38 ~ Friday, September 19, 1997 -- North Shore News

Weekend of racing
at Mission track

AFTER standing on
the sidelines at the
recent Molson Indy
Vancouver, local racers
are anxious to get back
on the track this week-
end as the Sperts Car
Club of B.C. (SCCBC)
hosts the final
Canadian round of the
International
Conference
Championship.

Over 120 teams from
across the Pacific. Northwest
are expecied to attend the
weekend event at Mission
Raceway Park.

This weekend marks the
winding down of one of the
most successful seasons in the
past decade.

“We have seen remarkable
growth in participation and
spectator levels this. year,”
reports SCCBC marketing
manager Marc Rovner.

“After three years of

rebuilding, we are finally see-
ing the results we knew were
attainable. Now our challenge
is to maintain tight control of
cost, which is sull the number
one ‘limiting factor for people
wanting to go racing.

“Our driver-craining pro-
grams have been sold out all
season and the percentage of
students planning to start rac-
ing is very high compared
with past years. This bodes
well for the future.”

A wide variety of cars will
be competing this weekend,
ranging from Hondas and
Toyotas to larger Camaros
and Mustangs.

Purpose-built sports racers
and open-wheel’. Formula
Fords will also take on the
two-kilometre road course.

In all, six groups of race
cars svill ensure that there is
never more than a few min-

utes break in the action dur- ._

ing the weekend.
Recent improvements to

the race car paddock and
grandstands have been well,

received by — spectators.
Mission is unique for a race
course in that one can see
most of the track from the
spectator viewing area.

“Fans really like the idea
that they can mingle freely
with the drivers and cars in
the open paddock area,”
Rovner says of the course. “Tt
is very much a family atmos-
phere we. are tying to culti-
vate.”

The action gets under way
tomorrow at 9 a.m. ‘with
practice. and qualifying
rounds.

Final qualifying and racing
gacs Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Admission is $5 or $15 a
car load. - “

. Road racing runs rainjor:.
shine. -

For more information’ call
the Sports Car. Club. infoline ;
at 268-9555. or. check o1 :

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That information
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dealing with (and avoid-
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