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sabi sain anand: Sia h. + ATR ate PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 1, 1998 - 21 PORT PERRY STAR SP Lawn bowling season draws to a close in Port Perry By N.R. Caswell As the bowling season draws to a close, we can look back on a great summer of tournament and club play. A few evenings were cancelled due to the wet weather but with so many opportunities to compete during the week, all members could play quite regularly. As always, the willingness of so many of the members to give a hand when needed was appreciated and added immensely to the appearance of our club. At the risk of omitting some who have given more of their time and efforts, a thank you to the Burrells for the excellent care to the greens and looking after the Sunday bowling. To Marta Gill for yeoman service as tournament secretary in arranging teams to compete with bowlers from other clubs in our area. To Hazel Leger for the wonderful job with the flowers that have added so much to the appearance of the club property and to all the members that worked in the kitchen and those that volunteered for lawn cutting and trimming and the many members that were active in helping to make our club so comfortable A highlight of the year wag the anniversary tourna- ment which included an excellent dinner supplied by the ladies of the club. It was fitting that we combined the Love cup tournament with the anniversary tourna- ment in memory of Grace Love who passed away recently. Grace was an active member of the bowling club dating back to the mid-1930s and it was only in recent years that she limited her activities and playing time. The Burrells looked after the tournament play and the dinner so hats off to them and all who helped to make it such a delightful day. Many of the Bowling Clubs that the Port Perry Club competes with in tournaments are looking for new members to keep their annual fees at a reasonable level. We are very fortunate to have a relatively large group and we certainly hope to see all of these bowlers as members for the 1999 season. A special thanks to the many tournament sponsors that over the years, have supported our club with tro- phies and plaques to give the winners of the tourna- ments. We applaud their loyalty and look forward to many more years of association with them. In closing, a reminder of the fall general meeting which will be held at the club house on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. We are looking forward to seeing all those that are able to attend. READY TO ROLL: After a brief caution period the UAP/NAPA CASCAR 300 feature gets back underway Sunday afternoon. Uxbridge's Scott Maxwell grabbed the sixth spot on the starting CHRIS HALL / PORT PERRY STAR grid, but quickly made his way up to the front -- seen above in his #68 Ford Taurus STP car -- where he stayed for good as he held on to win the event with less than 10 laps to go. Port players getting set to hit the ice We are looking forward to a very successful year in Port Perry. The Executive is working hard already at getting operations, devel- opment and fundraising off to a great start. There are a lot of dedicated people who put in countless hours to let your children enjoy the great game of hockey. If y®u want to get involved leave a message on the voice mail or let someone on the Board of Directors know how you would like to help out. Registration was held last weekend. If you are not registered you can not Power Skate. There will be absolutely no registra- tion during power date on Tuesday, September 15 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Remember it will cost you another $25.00 per player at that time. Power skating schedules are at Pineridge Sports for those of you who made use of the mail in registration. Power skating starts Tuesday, Sept. 8 with Minor Novices (1990) at 5 p.m. and Major Novices (1989) at 5:55 p.m. The Minor Pee Wees (1986) take to the ice at 7 p.m. and the Major Pee Wees (1985) go on at 7:55. Juvenile players must be registered as of September 7. We will hold the cheques until we know if there are enough players to form a team. If there is not enough interest we will forward your cheques back to you. Please make sure you are registered before that date. We need to know if we are going to ice a team Turn to Page 22 Uxbridge resident wins the UAP/NAPA feature Maxwell takes the checkered flag at Mosport"s CASCAR feature By John "Wally" Nesbitt From Corner Five In the past month, Scott Maxwell has endured the typical emotional roller coaster ride experienced by all professional race car drivers. In Trois Rivieres, Scott had a wreck that destroyed his Motorola Cup Mustang and left him physically battered. Two weeks later he suffered through another miserable weekend at Watkins Glen. Fortunately, his next on-track experience would be at his home circuit of Mosport Park. Invited to participate in the UAP/NAPA CASCAR stock car event, Maxwell eagerly agreed and then proceeded to spend the weekend offering fellow participants long range views of his disappearing tail lights. Warming up for his CASCAR debut, Maxwell took part in the Canadian GT Challenge Cup race, qualifying the MultiMatic Mustang GT-1 car on the front row beside the million dollar Porsche 911 of Klaus Bytzek. One hour, one pit stop and 34 laps later, the silver and red Mustang took the checkered flag and the win 26 seconds ahead of the dominating Porsche. And then it was time for the fea- ture event. Maxwell had only 25 practice laps in the STP sponsored Ford Taurus stock car, but his years of experience at Mosport allowed him to post the fifth fastest qualifying time. In his 30 minute, grid setting, heat race the Uxbridge resident finished second to race favorite Robin Buck, which gave him the third grid position in the 31 car field. From the drop of the green flag, it was evident that this would be a two car battle. Buck, in his UAP/NAPA Grand Prix, jumped into the early lead and had Maxwell's Taurus on his back bumper at the end of the first lap. The two exchanged the lead twice more before a full course caution was declared on lap 12 to remove the Monte Carlo of Joe Gonsalves from the tire barrier at turn nine. The green flag flew five laps later and saw Buck and Maxwell streak off into the distance. The two Mosport veterans contin- ued their domination through the pit-stop sequence and on to lap 54 when the pace car was once again called into service. Former CASCAR champion Peter Gibbons had stuffed his Monte Carlo into the turn two tires resulting in a nine lap caution period. Once more under green and with 10 laps to go, Maxwell exacted the seventh and final lead change, muscling past Buck at the top of turn two. At the checkered flag, Maxwell had stretched his advantage to 13 seconds over the fading Buck. Barrie's Alan Turner, western driver Wade Lee and Mount Albert's Kerry Micks finished bumper to bumper, rounding out the top five. "I think the tires made the real difference between us," explained a tired Maxwell. "I could see that Robin was sliding around a lot and I was able to launch better out of the cor- ners." He continued, "This was a one-off race for me, and it was a lot of fun! [f they want me, I'll come back any- time." The UAP/NAPA CASCAR National Super Series concludes next weekend at Delaware Speedway, outside of London.