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Whitby Free Press, 29 Aug 1979, p. 14

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PAGE 14 WEDNESDAY. AUGliUST 29,,1979..WIJITBY FREE PMESS Soeof the action at laetl Saturday's go-kart racé m'eet I » YOU DON'T PAY F OR YOUR MISTAKESý «t Woou* bringin a roiliof»film to bo prooessed, wo ,charge you ONLY FRTHIE P#UNTS -THAT COMIE'OUlT -MVV'l aloo, 1* thore'to givèé you f'riendUy,~ professional advice (if you ant it) nd Show yoû .wws you Madeyour mistako.< MOBOO-Tho gp nl ro Dlo i m3BM ,PHOTOGRAPHY 1318BROOK 8TREIET NORTH WHITBV "668611,1 Mon; Wd, 9 » thuR% ps,Wri9.8;sas3o.5 LISTEN TO COUNTRY. MUSIC oNuAIO1 CR00> COUNTRY 0400' c *0 o o o GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC Rloturn the attacheci coupon tlo: '97 McMastier Avenue, Ajax LiS 2E6 If you are not a mramber of CHOO Country CIuD, Join now and become eliçgable to win a trip to Wheeling , West Virgina, as wel as other exciting prizes. NA.VIE ,POSTAL CODEF Vour Favourite Country Artist -3. BIRTHDAY Karingisfun, By MICHAEL KNELL Free Press Staff Go-karting and Family Kartways has been -the. sub- jeet of oontroversy in Whitby of late. However, flot- too many people are a.ware -that go- karting.-is "a fast-growing, sport, practised by .peopleof al agesýand ail walks of. life., ý Karting, as> memzbers'of the sport rrefer to it, isa late entry inpto the motor ýracing, fraternjty.' Akart, is a> miniature sports car made, essentially, from steel tubing and small, displacement ,,engine witb * both 'a0.Ibrake' and'steering system .Karts have the ,abi-, lity to týavel1 around'winding I acks t higb speeds. The tistory of karting býeginsin California in 1956 in local- parking where. early enthusiasts used. home-built karts, powered by, chainsaw or lawnmower engines., There are now types of go-karting -practised,,at Family Kartways; karting, for fun and competitive racinâ; Karting.for fun is done. by, famiies, -off -the street, 80 to speak, using karts.,that may 'be rented.î They'ý goý at their own'speed (which is ýneyer .faster than '22-26 mý.p.h. because the karts are'built like that) and simply enjoy the feeling. Competitive racing, .is -practised tbrough many clubs. and is for .,,te more experienced, more interes- ted go-karters. ýThere are three types of competitive karting, al de- termined by the kind ý,of vehicle used. .< The most expensive 'and fastest kind of go-kartinig is the 2 cycle enduro.. This vebicle is drivenlaying down and bas larger, side mounted' engines capable over'travel- ling at over 150 m.p.h... The co mpletekatchsi and. engine (but excluding maintena 'nce) is $2,000 and the w inner. 1of' a- race. is determined bythe greatest number of laps,per hour.. Anotherý-type. o f competi- tive karting i s-,the two cycle sprin t. These ka rts' are set up for quick acceleration over a course-,that is only .25 wto 5 mil1e s a nd Îrace îconsis ts of Si te, tenlaps over three beats. The coat of this vehicle is $1,500 excluding mainte- nance. The most popular form of karting, and thié one practi- sed at Whitby's. Faniily. Kartways is the four cycle sprint. The cars are powered by five horsepower four cycle Honda engines and their popularity is due te le price of the vehicle, theystartat, around $500 and cost only about $100 a year to maintamn. These-littie karts are the. ones used by The Whitby Kart Club, a non-profit orga- nization that promotes, runs and organizes races and the sport of karting in general. At present there are 517 or so members of the club, according to race director, Bob Clark, who is a member of the family that owns Family Kartways as well as being general manager of the firm tha t. makes go-karts in Whitby, FKL Manufactu-« ring. There are three division s in the club for racers. First, the Junior Stock for, ages 8-15, but the minimum, weight of kart and- driver must not be less tban 265 lbs. The class is divided into four divisions-numbered A te- D respectively. Drivers start at the bottom (D division). and work their way- up by finishing eitber first second,' or third in a race. Tbey also' move down if they finish last, second for, third last.ý This is also true of the next class, the Senior Stock for' those who are 16' and over and bave, a minimum-kart and driver weigbt of 365 Ibs. The fastest of the four cycle sprint- racing Is the Dual Stock classa. The speed- of the karts comies frnm twoý CM CONT'D ON PAGE 15 .**~ CRPOATINOF THE TOWN 0F WHITBY NOTICE 0F'.INTENTION NOTIC E is hereby -given that the Council of the Corporation of, the Town of Whltby intends f0 pass a By.-law f0 s top up, close and seli thatuntravelled public hi hway municipally, known, as Beech Street, lylng between Brock Street and Perry Street bounded on the north by properties owned by the Town of Whltby and the Canadian Paciflc Railway and on the south by properties munlcipally known as,641 Brock Street N. and,700 Perry Street, and designated as parts 1,2,3,4,5,6, and 7 on a Plan of Survey deposlted ln the Registry Office for the Registry Division of Durham (No. 40) as Plan 40R-5243. "B.BEEH ST SROAO rt-~ t ALLOWANCE AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the, Operations Commnittee 0f the Council of the Town'0f Whitby will, al the hour of 7:30 p.m. on the 17th day of September, 1979 in Committee Room No. 2 of the Municipal Building, 575 Rossland.Road East, Whitby, Ontario, hear in person or by his tounsel, solicitor, or agent, any person who dla ims his land wlll be preludlcally affected by such By-law and who applies to, be heard. Dated al Whitby, Ontario 1h15 BIh day crf August, A.D., *Wm. H. Wallace,.A.M.C.T., C.M.C., Ci erk-Adminlstrator, The Corporation of the Town 0f Whltby 575 Rossland Road East, Whlfby, Ontario LN2M8

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