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ROB Isaac, of North Van,
ranks his appearance in
last. year's. Vancouver
indy as his best drving
competition. He cem-
petes again this year.

NAME: Rob Isaac
“AGE: 39°
RESIDENCE: North
‘Vancouver
OCCUPATION:
Investment adviser
FAMILY: Married, one
deughter
EVENT: Invitational
Sports Car race, Aug. 30,
)
’’ VEHICLE: 1988
_Mazda RX7
CLASS: IP2
YEARS RACING: Once

Introduced to the sport
through fellow North
Shore driver Brian
Bradley. Attended the
ProFormance Racing
School in 1995.
QUOTE: “The biggest
benefits I get from rac-
ing are the great support
of everyone at the races
and the enthusiasm of all
the support workers.”
FUTURE RACING
PLANS: “Id like to race
Club Ford events.”

Indy racing has
a long history

DESPITE the fact this
. weekend’s Vancouver
Indy is the seventh

=: annual race, the

“ IndyCar series has a
:; long and storied past.

Sanctioned as early as the
1955 race season, the Indy
Car World Series was fornsed
Nov. 25, 1978, as 18 car
owners banded together as
wthe ~ Championship Auto
* Racing Teams Inc. (CART).

The first race for CART
ran on March Ti, 1979: a
150-mile race at Phoenix

Bs International Raceway. Rick

Mears would win this first
.face and go on to win nwo

“more and capture the title of

vIndy Car champion along
with $400,000.

“hate thar year, PPG
* Endustries announced — it

would be the title sponsor of
the 1980 Indy Car World
Series, a relationship the com-
pany has continued ever
since.

At the end of the 1989
nicing season, team owners
restructured and expanded

the board of directors of

CART to inelude all team
owners who owned one or

more of the 24 shares of

CART,

At the start of the 1992
season, “IndyCar™ was offi-
cially introduced as the new
brand name for the sport.

In 1995, competition on
the track was better than ever
and record) attendance was
reported at nearly every track.

~ One in four households in
the U.S. warched Indy car
racing on television while
internationally the races were
broadcast in 187 countries.

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diesel equipped vehicles. Ask for details

d Includes: Labour to install
new spark plugs; Perform
cylinder balance test;
heck and adjust timing:
Check and test H.T.
wiring, distributor cap, : OR LESS
rotor; Check PC.V, valve; MOST 4-CYL.
Check and adjust idle _ PLUS TAXES
speeds (rpm's); Final igni-
tion system analysis;
Road test. Most cars &
light pick-ups. Vans and
1 mini-vans extra. Ask for
details.

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parts exira

AirCare

Repair Centres

OR LESS
MOST 6-CYL,
V6 & V8 CARS &
PLUS TAXES

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