27 - Friday, March 16, 1990 - North Shore News

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100,000 EXPECTED FOR LABOR DAY EVENT

Molson indy speeds to Vancouver

THIS COMING Labor Day weekend, Vancouver
streets will echo with the sounds of screaming 750
horsepower racing engines, thousands of cheering
spectators, and hundreds of clanging cash regis-

ters.

The Molson Endy is big-
time auto racing, part of the
Championship Auto Racing
Team (CART) series of 16
races around North America

including the famous In-
dianapolis 500.
Molson Breweries, spon-

sor of the Toronto Molson
Indy, will be the main spon-
sor for the Vancouver event.

Famous racing car drivers
such as Mario Andretti,
Emerson Fittipaldi and Al
Unser Jr. will help to draw
crowds expected to be over
100,000 during the three-day
event.

Opcn-wheeled Indy-type
racing cars capable of 200
mph will streak around a
temporary circuit laid out
around B.C. Place stadium.
Practice, qualifying, and
support races will take place
on Friday, Aug. 31 and
Saturday, Sept. 1. The race
itself will occur on Sunday,
Sept. 2.

The economic benefits for
local businesses, such as
hotels and restaurants, will

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be enormous (race orga-
nizers are praying it won't
rain).

Projected race-related
visitors from Washington,
Oregon, California, Alberta

and B.C. (outside of the
Lower Maintand)
from 10,0060 to 20,000.

The estimated economic
impact of this three-day
event will be between $23.7
and $36 million, most of
which will stay in the Lower
Mainland.

Media coverage of the
race will also give Vancouver
an international profile it
hasn't had since Expo 86.
The race will be nationally
televised on CTV’s Wide
World of Sports and broad-
cast the same day on TSN in
the United States and dozens
of other countries.

For the drivers, too, a
good finishing position in a
race like this could mean a
handsome purse and the at-
teniion of influential team
owners and scouts.

Total prize money for the
16-race CART Indy series is
$17 million U.S.

Local race car driver, Ross
Bentley, sees the Vancouver
Indy race as his chance to
compete against the big
guys.

Ross is Chief Driving In-
structor at ProFormance

range

Driving School and winner
of numerous B.C, champr-
onships in’ Formula Ford,
Formula) Atlantic, Trans
Am, Sports Racing, and en-
durance racing. His ty cur-
rendy lap record holder at
Westwood Motorsports Park
in Coquitlam.

dents will be expecting a tor
from me at the Molson Indy.
1 won't disappoint them!”’
Bentley has hos work cut
out for him. He has to com-
pete against the world's best
Prepared, best sponsored
teams with newer cars. And
he has to qualify for the race

‘“‘Media coverage of the race
will also give Vancouver an
international profile it hasn’t
had since Expo ’86.’’

Bentley will be renting one
of last year’s winning Indy
cars, which comes complete
for this event with spare
Parts, tires, pit crew, and
mechanics.

“This is obviously a
tremendous opportunity for
me to prove to the world
that I can win against the
best,’’ Ross says confidently.

“I know most of my stu-

Poor vision tied to night accidents

IMPROVED HIGHWAY
markings and better
automotive lighting are help-
ing to hold down nighttime
traffic accidents, Dut the
after-dark fatality rate is still

nearly triple the daytime
rate.
While driver condition

(visual acuity, sobriety and
other factors) is a big factor
in this statistical phenome-
non, car condition also plays
a major role. A_ targe
number of cars have one or

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more lights out or have defi-
ciencies in the windshield
wipers and washer system.

With intensified public
awareness measures this
could be prevented. Anyone
capable of driving should be
able to check his or her
lights, windshield wipers and
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danger peoples’ lives
through simple vehicle ne-
giect.

With the fastest growing
segment of our driving pop-
ulation, the older driver,
another factor becomes very
important. Ninety per cent
of all sensory input needed
to drive comes through the
eyes.

But as your eyes change
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glare increases, you need
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find you won't adapt as well
to the dark.

Also, you'll lose some of
your peripheral vision.

It makes sense at any age
to reduce your vulnerability
to an accident.

by posting a fast. enough
time during qualifying
period prior to the race.

Whether he finishes or
not, it’s good to see a local
driver make a serious effort.
I’m sure he'll have thou-
sands of fans cheering him
on, myself included.

To help raise the necessary
sponsorship) funds for
Bentley to compete in the
1990 six-race Canadian
Formula Atlantic series and
the Vancouver Molson Indy
race, a group of Vancouver
business people has formed
The Spirit of Vancouver
Supporter Society,

The society believes that
having a Vancouver driver in
the Molson [Indy race will
create increased local interest
in the event.

Local businesses and indi-
viduals who are interested in
sponsoring Vancouver's In-
dy challenge can purchase
special memberships in the
Spirit of Vancouver Club.
Corporate, VIP, and
Charter memberships in-
clude special passes to the
race, pits and entertainment
packages.

Contact the Spirit of Van-
couver Supporter Society at
671F Market Hill, False
Creek, Vancouver, 6.C.
V5Z 4B5, or phone 876-
6877.

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