European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday january 30, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 25 racing Repurta Popen season the 1991 racing season starts this weekend with the 24 hours of Daytona endurance classic the first round in the International motor sports association Simsa Camel it championship. This year s <5tp series the Isth straight since the formation of Simsa consists of 14 races. The Nissan team will be going All out to make it four titles in a Row. A a Quot. Quot a a a a a a a Nissan a Star Driver the australian Geoff Brabham will be working equally hard to rack up an unprecedented fourth straight Simsa driving championship. Only Brabham and the late Peter Gregg have won three in a Row in i Msal Stop racing division. While the Nissan performance technology team is generally favored to capture another Simsa title this season it is not necessarily favored to win this weekends 24 hours of Daytona. A Nissan prototype has yet to take the Check ered Flag in this race and to fico Jaguar team a Winner the past two years a will be doing its Best to again keep Nissan out of the winners Circle a. A a a. A a a a a a a but the Nissan team whose cars were fastest Dur ing three Days of Daytona practice sessions earlier this month May have one advantage because it will be running its european group c cars. W. A Randy Barnett Simsa has made several Rule changes for this season. One of the changes allows european group c cars to compete in the Simsa Daytona round and the 12 hours of Sebring March 16 for the first time. This was done to attract More european and Japa nose factory entries. The group c cars which Are raced at lemans and the other world championship sport scar rounds will have some fuel and weight restrictions placed on them for the Daytona race although they will have unrestricted turbochargers. The Nissan team has opted to bring its group c prototypes As used at be mans last year to Daytona and defending Champion Brabham and his teammate Chip Robinson will drive one of them. The other car will be driven by indy Winner Arie Luyendyk arid the englishman Julian and Robinson must run under group c rules which specify a limit of 2,600 liners of fuel. Their pit stops will be around 90 seconds because of Gravity fueling. So while the group c cars should be faster than the Camel Ftp prototype cars the Camel Ftp cars should gain at least 60 seconds per pit Stop Simsa officials say. During the 24 hours the group c cars will have to run two seconds a Lap faster to make up for the time lost in pit stops a it should make it interesting strategy Wise a Brabham says. A the group c car is faster in a straight line and it weighs less so Well get better tire life. But the slower pit stops will Hurt us. A but it will be interesting for the fans and it should make for a great a a. A a a a. A a a a a a a a a the porsche 962 cars once All conquering powerhouses but now Over the Hill could win at Daytona because of the reliability Factor. But chances Are that either a Nissan or Jaguar will take the honors and its a toss up Between those teams both with two car entries. ��.�, a Toyota could also prove Tough. That two car team is managed by the great american Driver Dan Gui Peyrone of the Toyota cars is driven by Juan Manuel Fangio ii of Argentina Nephew of the legendary five time world driving Champion. The new yorker Davy Jones who teamed with englishman Andy Wallace arid dutchman Jan Lammers to win last years Daytona classic for Jaguar is listed As the Lead Driver for Tom Walkinshaw a Jaguar squad a. A a.-, a. Jones said a Daytona is a very hard race to begin the season with. The Competition is extremely close and in this Type of race All you can do is set your own Pace have Good teamwork lots of Luck arid Hope you re on the Lead Lap during the list few Walkinshaw a jaguars dominated last year s 24-hour race never relinquishing the Lead after the 15th hour and finishing one two. There Are several porsche entries along with the Nissan Jaguar and Toyota listings. German car entrant Jochen Dauer has scored a publicity coup of some kind by entering two porsche 962s a one for the Andretti family and another for the Unser clan. A a a a a a a a a. A a a a a a g regarding the 1991 Campaign for the Simsa driving championship the defending titleholder Brabham sees rivals on at least four fronts including one from within his own Camp. A winning the Camel it championship three years in a Row is the highlight of my career a he told an Simsa news conference1 recently a but in a not certain by any Means that its going again a look at these Guys a they re great Drivers with Good teams. be difficult to beat. The Winner will be the Driver who is the most consistent and who finishes in the top three on a regular basis. And hell have to win five or six races a or Riviore a to be in the a v a a. A ���."��. Brabham sees his chief rivals As his Nissan teammate Robinson jaguars Jones Toyota a Fangio. Ii and porsche a James Weaver. A any one of them could beat Rise for the championship Quot Brabham said. A my Job is to beat Robinson who finished second to Brabham the past two years won the title in 1987 when he drove for the late Al 1 Colbert a a porsche team but from 19s8 on it has been Brabham s reign. A a a the australian is the son of sir Jack Brabham who won the world driving championship in formula one cars three times. Sir Jack is also the Only formula one Champion to win the title in a car of his own design Llis cars also won the formula one constructors championship in 1966 and 67.a a a a s. A while the Simsa sports car championship is always the Leazott series the world sports car championship does not Start until april 7 at Sumka Japan. A a a a a a a a a there Are nine rounds in this years world Chan Ipi on ship with six of them to be staged in Europe. The 24 hours of be mans is the most prestigious and it has been put Back on world championship status where it belongs. The great French be mans classic will be held june 22-23. Other title rounds arc As follows Italy Mon a. May 5 England Silverstone May 19 France Paul Rienard circuit May 26 Germany curb urging aug. 18 Spain Jerez do la Frontera sept i Canada no site determine sept. 22 and Mexico Mexico City oct 6. A a a a a. A. A Quot a a a. A a / a a a. A a a a where it co this weekend motorcycle fans will want to Check out the International div ice Speedway races in Lynzell Germany. These races arc the final round in the world motorcycle ice racing championship for teams. The cycles Are equipped with studded tires and the racing is spectacular. If you be never seen one Cheek this one out. \. Saturdays program which consists of 20 races starts at 7 ., while sundays program also with 20 races begins at 2 p Practice is scheduled of Friday at 10 . A rid again a t 2 . The three Day act Ion takes place attn Ella a ice stadium. Inzels is located on National route 306, Northwest of bad Reichen Vall. One May also reach Inzels by the much Salzburg autobahn exit inc la Ruh polding in Berlin the sixth and final round in the eighth annual a Dag indoor Motocross Winter cup series will be held saturday in the , with practice and qualifying set from 6 la 9 Ami the official runs starting Al 9 30. The entry features an International Field of riders on 125cc Motocross cycles adar officials in Berlin said 1�?Tuesuay that the program is expected to he sold out by saturday so those interested in attending should Purchase Advance tickets through Friday at either the adar office in Berlin or at the land Hahs. A a z. A -. A. The stare and str pea a. Maier a giant in super g Austria s Ullrike Maier flies to Gold. Edge s France s Carole Merle Saalbach Hinte Glemm Austria up a tuesday s women a super giant slalom brought medals shocks and mixed Fortune for Austria at the world ski championships. Ulrike Maier won the Host nation s third Gold medal Anita Wachter added a Bronze and Star performer Petra Kron Berger injured her knee. It was not yet known if Kronberger the runaway Leader in the world cup and favored to finish near the top of All disciplines will be Able to Start in the remaining two women a races Here a the combined slalom and the giant slalom. Maier became the first woman to successfully defend a super a world championship title and she did it the hard Way. In 1989, Maier won the race and announced she was three months pregnant. She took a year off and. Following injury problems raced one other super g in the intervening two years. A i always knew 1 could do it a Maier said. A but the Way Back was very difficult. I had Many setbacks because of the injuries but \ never once thought i. Would ski championships retire. I never had any doubts that i could get Back to the Maier completed the 1,629-Metur course through 34 Gates in 1 minute 8.72 seconds. Carole Merle of France was Sec Ond in 1 08.83 and Wachter took the Bronze medal in 1 08.85. A i came Here to win a medal and i wanted it to be the Gold a said Merle a two time super a world cup on the top the time difference Between the top three Wras practically the same. 1 raced the rest of the course with a calculated risk and i would have preferred to just give it every thing. A in the finish area when 1 saw i was Only two hundredths Introit of Wachter i thought i had no Chance of finishing on the podium a she added. For the third placed Wachter the Bronze was a timely Confidence builder. A this season has certainly not been optimal for she said. A i have failed to finish twice in the slalom and 1 lacked a lot of while spectators in the finish area looked on horrified the seemingly invincible Kronberger ended the race sprawled across the line with an injured knee. The 21-year-old racer who holds the world cup Lead in the Overall and All disciplines except the combined where she is second lined off the course and was taken straight to the Zell am see Hospital for a rays. 1 she was liter transported to Salzburg for further tests for probable damage. Katrin Guton Sori. An austrian Down Hiiter who races for Germany also crashed and was taken oif the course with suspected left knee ligament damage. Go ten Ohn was also treated at the am see Hospital. A with three golds one Sibr and one bronc Austria continues to consolidate its Lead in the Mydah table. Switzerland is second with Oise Gold and one Silver. There Are four More events to be run a tote second half of the menus and women s combined and the two giant slalom
