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READY TO GO, Marty Knoll checks out the rather limited amount of room in his Formula Vee. Knoll, who has
_been racing competitively for about two years Is being supported by Minit Tune and the NEWS. (Terry Peters photo)

Aiming for a faster Formula

With a boost from the NEWS

The North Shore News is not only getting bigger
and better all the time, but is also getting faster.
Racing fans in B.C. as well as many other parts
of the country and the United States will be seeing
the white car with the News Logo on the front at a
number of Formula Vee races during the up-

coming season.

Marty Knoll, a 23 year old
auto technician from North
Van, owns and operates the
sleek machine which is being
sponsored by the News and
Minit Tunc.

Knoll, like most auto
racers, and unlike’ the
popular image, is a quict and
serious young man who has
been on the racing circuit for
the past two years.

He is one of a breed of

Auto breaks even but clas up

North Shore racers who are
starting to make their mark
in the exotic world of auto
racing.

After 12 races last season
Knoll placed second in the
B.C. region and eighth out of
32 drivers in the’ [n-
ternational
Series.

This year, with a new car,
the North Shore driver will
be looking to improve his

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position in the many events.
Knoll recently purchased a
‘Beach’ Forumula Vee and is
presently preparing the
machine for the upcoming
race season. He has hand
built the body out of sheet
metal, and is hoping for a
faster car than his last year's
model.

Knoll is not too sure how
he was bitten by the racing
bug. It just seems to be
something in his blood.
None of his family are all
that sports minded, but he
has always had the love for
the pure form of racing cars.

Claiming he 1s ‘not
fearless’, Knoll says he has
simply calculated the risks
against the challenge and
salisfaction of the sport and
decided the risk was worth
it.

Racing under the
jurisdiction of the Sports Car
Club of B.C. which is under
the Canadian Automobile
Sports Clubs, Knoll will be in
action April 5-6 at West-
wood in an _ International
Conference of Sports Car
Clubs meet.

The ICSCC is a collection
of clubs in the Pacific
Northwest. Events are held
at Westwood, Seattle,
Portland, Spokane and
Victoria.

The Formula designation
means the cars consist of
open wheel, single seat
racing Cars that are divided
into three classes, cach with
their own ‘formula’ or
specifications set down in
the rule books.

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