European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 9, 1983 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Roundup 1 Furbo Power the end of an Era the Turbo engine Era ends sunday with the running of the australian grand prix at Adelaide this race the 16th and final round in the 1988 formula one world driving championship series. There s not much at stake in Australia except for the production of a Good race because the championship has finally been settled with the brazilian Ayrton Senna winning the honors in the recent japanese grand prix. Even the world championship plating far second and third place have been taken care of with Senna s Mclaren Honda teammate Alain Frost of France the runner up and Austria s Gerhard Berger clinching third place at Japan in a Ferrari. In the australian finale sunday Well probably Sec another Duel Between Senna and Prosl or perhaps bar Ger will finally score once More for Ferrari. Regardless the last race of 1988 should produce a Turbo car Victory which would make it 16 wins Tor the turbos in 16 races during the final Turbo season. The Mclaren Honda team goes into the austra Lian round with an unprecedented 14 victories in is races Berger being the Only Driver to break the Mclaren siring when he scored for Ferrari in the italian grand prix so chances arc that it will again be a Mclaren. Honda that takes the Check ered Flag in Australia to close out the Long colourful and expensive Turbo Era. It is the French Renault firm that gets full credit for starting the movement to turbocharged engines. The first grand prix race with a Turbo car entry was the British round at silvers one on july 16, 1977, with Frenchman Jean Pierre Jabot file at the wheel of a Renault car powered by a 1.liter Turbo engine. He did t finish that Day but Renault kept trying and the Turbo Effort paid off big two Vears later fittingly at the French grand prix in Dijon on july i 1979. It was then that Jap Lille won before 100,000 cheering spectators with his French teammate Rene amour finished a fighting Caird in another Renault Turbo we covered the French grand prix for the stars and stripes on that very hot july afternoon noting in our report that automotive history had been made in that race. It was Jab Ouille s Only Victory that year but it was a Victory that sounded the death Knelt Tor conventional engines in grand prix racing. The normally As pitted engine withstood the Turbo attack through the 1982 season however with Inland s Keke Robere winning the title that year aboard a Williams Ford. But even during the 1982campaign, it was obvious that Turbo Power was be coming the Only Way to go and a common saying among the Drivers went like this if you Don t have a Turbo you can t be  this became a reality in the following season of 1983 when brazilian Nelson Piquet became the first Driver to win a world championship aboard a Turbo car a Brabham Bow. Piquet beat Prost that year by. Just two Points to win the title and give Bow the distinction of powering him to it. The Frenchman Prost who had driven a Renault Turbo that season quit Renault in a dispute and moved to Mclaren the next year to drive a Mclaren porsche Turbo. The Renault firm which started it All never won a Jerry and held Lackey display their to Pelcs. Formula one manufacturer s championship with its Renault Turbo car and that is a sad footnote to the Turbo history. In the course of development the 1.lilcr Turbo engines have proved perfect for the incredible buildup of computer wizardry that has gone int formula one racing. The engines Are extremely pow Erful and Complex and with Remote control censors on the car itself technical data can be radioed Back for on pass by satellite to a team s Headquarters even if the Headquarters Are on the other Side of the world from where the race is taking place. This has produced immense technological dividends especially in Honda s Case. At their Peak before the Power curbs were instituted for the 1988 season some turbos were producing around 1,200 horsepower making them 10 times As powerful As a Normal family Sedan and twice a powerful As a conventional liter normally aspirated formula one racing engine. V the Turbo Era lasted ii years and that s a Long time but for us Many of those seasons seem like Only yesterday. In Germany the australian grand prix will be shown in edited form sunday on the first program f Ard sports extra the program which begins at 1 10 ., features both Tennis and the australian race with Tennis starting first. The race will also be shown on the Cable station Rel plus a Complete taped version starting at 2  The Hanau Auto racing Assn. Maraone of the oldest German american clubs around held its annual drag racing championship awards banquet last weekend with the husband and wife team of Jerry and Heidi Lackey winning trophies for victories in their respective Hara racing divisions. This is the first time in european drag racing for such a conjugal racing  Lackey the Long time president of Hara said Dur ing the program that the Outlook for drag racing in Europe for next year continues Bright and that Hara in conjunction with the drag racing club of Germany has tentatively scheduled some eight races for 1989. These include three at Giebels Adt army Airfield two races in Bremen and one each in Luxembourg Austria and Hock Nheim Germany. There is More interest All around Lackey said and that s especially evident at Hock Nheim where the crowds grow larger each year. And with belter promo lion from the austrian organizes next year we should do better there in our race at Zel Twig Austria next year s Hocke Nchim drag raring festival will be the fourth annual one under the co dirtion of Hara and its drag raring club of Germany counterpart the previous races All huge successes with More than 30,000spectators at each event. Except for the German grands prix for formula one cars and motorcycles the Ameri can style drag races have proved the top draw at the Hock Nheim circuit since the inaugural event in 1986. In the Hara awards ceremonies Heidi Lackey was presented the top trophy for winning the it bracket championship. It was Only the second time in the 19 year history of Hara that a woman has won a championship division. Lackey has been racing for four years and her pre Vious efforts involved two fourth places and one second place in the it championship series. Runny nip in the it bracket was Reinhard hamburger while the third place trophy went to Jurgen Trusik. The Hara top eliminator championship trophy went to Jerry Lackey who also placed fourth in the 1988 Eun series championship lops for a German based entrant. The euro series drag racing championship was contested by 74 Drivers throughout Europe this season with the firs three places won by entrants. From Britain. Runner up to Lackey in the Hara top eliminator championship was pc scr Krusic while Tony Morris took third place honors. A. Where to go this weekend in England there is racing sunday at the brands Hatch circuit Southeast of London for formula Ford 2000s, formula Ford 1600s and touring care. Called the Winter championship car races sunday s round is the first in a series of three the others to follow nov. 20 and 27, in Germany an International custom car and Cycle festival will be staged saturday through wednesday at the Rhein Mam Halliii Wiesbaden. Many custom cars custom vans hot rods and chopper bikes from the United Stales and Europe will be on display. The show will be open daily from 10 . To 6  In Paris the 1988 motorcycle show opens thurs Day and runs through nov. 20 at the exhibition Center Porte do Versaille building 7, third floor. The French organizers say this year s show will occupy almost twice As much space As that occupied by the 1987 Cycle exhibition. That show was the first devoted exclusively to the motorcycle and its equipment and this year s production will be staged along the same Lints the Organ izes say. .-,.-. He Slin fld trip Lasorda rimmed m new York a Tommy Lasorda has t slowed Down in the of season. I got a schedule that Lewis and Clark could t keep up with the los Angeles dodgers manager said the other Day. Lasorda spends the of season giving motivational speeches. Monday he was Hon ored for motivational speeches during the season. La Orda was named the associated press major league manager of the year for 1988 in voting by a nationwide panel of sports Wriler Sand  received 97 Vij Points and bos ton red sox manager Joe Morgan was second with 26vt. Oakland athletics manager Tony Larussa was third with 25 Points and Detroit tigers manager Sparky Anderson was fourth with ii. Lasorda already named National league manager of the year by the base Ball writers association of America said the award was More a tribute to the dodgers organization than himself. It was just not a Victory of a world series it was a shining example to All people of what you can accomplish and what can happen in life if you really and truly cliche in youself he said. The thing about this world series 35 i told the president of the United states it proved thai the people of this country like the underdog i Haven t Ever seen As much interest in the world series As i saw this year. Nobody thought we had even a slight Chance of beating the mets in the play offs. Nobody thought we could even come close to beating them. And then when we went into the world series no one thought we could come close to beating the athletics.",. .-.,--. Los Angeles 9467 this year has won the no West six times in. 12 seasons. Two other years the dodgers were in Contention until the last weekend. Lasorda said the key for him during the play offs and world series was to keep the players from getting Down. No matter what you feel when you walk into the clubhouse you have to put on a new face a Happy face a winning face Lasorda said. The personality and the attitude of the manager is going to reflect on your team. That s the Philo spy 1 wanted that s what 1 have to have. You have to talk to them communicate with them. You be got to say to them that they la Bounce Back. You can t let them get Down"1 Tell them when you come Back to the Bench and make an out you can t i think about it. That s gone. You can t change it. If you think about your last Al Bat your mood is going to reflect it. What i Tell them is think about your next at Bat. Think about How you re going Roget a hit then.", / the encouragement begins As soon As the players get to Spring training in ver Beach Fla. Lasorda said he sensed then that things would come together. I saw it in Spring train ing. 1 saw in six weeks How we had built up a spirit and togetherness. I wanted to have a winning attitude when we left there what with All the new players we  Bui he also said that s not strange for him.  be always had a Good feeling com ing out of Spring training he said