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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, September 7, 1994

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The and byways of
B.C. may have seemed like a
racetrack for many over the

an easy drive for area

track around here and it is con-
veniently located just south of
the border near Northport,
Washington.

Many Castlegar drivers make
the short trip down for the races at

Labour Day long kend but
there is only one legitimate

and this last Sunday was no

exception, It was the sea-
son championships at.
Northport with all

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elass Christy
of Spokane had the
fastest time but couldn't
get a break.in the Tro-
phy Dash and Main
Event. Hamilton has
been consistent all year
but just didn’t seem to
get the breaks.

Castlegar driver Mar-
tin Whitehead was the
star of the Super Stock
division. Whitehead and
his 1977 Chevy Nova
powered by a small
block 350 cubic inch
engine left the competi-
tion choking on the
dusty Washington clay.

“The track was in
excellent shape and the

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car worked good,” said Number 44 is Henk Ravestein of Trail and he is trying to squeeze out Castlegar native Martin
Whitehead. “I finally got writehead in a Super Stock race at Northport International Raceway. Ravestein tried but could-

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After Gary Heberling of
Northport posted the fastest time,
Whithead went to work. He
placed first in the B Heat race and
easily won the Main Event. He
Started in the middle of the pack
during the Main Event and led
after the first lap. From then, he
never looked back and only

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slowed down for the occassional
yellow flag.
Whitehead went into the week-

high as fifth. It's a good position
to be in with only two races left
in the season.

‘Even after the race | was shaking for about four
hours. I'm hooked on racing now.’

— KARL KAVALOFF

Rookie Northport Super Stock racer

atlas a x ofthe n't hold off the tenacious Whitehead who took home first place in the Main Event last Sunday.

{SUN STAFF PHOTO / Shartene Imhof!
first ever race at Ni since
iring Dan Scott's 1981 Chev
Monte Carlo. The Monte also
runs a small block 350 which is
the engine of choice for its excel-
lent power to weight ratio.
Kavaloff’s number 23 car tore
up the track during qualifying
finishing just behind Whitehead
in the B Heat Race. He also
didn’t disappoint in the Main
Event where he finished an
fourth.

end holding twelfth place in the
overall standings, but his fine

showing should bump him up as

Fellow Castlegar super stock
driver Karl Kavaloff also had a
good showing. It was Kavaloff's

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“I was vibrating and a big ball
of nerves before the race start-
ed,” said Kavaloff. “Even after
the race, I was still shaking for
about four hours. I'm hooked on

Henk Ravestein of Trail fin-
ished third in the Main Event.

The modified class saw Ameri-
can Mark Weaver post the fastest
time but Castlegar driver Gord
writsoff showed his speed hy
Placing second in the dash.
Zaitsoff has been consistent all
season and had to put up a good
fight to hold off John Buffan.

Randy Steep of Fruitvale also
impressed with a second place
finish in the Main Event. Stacey
MacKinnon and Niki Hyson of
Castlegar also raced but were left

Wednesday, September 7, 1994

The Castlegar Sun

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Still. spry spring

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held together.

Until this year though, they
had never had a name for their
close knit group. It was their 25th
anniversary as a group getting
together on a regular basis for
fun, yet they had never given
their chub a name. So after plenty
of deliberations, the Spring

anyone to join, and 2) To have
fan (but be serious about win-

logical warfare to win a point,”
said Pryce. “For example we say
things in the middle of a volley
like ‘gee, you look really
tired/hot right now’ or ‘So, how
are the kids?’”.
The question regarding chil-
dren can be quite di: fing since

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Above: Margaret Pryce arid Tilly Kemperman are a

dynamic tennis duo. Right: Renata Belczyk gets to a tough

ball and powers a return volley.
various people coming, going
and returning,” said Pryce. “Out
of town people who stay here
for a short time join us and peo-
ple on holidays visiting their
join us.”
Most of the
members play at
an intermediate
level while others
are more
advanced. Bel-
cezyk (mother of
skier Felix) is
one of the best
players along
with Dogopol
and Kemperman.

against
other and have
won their share
of competitions,
mainly at the
Senior Summer
Games. At Cran-
brook in 1993,
man won
a silver in sin-
gles, a bronze in

SUN STAFF PHOTOS / Jeff Gabert
in doubles with Pryce. bd
However, there are some days
when they just don’t play well,
but 25 years experience has also
given them plenty excuses. Some

mixed doubles December may not seem like a good
with her husband tennis month but a little snow doesn't

and another silver affect the Spring Chicks.

most of the players are grand-
mothers and their list of children
is impressive. Steenvoorden has
six kids, Kemperman has five,

Ve Bay, these WOae Rive Stalin.
“-*One of the spécial things
about the club is its openness.
Anyone is allowed to join the
group on any given day for a
game and they always make the
teams fair.

“We have been together for
approximately 25 years with

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chicks after 25 years

of the favorites are: “It's the
wind”, “The net is too high” or
the ever popular “The balls are
too light”.

Playing well or not, you should
always be able to find the ladies
out on the courts of Lorne Zinio
™ “k as they usually play as long
as possible. The earliest they have
ever started their season was on
February 14 while the latest they
ever finished was December 31.

“We do it because we love ten-
nis,” continued Pryce, who
worked as a physiotherapist in
Castlegar for 22 years. “I’m part
of the Seniors Swim Club - the
Kootenay Cocoons - but there is
no way I'd give up tennis for
swimming. All of us are just too
keen on it.”

They may not be spring chick-
ens anymore, but they could cer-
tainly fool many of the young
chicks who came out for a game,

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Rick McCreight rounded out
the Castlegar contingent in the
ultra-light class and placed sec-
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