Williams Will Appear In Court

Mon., Jan. 6, 1997

Compiled From Wire Services

Frank Williams said he will appear before Italian judges next month to face a manslaughter charge arising out of the death of Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

Although the hearing could be heard in his absence, the wheelchair-bound head of the Williams team said he would be present.

He declined to talk about details of the case, which is expected to be heard in February at Imola, Italy.

Williams and five other members of the team, including design director Adrian Newey and technical manager Patrick Head, have been charged with manslaughter in Senna’s death which occurred at Imola.

The manslaughter charge arises out of allegations that the steering column on Senna’s car may have been badly rewelded after the driver had asked for it to be shortened so he could have a better view of his instrument panel.

M.K. Kanke won the season-opening NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour race, beating Chris Raudman by 2.083 seconds in the Winter Heat race at Tucson Raceway Park in Oxnard, Calif.

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