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Thor» Ott 21 1982 (Soc I) SANOV (Oro.) VOSI—I I The S^ntiy Post Sports and Recreation Local man sets record on Rose City track by SCOTT NEW TON Terry Fisher. 20. just might have a knack for driving He finished the 1982 season third in the Rose City Racing Association standings With a total of about 800 points, he was four points out of se cond place. Fisher got started racing two sum mers ago He noticed a 1967 Chevy sitting at Mt Hood Auto Body Fisher works for his father and partner in racing. E arl, at M t Hood M uffler and Mt. Hood Welding, located near by He purchased the car for Coo and ‘part of an exhaust job .” Said Fisher, " I had a hot rod engine sitting around here, and I put it together and about a $1.000 later we went racing.” He started the season about six races behind out by the end of the summer was llt h out of about 30 cars Recalling the first race, he said, “ We got there about three hours ear ly because I'd never been on a track before The car broke, and I never got to take one lap until timing "Then I turned the third-fastest time for the B main It really surpris ed m e.” Although Fisher kept the number 57. for '57 Chevy, last season he started driving a '77 Cheveile, "an old Grand National car that John Keeper used to race up and down the West Coast.” Said Fisher. “ We mainly stayed consistent with i t . ” Though he c o u ld n ’ t s ta y w ith the “ fa s t Camaros" in the A main, he was at the top of the B class, and won seven trophy dashes He managed to stay in third in the standings He'd finish lower than some of the good cars in the A main, but his additional points in the trophy dashes and heat races kept his total up And then, at the end of the sum mer he purchased a 1980 Camaro. won the mam event and set a track record at the Rose City Speedway The Camaro. tested and streamlin ed in the Boeing wind tunnel in Seat tie before the Fishers bought it, was owned by Chuck Flora. “ Any time he'd come down to our track he'd just clean up," Fisher said “ It handles so nice on the corners That's where a race is won, mainly ’’ "Most of your cars w ill handle in the low tor inside) grove That car that I bought w ill handle the whole track You can go as fast through the second grove as you can through the first.” About his interest in racing. Fisher explained, " I'v e been arond cars for a long tim e I'v e got in a lot of trouble with ’em I'v e had a lot of fun with 'em. I figured this would be a good way to keep out of trouble " Fisher pointed out that around the M t. Hood M uffler ’hop one can "jum p out of one toy into another .” Fisher raced in Eugene recently, and w<-’ . the A trophy dash Starting out 22nd and racing on a three- eighths track, it took him 10 laps to get the lead in the main event He led for 20 to 2S laps. On one lap there was a driver, in his car, facing down on the track There was room for Fisher to get by him, but when he got close the man drove down and in to the lane, catching the r)g h t front wheel of Fisher's Camaro. “ I don't know what he had on his mind but 1 could have killed h im ,” said Fisher, who went into a fence and was knocked out of the race. "To win was $800, and that was on lap 35. It was a 50-lap m ain .” There was a driver on his tail, so Fisher won’t say that he would have won. That $600 would have come in handy, though. Tires, which wear out after two or three races, run about $320 to $350 all the way around And the Cam II 120 octane fuel costs from $3 60 to $4 a gallon There's a lot of money to be made, but it takes a lot of money to get there, Fisher said They are. by the way, looking for a sponsor Fisher also had good success with the Camaro in a race at the Shasta Speedway near Redding. Calif He started out in the 21st position " I can't qualify worth a dang," he said "The only time I can race is when there are cars on the track with m e.” -.e ran in the second fastest heat, and won (25 laps), and then took seventh out of 66 cars These are the "really fast cars, " he said To show how competitive it was. the first 45 cars qualified within a second of each other "So when you're in the back of the pack, that doesn't give you much room to pass,” he said All of the cars that finished ahead of him had "the big engines ” Fisher’s $12,000 Nascar is a beefy 500 to 550 horsepower Some of the cars at the Shasta Speedway were equip ped with what is called a D-stroke 400, or a 400 cubic-inch engine with a short stroke, which gives them in the range of 670 horsepower The engine in the Camaro “ is a good, strong engine for a short track But that track at Anderson (Shasta Speedway) was a horsepower track. I mean, it was banked. It was like driving inside of a bowl. It was really nice "You could go into the corners twice as fast and when you'd come out you’d stick like glue It's hard to explain You'd just have to drive one." I t ’s not unusual for Fisher to take a corner at, for example, 60 miles per hour That's a corner that might be marked at 15 to 20 miles per hour on the street The danger associated with a sport like car racing doesn't bother Fisher. " It's safer on the race track than it is on the street," he said He pointed out there are numerous roll bars, and drivers are strapped in. People on Fisher's pit crew include Dennis and Lee St Clair, Randy M a r tin , S teve V e le y and M a r ily n Leathers Fisher admits that he's had enough of working on his $25.000 car for a lit tle while H e’d often work during the day at M t Hood M uffler, and then would work, often with members of his pit crew, until midnight or later But when the next five-m onth-kx^ racing season begins next spring he'll be on the track again. “ If the economy gets worse w e'll just have to drop down to a lower b r a c k e t and ru n ja lo p ie s o r something," he joked Though Fisher may have a knack for driving, he's not quite satisfied " I know I have a lot to learn ," he said “ And I'm willing to learn.” Terry Fisher set a track record at the Rose City Speedway in his $25.000 Camaro. Harrier coach expects close dual meet Swim committee Sam Romey’s 15:18 for 5000 meters was termed "outstanding" by Scott McMullen, cross country coach. "But look at these Wilson guys," he said, holding the final tabulations of the Aloha Classic, held this weekend. “ I t ’s like having five Sam Romeys,” he said of their loaded roster. Wilson handily won the 18-team meet, placing five runners in the top 13. Aloha won the 17-team girls com petition The Sandy boys were 14th. The girls were 10th. It was a "learning experience,” McMullen said. Though Romey ran his fastest first mile, at 5:03, the leaders ran the first one in 4:44. Romey finished eighth Phil Burks, who finished 39th, was credited with running well McMullen was also pleased with Donna Nelson, who finished ninth. "She realized she wasn't tired ," he said. Next tim e they'll be no strategy, McMullen said. H e'll expect her to grind it out all the way, with no holding back. “She's at the level she can do th at," he said. Sharon Jensen, who finished 23rd, was credited with doing “ a fine job,” and McMullen was also pleased with senior Shelby Dries, who moved up to the third position on the team, taking 59th Both the boys and the girls remain in the Mt. Hood Conference title chase (though both are in second place), with a close meet expected F riday at David Douglas for both teams David Douglas fell to the Reynolds boys by a single point recently, while Sandy and Reynolds tied earlier this s e as o n . T h e S a n d y -R e y n o ld s deadlock, however, was settled in Reynolds’ favor by the finish of the sixth man. "It's not physical. It's a mental game. I t ’s obvious w e’re both the same physically,” McMullen said. gets fund to $4,000 Through continued effort and positive response the Committee to Reinstate Sandy Swim Teams is r a p id ly n e a rin g its goal of $5,175.20 The money will be used to fund the high school swim teams, which were ?ut from the budget when the " B " ballot was defeated Sept 21. Over $4,000 has been raised since the committee was organized three and a half weeks ago, according to committee members The sw im mers sold pepperoni sticks, spon sored a dance at the high school Friday, and served a dinner at Paola’s Pizza Barn Tuesday night. P a re n ts and frie n d s h ave organized the drive for donations within the community, which has in c lu d e d c o n ta c tin g s e rv ic e organizations, businesses and in dividuals Tomorrow, Oct. 22, a chili feed will be held at the east end of the high school football stadium for the homecoming game with Centen nial. They w ill begin serving at 6:30 p.m. The final amount must be raised before Nov. 3. Those interested in making a tax deductible con tribu tion should make their checks payable to the Sandy K iw anis Club fo r the Reinstatement of the Sandy Swim Team , Sandy Kiwanis Club, 38462 Hood Street, Sandy, 97055. Anyone with questions m ay con tact Nick or Shirley Roth at 668-6225, Roxie Burns at 668-6341, Marcus Smith at 668-6049. Hikers, others warned about thefts in area by M IC H A E L P. JONES Post Correspondent The Oregon State Police are w arn ing hikers and other outdoor en thusiasts who leave their vehicles parked for extended periods of time at trailheads to beware Car thefts, or "car clouts,” are one of the recreational hazards of the area They happen any season of the year, occur sporadically and come without warning Such was the case last weekend at the M irro r Lake parking area, west of Government Camp on Highway 26. Car clouts claimed five victims that weekend, according to Sgt Dan E Wolf of the state police The losses included a car stereo system, two wallets, a radar detector, and even school books The cars were left there unattend ed for a couple of days," Wolf said, and someone decided to relinquish the owners of them.” Car clouting periodically strikes the area. Wolf said, but prosecutions are rare and difficult. "U sually," he said, "you have to see them do it or catch them with the goods in their possession, which doesn’t happen very often.” The thefts at M irro r Lake, said Wolf, marked the first sign of pro blems in the area for a long time. In each case the cars were locked but thieves got in by breaking out a side window or jim m ying the window open D u rin g the su m m er and fa ll seasons the problem areas are park ing areas at the trailheads of M irro r Lake, Ramona Falls and at the new •Salmon River T rail Campgrounds are also problem spots During the winter problem sites are the parking areas favored by cross-country skiers who generally leave their cars for long periods of time, said Wolf. These areas are T rilliu m Lake. Frog Lake. White River, Hood River Meadows and Barlow T rail. The beat prevention clouting, said Wolf, is valuables unattended Other than that, he said, a person can do. against car not to leave in the car. there Is little SUHS net team just lucky Maybe it's because the reputation of Sandy volleyball is alive and well Or maybe the girls are just lucky. Regardless, Coach Ron Grants has been told four times this season by bead coaches that their teams have played their beat against Sandy And Columbia waa not the excep tion last week as the Chargers down ed the Pioneers H I , 1 M and 1 M " I t was one of the few times wo've played pretty docent,” Grants aetd. » Because they played w ell, and had some good rallies going, they faced some situations they haven't been in “They blocked us w ell,'' he said. “W e didn't adjust and that hurt." In th e fir s t gam e L in d a Meabrucfcer served 12 points The Pioneers, with a M record, re- m aia in the chase for a district Jodie Dahlager is pictured in the floor exercise. The Pioneers fell to Barlow last week. Dahlager was third as an all-around, and won the balance beam competition. Lisa Ite r, left, and Heidi l.am er strike a pose at a fund raiser for the swim teams Tuesday evening. Boys tie top MHC squad The Pioneer soccer team tied ooe of the two top teams in the Mt. Hood Conference Tuesday night, 1-1. Sandy Coach Lon Welsh, for a change of pace among other reasons, moved his offensive players to defense, and vice versa Some of Ms fastest players had been on offense " I f we win the next two games (the final two games of the season) I'll wish we'd done it sooner." Welsh jok ed Victor Martines, a senior exchange student from Spain, scored for the Pioneers about 20 minutes into the se cond half Columbia (tied for first w ith G re s h a m ) scored m id w ay through the first half T im Z im m erm a n , a defensive player, "took on their best player several times and beat h im .” Pete Schmautz and Tim Pullen were also credited with playing well )
