European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 16, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing legend Ferrari Dies at 90 a Enzo Ferrari i Modena Italy Enzo Ferrari Italy s greatest sport scar builder and racing Pioneer died at his Home in Modena his Auto company announced monday. He was 90. In a statement re leased to the italian news Agency Ansa the company said Enzo Ferrari serenely ended his earthly life sunday aug. 14." no cause of death was Given but Ferrari was known to have been suffering from a kidney disease. The company statement said Ferrari s son Piero was at his Side when he  Ferrari s request the announcement of his death was made after the funeral rites. No other details were , the founder and chairman of the Ferrari desp be loss Ferrari firm pushes on by Randy Barnet Auto motor sports editor the italian Ferrari firm whose for tunes in formula one racing this Yea have been thoroughly dismal Hopes to remedy the situation next season with Abrand new car that features a unique seven Speed automatic Gearbox coupled to a 3.5-liter, 48-valve v-12 engine. The engine of 600 horsepower will be a normally aspirated one As the tur bos Are out of business at the end of the current season. And with the turbos one the Powers at Ferrari will doubt Lessly breath a sigh of Relief As the Ferrari Turbo cars have never powered a Driver to a world championship. Only Bow porsche and Honda engines have won this Honor. This season has proved an especially disappointing one for Ferrari because the italian team ended the 1987 Campaign with two straight victories scored by the talented austrian Gerhard Berger and Many observers Felt that Ferrari would have the momentum to do Well in 1988and Challenge the Honda powered cars. But the immediate Success of the Mclaren Honda team quickly put an end to that speculation the Mclaren team now with 10 victories in 10 grand prix races so company that makes luxury sports cars and renowned formula one racing cars once dreamed of becoming an opera Star or a sportswriter. But his first love was race cars and he whipped the prancing Black horse on his Bright red race cars to Victory on every major track in the world. It s True that i have never met any Man whom thought altogether resembled me but Only be cause my faults Are so enormous he wrote in his autobiography. I have yet to meet anyone quite so stubborn As myself and animated by this overpowering passion that leaves me no time for thought or anything else. I have in fact no interest in life outside racing cars he wrote. I have never gone on a real trip never taken a Holiday. The Best Holiday for me is spent indy workshops when nearly everybody else is on a  his factory in the Northern town of Maranello near Modena turns out a few thousand cars a year with engines As precise As clockwork. Born in february 1898, Ferrari entered motor Rac ing in 1919 and drove with the Alfa Romeo team for 11 years winning several races. But he never became great Driver because he said he had a fatal flaw. And the flaw was that he could not Bear to ruin an engine to win a race. But Ferrari became a racing legend letting other men win the races for him. He founded his Maranello Auto works in 1946. At the time about 400 workers toiled painstakingly on the Silvery engines. Some crankshafts were sculpted by hand out of steel requiring 86 hours of work. The first Ferrari car made its racing debut in 1947, when the first seven models were sold in Italy. World champions like Alberto Ascari Juan Man Uel Fangio of Argentina Mike Hawthorne of eng land Phil Hill of the United states John Surtees of Britain Niki Lauda of Austria and Jody Scheckter of South Africa drove his formula one racers to world driving championships. Ferrari sports cars and formula one racing car together have scored More than 4,000 victories throughout the world since 1947. Last month Franco Gozzi a company spokes Man confirmed that Ferrari was being treated at Home for kidney troubles and for ailments typical of his  Ferrari was forced to reduce his business activities last february when he came Down with influenza. When Pope John Paul ii visited the Ferrari factory in Maranello in june Ferrari was unable to meet him because of his frail health. % of f e y f f of left sir f the new formula one Ferrari racing car features a unique seven Speed automatic electronic Gearbox. Far this season. Ferrari s Best results a col Lection of second third fourth and fifth places plus a pole position at the British grand prix. Next season Ferrari will have the English Star Nigel Mansell teaming with the austrian Berger and they will have to learn to drive at racing Speed without the use of a gear change lever because the new Ferrari formula one car has none. Instead the new seven Speed Auto Matic electronic Gearbox is activated by two buttons on the Center of the steer ing wheel Ferrari engineers pointing out that much time will be saved by eliminating the physical Effort of shift ing gears. The car is designed by the englishman John Barnard formerly of Mclaren and it will undergo a length testing program with Brazil s Roberto Moreno currently Leader in the formula 3000 series hired to do that Job. The new formula one car see offi Cial Ferrari photo features an extremely narrow nose Long Side pods a Cen trally located engine to improve weigh distribution and a narrow rear end to give clean airflow. Many observers feel that Ferrari is Tak ing a big Gamble with its seven Speed elec tronic Gearbox but if it does prove effective then the italian firm will have the jump on the opposition in this regard. But if it does t work Ferrari May look Back on 1988 As a fairly Good year and twill be a Case of the proverbial Well Back to the old drawing  Rudd bounces to Lascar Victory at Watkins Glen i _ a a ant air Nna \\7o11 a of a calf of a 11 by Mike Harris Watkins Glen . A Ricky Rudd had visions of sliding Back wards across the finish  did t care though As Long As the Check ecu nag was flying for him when he got  managed to keep his Buick headed in the right direction despite a jarring last turn meeting with Rusty Wal lace. And the Chesapeake va., Driver won the Budweiser at the Glen Nasca Stock car race by a Mere .52 seconds on sunday at Watkins Glen International. It was a strange race with 38 of the 90laps on the 2.428-mile, seven turn Road circuit run under a caution  eight full course caution periods a race record kept the Field Clos together All the Way allowing a record 22 Drivers to finish on the Lead Lap. That broke the Mark of 19 set two weeks Lagoon the super Speedway at Talladega Ala. The caution flags also helped 10 Dif Ferent Drivers account for a race record13 Lead changes the last giving Rudd his Only Lead of the Day As the final caution period ended four laps from the dramatic  Waltrip led during the final caution but his car began to smoke heavily and Rudd passed Waltrip As the leaders took the Green Flag for Lap 87. Wallace the Winston cup Point Leader and Winner of the three straight Lascar Road races coming into sunday s event quickly charged from fifth during the Cau Tion to second by the end of that Lap. On one of the late caution flags on Lap 68darrell and i stayed out while Rusty and a lot of the other Guys pitted for fresh tires Rudd said. After that Darrell and i would jump out and get pretty Good Lead and then a caution Flag would come out and Rusty would get another Chance to get  knew he had better tires than we did at the end but i thought we d be All right. I did t want to be behind Rusty at the  cars were right together through the final three  to that last turn i took his line away from him. I went across the track right up into his line. I did t give him the outside. I gave him the dirt. I knew Hewan t going to get by me unless he went out in the grass. He knew that  tried to squeeze his Pontiac past Rudd s Buick on the outside As the cars entered the final right hander about 100 Yards from the finish  cars bumped hard. Rudd s car Slid sideways and Wallace s kicked up aloud of dust As it skidded onto the grass and nearly into the Guardrail Only about five feet  basically got into my Back bumper Rudd said. He gave me a pretty Good lick and tried to turn me sideways. We were both out of control. I got Side ways and i did t know if i was going to spin or  i kept my foot in it. I was trying to get enough momentum up that if spun i d spin across the finish  both cars fish tailed but continued tothe finish line with Rudd winning by less than a car  second place finish kept Wallace ahead of Bill Elliott in the season stand Ings by the same slim 11 Points that separated them coming in. Elliott finished third sunday