News by Glenn Werkman The Review A couple of Peninsula race car buffs are packing up their 50-year- old cars for the longest trip they’ ve ever taken to a Trace. A new track at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto will be the site of an West-East showdown come June. _ Engines are required to be six- cylinder and appear as orginal. But there are no restrictions on building the engine with high performance head’ work, over-size pistons and racing cams. Hence, Rocket’s engine has pis- tons from a 289 ci. V-8, an Isky circle track ground cam, a header and a single-barrel Carter carbur- etor: TheReyview Wednesday, February 14,1990 — All ooo = * Peninsula Old Time Racers “hee s on big boys in the East g Peninsula racers Dave Rogers, of : : NorhiSaaniciientieRoss) Rocker, \CECSg-neime Tiaspundereone of Saanichton, will have their uni- ™4JOT reworking. His 250-c.1. que brand of cars ready for the Chevy straight-six is bored out as challenge. far as itll go and displaces 315 Equipped wth high perform- horsepower at 7,000 rp.m. — _ ance six-cylinder engines, Rogers’ transferring power through a three- 1989 Choy and Rowers 12) Da Seed Smileact Tansmssion 4 Soto are designed to standards that nine-inch Ford rear end. were dropped when open-wheel Re eS oe ee : Al Gaia : — < Ne Fite Decatne obs elle mile flat track ae eRe The biggest expenditure 1s get- Tight-110 @ clipped the left-rear — modifying mare to make it tho isi tased S0-ere Ol SES in second. ting the cars to Toronto. The club Of another car. handle better or go faster. Time Racers’ Association brought “Ts a very unigue type of bought a trailer capable of hauling Rogers Chevy flew over the Only the bodies on these cars the rules back in 1977. This sum- situation because we're the only all seven cars and has a total ther race car, flipped and rolled. are from the “20s and “30s. cree ee TL have oe cars in group that has this particular breed budget of about $15,000 set aside But a five-point hamess and roll Rogers coupe has a frame from a y Aone 2 r the big challenge, June _ of car,” Rocket aid for the trip. bar saved him from any injury. Mazda pick-up, the engine’s from 10. 2 Rogers a6 ane fran tb Last year several club members racers who got out of it because of 4 1970s Chev and the radiator “We're a fledgling group here racing on the CNE’s new oval travelled from Prince George to family and business,” Rogers said. overflow bottle was donated by his and we're heading back East to tack — a quarter- mile long and Oregon, racing their cars at various “This doesn’t require the time or daughter — who had used up all take on the big boys,” said Rocket, 50-feet wide in the corners. short tracks. money commitment that competi- be bubbles the bottle originally a founder of the association. “That allows for good competi- The club 1s fan and safety con- "Ve Saturday-night racing does.” ae PAR iveonenicd = ROeE His Pay Less Special is powered _tive racing in the comers,” Rogers Scious, Rogers said. He’s had per- While racing super stock cars 1m ard 5 Oe eee = by a 240 ci. straight-six that puts said. “We're going there competit- sonal experience with the safety Langley years ago, Rogers found : id. ae ups © racetrac S out about 260 horsepower near ively but we're also going to have aspect in an accident on a straight- himself working on his car Mon- See ae 3 Se TARA BAAN. fun.” away during a race — when his day to Friday, then racing Saturday. Washington racers O'ten take the ~ — - After a few years out of racing a family and make a camping trip of friend took him to Western Speed- 1t- at way for some old-time racing — Rocket, a B.C. government and the racing spirit was revived. Office worker, and Rogers, an “What we do is play with them, XPress Companiy owner, have try to make them go faster without learned a few tricks about flat spending too much money,” Rog- track oval racing and are looking ers said. forward to using a few against the “We're not there to work on the Easterners. > car on race night, we're there to Knowing the kind of technol- ; Se have fun.” ogy we have and running on a flat DAVE ROGERS 1939 Chevy coupe, on tow trailer, at Wester Speedway last sea Rogers still spends about one- track there, I think we'll do very : (fop right) ROSS Rocket's 1929 de Soto in racing action. night a week working on the car well,” Rocket said. 5 BRENTWOOD ena PHARMACY S&S > 7 7181 W. SAANICH RD. 2 ; D-A of) 652-1821 a BRENTWOOD BAY OREN MON 8 It's a mad, mad way to save! : Just fill in the product of your choice! Hurry in before February 28th, 1990 or you'll miss this CRAZY SPECIAL! BRENTWOOD Beat AT A © oy Ng PHARMACY: {BRENTWOOD Bry—raL. 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