Wtdn««*oy, Nbmory 33, WO THf STABS AND STRIPES Racing, Roundup AFCENT-Bitbu Randy Barnet r Prep Cage M R-M IHi SOUTH AFRICAN Grand Prix, first race on the 1»70 By BEN ABRAMS in Class B. The 196t champion been rated one-two. Bitburg s Formula I calendar, is less than two weeks away so it's time Staff Writer Baumhotder But* won only two (or .. brief preview. The season shapes up as the most exciting in Barons h«ve been seeded No 3 nun-. -,oats with at least » cam (most of them new) net to do RHEIN MAIN, Germany (SftS) of 12 games this year and did not and U»e SHAPE Spartans are t! It's USDESEA basketball tourna- qualify for a repeat showing. The ranked fourth. The Wuer/.burg hi(t ( Compare this Jo me starting grid of only U racers for last Seville Toros and Berlin Cubs Waives, Karlsruhe Knight* and >fi.r French Grand Prix. Quite remarkable! After the South ment lime again — and 16 teams in race March 7, the European chane opens April 19 in Madrid, are ready to do battle for the compiled 11-1 records while Sttd Kreaznach Bearkats are lite da** A and Class B champion- winning the Spain and Red Divi- other Class B title aspirants. [0 r, ' •''.HIV. ships at Rhein-Main's Pitts sion titles, respectively, and have First-round games in Class A Mc>si of the excitement has been generated by the new British Memorial Gymnasium. match Lakenheath against Mu- Marrh firm, of ei*rs*, which aas American money behind it in The competition — two sepa- nich (10:30 a.m.), Kaiserslautern ihr form at Andy GraaatelH and STP. March has six earn entered, rate tournaments run concurrent- vs Wiesbaden (130). Madrid afl<1 after looking over World Champion Jackie Stewart's test ly with alternating games start- against Frankfurt (5 .10) and ,jnw.v the March cars wiH he mwre than competitive. They could ing with the Class B match be- Heidelberg against Ixmdon (8 30). ihrir first year wit. in fact tween the AFCENT Vikings and In addition to the AFCKNT-Bit- the Bitburg Barons — com- burg kickoff, the Class B card At {!-,«• Kyalami track near Johannesburg. Stewart got his new mences at 9 am. Thursday. pits Berlin opposite Kurl&ruhe Mar . h . .<r sorted out last week and his times were impressive The Eight games are scheduled for (12:00). SHAPE against Wuerz- f.sst- ; uip at Kyalami is an unofficial 1:19,4, set by Stewart late last Thursday and Friday and the burg (4:00) and Seville against sou1,,n while he was testing tires on a Matra-Ford. The official tournaments conclude with a six- Bad Kreuznaeh (7:06). Kya ..mi record (a record must be set in a race) is also held by game program on Saturday. Heidelberg will be striving for •;.i« at i:2l.f. l*asl week, the Scot was a half-second under his Heidelberg Defends its sixth championship since the OffN' :.:! mark lite first time out, and a day later he got down to Defending champion Heidel- start of competition in 1950 and 1 20 4. more than a second under his official record. Meanwhile berg once again heads the Class should the Uons succeed, they /.r.dander Chris Amon. a March works driver, was turning A field, the Lions having earned will tie Frankfurt for (he most 1 .M ! r his new car. so the Marches will be good, no question about a top seed on the strength of a 12- titles. A successful defense of the that i ''-un^ in continuing this week. 2 record and their second crown will also make the Lions straight Blue Division champion- the first repeaters since Jerry ship. The Kaiserslautern Red Bisson's Kaiserslautern cagers Tht HsM fsr 71 Raiders are seeded second, the turned the trick in 1M€. Kai*er*- So h,n«-- s how things shape up. As of now, March has six earn Munich Mustangs third and Ma- lautern and Wiesbaden own three with Ken Tyrrell having one for Stewart and another for drid Knights, runners-up last crowns and no other school* have scrvoK-Gavin, March has two works cars for Amon and Jo year, are fourth-ranked. won more than once. Munich, Siffrrt. while GranalelU will have one March for American Mario Rounding out the. Class A en- Paris and Stuttgart are the other i. The sixth March won't be ready for South Africa, but it tries are the Lnkcnheath Lanc- schools which have won cham- will .lo the remaining Grands Prix with Ronnie Peterson of Sweden ers, the Wiesbaden Warriors, the pionships. dm m;: The young Swede will be sponsored by firms from his Frankfurt Eagles and the London Previous Wiener* .ind he'll debut at the non-championship "Race of Bobcats. Wuerzburg and Bitburg are the " March 22 at Brawl* Hatch, England. There will be a new champion only teams competing in the 1976 Class B tournament that have Lotus Mill have three »ew ears, 49 &-€* for Jochea Riadt and John won the title previously and each plus a car for private-eatraat Rob Walker who has has achieved thai feat only once <;rabam Hill to do bi» drtvla* for IWt. Hill, badly hart In a Baumholder is the top Qa.ss B rrasb .a (he l'..S. Grand Prix In WaUtfaM Glea, probably won't drive winner with three titles. Drcux ie south Vfrica. Briaa Redman apparently will do that race for and Ciiatcauroux own two H.Ik, r but it's hoped tliai Graham wffl be set far Madrid. LOCAL championships and Orleans, Augsburg, Camp Darby arid TV :H"W Ferraris are finally ready and they'll be driven by Jackie Heidelberg have won Class B 1< kv ..n i probably "Naoni" Galli. Anotlitr brand new one from Italy laurel* once. is (he DC Tomaso for private-entrant Frank Williams with Piers Seville's Tom Dunlap head* a Cour.uic driving. Courage tested the Ford-Cosworth powered car Tom Danlap cast of talented performers who last u'«*»>k on the Valletunga course near Rome, and the De Tomaso . 34.5 average will be displaying their ware*, in is now in South Africa. the tournament. Dunlap, a 64 Thr Mcl^tren team is the same, with Bruce McLaren and Kenny junior, averaged 34 5 points a Huimr >•<•( to go in the new MHAs. Jack Brabham, meanwhile, has game for coach John Roussos. the new UT3Js ready for himself and German Rolf Storamelen. He averaged 33 points a uume BUM, which fared so poorly last year, has two brand new Vlf cars, USAFE Cagers Lose 1st against Class A entry Madrid as d*<. limited type 153, ready for Jackte Oliver and Pedro Rodriguez, the Toros took three out of four *nh „ Kurd car planned for Canadian driver George Eaton. BRM from the Knights en route to the also w i contest the Can- AID series this ytar. Spain Division title. Matru, last year's world dkamptea eoastmctors. have their new Game in AF Tournament Madrid brings a couple of fine MS128S »ith tbe Freaca Vtl eagiaes at Kyalami aad their top performers back to tournament J ran Pierre Bettefae, has beea testing it at competitive SHEPPARD AIR FORCE Strategic Air Command downed competition. Al Hoey played on ike oiiwr Malra will be Henri Pescaroio. BASE, Tex. (Special) — U.S. Air Alaskan Air Command and Air the Madrid team which finished Forces in Europe dropped into Training Command knocked off second last year and Larry Bol- . Surtees, who had no luck last year with BRM, will race as a the loser's bracket of the Air Air Force Assistance Command. ster performed for Bitburg in the '. entrant this season and will contest the South African GP in Force Worldwide Basketball 1969 tournament, before trans- ;< M< !..irf*n. He will do the remaining Grands Prix in a car of his Tournament Monday night after ferring to Madrid for his senior o*n i' IKTI Another Formula 1 entry is the McLaren Alfa, to be suffering a 98 to 88 loss at the year, on-.. •!- by Italy's Andrea de Adamicb, hands of the Air Force Logistics U.S. Tops Japan Hot U<M Trio Command. Heidelberg marched to the Kn-.-pi for the BRMs. Ferrari*. Matras, and the MrUrea-AVa, all The defeat sent USAFE into a In World Hockey Blue Division championship on rars on the GP grids will be |»wered by the famous Ford-Co* worth loser's bracket clash with Aero- the strength of the shooting and 3-lilrr . -ngiae*. space Defense Command Tues- rebounding of Kent Paul, Russell day at noon. Ricks and Everett Cunningham. Group I Contest Kent averaged 18.5 points a AmoD to Kwp*• Busy•—• Meanwhile, Pacific Air Forces, from UPI Dispatches I'-ms of interest: American Masten Gregory, an institution beaten earlier in the day by the game, Ricks followed with a is 3 A The United States, paced by mark and Cunningham hit at a "r!d of racing, will have a works drive this year for Alfa same Logistics club, was head- a hat trick by Herb Brooks, out- 11.7 pace, contesting in World Championship Group 6 (prototype) ing into a loser's bracket tilt •iregory will drive the 3-ltter, V8 Alfu sports-prototype with skated and outshot Japan Tues Dave Gwodzik sparkled for against Alaskan Air Command day for an easy 11-1 victory in a Munich and Carl Van Pelt was li"'emansof Holland.