OU eA NS OPT nas aN RE TN AN TEE A AMMAR MS ATES EEE SS I aR MET ERA A HOT SE RATAN EN AIS MAE BIR MGT SM ROAME AN, 2E SRM ne ti i een Dew oa . t o -eeeeemeneinenme rience geist Afatennne _ Page BA, August 1, 1979- North Shore News Driving in. the Formula Vee series not only. provides ——- . - goodracing, it also gives one a chance to learn how to prepare a car properly. That is the opinion of Marty Knoll, a North Shore a resident, who, while he has done most of his racing in Michigan, now races throughout the west coast. car, bought in Toronto and known as an Exford 77-1, after the name of the street . the builder-lived on;-and the year it was completed. _ The car, as are all other Vee's, is based on a 1200 cc VW engine and transaxle that is bolted into a tubular the way it faces in a normal VW. The only changes allowable to the engine lie in the line of efforts to. keep it ‘ alive at 6,000 rpm, Knoll - Says. _ The i inexpensive way - Knoll_races a home-built - -«- Space frame backwards to qnalifying lap times.’ He attributes three months winter work-on the car to taking it from. last year’s last spot placings, to this year’s second-place finishes. Knoll participates in the Sports Car Club of B.C. series, at Westwood Motorsport Park, as well as racing at Seattle In- ternational Raceway, and he. also has plans ‘to try the Portland, . Oregon, and Victoria, tracks as well. ‘Nothing can -beat the « thrill of close competition, ‘especially when the_cars-a so evenly matched. Whole Starting grids are sometimes seperated by only a few seconds difference’ in Knoll describes _ slip- streaming in a field of twenty cars, with mere inches between his car and the car ahead, at speeds hovering For the 1979 season, Knoll disassembled the entire car down to the -bare chassis, stripped some 110 pounds of excess weight, and reassembled the entire thing with a freshly rebuilt engine. As well, Knoll devised a new rear bodywork, which is at{%@) gs rFerouynamic; ZR5L8 refabricated the side panels. ‘The 1979 B.C. Grand Prix Men’s Tennis Circuit Championships are producing some interesting results with progressive point totals placing Ian Brady in First place in Mens Singles with 140 points and in first place in Mens Doubles with 200 points. Ian Brady, Lions Gate Racquets Club Resident Pro scored a triple crown victory in Grand Prix No. 5 at North Shore Winter Club Open Championship this month. The finals will be held September 7 thru 9 at Lions Gate Racquets Club on the North Shore. Friday Sep- tember 7 from 6:30 P.M: . ee tail PET’ a - samba” eee nae ate ar: Oe ee = Ke ptenibeRy oni ars SO". p.m. Other contenders to watch in this years’ Singles Finals tmmechate cash for clean well marmntained fiber glass powerboats 20-30 feet Sea Ray Bayliner & Viestile styles Must be realistically priced Prone Gul Smith 684.6113 eves | 922 5502 Dominion Yacht Sales A Division of Domimon Vancouver Motare ~ around 100 m.p.h. Given a_ good long straight, he says cars can be driven as fast as 130 m.p-h. Kner we eae on a low budget oll says one can do ‘no © better than Formula Vee. ‘For me," he says; ‘this is [he Panzauion OF a dream ' come true.” nn NV pro leads tennis are Don McCormick, Bob Bardsley, Dave Johnson, Mark Roberts, Arthur June and Les Sallay. , The finals at Lions Gate are being televised and are open to the public. i Kan eSDE BOTTLED InN BOND CRE SO we Eo MN mw, . a. : MASA at date STANDING BY HIS Formula Vee is North Van's Marty Knoll. (Courtesy Wildman photo} rie ie in