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

The Canadie Champçion. Fdday, Octbe 1,1999--25 Demoliion Deb \/Lorenz determined to win, and he succeeds By STEVE LeBLANO The Champion Just call him the Demolition Marn. Eric Lorenz has been the biggest namne locally in recent years when it comes to smash'em, crasb'em action at tbe Milton Faîl Fair Demolition Derby. The 35-year-old veteran proved this yet again in the second of two main events st weekend. He was knocked out early in the finals Saturday night, but - determined to taste victory one last time before the millenniumn - battled back to win the feature show- down Sunday. The victory was bis ninth in a dozen years. He bas tbree feature titles and six more in beat competition. "I'm a modem day gladiator," quippcd Lorenz. "I'm sEull up off the ground over this. Tbe Milton Fali Fair (Demolition) Derby is my passion. I put in at lest 100 bours on my car in preparation for tbis and have a lot of backing by many great businesses." The Milton demolition driver - wbose annual autumn adventures are supported financially by Campbellville's C.A. Towing where he works, as wel as a number of other sponsors including D & S Signa, Bey Slessor, Home Cinema, ioe's Auto Sales, Lube T, Scannell Exhaust, Shift & Drive Transmission and Supreme Auto Collision - needed only a few min- utes to incapacitate his opponents' vehicles in the finals Sunday. Dniving a 1982 Buick LeSabre, Lorenz finished off the field by slamming into friend and fellow Miltonian Gilbert Beaulieu - cracking the runner-up's tire waII and subsequently disabling the distributor cap. Recalled Lorenz, "It just took one good, hard shot and it was over. The whole thing lasted maybe about tbrec or four minutes." Sunday's champion said the demolition derby is his number one priority through the month of September. "A lot of us married guys are considered single lead- ing up to the derby. The wives know flot to count on us for dinner or the like," he explained. Lorenz received a trophy for bis efforts along witb Ironman 'incredible', sayls Snow * f rom Milton on page 24 the group registered for tbe last Ironman Canada of the century. Among those msking the comn- mitment were five ironman rook- ies, wbo ail expressed varying degrees of besitation about taking on sucb a challenge. Showing the moat trepidation was Gwen Jarrett. 1I was just a lit- tde nervous, for like a few montbs," she quipped. "It wasn't until weil into the race that 1 tbougbt I could really do Eis." Janice Snow also made ber iron- man debut out west, and described the experience as -incredible. "It's one of tbe beat thinga that ever bappened to me," she said, of ber 12:51:54 finish that waa best among the female Miltonians. A"A Pick Your Own Nearby WILLs F.'M1uY FRurr FuRM Britannia Road (3 km West of Trafalgar, Milton) *Wagon Ridou * Open Saturdlay & Sunday 876-2606 é Wcatber conditions were favourable for the racers wbile fan support was in tbe tbousands. "It's 50 buge out there," explained fellow firat-timer Jack Hewitt, wbo was among four local competitors to place in the top baîf of ail finishers. "Anybody not working that day comes to the race. There are 5,000 volunteers alone." He said the race was definitely difficuit and admits that at one point be questioned just wby be bad agreed to it in tbe firat place. But that feeling didn't lasE long. -It wore off quickly. Tbe event actually goes by a lot quicker than you'd tbink. Witb ail the scenery and fana cheering, Ebere's not mucb time to get bored." Ibe Milton athletes estimate tbey trained about 600 bours for the race - and that being able to swim at the nearby Kelso Conservation Area was a big part of their suc- ceta. Said Janice Snow, "Open water swimming is mucb different and we're very lucky to bave a training ground like Kelso." Ail 10 locals finished the race inside 15 bours and none were any- wbere near the back of the pack. "Everyone did really well. It was just a great experience," said Calvin Snow. Other Ironman Canada competi- tors from town were Martin Camney, Norm Flemington, Connie Hearty, Phil Jarrett, Jim Nelson and Courtney Wamner. -W.AVTED MO'IIVATED FEMALE VOLUNThERS FOR A MOTIVATIONAL STBDY We need 50 female volunteers to participate in a fourteen day fitness improvement study. You do not need to be a member of Goodlife Fitness Clubs and there is no cost to participate CAti 876-3488 855 Steeles Ave. E. Mion G R )dLife Vsit the dub or coul us on or $500. However, he said the moniey is secondary, comn- pared to year-long bragging nights. 'l probably put at Ieast that much money into the car each year, on top of what the sponsors give me. It's flot about the cash, it's about winning." Milton's Jay MacPhail was the grand champion Saturday, winning the event for a second straight year. Unfortunately he wasn't available for comment at press time. Please fax your sports reports ta Steve LeBlanc at 878-4943i Ladîes, Carclic> Karate KICK BC)XINC; & Self Defencc- Fitness Mc>-rlvÀ&-FIC>N tl-%cý edgc, cwery lîidy rieecls to, suicceecl i P11 1 s[1ý CbM W ýj il ý1 IF= 0:;t Ma--- MEE T R fd CI fýss Pl-US C)t1ýI [AIR 9= w;t FE lu-_= GLOV[ S UPON RI G1ýTRi\I 10t\J NO OMI IGATION Wh sd otd drvn core a thyr jup lk Yon ries Maybe it's because Young Drivers has thirly years of our instructors over the past 10 years. experience teaching collision avoidance. And has achieved Registration to the coveted IS0 And over half a million graduates, coast to coast. i ' s1 9001 Quality Assurance Management And more than a million dollars invested in i Standard. driver training research, plus another million No matter what they say, no one else is anything mn"xqgtqrI in nnnusnal recertification programs for ~ j like Young Drivers! AËL Oct. 16, 23, 30 & Nov. 6th 9:00 arn - 3:45 pm 4 9 iturav w- S-----.1s Nov. 9, Tues & Thurs. Evenings 6:30.pm -9:40Opm 4 Weeks Dec. 27, 28, 29, 3Oth 9:00Oam -3:45 pm 4 Days Yung Drivers of Canada 1~That's what parents are for. v875-9480