Page C4 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 7, 1992

First grass drag memorable

By RON NIESNER

‘Date: September 20.

Destination: Smithers and the
3rd annual King of the Grass
snowmobile drags.

A friendly greeting at the gate
from Frank Parker, a senior mem-
ber of the host club, and we’re
directed to the event staging area.

A few more hours of track prep-
aration and testing of machincs

and competitors are mentally pre-_.

paring to challenge the field.

For me, today’s race will be dif-
ferent from the Terrace event.
Ken Gibson of Ken’s Marine has
provided me with a Yamaha Ex-
citer Il to ride in the Stock A
class.

[ve never raced on grass before
but want to give ita try.

At 660ft,, the course is longer
than the usual 500ft. It also has a
custom-built light tree and com-
puterized timing system at the
start and finish lines.

It takes a little practice to get
used to this set up.

As it tums out, pit crews had to
change the gearing on their ma-
chines to accommodate the extra
track distance.

To ride on grass, a snowmobile
needs a cooling system of some
kind to protect the engine from
melt dawn and the slide rail sys-
tem from wearing out.

That’s not a problem on snow,
but on grass it’s very important.

Spraying the sliders with water
prior to the run reduces friction
and liquid cooled machines re-
quire.-a quick coupling system
which is connected ta a container
of ice water after each run.

It’s a good idea to keep an cye
on the ground in the pit area. This
is a cow. pasture and patties are
everywhere.

No, they don’t help reduce fric-
tion on the machines, but they
provide humourous moments for
the crews when someone steps in
one.

Dana Galloway, mike in hand,
is again keeping the spectators in-
formed and entertained. John
Brown is pit boss for the day.

The stock classes are the first to
run. I don’t win a race but I will
never forget the thrill of riding
that sled to the line.

Better luck next time, I guess.

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showing,

Ian Black takes: first in Im-
proved Stock and a second in
Stock C,

Ken Gibson picks up a third 4 in
Stock AA and Improved Stock
AA while Lory Knull finishes
third in Stock Open.

Dani Barnett also takes second
spot in the Ladies C.

The highlight of the day is the

show put on by the Big Bear

Racing team out of Stewart,
Gerry Hebert, Norm Hebert and
Kevin Sanders,

But the King of the Grass title
gocs to Kevin McCray of Prince
George. He racks up two wins in
the Open Modified and another in
Open Fuel - a very classy finish.

At the end of the day, il’s a big
thank you to the Smithers Snow-
mebile Club for sponsoring the
event and a job well done by all.

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