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TheReview Wednesday, May 20,1992 — A24™

Old Time racer ready for season despite

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by Randy Allen
The Review

Speeding in the streets is some-
thing Dave Rogers prefers not to
do.

Instead, the 41-year-old North
Saanich resident waits until he is
on an-oval race track in his 1936
Pontiac coupe before putting the
pedal to the floor.

Rogers, a father of three daugh-
ters, has been racing off and on for
20 years as a part-time hobby and
says he does not apply his racing
skills to everyday driving.

“T take the caution a person uses
when driving in the streets to the
track and not the reverse,” he said.
“T have more trust in the guys I
race with than the drivers on the
Pat Bay Highway.”

His Pontiac, which is equiped
with a six-cylinder, 250-cubic-
inch, 315 horsepower G.M. truck
motor, three-speed manual trans-
mission and a Ford nine-inch rear
end, is just one of 30 Old Time
Race Cars registered on the Island.

The sport of Old Time car

racing is, he says, an inexpensive
venture that does not take up much

of his time. He races on weekends
and only takes one week out of the
year to compete in the United
States.

Rogers has been in a couple of
accidents on the track and as a
result has a lot of respect for safety
and caution when behind the
wheel.

“We've all seen bad accidents,”
Rogers said about the some of the
wrecks he has witnessed on the
track. “And, we’ve all seen people
get hurt.”

He said the Old Time race car
drivers are more defensive and
cautious than those on other racing
circuits — drivers will brake if
they think there is risk of a colli-
sion.

“We are always thinking, “If I hit
him I might flip,’ ’ said Rogers.
“Nobody takes unneccessary
chances.”

Last year; he fractured his shoul-
der and cracked his sternum after
flipping his car during a race in
Washington. He said the accident

‘| have more trust in the guys | race
with than the drivers on the Pat Bay
Highway’

Van Den Bulk shines in middle disiance

In addition to his record-
breaking runs in the 100-m and
200-m sprints, Adam Street helped
Parkland School to the 4 X 100-m
relay title. The four-person team
won with a time of 46.4 seconds
during the Lower Island Junior
High Championships at UVic’s
Centennial Stadium Thursday and
Friday.

In the girl’s bantam division, it
was Jeannette Van Den Bulk’s tum
to do the double, taking the 400-m
title in 59.2 and the 800-m in
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In the bantam boy’s section,

Parkland was outdone by Stelly’s
who had Jamie Main win the
100-m hurdles in 15.1 seconds. He
also helped his team take both the
4 X 100-m and 4 X 400-m relays
in times of 48.2 and 3:50.7 respec-
tively.

Stelly’s Mark Holloway won the
3,000-m title in 10:00.5 while
Parkland’s Darryl Stensaker took
the coveted 1,500-m title in a ime
of 4:41.6.

In the midget boy’s category,
Ben Nelson of North Saanich
Middle School won gold in the
shot putt with a throw of 13.20.

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happened on a Wednesday and he
was back in the car on the Friday
to drive to a second-place finish in
a qualifying heat.

“I had a friend drive on the
Saturday though, because I was
too sore,” he said.

Flips are a definite risk with the
Old Time cars. They have open
wheels and, if two cars touch, the

tires usually drive over one-

another with one car ending up
flipping end over end. 3

This fact has not daunted him
yet, but Rogers says his wife Trisha
has not been to the track since he
flipped a couple of years ago at
Wester Speedway.

“She’ll watch me race on video
but she won’t go out to the track,”
he said with a chuckle.

Rogers plans to take his Pontiac
to an American competition in
Roseburg, Oregon May 30 for its
1992 debut. Later this year, other
weekend trips are planned in
Washington state, Montana and
Idaho.

“Both the car and driver have
recovered from the accident and
will represent the Peninsula in
these major races,” Rogers said.

Car 34 is sponsored by All-
Routes Express Ltd., based at the
Victoria airport.

crash in past

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