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Two million Canadians have foynd a new weekend winter sport. Snowmobile racing combines all the thrill aspects of car racing, but most events happen on a track where the spectator has the drivers in sight during the whole race. Sure it‘s cold out there at the track. But it‘s colorful and noisy and exciting. â€" e â€" e Ten to twelve of the sleds line up for the start. When the flag drops, off they charge in an unmuted roar that always draws an echoing roar from the crowd. I M + f 1‘ \ , i4 {£~ / * e i4 > / i d | t t xt > $ es ce f \ i/ %, Sie: es t ~al fK y ; s k. k â€" % â€" ; f ie t + 3 7 P ... »P l * \! C ; coge + t ol . j s yoch i ts «C w s & *â€" <*> es .c b 6 s oJ (X§a s id hests hÂ¥ â€" id i * ‘ *‘ 1 Th [3H5: 4 t We s w":’w %, it ie se M € + waluh i o o id 2 + k 94 wy in ~ 2Lo ce uP 32. ' R 6 ~ t \p R yue . a6 s t Bot itac» Â¥. C , ) “ 9 m «#ao w3X ! tio in . 292 o . p ~ pol.â€" ’ gasy \ Web ; 6 w~£'l;~:’: 6 +ds n ks x 4 _ â€" ; e f s 2 o j * l F3 24 "apet x se *A ho s ghvsti * ‘A y lag sA NC a * rastiyite® ~: ; C w *% * * [ o w [ +4 =* S ( m ye o t ~.. > Ts trert # u. J 4 * [ Tib hoi , wakt. n ~ 8 ; hus~ tA 64 fammaets Aifeope J h. i # P MC sprin Je bek s m m‘( 9 x 5x h fl%"% | s Abrerrd a .’ . % *»009 3 t3 + § .,A 0'":: ds ‘ ‘f" . + UiiErier) l > *Tag us Se es 3 ©Sue‘s a is * . â€"« C juff. , «M en AAKNAA more 5196 ie ib perepremegen t aeiene t : Ame in â€"~ 4 C i * Cnneasr a[" en n phits nc are. > s uge tial t â€" ~ i esnt o. ___ ree omm 3 smm numee â€"= Into the first banked bend they go, by now hitting over 60 miles an hour. Some take the bank high, others low. The highbankers drive off and down as the low bankers drive high reaching the back straight. They miss each other by scant inches. Streaking down the back they Out of the hole go the big guns â€"modified E. machines â€" at the Owen Sound meet last winter. The sport attracts thousands of spectators at every meet. Arctic Cat‘s Larry Coulton, a former Kawartha winner, takes the lead in this heat at _ Even teammates get into trouble. These two Rupps managed a slight collision on _ Another action shot shows Andy Van Dolden, the Flying Dutchman of the 0.S.R.F., last season‘s Peterborough racing. The Cats repeated their 1970 win as Roger _ corner three at Huntsville last winter. After the spill and dustâ€"off of snow the drivers _ takes to the outside and zooms past Gord Davies, one of the more popular drivers in Jennsen, a world champion, was overall winner in ‘71. continued their run for the checkered flag. the professional racing circuit. Snowmobile racing â€" fast growing spectator sport Around the turn and into the straight go some of the smaller machines as the professional snowmobile racers test the Owen Sound track at an O.S.R.F. sanctioned meet last season. Westonâ€"York Times Some drive right over the bank and others tumble as machines touch and roll. Death is always present. The sleds come roaring down before the stands and off to repeat the trip three or five times, depending on the event. hit 100 miles an hour, then ease off slightly until they find the line for turns three and four. It‘s all over in minutes when the front man in, after leading by scant inches, gets the checkered flag. Then the next class starts. ~ ; A top snowmobile race meet will draw from 300 to 1000 machines so there‘s plenty of racing all day long, for the whole weekend. Kawartha Cup action at Peterboro shows the snow flying as the racers move through Spills and lost machines are part and parcel of a snowmobile race. The driver can â€" the first turn. Kawartha is Canada‘s most famous race and a must on the pro‘s _ reâ€"enter the run as long as his sled still functions, but catching up to the leaders is calendar. almost impossible. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1971 â€" SECOND SECTION by Reg Fife *"omecy, Even the Governor General tries his hand at the sport. At last year‘s Huntsville Winter Carnival Roland Mitchener gets preâ€"race instructions from Tony Ivanyshan. It‘s no sport for sissies â€" not the way the men race. And some of the women too. The first big meet in the area, the start of the new Triple Crown, is at Peterborough January 8 to 10, followed the next weekend with a two day event at Mosport Park and climaxing at the CNE Stadium the weekend after that, January 22â€"23. Try a weekend of snowmobile race watching. You‘ll wonder what else you‘ve been missing all these years. The discipline is strict. The drivers are excellent. And the machines are the finest that mechanics can make them. Snowmobile racing in Ontario is governed by the Ontario Snowmobile Racing Federation, a nonâ€"profit organization of drivers, that sanctions and runs ,thg actual races around the province. The Westonâ€"York Times, Thursday, December 2, 1971â€"Page 1