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 . .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 UMasten 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. Tuesday at 8 a.m. group BBB World Ice Hockey the top scorer for Kaiserslautern Amon will keep busy to say the least. Along with his duties Down by Only Oae h Formula I works driver, Amon will contest the Can-Am Championships match at Bucha- as the Mustangs and Red •i a March-Chevrolet, and he's also entered at Indianapolis in USAFE trailed by only a point. rest Raiders tied for second, one Mt-I.aren Indy car along with Denny Hulme. McLaren, who 44-43, at the half and stayed close The U.S. squad jumped into a game behind Heidelberg, in the UP about 1310,998 or io in Can-Am gold last year, sees no until the final three minutes. 4-1 lead in the first period, added Blue Division. «hy he shouldn't make an effort to cash in on Indianapolis, AKLC's Cliff Parsons poured in three spoals In the second stanza Other boys who played ' ;»rs could do it, you know. 28 points to lead all scorers. and finished off with four more prominent roles as their teams An ; aUo will have a few Formula 2 drives in one of the new USAFE employed a zone de- in the final 20 minutes. Clinched berths in the tourna- F 2 worka ears, alternating with Ronnie Peterson. The fense against Parsons, a ft-10 Bight nations—Bulgaria, Switz- ments included Berlin's Cleo ' works driver wilt be Britain's Malcolm Guthne, who will center, but mostly to no avail. erland, West Germany, Japan, Johnson, SHAPE'S Dave Emer- run ; Yugoslavia. Norway, the United son and Sam Eraec, APCENTs wo -car March Formula 2 team. Bobbie Taylor paced the US- States and Romania—are taking Vern Hargray, Bitburg s Mike AFE attack with 24 points, while part in the group B play. The ,"""> l«-i»ggries( Germany, McNamara Racing has announced teammates Jerry Schofield and Ma why and Chuck Lindsay, taat Wi-rner RHdl and Helmut Marko will compete In McNamara Norm Keseric chipped in with 15 winning team gains promotion Wuerzburg's Gary Williams and '* 3s throttghoBl Europe and they will be entered by the very and 14 points, respectively. to next year's AAA group. Ruftis Giliiams and Frankfurt's fl'l Roy Wmkelmaaji Racing outfit of England. Racing in In addition to Brooks' three Mike Bettez and Pat Mctlowan. J 3 us a direct McNamara work* entry will be Germany s Defending Air Force cage goals. Len Ulyhoim and Gary Mohr, seeking a comeback after Injuries sidelined him last champs, Military Airlift Com- Cambucci each scored twice for 8th Dtv Seeks Coach mand, easily won their first tour- the U.S. and Keith Christansen, BAD KREUZNACH, Germany 'n"'ri•':» >«lso an unconfirmed rumor (now that's real speculation) nament test, downing United Larry Stordahl, George Konik (Special) — The 8th Inf Div is r" -i> Namara will field two Formula 1 cars in 1§71. marking a Command. 103 to 90. and Bryan Grand each tallied looking for a baseball coach Per- r Ron Richard led the MAC of- once. sonnel in the command inter- " " HI return to Grand Prix racing. The cars would be a« alj- fense with 25 points, while Lou In another group B game Tues- *nt.,-, effort, made in Germany, driven by two Germans, and an ested in heading the Pathfinder '"'•U 'lerraan sponsorship. Sims pitched in 22 for the losers. day Switzerland beat Bulgaria, team should call Bad Kreuznach 1 "4^ .»•> if the 70s will be super for all of us fanatics. In other late games Monday, »* * » military 7794 or 8467.