28 - Friday, November 2, 1990 - North Shore News

THE CANON EOS/kKokanee
Beer/Com-West Radio race team
of Andy Mahood was in action
Oct. 7 at the East-West Shootout,
the final event of the 1990
Player's Ltd./GM Motorsport
Series at Coquitlam’s Westwood
Motorsport Park.

Simply qualifying for the se-
cond annual $50,000 national
piayoff was tough enough;
Mahood having to finish the regu-
lar season in the top 12 of over 50
drivers across the country. And
tight from the green flag, it was
obvious Mahood was in against
the toughest competition he’d ever
faced.

Starting in the sixth row of an
extremely fast grid, Mahood
stared at a lot of rear bumpers at
the outset of the 30-lap feature.
which will be televised nationally
on CTY’s Wide World of Sports
later in the year.

“The race itself was a chance to
make up for some dismal quali-
fying,*’ said the 34-year-old driver
later, in reference to some com-
paratively slow times he’d turned
in pre-race qualifying sessions one
day previous.

“But we went with older tires in
our morning warm-up, and hit
some much better times. I figured
I'd move through the pack once
the race had begun.”’

And, true to his words,
Mahood had moved from 12th to
10th in the first half dozen laps,
and looked to be gaining ground
on the mid pack.

Meanwhile, up front, a titanic
battle was being waged between
western Canadian regular season
champ Frank Allers, and eastern
top-gun, Richard Spenard. But the
paint being exchanged in the lead
confrontation was nothing in
comparison to the experience
Mahoed was about to encounter.

in hard braking for the Turn 4
hairpin corner, Mahocd was set
upon by the Camaro of Edmon-
ton’s Kevin Dowler. Dowler’s
nose rammed the passenger door
of the black Canon/Kokanee
machine, sending shards of glass
throughout the cockpit, and leav-
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Accident bumps Mahood into 10th place

Mahood’s suddenly non-
aerodynamic right side.

“Kevin forgot to brake. He
must've been 15 car lengths
behind me as [| slowed (for the
tight turn). But suddenly, there he
was. The next thing | knew, his
car was in my passenger door.

“The rest of the race was pretty
lousy. That broken window
allowed a lot of air in, rather than
past, the car.”"

Tony Morris slipped by during
this incident, and Mahood was in
lth to stay, although Ontario's

Ken Wilden was later disqualified
for a ride height violation, bump-
ing Mahood to his final placing.
10th.

“LT guess we'll never know how
t would’ve done without that ac-
cident," lamented Mahood tater,
“but the front guys were very fast
today."

indeed, eventual race winner
Spenard would set an all-time
fastest lap for these showroom
stock Camaros and Firebirds on
the way to his $25,000 first place
prize. Allers, bumped off the

track in the heat of battle, never
recovered his lead status. but re-
mained top western) finisher. in
4th.

Mahood expressed appreciation
after the race, ‘*) really have to
thank my sponsors — Canon,
Kokanee, Com-West. Rock 1040
Radio, Variety Club, and Port
Chev-Olds for helping me to get
to this shootout. They're all top
flight organizations, and have
helped me in just about every
possible way this season."’
Mahood then noted that, ‘Next

season is only six months away."

Unfortunately, the shootout
may be the last pro race, or any
trace to be held at the Westwood
facility. Bulldozers are set to move
in early next spring to build even
more houses than are presently
being constructed in that rapidly
developing area.

Westwood Motorsport Park,
the oldest purpose-built racing fa-
cility in| North America, will be
sorely missed by all who have
competed there in the last 30-plus
years.

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