Race returns

WHERE: CAN. you. see 50°
sports cars’ and sedans on the
streets of. Pacific Place at .the
same time?

By Gerry Frechene

Contribu ng Writer

During the ProFormance. Sports
Car Invitational Race, that's where.
» The Sports Car Ciub of British
Columbia (SCCBC) race returns to
Molson [Indy Vancouver for its third

thundering year next weekend.

The SCCBC. and ‘ProFormnance *
ced . Driving. School ‘have.

“Adva
joined this year to organize and pro-
_mote the race. ProFormance ;ccn-
ducts high-performance and compe-
tition racing school programs at
Mission Raceway Park,’-one hour

t of Vancouve. Their sponsorship
of the.event means their [4 Toyota
Corollas:——,the same ones you can
drive at the school — will be driven

for third year

end will be between these eve ly

imatched cars and drivers.

‘The race was such a'success that
no major changes have been made.
That means one driver per car with »
no scheduled pit stops — just flat out
racing for 45 minutes.

The class structure remains, witt
two.-classes for the purpose-built,
full-race sports cars — GTA for cars °.
with engines between 1701 and 3000
ce, and GTB for. the. smaller: cars

and two for

- Production”, nearl

safety modifications - IP1 for those
with engines above 2200 cc, and IP2

”, for those below that level.

In the CiT classes,. the imported
makes like Nissan.Mazda and
Porsche, all four-. or six-cylinder:

powered, are well-represented, while ” .

the IP classes. have a much,,wider *
variety, ‘from. 1960's era Austins

Healcys and Jaguars, right up to late
model Mustangs,: Trans-Ams , and

RX7s:
An the quickest class, GTA, from
which the winner is likely to emerge,
“last year’s overall champion, | Bruce -
Willox of Edmoaton, will not be able
to defend his tile; as his new car will -
just not te finished |i in dme for, the noe
/ race.

However, the car he drove last
yees, a bright yellow Datsun 280Z, :"
will-be raced by. new owner John
Beaudoin of. North’ Vancouver... He
will have a very tough’ time staying

. ahead of. last year’s runner-up Vance
Swifts of Surrey in an RX7, Derek
Smith's “quick Porsche out’ ‘of:

‘MOLSON INDY Vancouver ge sneral manager Phil. Heard (len) and operations manager Dave
:Lambert oversee the paving of a section of the 2.78-kilometre (1.74-mlle) street circuit used
during the weekend ft racing. The seciion paved was one of the bumpies? on the track. :

by! some . af! iheir most talented
pupils. ‘

And if last year's race is any indi-

cation, some of the closest all .week-

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a great show. Look for ‘last year’s
third place-man Dave Lam:to be.a’;
factor,along with Calgary veteran
“Michael Heim and Pete Robichaud,
ho entertained the crowd. at the:
west hairpin last year with his two-.
"wheeled antics.
But if; it rains, watch out: for”
Roland Ste¢: he his wo: twice in the .
~ wet stuff at Mission alre dy this yea
Last year's IPI. victor ‘is: not
entered this year, but runner-up Peter. :
“Cetera, former. lead singer of the
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There. will be ‘some’
here, with Danny Kok, co-owner and
structor at ProFormance, wheeling
a new BMW, and. U.S. veterans |
Frank McKinnon in a Mustang and
Chris Bow! ina M
the Austin. Healey: ¢
Woodhouse and the Jag:
Pollard, and this class looks to be the
st interesting and unpredictable
The biggest class, with 22° cars
entered, will be 1P2, Defending”.
champ Mike Boyle ietirns, albeit in:
_: at Honda Civic this y
+ runner-up, : N
Westminster's be a facto:
along” with focal’ veteran’ Robert
Currie. OF course; the swarm of -
. ProFormance Toyotas will be’ in the:
thick of things, too. |.
i) The [P2, cars may) not! be the.
» quickest out there, but you won't see
any closer racing thai between ther.’

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