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WHJTY FEE RES8 W~NES&YIAPRML26~'99, PAGE:21 , Safe ýCamping Tips Page 22 e~) by JUI. Mclntosh When I sat down bo write this particular edition, it occurred bo me that perhaps not every reader is a 100 per cent true, dyed-in-the-wool car buff. (It was, bard for me bo believe, but.. .) So just in case some of the ternis I use are foreignb yto u, L'il be «n with a twominute Antique-and classic cars are pretty straightforward: they're old, and they have been restored bo their original condition. If they're antiques but the'e powered by newer engines, tbey're known as "estreet rods." Cars of the 1950s that have received major body modifications (lowered on the framne, the* roof "chbipped" bt make the windows smàler, etc.) are called "kustoros." Newer cars that have modifications are "customs," without the K. And muscle cars are the beefy cars of the 1960s, such as Mustangs and Camaros. That's just a rough guideline, of course, since the rules aren't always that clear eut. There are street roda that are customn cars, and muscle cars that are classics, and the list goas on and on. But that's the general idea. Since, the good weatber bas arrived, or bas at 'least threatened b, a lot of these cars are aiready maldng their way about the streets. One of the year's last indoor shows is the Durham Classic & Rod Spring Show, wbich will be held May 5-6-7 at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium. Hours are Friday noon tb il p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. b il1 p.m., and Sunday 9a.m. bo6 p.m. April 30-is the date for the Pine Ridge Corvette Club's Fun Rally b support the Spina Bifida Asoiation. Any type of car can enter, at a cost of $12 per car (includes food and drink). Be at the Golden Griddle in the Osbawa Centre byr 10 a.m. b ign up. Car owners, who :611 their e vents calendars many months in advance, rnight want bo mark these down: May 28 - 'fie Buick Club wil be holding "Buick Day" at the Pickering. Museum in Greenwood,ý with ail makes of cars welcome and the focus on Buicks and McLaughlins. June 4 - The Brooklin Pair will feature an antique 'and custom car show on Sunday. June 4 - The First Ever Rabbit's Rally, organized by the author, wiil start from Bayley Plaza in Oshawa. It's based on accuracy, not speed, and costs $3 per car. For a pre-registration form, write Box 456, Brooklin, LOB 100. June 10-11 - The Oshawa-based GTO Club will hold Pontiac Nationals North in Simcoe, near Cayuga. Cail Dave Milton at 434-7276 or Pat Hurley at 579-0936. In the last Cruising Classies, the address for the Canadian Street Bcd Association went astray. You can write to them at P.O. Box 308, Station U, Toronto, M8Z 5P7. And you heard it. here first: in July 1990, the association wiil be holding the Canadian Street Rod Nationals event at Iroquois Park* in WVhitby, featuring a show, cruise, dance (for participants only), games and vendors. That's three days of more than 1,000 pre-1959 cars! Youll have bo be an association member bo enter your car, so write to them now and enjoy membersbip for a full year. (Yu cian also get information on'; this year's Nationals, held in July in London.) Another club you may find of interest is the Antique Truck Society of . Canada. I immediately thought of pickup trucks only, but that's just the beginning - they also feature antique tractor-trailers, snowplows, delivey vans, dumptrucks and fire equipment. Their nugjôr show tbisyear will be June 23-25 in Keinburg, featuring an antique firefighting display. And' since it is getting warmer,,the cruise nights and outdoor shows should be getting underway very shortly. Ifyou've SEE PAGE 24 season, at the Shannonvilie race- FrePo1 ht Racer in winning fr After only bis first full year of motorcycle racing Bowmanville's Peter Wilson is already making a name for himself. The 22-year-old finished fourth in the national 400cc production circuit of the amateur division last year, winning a race in Nova Scotia. The year is divided into national and regional races, with the national races attracting more than 200 riders. Races are held in Shannonville (near Belle- ville), Quebec and Nova Scotia. There are il races in the series held from April bo October, with six of them national races. «I'm hoping for that kind of finish this year,» says Wilson, who withhis fourth-place finish was eligible bo move into the professional ranks. The top five * finishers can move to protés- sional. But Wilson bas decided to stay amateur for another year to gain more experience. *"Next year MIl go professional," said Wilson, who races a Yamaha FZR400, witb a Honda NS400 as a backup motorcycle. His first race was in Septem- ber, 1987, when friends talked him mbt driving in a race. He finisbed fourth. "From that point on, I knew I wanted to race." Speeds can reach 115 mph duning a race, which can lead to accidents. Wilson bad a spill last year and tore a cartilage in bis wrist. With the help of a natural healtb clinic in Pickering, he is back racing. It can be an expensive. sport, according to Wilson, with costs running anywhere from $15,000 to$20,M Oa year. That is whore sponsors can help. Wilson is sponsored "by Anisoil Canada, Montreal Trust in Oshawa, Shoei Helmets, NGK sak plugs, Sheil, and Leisure World in t h e Oshawa Centre. "If it wasn't for the sponsors I wouldn't be racing," said Wilson, who bad been riding motorcycles since be was 16. He also credits bis mechanie, Keith Linsbon, who, says Wilson, «lkeeps me on the road» and bas built both bikes «ftom the ground up. v His first race of the season is on the wgeekýfid of April 28 at Sbannonville.,- sec che May 13 is Brookli*n Optimists'* bike safet r", day Saturday,, May 13 marks the conducted on biccles and registration numbers issued by aged tbree bo 14 years. Prizes wil program h youth of t cond annual bike safety day trcyls-n-h pring lOf the the police, aid the force inth be awarded bo the best score n omite msord bytheOptiist lub CLte Vipond Arena in Brooklin. return of lost or stolen bikes. eacb optto.Te(pi Cu fBol uoklin. 'Bike-Back' registrations will Starting at il a.m., the fun The Opiitmttois "Friend is open té men and wonm Starting at 9 a.m., safety also be filed in cooperation with begins witb a skiil testing rodeo of yot, an the club ecks and inspcin ilb the Durhamn Regional Police. The and competition races for the Ida comnitment is bo providfing S GE 23 j. ,~ j.jetS lin nen Tailgating, Page 24 AUTO NEWS