20 - Wednesday, June 10, 1987 - North Shore News

Sports —_

ABOUT 3,000 people have already
Signed up to run in the eighth an-
nual Labatt’s Lite 24-Hour Relay
for the B.C. Lions Society for
Crippled Children.

The event, which is scheduled to

Bentley
roars
on to
racing
scene

THE RACING team of Ross
Bentley and North Vancouver's
Bill Johnston has been hailed as an
exciting addition to the B.C.
motorsport community.

President of the West Wind
Development Corporation, the
31-year-old Johnston is entering
his fourth year of automobile rac-
ing cars.

Johnston, who has had a winn-
ing race history, had his best year
season in 1986. After winning the
ICSCC Pacific Northwest Formula
Ford Championship in 1985,
Johnston moved into the Formula
2000 series in 1986. - ;

He dominated the class in the
. Pacific Northwest, winning the
ICSCC_ championship, _finishing
second in the B.C. and Oregon
regional championships and third
in the Oregon region National
points. Johnston was subsequently

invited to compete in the U.S. and |

West Coast SCCA championships.
Bentley, a full-time professional
‘ race driver, has been described by
Autosport. Canada magazine - as
“the next’ Gilles Villeneuve.’* At
. 26, his long list of championships
and awards include Rookie of the
Year in: 1978 and B.C. Champion
every year since.’

“He has “also -won the Profes:
sional Driver of the Year, Com-
petitor of the Year and Best Ap-
pearing Team awards. One of the
most experienced drivers around,
Bentley has raced Trans-Am cars,
Formula -Atlantic and Formula
Fords, sports cars and sedans, and
even oval track Sprint Cars. 2°.

Competition for the 1987 season
for both drivers will include the
Players GM Challenge Series, Na-
tional and: Regional events as well
as several Enduro races. Johnston
will be piloting both: 1 Pontiac
Trans Am and a Formula Ford
2000, while Bentley will be piloting
a Trans Am and a B Class Sports
Racer, .

Bentley and Johnston will be
competing against each other in
the attempt to win the 1987 cham-
pionships. From. there, both will
chase their ultimate goals: to
become Formula One Grand Prix
and Indianapolis drivers.

children

complete in 24 hours (the average
is 200). The starting gun goes at 10
a.m. on Saturday, June 20.

Run for crippled

go June 20 and 21, began in 1980 $56,000 for the Lions society.

with 20 teams of 20 runners raising

Runners collect pledges for their

respective teams based on the For more information

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