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Whitby Free Press, 6 Jul 1972, p. 8

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Page 8, Thursday, July 6e 1972e WHIT13Y FREE PRESS Spos4 MOTORING with Mike Burgess T h e h o 1 i day weekend was act ion- packed, andMosport Park was the place to be. 1 picked up the action on Satur- day with the Dominion ta Independence Day sprints and the fourth race of the Bulova Series. ln one of the two quai- ifying heats for Formula Fords, Brian Stewart of Pickering drove his PallIiser WDFI ta first place almost six seconds ahead of Lamne Progosh of Ottawa in a Ti t an M k. 6 A. Unfortunately'in the same race Ra y Gray of Whi tby DNF'd a f ter 12 laps and hence was unabl e ta make the feature. Anyway Brian Stewv- a r t drove ta a w e 1 1 deserved second pl1a ce in the final be ing beaten out of firstby a mere nine-tenth of a second! American Nuls Sanborn in a March 729 took top honours. 1In t he S ed an race, Paul Lambke (D a tson 510) shut dov.jn points leader George Comacchio (Fiat 124S)>by a dec- isive fourteen second rnargin. Georqe h as s t iff competition as this is only Paul ' s second race in the series and obviously he's coming on strong! Also on the sedans. ..-I was sorry to sec Don ~Jeyes (Vega) get barred for being too 1 ight. He apparently was aIr ight ta race before, an d did, but I certainly can't understand barring someone vwho isn't close tobeing in contention.. but rules are rules. Canada's 1 i t t 1 e LeMan's, the Sun- dowvn (a six hour endurance race) sawv L ud\v ig Heimrath team up with Roman P echman and Fritz Hochreuter in a Porsche 9115ta take first place from the Bytzek 's (Harry and Klaus) Porsche ,146GT who ý-,ere following close be- hind. Take one look, one test drive -instant love! The beautifual Renault 15 îs the safcty through.thie longest run on the only fronz-whee/ drive -coupé in the toughest road. 1 600cc category. And its other tech- You t2et rerowned Renault com- nical advantaues include radial ply fort too. hecause the I15 is a true, "rio- tires and a self-correcting rear axie. fooling" lour-seater wiffh ample elbovv So it offers superior road-holding and knee room, front and back. ability, for outstanding7 stabilityand Corne fali in love with a new beauty. SEE THE RENAULT 12 THE SMALL CAR 0F THE VEAR Used Car Specials 1971 FORD PINTOS $1895 2 to choose from, 1 sedan & 1 runabout. Immaculate! Lic. 349946, 1971 RENAULT 8 Lic. /1786613 4 doors, 4 speed, over 40 m. p.g9. Real sharp! Lic. 13373A $1495 19683 RENAULT 8 EulIy equipped wlith disc br-akes, etc. Lic. 52229A $995 1965 PONTIAC 2 door, 6 cyl. ,automatic, A-i Lic. 59419A $9 2 BLOCKS . of t WHAT IN THE WORLD IS OXFAM? Travel Agency? Baby food? Airline? Detergent? Development Agency! OXFAM FHE iNIERNAUIOPdAL CDE V L ()PMF PT PEOPL F 97 Eglinton Ave., East Toronto 315, Ontario Keep your papers safe stock, an ici lccert'l'ICate' Skeep thleiri saf1e wlicre no mieC but \t)U ha ý'e cces"' bo t hemu. Put thli ma îid other valtia bis ike jcwlley.too. i n you r ow n safety deposit box\ in the lockedl \aults oif Victoria anid Gr ey Trust Conîpanv. Conivenient, accessible toý you, saile as forizcd steel a nd reiiin Forced concrete can îa k e themi. Victoria aand Girey s .ýl'ety deposit boxes cost you as littie as S5 a y..aîr Get yeuî s nw! VICTIORI[An [0GREY TRUST COMPANY SINCE 188SO 308 DUNDAS ST. W. WHITBY 668-9324 0. M. S. C. member Dal e Nei I wi th- d r ew vh is Honda S600 before the race and wvent on as a third driver for Bob Edison and Patricia Smith in an MGB, but didn't finish. On Sund ay Yvon Duhamel (the 33- year-old French Canadian) decisively won theMotorcycle Grand Prix of Can- ada on a Kawasaki 750 racer. He also placed first i n the 500 cc class. Yvon rides Ka\,-vasak<i in Canada as a member of the Manl ey-Kawvasak i team; and in the U . S. A. for Tcam Hansen Kawasaki. '-lis latest vîctory was a t road Atlanta î nApr ilya nd he has .,!on most of the C a na d i a n races he has entered this year. Monday wNa s the day for the If lying car s' a t Sw iss Chal1e t Park (Hwy. 7) for the third event in the Molson's Can- adi1 an Chall1enge aw,,ards for Off Road Ra cing. L o cal1competi tors incl uded Rober- t H ardy (Oshaw a) and B3riîan S tewv- art (Pr"ickering). The action was urbel- i evabl eas the drivers are getting seas- onedandpushing hard. Spillsand chills wiere plentiful, and upsets were many. Z i ggy Schewrinksi ,vound up winning t h e main feature i n vvhich there were t hr ee ral -avers and one piggy-back ride! THlSSunday is the Nationial Slalom Day with events being held simultan- eously across Canada. Please sec the 'Globe' sports car cal endar for detail1s. 1TiI1 next wveek , Happy Motoriîng!' THE ,FRIENDLY FILEA MARKET "nW. buy and s»Il anythingis 23 PRINCE «ST 725-9783 OSHA-WA BON DED PA VI MG LTD. Drlvsways Parking Lots 3-YEAR GUARANTEE FRE1 ESTIMÂTES TERMS Fer Information Cal 723-5492 Opn 24 Hours BONDED PAVING LTD.

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