Albuquerque n.m., Driver earned$211,900 in winning the four race iroc championship. He also won the All Star series in 1986, finished second last year and now is the All time leading iroc Money Winner with $524,900. Geoff Bodine started the 30-Lap race on the 2.428-mile Road course at wat Kins Glen International leading Unser by two Points. But he lost his bid for a Sec Ond straight iroc title because of two spins that took him off course. The second sent Bodine s car skidding hard into a steel Guardrail on Lap 18. The Stock car Star who was coming off a Vic tory a week earlier in the iroc round at Michigan International Speedway escaped injury but the car was too badly damaged to continue. A year ago Bodine also started the final race leading Unser by two  got a big jump at the Start and led All the Way to take the prestigious title. Unser was t about to allow a repeat of that 1987 Start. The first time the car headed toward the Flagstad stand he started racing so soon starter Duane Ford refused to wave the Green Flag. The Field of identically prepared Roc a Chevrolet Samaros formed up again and got a clean Start on the secondary but Unser still got a big jump and wound up leading All the  Drivers now have won 15 of 49 iroc races and six of 12 championships. Saturday s race was the Lith time a Driver led All the Way. Lascar Star Terry Labonte was Sec Ond 1.58-seconds behind followed by defending Acca trans am Champion Scott Pruett. Simsa Road racing Star Al Holbert was fourth with four time Indianapolis 500 Winner Al Unser fifth followed by Simsa Road racer Chris Cord Lascar stars Dale Earnhardt and Bill Elliott. Simsa racer Chip Robinson was a la behind in ninth followed by indy car racer Bobby Rahal and nine More Lap behind colombian indy car racer Roberto  brought up the rear his race monday August 15,1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 Al Unser or. Beats out Geoff Bodine ended by a crash after just 16 laps. Labonte vaulted past Bodine into Sec Ond on the opening Lap but after Guerrero brought out the first caution Flag witha Spinous Bodine was Able to regain the second spot on Lap  run under the caution Flag do not count in the iroc  was trying hard to catch Unser when he spun for the first time while negotiations turn one on the Lith Lap. He fell Back to sixth but quickly began to work his Way Back toward the front. Another caution Flag came out on Lap 16 when Rahal and Earnhardt both  bunched up the Field again and Bod Ine was Able to jump past Elliott into fourth on the restart then pass Pruett for third. Pruett was pressuring Bodine on the Backstretch on Lap 18 when the latter lost control Slid into the grass and hit the Guardrail hard on the passenger Side of his car. Bodine got out of his car momentarily then got Back in restarted it an drove Back to the pits before the car was ruled a drivable by iroc  the Green Flag came out again Unser was in charge the rest of the Way averaging 110.924 Mph on the Way to his third iroc Victory and second at wat Kins Glen. Elliott won the opener at Daytona Pruett the Road race at Riverside calif., and Bodine the Michigan  was second in the Point stand Ings trailing Unser 66-55. He earned$95,000 from the $639,700 total purse. Pruett was third with 51 Points earn ing $72,900, followed by Elliott with 46 Points and $58,900. Earnhardt and Bod Ine tied with 45 Points Earnhardt Takin Home $51,000 and Bodine $49,500. Tate Downhour Kirstein Holladay prevail in singles Garmisch West Germany George Tate of 26th support group aced his match Point to win the usage Rumen s open Tennis singles championship Over the 21st support come s Scott Poi Rier sunday. Tate beat Poirier 6-3, 7-6 7-5hold ing off Poirier s comeback in the second set to win it. I was up 4-1 in the second set whence started playing much better Tate said. I relaxed thinking i was going Towin the next two games. He was serving Well and he started coming to the net of my  Tate stifled Poirier s net game with some strategy of his own. I returned the Ball Low at his feet which forced him to hit pop up volleys which gave me ample time to hit passing shots by him. With the set and match on the line inthe tiebreaker Tate had a crucial return of serve that changed the flow of action. At 5-5,1 for handed to his backhand Side and he hit it  that gave Tate a 6-5 Lead in the tie breaker. Tate then slammed an Ace up the Middle on match Point. I played Scottie last year in the All army at fort Eustis a Tate said. Normally when a player is up 6-5 in tiebreaker the object is to get the first serve in. Scotty s forehand is stronger than his backhand and i think he expected me to go to his backhand  i changed strategies since i was up. I played it to his forehand up the Middle and aced  Tate and Frank Rentas stopped Poi Rier and Jeffery Green in the men s open doubles 6-2,6-4. The men s open semifinalists Tate Poirier Todd Copley of setae and David Warren of 21st support comm were selected to Advance to the All army Tennis Camp at fort Eustis aug. 29-sept. 11. Those making the All army team will compete against the other services in the armed forces championships sept.12-16 at Andrews fab my. Also qualifying for the All army compare men s or. Vet Champion Dennis Kirstein of Vii corps men s senior Usa eur Tennis Champ Wayne Downhour of v corps and women s Champ Esther Holladay of Vii corps. Kirstein stopped Junior Smith of the21st in straight sets 7-6 7-36-2, but lamented about the heat. How hot was it of it was terrible Kirstein said it was a hot three and a half hours of sin Gles and  Kirstein s strategy was simple. My serve and Volley Are the Only things that keeps me in Tennis. As Long As i can get to the net i can usually Pul them  in the or. Vet doubles final Kirstein teamed with Herbert Bruse to beat to Lens Tulensa and Don Rotzinger of 21 St support come 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. In doubles my game was the same get the first serve in and get to the net. We were Able to do that and take the Callaway from them Kirstein said. Although Kirstein qualified for All army he said i May not be Able to go because of commitments to  Downhour beat v corps double teammate Joseph Egan 6-2, 6-3. Joe s lobs were effective against me today Downhour said but my serve and Volley game eventually  Downhour and Egan then proceeded to win their third consecutive usar eur men s seniors doubles title with a 6-1, 6-1 thrashing of Fred Burnley an James Hickman of 21 St. Joe and i accomplished our objectives to win the doubles and to meet again in the finals. But this is our third and last doubles title for v corps be cause i m being transferred to 26th sup port group in Heidelberg Downhour said. Holladay cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 Victory Over v corps Sara Anne Keeley in the women s final. Holladay won the last six games of the second set after Keeley too the opener. Holladay teamed with Cristin Thomas to defeat Keeley and Betra Sneed 7-5, 7-5in the women s doubles final. Ramstein bad Tolz eliminated Manz Bamberg sweep a a series Kaiserslautern West Germany Luis Rivera had three hits and three rib including the game Winner to Lead Mainz to a 7-5 Victory Over Ramstein in a German american baseball league Southern division playoff game sunday. The rangers won the Best of three series 2-0 an will Host division Champion Niernberg saturday at noon. Mainz will visit Niernberg next sunday for a nine inning game and a seven inning rubber game if necessary. Rivera s run scoring single in the seventh broke a5-5 tie and completed Mainz comeback from a 5-1 deficit. Mainz trailed 5-4 in the seventh. Barry Moore started the rally with a single stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Then Angel Vasquez Rivera and Trent Rushton hit consecutive run scoring singles. Mainz scored three in the sixth on Rivera s two run single and Rushton s sacrifice Fly. Ramstein scored four runs in the third on an error four walks and two wild pitches by Mainz Pitcher Roger Stevens and Jeff Carth s rib single. De Gonzalez came on in Relief. He gave up Juan Nieves run scoring grounder in the third but combined with Reese Barry to shut out Ramstein Over the final six innings. Mainz took a 1-0 Lead on Francisco Lopez Sacri fice Fly in the second. Gonzalez got the Victory by going 5% innings giving up a run on four hits with four strikeouts and five walks. Reese Barry got his second save in two Days. He gave up one hit struck out four and walked one in 2% innings. Bamberg 14-15, bad t61z 0-4 Bamberg West Germany Joe Piper slugged three homers and drove in eight runs and Alan mar Tel pitched a two hit shutout As Bamberg swept bad t61z to eliminate them from the Northern division playoffs. Martel struck out 14 and walked none in the firs game which was called after seven innings because of the 10-run Rule. Bubba Lockhart Piper and Martel hit consecutive homers in the second inning of the first game off loser Steve Baker. Lockhart had four hits and Piper also hit a two run Homer later in the game. Piper pitched a five hitter in the second game. Heals hit a three run Homer and had two run scoring singles. Bamberg took advantage of seven walks by loser Brian Sandoboe and five bad Tolz errors. Saturday s opener at bad Tolz was rained out. Bamberg is scheduled to Host division Champion Mannheim next saturday but its Field won t be available because of a softball tournament Martel said and won t be available the rest of the  said the braves will probably play their Home playoff games at Darmstadt s memory Field. Bamberg will visit Mannheim sunday for the Sec Ond playoff game and the third seven inning game if necessary