European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. September 29. 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 13 we All help each other 4 service members go drag racing Rol k military musketeers Luu i on Hilling us drag racing strips pm season with Goi id results Omli Une of them winning lie i to. Hrat Kel clap cd Limel in last Munich s third annual inter National i  Kyj Chih eve sisal at i Luck Elk run. The i venal was thu Star s Mai a or who is returning this Meek to he t Niu a Stales snid i was in Parmid no Lylial he .11 Hix Kei Ilii in and i App re i listed a the median Ifal Liepp and sup Purl. I m shipping my drag racing car Bai k m Hie Stii ies now and intend 10 race n Altere. I also plan to build u linger and Detler far and win with in while i m in Llu is ivies. Hut i la he  All Lour Drivers have raced it Ilio Sereti altered class tins year meaning Nix filled ears with engine turning out 45u in son Liboric Ower. F l Lic four Urr Viel in embers drunk Horst is the longest on experience wit i 23 years of drag Rae tip both in Liu rope and in Lite Sli Ile. Writy with two years of experience has raced Only in Kurop but As no cd will Euti Sinue racing in the Stales. Clout Renean while. S in lick first year of Competition and she is the Only scr View onion compel ing in Inlet National drag racing. "1 became inter Mcd when 1 saw a draft racing car in the Khem main Amu skills Center Colt said and then i went to a race. I nought a Chevy Man a to build but thai a at ton complicated and when Lee Bough the Vega and asked me in race it 1 decided thai Wallic easiest any to get into it. To find out what in lakes. And there s a lot More involved Jhan Moil people  All four Drivers Are members of the Lanau Auto Kaeting association hakka Hcrman Arti Eriean club of mine than 20 years standing and Allex cent Wray will be racing this weekend at the season Pintalc at the Giebels Ladt army Airfield drag strip disc using the mechanical aspects of the cars they Are All self built and self prepared for d rag racing at the Craft shops. Wray and Hales working Oul of the Nellinger Auto Craft shop with a lot of support from the she Ohli als Luiere and Hru Nhorm and Volt working on Irir car in the Khein main Auto skills Center. Anyone who gnus drag . Iad better be a food Mechanic Ion ii Runk Hurst says and Mil Drivers Are if Only by Lut Vasiu. I guess you could say drag race Drivers arc Der much nuts be cause i atm 1 know of any Drivers who can t do their of n work. We even do our own painting and Levering while discussing the various aspects of drag racing the subject most often i Rii mini Quarls furn left  trunk Hurst Chris Cidffi Gary Wray unil Rill link s. Gun Wray in his by lot. Bracket Zelory at Lynck Edilh in Weil Germany. The Lee Brunkhorst Chris Goit noisy tiny Vega. Bill males Druyun 11  was How helpful the competitors arc to each other. Hales for instance said thai when he was racing in Mulhouse France earlier this year the tin Vesaf on has Camaro broke and a Swiss and a Frenchman went out of their Way to help him. The Frenchman had a Friend who ran a garage and it was there where they quickly repaired the driveshaft. Those arc Good experiences Hales said and Jou meet a lot of interesting people through drag racing in foreign coun tries. The it vol race in Austria Al the of tar Reddiing in Zel Tweg was especially inter Esting. The people were really enthusiastic the kids wanted our autographs and 1 think use stands will be full next year if the race gels a Little More  where problems Are concerned one of the Bif Gest is the Lack of a place to practice. There Ore practice areas for All types of sporting activities within the military Community Brunkhorst said but none for Mol Orson. And once Al a race the Hig thing is to qualify. There s no Lime for practice or experimenting while Wray Hales Brunkhorst and Goff All agreed that racing outside of Germany was insert swing they also noted that it was expensive and time con suming because of the distances involved and that More races Are needed within Cie Many i the sport is to remain popular with sen  the four Servia Mem hrs have competed in As Many raves As Possi ble outside Germany this year Uliey would like to Sec a return to the flick Ger horse Era at Lanau when races were run at the army Airfield there practically every other  bases in Germany Are hard to Tome by for motor sports events these Days not Only because of Security hut be cause of new German noise abatement policies. This season Hara has been Able 1o schedule Only four races in Ger Many one Al Bockenheim and three Al Giebels Adl army Airfield isl one of the Gie Belstadt races was a Bug in limited to vow Beetle drag racing car while the second Giebels Ladt race inc summer nationals was rained out. Obviously everyone involved is hoping for Good weather this weekend for the season finale  were Ablo to Lesi and practice Dur ing the Bug in race weekend Hales said but Willi the rainout at inc second event the drag racing within German j Lias Licon limited this year to say the least if you can Only afford to Raee and travel within Germany and then Jou re limited to Only two or three races it s hardly world the Effort to build and maintain a drag Rac ing  Brunkhorst Sii  said there were Many sen1 ice members involved in drag racing last year but not this time  would like la see More americans in it both As racers or helpers. But the interest is  Wray said because there Jim Aren l enough races. If anyone has a runway out there thai they re not using please let us  in this Case Call trunk horse Al cos 348-57ji.extension .157. The Drivers interviewed in this article Are from the following units Goff of Clinton Iowa is Wilh the 4.15th Supply co at Rhein main a Wray of Sun Val Ley nev., was with he 2sih Avn co Nellinger before his departure for the Stales males of 1 Aris Texas is with inc Neucom flight Dei. Slut Garl and Brunkhorst of Lake City minn., is an administrative no at stars and stripes. Randy Barnel Lauto columnist