European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lawson rides to Victory in Spanish up Jerez de la Frontera. Spain a Eddie Lawson of the United states a two time world Cham Pion Rode his Honda to Victory sunday in the Soock class race of the Spanish motorcycling grand prix. Lawson won after fellow american Kevin Schwantz on a Suzuki fell from his machine with five laps to go. Schwantz who was leading the race at the time was unhurt organizers said. Lawson covered the 30 laps for a total of 77.85 Miles in 55 minutes. 11.26 seconds. Wayne Rainey of the United states on a Yamaha was second 10.17 seconds behind the Winner and Niall Mckenzie of Britain on a Yamaha was third 17.48 seconds behind. Rainey leads the world championship standings with 71 Points followed by Lawson with 61 and Chris Tian Sarron of France with 47. Sarron. On a Yamaha was fourth in sunday s race. American Freddie Spencer also Riding a Yamaha finished fifth. A crowd estimated at 200,000. Watched the race. Italian Luca Candalora on Yamaha won the 250cc class while reigning Champion Alfonso Pons of Spain Rode a Honda to second place and kept world leadership in the event. Paolo Casoli of Italy was hospitalized with a broken leg suffered in a fall during the 2socc race. Candalora covered the 51.7 Miles in 46 46.30, followed by Pons 2.09 seconds later and Jean Philippe Ruggia of France. Pons is leading the 250cc world standings with 67 Points followed by Candalora with 65. Monday May 1,1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 american Eddie Lawson Waves As he rides his Honda on the Honor Lap following his Spanish grand prix Victory. Finns rally to Down . 6-2 Stockholm up Finland stormed Back from a two goal deficit to defeat team Usa 6-2 at the world ice hockey championships sunday securing first place in the relegation playoffs and fifth place Overall. The United states finished the tournament in sixth spot with a record of four wins one tie and five losses four of them against the four medal contenders. The fast skating americans completely out Skald the finns in the first period. De Olczyk put the americans into the Lead at 10 40 on a lateral pass from Phil Housley ending the finnish  Jukka Tammi s shutout Streak at 184 37 seconds a new finn ish record in International Competition. Brian Mectch made it 2-0 on an Al world hockey most rink Long Rush shortly afterwards. But the finns bounced Back in the second period with a pair of goals from Jukka Vilander and a single from Esa Tikkanen. The finns continued their onslaught in the third period getting goals from re Imp Ruotsalainen Jari rum and Kari Jalonen. Some of their plays were just sensational admitted . Head coach Tim Taylor. Having led and fallen behind we were a bit desperate and lost our  Taylor said that Overall i think we deserved better than sixth place. 1 know the players feel Good about themselves. They would like to Start the tournament Over again or have an other go at it next  he added that As a coach i am very pleased with the attitude and commitment they showed. They worked and played hard for their coun try. In the end some were  in sunday s other game West Germany 2, Poland 0 West Germany Defeated Poland in a final round relegation Pool game that assured the germans of seventh place in the eight team tournament and a spot in next year s a Pool. The loss dropped Poland into the a group. Poland which finished eighth Here will be replaced by nor Way at next year s a Pool world championships in Switzerland. Amigos win tourney on Jackson s Homer Mannheim West Germany Richard Jackson s first Home run in two years paid big dividends sunday As the Mannheim Mee Amigos handed the Frankfurt giants a 7-5 loss to win the German american baseball league s Dink Clacker cup. With the Bas paths jammed and Frankfurt holding a fifth inning 3-2 Lead Jackson tagged Frankfurt loser Dean Schwarz s two out fastball Over the Fence for the eventual game Winner. Two key errors and an intentional pass to Martin Helmig brought Jackson to the plate. Giant hurler Schwarz tossed a High rising fastball which Jackson powered Over the 385-foot Fence for the grand slam. The giants jumped on Mannheim win Ner Ronnie Crow Early scoring three runs in the first inning. Mannheim answered with two runs prior to Jackson s four rib swing. Sullivan captures second round of iroc by Mike Harris Nazareth a. A Danny Sullivan con served his tires and came up a Winner saturday in the second round of the 1989 Budweiser International race of champions. The defending cart indy car Champion earned his first iroc Victory driving one of the identically pre pared 1roc-z Chevrolet Samaros across the finish line a Distant 13.45 seconds ahead of Road racer Scott Pruett the Only other Driver who did not pit for tires during the 75-Lap event at Pennsylvania International raceway. The race on the one mile Tri Oval was the first for i Roc on this track. Rusty Wallace who won the series opener in february at Daytona International Speedway becoming the first Driver in iroc history to go from last to first finished third. Wallace who started last in the 12-car Field on the basis of a reverse order of the first race finish did it again saturday slicing through the Field to take the Lead on Lap 37. But like . Foyt and Pruett who also led the race his tires eventually wore badly. Wallace and Foyt both pitted for fresh rubber costing them a Lap. While Pruett stayed on the track and nearly lost second place at the end As he finished with a deflating left rear tire. A number of tires were Cut by Sharp rocks and Peb Bles thrown onto the track surface when cars dipped onto the dirt while racing through the turns. Another victim of a tire problem was Al Unser jr., the defending series Champion who finished fourth regaining the Lead Lap after taking on fresh tires on Lap the race had to be started twice with the initial Start aborted by an Accident in which Richard Petty bumped slow moving Geoff Brabham and sent the Road racer into the first turn Wall. Brabham who had started alongside Sullivan in the front Row had to jump into a backup car and the race was restarted with Brabham at the Back of the Field. Sullivan who finished last a Daytona started from the pole but led Only one Lap before Pruett jumped onto. Foyt a four time Indianapolis 500 Winner quickly caught Pruett and passed him for the Lead on Lap 16. The 53-year-old texan then led the race until the charging Wallace got by on Lap 37. On Lap 41, after the second of two caution periods for debris on the track Wallace started from the Lead but had a Flat tire and was unable to Back up to Speed. Upyt jumped Back on top and held the Lead until Pruett slipped past on Lap 60. Foyt filled one Lap later for tires and icel Sullivan to Chase Down the Leader. Sullivan moved past Pruell on Lap 63 and easily led the rest of the Way. He averaged 98.540 Mph. Laps run under caution do not count. Foyt finished fifth followed by Terry Labonte Dale Earnhardt Brabham Hurley Haywood Rick Mears Bill Elliott and Petty. Wallace leads the four race All Star series Al the half Way Point with 37 Points followed by fellow Lascar stars Labonic with 29 and Earnhardt with 27. Sullivan is fourth with 26, followed by Pruett 25, Unser 24 and Foyt 23. The $806,500 series continues on aug. 5 a Michi Gan International raceway with the finale on aug. 12 at Walkins Glen International. Radio baseball Milwaukee at Chicago 2 30 . Tues Day