The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

PAGE I6 TERRACE BAY NEWS MARCH 20, I974 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 223 SIXTH ANNUAL SNOWMOBILE RACES ~ Cross Country and Open Stock races were held in conjunction with the Terrace Bay Win- ter Carnival and were sponsored by Labatt's Racers entered as far away as Jellico, Mani=- touwadge, Nipigon, Red Rock, Schreiber and Thunder Bay. The following were the first, second and third place finishers in the various classes: CROSS. COUNTRY: Ist --- Robert Kotanen, Schreiber; 2nd - David Adamo, Terrace Bay; 3rd - Bobby Adamo, Terrace Bay; 295 cc and under - Roddy Larson, Terrace Bay. TRACK EVENTS: Ladies Open: Beverly Vaudrin, Manitouwadge; Judy Belzner, Nipigon. Stock 0-340cc - Reg Spoljarich, Red Rock; Ernie Belzner, Nipigon; Robert Kotanen, Schreiber. Stock 340-400cc - Ernie Belzner, Nipigon; Reg Spoljarich, Red Rock; Tim Kozak, Red Rock. Stock 400-440cc - Ernie Belzner, Nipigon; Reg Soljarich, Red Rock; Tim Kozak, Red Rock. Super Stock 295-340cc - Bobby Adamo, Terrace Bay; Dave Kilgour, Manitouwadge; Lanny Murphy, Nipigon. Super Stock 340-400cc - Robert Kotanen, Sohzeis ber; Reg Spoljarich, Red Rock; Lanny Murphy, Nipigon. No Restrictions = Bruce Williamson, Schreiber; Glen Godin, Thunder Bay; Randy Dampier, Nipig- on. Trophies, purses and gifts were presented by Mel Bushley, Ronny Dakin and Ethel Boyd. The raffle for the Portable T.V. was drawn by Mel Bushley, Labatt's representative, and the lucky winner being Gordon Dyer of Marathon. Many thanks goes out to Kimberly-Clark, Labatt's, all local businesses who donated gifts, all who sold tickets, and all the indi- viduals who helped in any way to make these races a success. Apologies to Jim Beddard for his name being omitted in the Carnival Brochure. LETTER OF THANKS I would like to give special thanks to our Sponsors, Labatt's and their representative Mel Bushley for their interest and support of our snowmachine races held March 9th. Without them the races could not have been the success they were. My gratitude goes out to Ethel Boyd and Bill Hanley for all the help they gave me throughout the organizing and running of the races. Many thanks to Kimberly-Clark, Slim Dorman, Jon McDonald, Lynn Merkley, Bruce McBride, Jim Beddard, Terry Korzinski, and to the Hydro for the use of their radios. To everyone who sold tickets and helped in anyway. . Ron Dakin, . Chairman of Races. Photos by Jim Beddard. Cross Country 2nd David Adamo with Mel Bushley Cross Country Ist - Robert Kotanen with Mel Bushley Cross Country 295cc & under - Roddy Lar- son with Mel Bushley Cross Country 3rd = Bobby Adamo with Mel Bushley Winners of all Ist Prizes - back row - Reg Spoljarich, Robert Kotanen, Bob Adam, Bruce Williamson; Front row - Beverly Vaudrin, Ernie Belzner. continued page I7 ee ecces se € a a ot + 5 Ase RRR A 6