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Port Perry Star, 22 Aug 1979, p. 19

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PLE 95% 0A IM FN EET AER LUIS BEA CR RAVE RF 2X ; A AR EN A IR) 7% a SAR ET ASE SFE PIFRAS AYE H PAPAL RARE RA Id BEAN SE NRFIR IAFF EASE WF WPRETE RESRET AS FES AEMETS FF H- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, August 22, 1979 -- 19 lenty of action at Mosport \ = \ -~ n mS v. i A : x i - \ th i Sa Pp) SG, a . 3 -- Ce ~ of 40 laps in the Formula Atlantic race at Cogan wins close fought Atlantic race Kevin Cogan of California other drivers showed up. took over the Formula Atlan- Moss was a little disap- tic points leadership on Sun- pointed and responded that day with a .216 second vic- the poor weather Saturday tory over fellow-Californian probably scared off most of Jeff Wood. the competitors because the Cogan, who started from vehicles are irreplaceable in grid position No.2 led from the case of an accident. start to finish driving a Ralt ~~ Moss's car, which is powered ) RT-1 with Wood on his ex- bya Corvette engine is worth on haust for the entire 40 laps. about $60,000. -- Tom Gloy of California, But, to appease the crowd, ; the series leader going into the British born driver did a - amt Ti : pr the race at Mosport had a few laps of the track in his RIRBIRC AT ies : number of problems with his vintage car. : : : y . . . . car and came in fourth. Gloy ; Kevin Cogan raced to a first place victory and now leads in series points for the Formula Atlantic crown. has now dropped to second place behind Cogan who has 155 points to Gloy's 145. Jacques Villeneuve, the younger brother of now fam- ous Ferrari Formula 1 driv- er Gilles Villeneuve didn't ave much luck Sunday as his car developed engine problems early and he had to drop out after just four laps. Another disappointment was Howdy Holmes, the 1979 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year who hit the guardrail at the fifth corner on his eighth lap, putting him out of the race. In other action, John Paul of Atlanta was an easy win- ner in the Trans-Am race finishing 43 seconds ahead of Hamilton's Mo Carter. This was Paul's fifth win in seven races during this series. Mo Carter, who finished second was followed over the finish line by Jacques Bien- venue of Granby, Quebec. Last year's champion in the series, Ludwig Heimrath of Scarborough didn't even finish a lap as he pulled his Porsche 935 off the track in protest of the way William Maier cut him off twice. Stirling Moss, a longtime crowd pleaser, who retired from racing following a near fatal accident in 1962, was on hand to drive his 1959 Lister- Corvette in the vintage and historic car race, but no Photos, story by Peter Hvidsten ; The warm weather made Mosport a good place Mark McCaig of Calgary driving a Chevron B45 and John Paul of Atlanta in for more than watching cars. his Ralt RTI round corner three. ESTE I I a NN RB BE BE SE SESE SEAT SE SES SSS SF SSN CI I I A A AE REE A SY SE SE SESE BCI IE 3 BER) FSET FANS » EER

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