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Whitby Free Press, 8 Jun 1972, p. 6

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Page 6, Thursday, June 8, 1972, WHI TBY FRE sports MOTORING with Mike Burgess The sec recy surrounding the new L&M Porsche-Audi continues for some unknown reason. i talked to Mark Don- ahue last Thursday (who was in the pro- cess of testing the car at Mosport Park) andwas surprised to find that he would not allow any photographs of the c a r u n v e ili1e d (w i th the engine exposed). In any case I got close enough to con- firm my exclusive report a month ago in m y May 4th colurm n. . that· they have turbocharged the 7 litre (427 c. i.d.) engine. But this apparently is suppos- ed to be a secret. Anyway, Donahue set an unofficial I ap record of one minute, fifteen sec- ondseven (an average of approximately 1 1 8 mph ), an d apparently hitting 205 mph on the straight at Mosport. The of- †Tclial I a p record of 1:15:1 was made by Jackie Stewart last year. Jackie Oliver feels that the Penske Racing Team including Mark Donahue, isjust laying a 'smokescreen', and be- lieves that the tests Donohue has been r un n in g were just to hide Porsche's real in t entions from the press and the opposition. Jackie said: "I think that Stuttgart (of the Porsche team) is work- ingon a brandnew Can-Am car that will appear at the first race." WHITBY SPEED'N CUSTOM WE SELL Hurst Crager Thrush Edelbrock Zoom H 112 Breck St. North Whitby, Ont. 668a olley -5422 C.per thse A- I #ditidn ad Safey Iaspected Best Buysi 1972 Renault 10 Brand new. Fully equipped with disc brakes, radial ply tires, bumper guards etc., and will give over 40 m.p.g. 1971 Ford Pinto's 2 to choose from. 1 sedan and 1 runabout, both immaculate one owner cars,.loaded with options. Lic. 349946, 786613 1971 Toyota Corolla station wagon. Another one owner new car trade-in. Lic. X52310 1968 Rinault 8 4 door sedan. Fully equipped with disc brakes etc. Lic. 52229A 1963 Renault 4 Station Wagon. 4 cylinder, 4 doors, in beautiful shape. Will give up to 50 m.p.g. Lic. X52987 1962 Chevrolet Pick-up. A real nice truck with the long box. Lic. 75397B $2148 $1995 $1995 $995 $395 $595 Maran utoIt 18 -11 The U. O. P. Shadow with Jackie Oliver cubic inch Chev engine. Oliver recently in initial testings of the U.O. P. Shadow, lowered the Lag- unaSeca track record from 58. 25 sec- onds to 57. 25. He al so stated that he is pleasedvvith thedevelopmentot tne sha- dow and he is more worried about the op- posi tion he wiil face from Team McClar- en than from the Penske-Donahue Por- sche. Tal k ing about Team McLaren... Jackie Stewart i s off with a bleeding ulcer and will be replaced by Peter Revson who will team up with Denis Hulme. T h is Thur sday (today)at noonwiil be t h e annual Can-Am parade in Osh- Wrestling dra Over 6 5 0 local fans turned o u t on Sunday, June 4 to welcome the profes- sional wrestler s back to the Whitby Arena for the second time this year. The first match of the evening was between "The Beast" from Hungary and "Chief L i t tle Bear " of the Mic Mac Re- serve. The crowd was disappointed dur- ing this match, as the vili ian (The Beast) defea te d "TheChief" atl13:29 with a back breaker. The third event featured "Terrible Ted", the 600pound wrestling bear who took on "The Wildmani" defeating him aft er on I y 3 minutes and 5 seconds. "Terrible Ted" then took on "The Beast" the referee and two other men, defeating al - "Terrible Ted" is now undefeated in over 1500 pro fights. Themainevent was a 2 out of 3 falls tag team match with a one hour time limit. This bout featured football star A n g e 1 o (Tel It to my face) Mosca and his parnter \/ic Rossatani against "Er- ic the Red" and "Beautiful Bruce Swa- yze ". At 16:05, the villains (Eric and Swayze) took the first fall by defeating Rossatani. The team of Mosca and Ros- satani took the second falli of the match at 2 3: 0 8 by pinning Swayze. Dur ing a battle outside the ring, Mosca hit Eric the Red with a folding chair that he had tkiken from a lady at ringside. While Mosca w as hitting his opposition over the head w i th the chair, his partner behind the wheel, will be using a 525 Photo by Mike *uragtes awa starting and finishing at the Midtown Mail. Fr i da y , June 9th is the display of Can-Am cars at McCallum's Transport the c a r s , crews and interviews with various d r iv ers organized by Oshawav Mo t o r Sport Club in cooperation with theCanadian Race Drivers Association and of course, Labatt's. Aiso on Friday is the opening of qualifying and official practice at Mos- port Park, 2 p. m. And on Sunday is the 'biggie', the Labatt's Blue Can-Am at 2:30 p. m. This 80-lap race (197 miles) will be restric- ted to the fastest 35 cars to qualify! ws large crowd R o s s a t a ni was giving Swayze a good beating with his fists. Asa resulltof the i r batti e outside of the ring, both teams were disqualified. The Midgets The final bout of the evening saw the midgets take to the canvas in a tag team match. The heroes and eventual winn- ers were "Cowboy Lang" and his part- ner Bobo Johnson as they defeated the team of "Little Bruiser" and "Little C r u s h e r ". Cowboy and Bobo won the first fall at 12:05. Crusher and Bruis- er won the second fallati15:12 while Cowboy won the third fall and the match at 19:49. The midgetsare by far the most entertaining wrestlers to take the ring. Cowboy Lang Cowboy Lang is 3 feet Il inches tali and weighs in at 98 pounds. He is from Arm a r o i o Texas and is 23-years-old. H i s mother is a trained nurse, and is 3ft. 8inches tall. Cowboy has two sis- t e r s , one is 3 ft. 6 inches, while the other one is 3 ft. 7 inches. Although Cowboy is one of the smallest midget wrestlers in the world today, he is the f a s t e s t thing to enter t h e ring since Argentina Roca. 1 1 1 8

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