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.
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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
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