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MP pushed
for Molson
Indy start

Brady Fotheringham
Contributing Writer

WHEN Expo 86 with-
ered away 13 years
ago, the land left
behind became an eye-
sore, a legacy of devel-
opmental negiect.

West Vancouver-Sunshine
Coast MP John Reynolds,
then house speaker during
the Socred reign, was instru-
mental in bringing together
interested parties to revitalize
the ailing site, albeit for three
brief days a year.

Reynolds joined a com-
mittee headed by Vancouver
multi-millionaire developer
Jack Poole that included busi-
nessman Bob Cadillac, repre-
sentatives from Molsons and
Championship Auto Racing
Team (CART), all working to
duplicate the race that was
being run in Toronto.

Reynolds had to step
down from the position when
he became minister of the
environment in 1991, but
was there to say “gentlemen
start your engines” for the
inaugural 1990 race.

Now the Molson Indy
Vancouver has generated
more than $200 million in
economic benefits to the
Lower Mainland since the
race’s inception in 1990. The
race this year is expected to
pump $25 million into

fancouver’s economy.

According to Reynolds,
concerns about noise and
traffic disruption by down-
town residents and workers
dissipated after the first race.

With a purse of $20 mil-
lion US being up for grabs
between 30 drivers, the
Vancouver Indy is a fixture on
the CART circuit. It attracted
165,360 people over the
three day event last year.

The race has become both

‘a social and sporting event

with corporate VIP booths,
and yes, Reynolds will be at
the race indulging his thrill
for speed.

Passion
makes |
perfect

From page 28

This spring at Keith Lynn
Alternate school in North
Vancouver, Harrison’
addressed high schooi kids
about the pressures to experi
ment with drugs, part of her
involvement with the Racing
Against Drugs program.

OAS her Web sit says, she
uses the speed and adrenaline
and coolness of auto racing to
help get across the uncoolness
of drugs and alcohol.

Determination, and
responsible saft choices both
on the road and off are what
she hopes will make her a con-
tender, once she ropes in the
obligatory sponsorship moncy
to race in a larger, more
nationally renowned series.