NV driver qualifies for East-West She

WESTWOOD MOTORSFORT
Park in Coquitlam was the scene
of Part 4 of the 1989 Pleyer’s
Ltd./GM Motorsport Series West,
and was witness to seme of the
most frantic action yet seen in this
year’s competition.

Twenty Camaros and one
Firebird hit the track for the 3:30
start, in scorching temperatures.

Although the upcoming race-
long duel between Coquitian’s
Frank Allers and Kevin Dowler of
Edmonton was one cf the most
hotly contested in recent memory,
the four-car scrap for sixth place
featured more position shuffling
aad hard knocks than you could
shake a bent GM at.

North Vancouver driver Andy
Mahood was in the eye of this
storm, challenging the likes of
pre-race serics point leader Trevor
Seibert of Williams Lake, and
Albertans John Simonsen and Car!
Harr.

Mahood’s IROC-Z had qualified
eighth for the August 6 contest,
and a position upgrade would be
needed in order to compete at the
East-West Shootout October in
Montreal. :

Mahood took a_ conservative
style in the opening laps, hoping to
save the equipment for late race
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In Lap 6, the ex-Formula 1600
champ’s strategy paid off as a hor-
tific crash involving Calgary’s
Wade Lee and the pit wall halted
proceedings for half an hour.

At the restart, Mahood knew his
surrounding competition had burnt
out a good amount of brakes and
tires, and, as the race progressed,
he pushed harder and harder.

The four-car warfare came to 2
head mid-race, as Mahood’:
Camaro followed Harr irto the
hairpin. Seibert was magnetized to
Mahood’s rear, coming in too hot.

Harr would experience heat in-
duced stalling in front and
Mahood had no choice but to take
his lumps, front and rear.

However, he kept his car
straight and continued in seventh.
The dives and fakes continued,
though, each challenging the other
in a game of chicken.

But on the race’s final circuit,
Mahood faked outside, moved in-
side, and riarrowly squeaked by
Harr to take sixth place at the flag,
a jump of two positions from
qualifying status.

Mahood Formula Racing’s con-
sistent results now have the team in
fifth place. The top six finishers at
season end will attend the
shootout.

Race 5 of the seven-event series
goes Aug. 20 in Calgary.

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NORTH VANCOUVER’S Andy Mahood is neck and neck out of a hairpin turn during the recent 1989 Player's
Ltd./GM Moitesrsport Series West.

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