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FIRST RACE MEETING FOR THE 1984-85 SEASON LANCASTER MOTORS RUAPUNA RACEDAY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 FIRST RACE 12.30 P.M ADMISSION: $4 CHILDREN UNDER-10 FREE Featuring: “ArbwMes” OSCA Championship Including: STOWS OSUPER KARTS OOPEN BEATERS &BIKES, ETC. aswff «* .... be on Sunday, October 7, with the first race under way at 12.30. The Lancaster js Harcourt (Escort 3.5 V 8) who came in fourth last year. The unknown Motors Ruapuna Race Day shapes up to being the strongest start to the racing quantity, however, must be Don Grindley (Mazda RX7 Turbo). Grindley had little calendar seen in some years. ...... c , . . .. ~ joy last year with repetitive turbo problems but a recent trip overseas could well The Park is under new management with Alroc Enterprises being awarded the this ’beautifully prepared car blitz the field. Grindley certainly has the promotional contract for the 1984-85 season. The management of Alroc Enterprises experience and ability. have a strong background in marketing and motor-sport and their goal is to y he 2-litre field sees a return to the track of last year's winner, Eric Johnston create a family environment at the Park. (Johnston Foodbar, Avenger Talbot). With a number of the top finishers missing The first race day will see a fresh-looking Park after considerable time and effort ) rom meeting the way is clear for other drivers to capitalise on the situation has been put into painting mowing and generally upgrading spectator facilities. and get an early lead in the points. There will be 5 food outlets and supervised children facilities, including Merry-go- v r round, ferris wheel, go-karts and Noddy train. there KARTS QO nnL en th7 ?n e p S n't "In” £hn tn™ “he days of Go-Ka"tsracing in a domain around the hay bales has been long ped ° surpassed by what is now known as SUPER KARTS. If you’re overheard to be connratulated S onHhePresentation of “° y SC ° U S ’ t 0 be thes ® machines go-karts you may well be made to wash your mouth out. a° Hnrnmntinnai Urm M.c o m qhprric eaw- hmm The fact that they are low to the ground is the only similarity they have with arHavPrtP nroat tVa't ie their early cousins and their 65 b.h.p. motors make them the fastest vehicle OH? ?n»ont?nn l nnL cnlrtatnr around Ruapuna. Canterbury can lay claim to a large number of the country's ra U rii ti« n tn On aH%r? uK!?™ ha Minwrt hvPiPht or fastest and most experienced drivers. John Hamilton (Zip Rotax) is indeed the best ac JwVhnnp^?nnip KJKPhP nnnnrtunSlP?rnminn 2/nnn m known with nearly 20 National titles to his name. The works motor in his atmncnhara P " pe ° P e w a^e tbe °PP or,unit y °' com mg along to experience the machine develops close to 70 b.h.p. and is spectacular to see in full flight on the ThpTimmti.n ... nona fiaiHa innioHinn ncox codiiiii a cnon mimi v circuit. This meeting sees the first round of the Canterbury Long Circuit Series so Ihpfrxartc Xfnn rv e r?FQ d anrf d RAi n nnMP4RR SCA ' FORMULA FORD ' MINI 71 you can be sure the pace will be hot. The rumour is that the Karts want to beat oUFtHKAHis, MUiUH-LYLLtb and bALUUN GARb. 4Q. secont j barrier which will make them nearly 3 seconds a lap faster than WILL THE CROWE FLY the Open OSCA CarS ’ One of the strongest fields to be seen for some years is the Big Banger OSCA stronq BACKING BY FORD OReA W A h a±L S Mn On The Formula Ford and Laser sport classes continue to gain strong backing from ?nhn A n C ?hnTn P p°rvpPptiip C raranPQ 6 C m PnHd 6 ’ Ford and the first championship round will commence at Timaru on November 18. ran?h° S an t ri n ßtpyp er v?n rvriw PplppP a Meanwhile the South Island Formula Ford boys will be gaining that early season hnVko™ vß e mnynrc?anaNp h n d dP^nn'i’nn y un S tn C Ann hhn bes ” CarS rUn 6 ’ experience which will hopefully allow them to hand out the same results to the 'on rScanaeitv 9 rit and determination more than makes up for their short-term experience and although greatly down on cubic capacity from the bigger cars has managed to ... oiu/svc nnod cnprtpctnr vplhp win the Open OSCA Championship for the past two seasons. Of course the bigger are a,ways 5 0M speclactor va,ue - cars are not particularly impressed with that fact and considerable off-season mataa avai ec uesn tu.c edaatiae preparation work has been done to put the Starlet in its place. Time will tell if ?ii n r ridprc TX a Crowe bat " Ot ° n ' y nimble - t,andlin9 Starlet ’ but also ,he very ,a,en,ed Xte chance to that imp P ortan)t SpeHUve practice they /eed before the One very interesting entrant in the Big Bangers is Steve Vigors with his wife’s shopping car converted during winter into a fully fledged 6-litre car. Early testing SX b nr^rmV Npw ZMlanrf rantwaM manv shnuun that 9ipvp dnnp hnmpwnrk nnht and that will hp a rar wnrtfi specially produced for the New Zealand market. New Zealand can boast many frnm rtav nnp homework right and that will be a car worth in motor-cycle racing and Sunday will see many of the young John olme m who y lost'his car in a fire at Ruapuna last season has found a » keen to make a tthemselves Cologne Capri in which to start the season. Osborne, always a hard who already has many national and Internationa achievements to his uncompromising driver will be certain to do his best to keep Crowe on the rhSVnn Thp owiAnVam Harner ground. Avon Hyde, also a front-runner, comes back this year with the ° arfler ° Ur ' Commodore sponsored not only by Clyde Collins but PDL Industries. For those of witt/mVnv ririwrc keen tn you who remember the PDL Mustangs from years gone by, be sure that Hyde will T ? e _ mnJVintVrnl £r° nave the machinery to be up front. AH these people considered, don't write off lan ?~~mVrh«« n6eded exper Bnce wb cb w aow ,bem 0 move n 0 be arger Munt in his track-proven Capri. Munt’s experience which spans a decade has “ a P a “'^,“ laB ““ s -, fh . ic nou , , ho <sppn him in thp cirrip manv limp*? and he won’t dp Ipttinn others summary of the meeting to come the season is new, the points are net without a? erran V 9 back t 0 zer0 ' new h °P 6 ' uls are out t 0 9 ain an ear| y lead in the P°' r,S ' s 0 The OSCA 4.5-litre cars sees an interesting start to the season with of course, don t miss round one of the Ruapuna Racing Season this Sunday at 12.30. Trevor Crowe coming back to defend his crown. However, the hard-charging Mick