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a SN pg Red Nr hd 22- PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, September 9, 1998 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" A SPORTS Cup Lite cars fas t, inexpensive AEE NASCAR fans will get a chance next summer to see replicas of some of their favorite Winston Cup cars, such as Jeff Gordon's #24 Dupont Chev, at Mosport thanks to the MBNA Cup Lites Racing Series. Caesarea's Ron Moore, seen here in a replica of Dale Earnhardt's #3 Good Wrench Chevrolet, is heading up the new Cup Lites Racing series, which he hopes will attract more Canadian drivers to the sport. From Page 21 like the real drivers," said Mr. Moore, adding that Jeff Gordon's #24 Dupont Chev and Dale Earnhardt's #3 Chev were among the first to be. selected. Besides handling the international market- ing and promotions of the series, Mr. Moore will also be behind the wheel of the #18 Interstate Batteries car. And, he says, the MBNA Cup Lites series is a lot easier on the wallet than other circuits. "There's guys who sink $40,000 or $50,000 into Modified cars or DIRT and come home with nothing at the end of the season," he explained. "You can most likely et a whole season out of £25 000 in Cup Lites. Probably with the dollar now, it'll cost around $20,000 for the car -- which is ready to go, all you need to do it paint it - - and then the rest for a travel, gas, and a pair of tires." Races in 1999 will be held throughout the US as well as at Ontario tracks including Mosport, Cayuga, Flamborough, and Shannonville. Plans are also underway for a special race during CART's Molson Indy in Toronto next July. Cup Lite cars weigh in at 850-pounds with a stock 700cc snowmobile engine which produces 135-horse- power at 8,800 RPM and are capable of matching the track times of BGN cars and have even posted quicker times than CAS- CAR machines in timed trials. "These things are bul- letproof; they don't cost much for the season and are all the same. It's the driver's skill that deter- mines the race winners, not a cheque book. "When people first heard of a minicar series some thought it would chintzy, but they're not. They look really good and are inexpensive. They really rocket around the track," he said. "The series so far has been very successful... it's gone beyond our wildest dreams. Attendance is increasing at tracks where the cars go and people are lining up to look at the cars and get autographs from the drivers; that's what this is about. We're going to be a stand-alone driver training series and so far it's started off well." For more information on the MBNA Cup Lites Racing Series call Ron Moore at 986-5656. Ugly Racing at Mosport OSCAAR series wraps up show with plenty of wrecks By John "Wally" Nesbitt From Corner Five Lunacy: (from the Latin word 'Luna' or moon): Insanity/wildly foolish. Mr. Webster's definition was perfectly illustrated last Saturday night as the penultimate night of racing at Mosport Speedway was run under a glorious full moon, with predictable results. The OSCAAR Super Late Models made their third and final appearance at the oval this year in a race that could only be described as an embarrassment to the series. The 50 lap feature slugfest took a full hour to run, being slowed by 10 caution periods. Of the 20 starters, only nine were running at the finish with Joe Gonsalves in the #93 Camaro taking the checkered flag to end the ordeal. Ajax's Rudy Oppersma came home next in line followed by early race leader, Al Thomson. Wayne Isaacs and John Owen rounded out the top five. The ThunderCar heats were run cor- dially enough with wins being earned by Larry MacKenzie, Fred Travis, Craig Perry and points leader Les Stanley. The feature was a different story. Criag Perry quickly jumped into the lead of the 20 lap dash, but early on was shown the black "meatball" flag for a suspected oil leak. When the Whitby driver refused the call to pit, the steady black flag was thrown to the #37 Dodge, mandating a stop in pitlane, a signal which was also ignored. Finally, Perry was disqualified and expelled to the pad- dock. In the meantime, Oshawa's Larry MacKenzie had advanced from his last place starting position into top spot and at the checkers, earned himself the fea- ture win, followed six car lengths back by Shawn Hardy, Les Stanley and Joe Anderson. In the post-race technical inspection, Hardy and Anderson refused the engine teardown and were disquali- fied for the night, moving "Fast Freddy" Travis up into third place. Mosport's Tech Crew, unfortunately, were also involved in the final standings of the Street Stock finale. Bob Kish battled his way to a well deserved win in the feature race, starting the 20 lap run from mid-pack. Hampton's Dennis Mallette crossed the line in second place but was D.Q.'d for having an under- weight car, handing the runnerup position to series points leader, Steve Knab. Jim Rossiter, already credited with two heat wins, was next to finish, but he too was disqualified for an illegal engine (exces- sive compression). This allowed defending champion, Andy Warbutton to move up into the final podium position. At night's end, heat wins in the Street Stock class were awarded to Kish, Knab, Warbutton and Craig Chen. And just to make the night complete, the Mosport Modified division. Oakville's Larry Jackson and Acton's Darrin Wrigglesworth provided the best racing of the evening as these two battled for top spot for 19-1/2 of the 20 lap feature run. Exiting turn two on the final circuit, the two Chevy powered racers touched with Jackson able to carry on to take the victory ahead of Graham and Dwight Brown. Trevor Veitch led Port Perry's Rod Sauder to the line to round out the top five. However, in post race inspection, the Brown brothers along with the #12 of Newmarket's Paul Milligan were dis- qualified for using illegal engine parts, and Janetville's Bob Moxon was elimi- nated for refusing the engine inspection. Somewhere, a fat lady is warming up her vocal chords for the swan song of the 1998 Mosport Speedway season. This Saturday will be the final night of action at the oval and with all four classes in action and four titles to be decided, and the Track Tech Team on a roll, this week- end could be a dandy. It's also Fan Appreciation night, so come early and bring the kids. **After this writing, it was learned that the disqualification of the #82 Street Stock car of Dennis Mallette was being appealed, Stay Tuned...... Forty-year wait finally over From page 21 "I hit it to the right of the pin and at first I thought it was too short and then it curved off and I thought it was over the green but it rolled right into the cup." He compares his ace to the game of curling. "I was very surprised, it was great to see. It's kind of like getting an eight-ender in curling. You only see one or two of them if you're lucky," said the popular owner of Lake Scugog Lumber. Witnessing Mr. Griffen's feat were friends Dr. Robert McNab and Harold Knight. He finished the round with a score of 46. While not a member of the Prince Albert course, Mr. Griffen says he hits the links about twice a week. Also finding himself with an ace this summer was Mr. Griffen's son Ian, who scored a hole-in-one at Wolf Run in late July.