European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 26,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 23prost cashes in Brazil from wire reports Sao Paulo Brazil a defending formula 1 Champion Alain Prost pulled a major upset beating the to Vord Mclaren Honda cars sunday in the brazilian grand prix for his first Victory in just two races since switching to Ferrari. The Frenchman who started sixth changed teams at the end of last year after a season of acrimony involving brazilian teammate Ayrton Senna. Gerhard Berger of Austria who replaced Prost at Mclaren Honda started and finished second just ahead of pole Sitter Senna. Prost who leads the circuit in career victories with 40, passed Senna on the 39th of 71 laps and cruised to his 40th grand prix Victory after Senna in front of his Home crowd collided with Japan a Satoru Nakajima when trying to pass on the inside of Nakajima a Tyrrell. The 30-year-old brazilian who seemed to be heading for his second straight Victory at the time of the collision had to have a new nose Cone fitted to his car and rejoined the race in third place leaving him with too much ground to make up. Britiany a Nigel Mansell the Winner of the 1989 brazilian race completed a great Day for the Ferrari team by finishing fourth. Prost averaged 117.59 Mph in a race that took 1 hour 37 minutes 21.258 seconds at the 2.7-mile Jose Carlos Pace race track. Senna had taken the pole at 123.61. Belgium a Thierry Boutsen was fifth a Lap Down in a Williams Ren Ault followed by brazilian Nelson Piquet in a Benetton Ford. Jean Alesi of France was seventh in a Tyrrell Ford followed by teammate Satoru Nakajima of Japan. Pierluigi Martini of Italy was next in a Minardi two laps Down. Alessandro Nannini of Italy was 10th, three laps behind in a Benetton Ford. The Victory gave Prost a three Lime formula 1 Champion nine Points after two races. Senna who won the opening event at Phoenix has 13. Mclaren Honda has 19 Points to 12 for Ferrari. T a a american Wayne Rainey glides through a turn during sundays 500cc race. Rainey opens season with wire to wire win Suzuka Japan up a american Wayne Rainey who led from Start to finish from pole position edged australian Wayne Gardner by 3.237 seconds sunday to win the 500cc race in the inaugural event of the 15-race grand prix world motorcycling championships. Rainey 29, of Norwalk Calif., and runner up in the 500cc grand prix standings last year averaged 94.934 Miles per hour on his Yamaha for a winning time of 48 minutes 52.475 seconds in the 22-Lap race Over the 3.515-mile Suzuka circuit in Central Japan. Gardner astride a Honda was second in 48 55.712 while american Kevin Schwantz finished thirds in 49 08.031 on his Suzuki. Australian Kevin Magee on a Suzuki was fourth in 49 33.164 followed by Spain a Alfonso Pons aboard a Honda in 49 33.483. Rainey said he did no to expect to dominate the race despite his pole position. A even after being the fastest in practice i did not think the race was going to go like that a he said. A i guess we had the Bike working better than anyone else today. The Yamaha and Michelin tires were working perfectly and i had no problems with the Bike at All. A the wind was Strong and that meant that we were a gear lower going through the right hander away from the hairpin. I am looking Forward to Laguna Seca the next race in Southern California. I like the track and it is important for me to do Well at  Gardner and Schwantz waged a torrid Battle for second place and were inches apart for most of the race. It nearly ended in disaster for the texan in the final chicane when Schwantz hit the ground after Gardner Cut across in front to foil a final overtaking move. Schwantz who was unhurt remounted before his fourth placed teammate had arrived on the scene and managed to Cross the line  from Page 21 ing seven of nine at Home after winning 22 of their first 24 there. Cavaliers 115, nets 108 Richfield Ohio a Steve Kerr the Aba Leader in three Point shooting percentage sparked a 39-Point second Quarter by making All four of his Long Range attempts As Cleveland handed new Jersey its 10th straight defeat. New Jersey has lost 29 of 32 Overall and 23 consecutive Road games. Bucks 109, magic 101 a Ricky Pierce cored 34 Points and Milwaukee came trom behind while holding Orlando to 19 Points m the final 14 minutes. Kings 116, bulls 113 Chicago a Wayman Tisdale a 10-toot jumper with seven seconds left put Sacramento ahead to stay 114-113. The Victory was Only the sixth for the Kings in 34 Road games while the bulls lost for the fifth time in 32 Home games. Spurs 105, pistons 98 san Antonio Texas a Terry Cummings scored 40 Points in leading san Antonio to its fifth consecutive Victory. David Robinson had 24 Points and nine rebounds while Rod Strickland had 19 and nine assists As the spurs handed Detroit its second straight setback. Warriors 102, rockets 97 Houston a Mitch Richmond scored 13 of his 28 Points in the fourth Quarter including five in the last 38 seconds. With the score tied 95-95, Richmond put the warriors ahead for Good with a three Point Basket. Tim Hardaway and Richmond each added a pair of three throws. Terry Teagle added 26 Points. Sleepy Floyd led Houston with 25, including four three Point baskets in the fourth Quarter and Akeem Olajuwon had 22 Points and 12 rebounds. Trail blazers 140, nuggets 126 Denver a Clyde Drexler a 28 Points led four Portland players with More than 20 and the Trail blazers rallied from a 13-Point first period deficit to beat Denver. Leading 117-115, Portland put the game away with a 15-2 spurt for a 132117 Lead with 2 45 left. Kevin Duckworth re entered the game following a rest and contributed six of his 24 Points in that stretch. Jerome Kersey had 26 Points and 12 rebounds while Terry Porter had 22 Points and nine assists. Hawks 122, hornets 109 Atlanta a Dominique Wilkins scored seven of his 38 Points in a 14-2 run at the Start of the fourth Quarter and Atlanta ended a three game losing Streak. 76ers 114, bullets 112, of Landover my. A Ron Andersons Basket with 56.1 seconds left in a Low scoring overtime period held up As Philadelphia Defeated Washington. Anderson got the winning Basket on a jumper from the right Side and the bullets were unable to score on two chances in the final  lift stars in Boston by the associated press Boston a Neal Broten scored three goals and his brother Aaron had two As the Minnesota North stars built a 6-2 Lead in the second period and held on for a 7-6 Victory Over Boston. The loss was the seventh in 10 saturday afternoon games in Boston Garden this season for the Bruins. They have dropped Only 25 games All season and Lead Calgary by two Points in the Overall nil standings. Neal Broten scored once in the first period and twice in the second. Aaron scored the North stars final two goals As Minnesota remained three Points ahead of Detroit for the last remaining Norris division playoff berth. Jon Casey made 39 saves for thenal Roundup North stars who were out shot 42-24, including 36-12 in the final period. In other games saturday flames 3, penguins 3 Pittsburgh a a goal by Brian Maclellan with 6 28 left in regulation gave Calgary a Point despite a 38-Savc Effort by Pittsburgh goalie Frank Pic Trangelo. Pittsburgh was out shot 41-17, tying the team record for fewest shots in a Home game. The penguins still earned their 71st Point to pull into a tie with Washington for third place in the Patrick division. The capitals and penguins Lead fifth place Philadelphia by two Points and Trail second place new Jersey by three. Red wings 5, Blackhawk 3 Detroit a Bob proc Rte a second Oal in As Many games since returning rom a one year suspension snapped a tie Midway through the final period As Detroit beat Chicago. Devils 5, flyers 2 Philadelphia a Peter Staisny had a goal and two assists and John Maclean added a goal and an assist As new Jersey dealt a severe blow to the flyers playoff Hopes. Philadelphia fifth in the Patrick division had its three game winning Streak snapped. The devils who had lost their last two games moved three Points in front of third place Washington and Pittsburgh and five ahead of the flyers. Whalers 7, canadians 4 Hartford Conn. A the line of Ron Francis Pat Verbeek and Todd Krygier combined for 12 Points a three goals and nine assists a to spark Hartford by Montreal. Maple Leafs 4, Nordques 3, of Quebec a Mark Osborne scored a goal 49 seconds into the overtime period to give Toronto a Victory Over Quebec. Daniel Marois had tied the game Midway through the third when Vincent Damphousse stole the puck from Craig Wolanin at the Toronto Blue line and sent Marois on a breakaway to beat net minder Ron tug Nutt. Marois also collected an assist on the night. Islanders 5, oilers 5 Edmonton Alberta a Pat Lafon Taine scored his second goal of the game and 51st of the season with 44 seconds left in the third period to give new York a tie with Edmonton. Kings 9, blues 3 Inglewood Calif. A Marty my sorely Luc Robiola Ilsc and Bob Kudelski scored two goals apiece to Lead los Angeles which played without the services of Wayne Gretzky. Gretzky the no la a leading scorer has a strained lower Back and watched the game from owner Bruce Mcnallis Box