European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday March 21, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 25 racing Roundup Brazil up set sunday codes in Japan the brazilian grand prix second round in the 1990 world driving championship will be Taeed sunday at the inter Lagos circuit in Sao Paulo and the results will provide a Good clue As to How Thines will go this season. # the first round a the . Grand Pix a was run on a Street circuit in Phoenix Ariz. The brazilian race will take place on a regular track so if Ayrton Senna wins in his Home town of Sao Paulo As he did in Phoenix we can Start drawing some fairly positive conclusions and Ferrari must improve in Brazil if it Hopes to stay in the run with the Mclaren Honda cars. Senna goes in As the heavy favorite sunday although he has never won his Home grand prix. Except for Senna brazilian Drivers have traditionally done Well in their Home race. Emerson Fittipaldi last years indy 500 Winner won the first two brazilian grand prix races 1973 and �?T74and the late Carlos Pace won the third one in 1975. In recent years Nelson Piquet has also won at Home 1982, �?T83 and �?T86and now it May be Senna a turn As he a Long overdue. The brazilian grand prix opened the season last year and the englishman Nigel Mansell had the Joy of winning it in his first time out for Ferrari. It would be a pleasure to see the popular British Driver score a repeat on sunday and revive Ferrari a fortunes. The brazilian race now goes Back to its beginnings so to speak because after nine years at Rio de Janeiro a Jacarepaqua circuit the race returns to its original Home at inter Lagos. In the last few months the inter Lagos circuit has been totally renovated and shortened. It has also been named the aut Dromo Carlos Pace in Honor of the Sao Paulo Driver who lost his life in an air plane crash in 1977.�?� a a while formula one cars Are in the limelight in Brazil the worlds fastest motorcycles and their riders will receive All of the attention in Japan. The japanese grand prix at the Suzuka circuit on sunday opens the 16-race world championship Campaign one that americans Are expected to dominate where the top 500cc category is concerned. The texan Kevin Schwantz Winner of the last two japanese Gas on a Suzuki Cycle will be going All out to score a a Suzuka triple on sunday. But he will have some extremely Tough Competition from defending world Champion Eddie Lawson and his Roberts Yamaha teammate Wayne Rainey both of California. These three americans riders along with the australian Wayne Gardner Honda Are the top talents in the 500cc class and one of them will emerge As the 1990 world Champion. Schwantz the most spectacular rider in grand prix racing proved in 1989 that he could ride a 160-horsepower Bike faster than anybody. He had More pole positions Lap records and race wins than any other rider. But he also had five races where he tailed to finish so the main ingredient he needs is consistency. And he a quite aware of championship is my Only goal and ill be aiming not Only to win races but to finish every one of them Schwantz said recently. Randy Barnett the 25-year-old texan placed fourth in the 1989 championship run and he holds the Lap record at Suzuka at a fraction less than 100 Miles an hour. If he does manage his third win at Suzuka it will also Mark his third successive Victory As he won the final two races of the 1989 season. His performance in Japan on sunday could prove an important key to the 16-race season ahead. A a a racing on television an edited version of the brazilian grand prix will be shown on Germany a first program Kevin Schwantz Ard beginning at 11 . Sunday and alternating with the Tennis finals from key Biscayne fla. The program ends about 1 . The japanese grand prix for motorcycles meanwhile will also be shown by Ard beginning at 3 05 . Sunday with the action also including european ice hockey. This program ends at 5 . Full coverage of racing is the better Way to go of course and if you have Cable or satellite television you can watch every formula one grand prix race live this year. And you can see the practice qualifying sessions and pre race features As Well. The euros port Channel an 18-hour-a-Day sports station has contracted to cover All grand prix races this season with sex formula one Driver John Watson of Northern Ireland the on the spot narrator. Euro sports a coverage of sundays brazilian grand prix begins at 5 . And ends at 7 30 . Along with Complete coverage of formula one grand prix racing eur sport will also feature formula 3000, the world sports prototype championship and the British and German touring car championships. The motorcycle world championship rounds will also be featured on eur sport the japanese grand prix at Suzuka to be shown sunday beginning at noon and to be repeated at 10 . Regarding the formula one grand prix races All will be shown live. But if the race takes place at 4 of clock in the morning for viewers in Germany the australian grand prix for example it will be televised live for the a a fanatics and rerun later on sunday afternoon and again sunday evening for those who Are More casual followers of the sport. Eur sport operates on both Cable and Astra satellite. On the German Cable system the language is German in almost All cases. The satellite system meanwhile operates on four languages German Over German but if you have a changeable audio frequency system on your satellite receiver you can dial in English dutch German or French. Another Channel a sport Kanal screen sport out of England a is More oriented to american racing and this Channel is covering Lascar racing the indy car series drag races and the world championship rally series. Eur sport also does the rally series. Formula one racing fan Adam Ricco satellite Vendor at the Rhein main audio photo club provided us with the information on Cable and satellite to and if you re interested in More details Contact either Adam or Bert Ricco at the audio photo club or Call 069-693013 or ets 330-7712.�?� a a Bockenheim and Norbur Gring officials called press conferences this month to detail expenditures for track improvements additional Guardrail and other matters. Both of the German tracks will also sponsor open air Rock concerts during August officials said. While there will be racing practically every weekend at Bockenheim and the curb urging the officials placed their stress on the major 1990 racing events and the schedules go like this Bockenheim International car racing festival april 6-8 International May trophy races for motorcycles May 4-6 drag racing festival june 910 Baden Wurttemberge prize for motorcycles june 22-24 world championship German grand prix for formula one cars july 27-29 International drag races aug. 17-19 open air Rock festival aug. 25-26 International adar prize Bockenheim cars. Oct. 12-14. Curb urging International adar Eifel races car april 20-22 world championship German grand prix for motorcycles May 24-27 International adar old timer car festival june 8-10 International 24-hour race car june 15-17 truck grand prix july 13-15 International avd old timer grand prix aug. 10-12 sport scar prototype world championship race aug. 17-19 open air Rock festival aug. 25-26 touring car grand prix aug. 31-sept. 2 International adar Bilstein super sprint car sept. 28-30 race of champions rally car sometime in a a where to go this weekend in Germany there is racing on saturday and sunday at the Bockenheim circuit with races scheduled for touring cars formula 3 cars formula Fords and historical cars. The full 4.2-mile grand prix circuit will be used for saturdays racing and the Short 1.6-mile circuit will be used for sundays events. The City of Bockenheim is located Southwest of Heidelberg and May be reached from autobahn a5 and a6. On Germany a curb urging meanwhile the 39th adar Long distance trophy race for touring cars will held on saturday with the racing program scheduled from 8 . To 5 . To reach the curb urging take the Koblenz Trier autobahn a48 and exit at us men curb urging. The stars and Stripe baseball from Page 21 Ehte w5eksnew York is a hander Bob Ojeda what enough time. Be in ave guysoin8 four and 2nd a a us a be Tak-,8 serious chances with injun Iche tbsp. And a were feh lit Arne in Camp on Theowne Sut ,0cked 0ut by he pitchers will remains to8besn in shape but the pm of a them stayed ment for Tkv s no replace Sherear of a games in a sure and pains �?�1"810 be some aches �?��feradyxrap�?o9defmilely Dwight g0nnkhets ri8hthander trodden is coming off a shoulder injury and the club has already announced he will not Start on opening Day against Pittsburgh. A we will bring Dwight along slowly a mets pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre said. A i think the prime difficulty will be with the pitchers a Houston general manager Bill Wood said. A a we la have to wait and see what kind of shape they re in when they get Here before we can decide what they can Oakland manager Tony la Russa says he will probably schedule several a a by games each Day to get his pitchers enough work. A a we la have to get it done but its not really enough time to get a club ready a la Russa said. A i just Hope you done to see anyone blow out his .�?� la Russas Ace Dave Stewart is ready. A a in be been close so yeah i can do it in three weeks a Stewart said. A some Guys Arentt going to be ready Hungary Blanks . 2-0 Budapest Hungary apr Tamas petres and Zsolt Limperger scored As Hungary overwhelmed the world cup bound . Soccer team 2 -0 tuesday night in a one sided game that showed How much the americans have to improve before this Summers championships. The hungarians outplayed the americans throughout the evening and dominated the action just missing several other goals. The hosts used their Superior quickness and Ball handling skills to overpower an american team getting its first taste of action on european soil since qualifying for the world cup finals that begin in june in Italy. As 15,000 fans triumphantly waved red White and Green flags the Young hungarian team kept the Ball for Long stretches in the american half of the Field and took advantage of . Sloppiness. The hungarians six of whom were playing their inaugural game for the National team easily could have won by five or six goals. One hungarian shot went off the crossbar and another off the goal Post while several other chances went astray in front of beleaguered . Goalie Tony Meola. Petres playing in his first game for the National team took a pass from Robert Jovan six minutes before halftime and scored the first goal from right in front of Meola. . Defender Jimmy Banks was beaten on the pass. Limperger who like petres is 21, scored the other goal Midway through the second half from 15 Yards 15 meters out after . Defender John Stollmeyer mistimed a header and the Ball rolled free to Limperger. The lacklustre . Offence which scored Only six goals in eight world cup qualifying matches last year did not get a shot on goal until the 35th minute of the game and showed Little spark throughout the contest. The Best scoring Chance for the americans came with six minutes remaining when Peter Vermes who played last year in Raba Eto Hungary slammed a free kick that forced a diving save by hungarian goalie Istvan Brockhausen. The game was the first of two games the . Team is playing in Eastern Europe to prepare for the world cup finals. The americans who qualified for the 24-nation finals for the first time in 40 years will play at East Germany on March 28. Hungary did not qualify for the world cup finals and is undergoing a soccer purge. Kalman Meszoly who coached the National team in the Early 1980s, was Back in charge for his first game tuesday and Many of the Young players were unknown to the crowd
