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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1995-06-07, Page 16PUBLIC NOTICE Qt -1 YOUR CAR Join The Fun Fiery Saturday illJune (EviceptJune 10 - GM Engine Day) GRAN DO BEND MOTOR PLEX 3 KM EAST OF GRAND BEND ON HWY 81 GATES OPEN AT 8 A.M. DRIVERS MEETING 9 A.M. 238 -RAC E If this sounds like fun, then you are exactly right and it is legal. Grand Bend Motorplex invites you to join in the thrill of a life time., You can leam how to become a 1/4 mile drag racer "bracket style." We have a class specifically designated for "street vehicles" and another for "motorcycles." Our track manager will assist you in learning the racing procedures of the Motorplex. An instruction pamphlet, will be supplied as a reference to racing procedures. If you feel it is necessary we will supply an instructor for the first few runs. There will be liming slips" supplied after each run down the 1/4 mile to show your results- your "reaction time" - various times and speeds going down the track, and a final time and speed of your 1/4 mile run. Having fun yet? Well there is more! After you have made a few time trials and established a "dial in time" we will enter this in our computerized timing system and now you can start racing against your friends. The computer determines who leaves the starting line first. ex: If your car is 2 seconds faster than your friends then you would get the green Tight 2 second behind him/her. From there on it is all based on reaction times and consistency. There Is morel You noticed I said him or her, we have a lot of ladies as competitors. Don't be shyl If you feel confident in your performance you can come back on Sunday's and race for big bucks. You may even want to join our NHRA Thunder Series and race for points and bigger bucks. There is Tots more to show and tell you so just come on out and have some fun. For more details visit the track on Saturdays for test and tune - Entry: Car and Driver $30.00 (run all day). General admission for crew/fans $5.00. 12 and under are free. It Is a family affair with food concessions, souvenir booth, clean washrooms, free parking and special occasion permit area. See you there! WEEK ENDS ARE A DRAG 1 SPORTS Times -Advocate, June 7, 1995 Page 15 Plgeons race to home lofts L. De Haan EXETER - "Oh what fun it is to fly...!" That is the line the pigeons must have been humming as they recently ratted back from Kingston and Cobourg to their home lofts in Exeter, Arva, Crediton, Forest, Kerwood, Lucan, London and Parkhill. This race was a carbon -copy of the race of the week before, except that the birds flew even faster, and the tail -wind from the southeast did not favour any particular region: Jim Southern from Kerwood, the most southerly -located member of the Lucan Homing Pigeon Club, clocked the winning bird at 11:07 a.m. Together with 120 other pi- geons, this bird was liberated at 6:30 earlier that morning at Kingston. When all the variables had been added into the formula, it turned out that this pigeon had flown the distance of 441 kms. in four hours and 47 minutes for an average speed of 1536 meters per minute, or 58 miles per hour! What makes it even more remarkable is the fact that the winning pigeon was a "yearling." Since the southern pigeon won not only the general Kingston race but the special yearling race as well, Southern gets a chunk of cash and the job of sweeping up the club house. In this race Mitch Szczech from Lucan took second place. Two northern flyers also scored well: Jack Brennan from Crediton 3 and 4, and Al de Haan from Exeter placed fifth. Hardy's Royal Lofts were a bit slower in this race. On the same day a second race was flown from Cobourg. In total 117 pigeons were entered in this race. Exactly three hours after they were released, two of Al de Haan's pigeons dropped onto their loft at 11:15. These birds averaged 58 miles per hour: good for first and second. The Royal Hardys were right on the tails of the de Haan pigeons and took positions three and five. Harry Winters clocked his first pigeon four minutes after the winning bird and ended up in fourth place. Jim Whitworth from the Forest area took positions six and seven; Mitch Szczech was eighth and ninth, and Jim Southern placed twelfth in this race. Jack Pierson, Chuck Barrett and Mark Ansems also flew in this race. Club members remember with fondness and respect one of our members who recently passed away, a man who has probably meant more to the sport of racing pigeons than any other, Clarence Hardy. Exeter Fury lose EXETER - The Exeter Fury trav- elled to Ingersoll .Friday to take on the first -place club in the east divi- sion. Ingersoll won the game 2-1 with the winning goal occurring in the dying seconds of the game. Exeter opened the scoring as Dan Martens converted on a penalty shot after Brett Rideout was fouled inside the box. The Fury main- tained into the second half as Inger- soll kept pressing for a goal. The home team finally solved the Fury defense by finding the net on a shot from close range. The humidity began to take its toll on Exeter's shorthanded de- fense squad when Ingersoll's for- wards increased the pressure in their attempt to gain the win. The winning goal came on a crossing pass which turned out to be the last play of the game. The Fury play host to Delhi Sun- day, June 11 at 4:00. June Hodgson lines up a bowl during a lawn bowling tourna- ment in Exeter on Thursday. Lawn bowlers host tournament EXETER - The Exeter Lawn Bowling Club held its first tourna- ment of the year on Thursday, a la- dies pairs event which saw teams from Exeter Seaforth, Clinton, Lambeth and London attend. Coral Oakley's team from Lamb- eth finished first with three wins, and two London teams from the Fairmont Club were second and third. On Sunday the Exeter Ladies team of lead, Audrey Burrows, 2nd, Doris Hackney, vice, Barb Triebner and skip, Gloria McFalls won the District "Fours" Playdowns in Sea - forth on Sunday. They played St. Marys Ladies beating them 17-8 and 13-8 with St Marys narrowly taking one game 13-10. The Ladies team will advance to the provincial final in Hamilton June 17 and 18. The Exeter mens team consisting of lead, Jason McFalls, 2nd, Roy Triebner, vice, Shawn McFalls and skip, Pete McFalls did not fare so well. 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