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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 4, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Racina round Senna a racer who won f give up Many years ago. More years in fact than we care to count we were covering grand prix racing on the spot from april through october. It was a great Era one that saw Scotland s Jackie Stewart win three world championships before retiring in 1973. And it was in the 1973 italian grand prix at Monz where we saw Stewart put on one of his finest shows charging Back from 20th place after a puncture to Fin ish fourth in a fabulous ragged Edge charge through the Field. He set a Lap record every time around. It Wasa thrilling race All the Way and one of several grands prix Well never forget. Afterwards. Stewart said you just never never give up in a motor race. If you do you re through. Fin  Stewart s statement came to mind after we tuned incur to and witnessed the brazilian Ayrton Senna s Victory last sunday in the Spanish grand prix at Jere de la fro Nicra. Like Stewart Senna never gives up. The brazilian said recently that he will pursue the championship to the very end and with his Back to the Wall he did everything necessary in Spain Las sunday to keep his championship Hopes alive. He scored his 40ih pole position then went on to gain a relatively easy Victory. If Senna has no mechanical problems or accidents in his Mclaren Honda a Japan oct. 22 and Australia nov. 5then he should win both races and keep his title. But with the bad Luck he s had this season that Clement May again play a part. After 14 grand prix races. Senna s Leam Malc an rival Alain Prost of France has 81 Points and Senna has 60. But Only the Best 11 results in the 16 grand Pri races count and Senna can count All of his results As he has scored Points in Only seven races six victories and a second place. Prost who no longer Speaks to Senna referring to him Only As that other Guy has scored Points in every race except one and he has four victories to discredit plus a Long string of second places. So he will have to drop Points. While the "Best-11-results" ruling can cause confusion at this stage the Point of it All is to keep the Drivers aiming All season for the Best result possible n other words no running for second place if you can win. In the Era of total Points deciding the championship some Drivers would Settle for second or third or even a fourth place if Only a fourth were needed. Senna would never buy this Type of  goes All out in every grand prix and that s Why he has 40 pole positions in his highly illustrious but relatively Brief career. He drives to win and will Settle for nothing else. Senna s Outlook and his performances in grand Pri racing arc a Joy to observe. And his wins Don t come simply because he has the Best car. He did not have Thebes car when he drove for Lotus by any Means but he scored six victories for that once great British team. Last year his first with Mclaren Honda he won his title with eight grand prix victories to his teammate Frost s seven and this year he has six wins he s finished Only seven races to Prost s four Prost has completed 13 races. After the Spanish grand prix Senna told reporters i will try to win As much in Japan and Australia As i tried Here today and we will wait and  Prost who placed third in Spain behind Austria Gerhard berber s Ferrari stressed that he would be on the attack in Japan knowing that he also needs to Winto add a third world title to those he captured in 1985 and 1986 aboard Mclaren porsche cars. It will prove a hectic wait until the japanese grand prix and chances arc it will All be decided in the australian finale at Adelaide on nov. 7. The porcine Kremer racing team is in Kiln Randy Barnetts a. Hindy Arnm the Kremr team unveils us entry for the Brothers 27lli Campaign next year a Carbon fiber Chassis porsche. La on the opening race Al the ring in 1927. Pc world War ii Mugalli cars. Mrs. Bin Lacys. Ril cys. Alfaro a cos and Bow 328s arc also among inc cars that will circulate the ring during the Eiful classic weekend. Postwar cars include Ferrari Lotus. Porsche and Many others. Tickets for either saturday or sunday Cost 15 Marks while a two Day ticket costs 25 Marks. The lick is include Entrance to the Pil areas where visitors May look Over inc cars. To reach inc Nair Burgering. Take the Koblenz Trier autobahn and exit Al either mayan or Ulmen Nur hurring. The 10th round in the International formula 3000 championship will be held sunday at zolder Belgium with the final round in the belgian opel Lotus championship series also on the program plus other support ing races. Practice and qualifying will take place on saturday. Zolder is located just North of Hassell. Auto Bahn Ceil zolder tar Lamun. In England there is racing at inc Silver Stone circuit on sunday for formula 3 cars touring cars and sports cars. The touring car race and sports car race arc final rounds in inc British National championship while with the formula 3 race is the next to last cd Cal in inc 17-race British National f-3 championship. Practice and qualifying arc scheduled for saturday. In Italy the final round in inc italian National for Mula 3 championship will be staged sunday at the Vallelunga circuit North of Rome while the next to last race in inc italian National touring car championship will be held sunday Al Monza. Supporting races arc on both programs. Truck racing the final round in the i a Rac european truck racing championship will be held saturday and sunday at la mans. France. Qualifying and night gymkhana will be staged on saturday with racing alld a on sunday. Tickets for sunday Cost 80 francs about $13while a two Day ticket costs 100 francs about $16. Motorcycle racing the germans will stage the final round in their National championship series on sunday Al inc Assn circuit in the nether lands Wilh final races for All classes of cycles plus trophy races for 80, 125, and Soock bikes. Races for super bikes and for cycles Wilh sidecars arc also on the program. Practice and qualifying will take place on saturday from 8 30 . To 5 30 ., while sunday Sil race program begins Al 8 30 . And ends about 5 30  The town of Assn is located South of Gro Ningen. Motocross the 42nd Franken Bachur div Motocross featuring Motos for 125cc and 500cc bikes will be held on sunday Wilh Traci inc and qualifying set for saturday. The town of Frankenbach is located just Wisl of Heilbronn West Germany. Japan this weekend for the final round in the All Japan sports prototype championship a championship that is led by the porsche Kremr cars. The Kremr Brothers Erwin and Manfred arc now completing their 26th year in the racing business and their role As private in Grams of porsche racing cars has been highly successful. The Many German championship wins porsche cups and other achievements of the Cologne based team include a Victory at the 24 hours of la mans in 1979. During the recent sup cup race on he Nair Burgering. Where Kremr porsche 962 cars finished fourth and fifth Erwin unveiled his new porsche challenger for 1990 Sec photo. The 1990 version like the current Kramer team porsche has a Carbon fiber Chassis these two being the Only porsche sports prototypes in the world running on this Type of Chassis. The 1990 car was put to the test on the Day after the sup cup race and the testing session went very Well with Krcmar s Driver George Fouchy of South Africa at the wheel. The Krc Mars said Fouche was very enthusiastic about the car s Poss Bilics for the 1990 season. The or criers. With Many years of experience on Jap anese circuits also hinted that despite their lengthy connection with porsche a move to a japanese Proto Type Nissan or Toyota could be a possibility for future world championships. Looking at motorcycle racing the six Day endure world championship staged last week near Waldum West Germany resulted in an italian team Victory. Following the winning italians was the swedish team while third came West Germany. The team from Czechoslovakia placed fourth East Germany was fifth and the United slates team came sixth. More than 25 teams and 500 riders from through out the world participated in the 6-Day cd Cal one that is termed the olympics of  where to co this weekend the second annual Eiful classic featuring old cars of Model years 1927 through 1960, will be staged saturday and sunday on the Nair Burgering with the legendary North Side 14.2-mile circuit to be the setting. More than 200 racing cars and sports racing cars arc entered including the original Mercedes s driven by Rudolf Caraccio Tow Sura and strip Evert leads . To sweep of Greece in cup opener Tokyo a Chris Evert playing in her last federation cup needed Only 43 minutes tuesday to help the unite states beat Greece 3-0 in the first round of the women s tournament. Evert beat Christina Papadaki 6-0, 6-i, winning four games without losing a Point. The 34-year-old even announced Las month that she was retiring from major tournaments. This federation cup willbe my last tournament Ever. I am getting old and it is physically hard playing in Competition she said. Martina Navratilova no. 2 in the world beat Angliki Kancle Lopoulos ranked 74th, 6-3, 6-1, and the team of Ina Garrison and  Shiv Crown the doubles match beating Kanellopoulo and Olga Tsarbopoulos 6-1, 6-3. In wednesday s second round wit the Field reduced to 16 teams the Ameri cans will play Denmark. The tournament the women s version of the Davis cup is being played on the hard courts of the aria pc colosseum. Other second round matches include Japan West Germany Czechoslovakia Hungary Spain the Netherlands new zealand Australia Argentina Bulgaria the soviet Union Canada and Britain Austria  
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