The Toronto Star from Toronto, Ontario, Canada • 207

TOE TORONTO STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 1988 (III I IV liMMM NOBODYMLSFORILESS rti iif i l-i IV lp IfJ laf IIP I I I ir Iff 1 989 1MI WAN FEATURES: 2.5 Ktra turbo angina, 7 pnwnyr, air conditioning, automatic trarwmision, carpeting, block heater, etc. Ik nv iiv SO J.i MKfLAUQHTWrOWOWTOtTaW CONFIDENT OF CHOICE: Scarborough Paul Tracy, 19, la adamant that ha did tha right thing when ha deckled to run in the American Racing Sartaa this year, racer 1 989 shbysigr mnm FEATURES: 2 filra 4 ey). ffl angina, doth buck! seotip tfeel belled radiol tires, power (tearing, poww brokat, consolawHfi arr rt, tinted gtau, 9 ipd. manual AMFM (tamo, otechic mar window dafrattar, ale. season ladder might be stalled.

Despite the problems, the disappointments ana the frustration of the season, which ended in Miami last weekend, Paul Tracy is adamant that he did the right thing by going the ARS route in I dont really regret doing ARS or going with the Hemelgarn ONE WEEK ONLY OFFER EXPIRES NOV. 1288 6 P.M. all races plus nrr, PDt, TAX AMO LICENCE. After. 12 races, the score went like this: five non-finishes, a 14th, a 10th, an eighth, two fifths, a fourth and one victory that's racer Paul Tracys record after an exceptionally frustrating first season of racing in the big league.

After successful forays into Formula Ford, Formula 2000, Can-! Am and Formula Atlantic, the gifted teenager elected to do a full i HFC American Racing Series (ARS) for 1988. backing from Nikon Cam eras, Sherwin-Williams and his en 2-thusiastic father, Tony, Tracy was to come up with the $500,000 necessary to secure a ride with the r.Hemelgarn team. After that victory in the first prevent of the season, on the oval at sri team, he says in quiet, measured tones. Ron He great vied hart. Things Just didnt Jell for us this year.

If the team wasnt a problem, what about the cars? The March chassis, which is used as the basis for ARS, is of 1984 vintage and flat-bottomed. That Is, the underside does not have the venturi tunnels of an Indy-car and does not therefore enjoy the same sort of SeePAULpageJIZ Phoenix Raceway, things went into a distinct downhill slide, Tracys Buick-engined March standard chassis and engine for all ARS participants displaying a demoralizing lack of reliability at times. The worry, of course, was that the Indy-car team owners the ARS machines race on the same weekends and at the same tracks as the larger, more powerful Indy-cars would be less than impressed with young Mr. Tracys season and his progress up the motor rac- Ill 0 WINTER PAG RAGE SALE Four Steel Wheels four Snowtires. All modern cars should have four winter tires mounted for the ultimate In safety WT-04 Winter Radial Specifically designed for performance cars.

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