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2 - The Canadian Champion. Tuesdav Octoher 10f 2000lf NEON UPTO 60 MTHS CARAVAN & TOWN & COUNTRY GRAND CARAVAN UP TO4qMTHS UP TO4a8MTHS OFFER EXPIRES OCTOBER 20o 2000. Il 2000 CHRYSLER INTREPID 2000 DAKOTA 2000 CONCORDE AU. MODEIS CHRYSLER FIN. RATE UP TO 48 MTHS 2000 RAM PICK-UP 2000 DURANGO 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE 2000 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE EXC. V10O& DIESEL FINANCE RATE AVAl LABLE ON THESE POPULAR 2000 MODELS CIRRUS UP TO 48 MTHS ' otorcycle racer dies in tragic accident Friends and fami- Iy of a local profes- sional motorcycle racer gathered at Knox Preshyterian Cuc clbat hi life Chuerhter 2 tof Frank Wilson died September 25 at Kingston General Frank Wilson Jr. Hoapital lrom com- plications of a motorcycle accident that occurred the day before. The 33-year-old had a number of career wins under bis beit. Mr. Wilson had already won the Canadian Championship titie this year and was racing September 24 - the st race in his career - for the sake of racing, said bis father Frank Wilson of Rockwood. "His firat love was racing and sports," he said. Mr. Wilson began bis racing career in 1992 at Shannonville Motorsport Park near Kingston. He received bis firat win that year. The following year he was a four-time WERA National Champion in Atlanta and had 53 consecutive first places. It was that year he became addicted to the sport. In the following years, Mr. Wilson won a number of tournaments including the 1995 National Open Sportbike Championship for Suzuki Canada as well as several top 10 finishes at the Hard Charger award in Las Vegas. He also placed 12th in the Daytona 200 as Top Privateer. Since 1997,, Mr. Wilson rode for Kawasaki, Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha. Afier the bass of his beat friend fromn a motorcycle accident, Mr. Wilson decided to finish bis racing career where he started - with his friends as Shannonville. In addition to motorcycles - which he had been riding since he was Il - Mr. Wilson had a number of other interests including triathlons, fishing, hunting, hockey and skiîng. Last year, Mr. Wilson ras for counicil ao he could help the youth and the elderly - two groupa that were neglected by the pre- sent counicil, Frank said. "He wanted to bring the 2Oth century into, in what in many ways, is the l8th century to Milton," he said. With thse racing career coming to a close, Mr. Wilson - who was an electronic technologist by trade - was planning to follow the footsteps of bis father and brother by going into the printing profes- sion. 1I could say so much about the lad," said Frank about bis son. Frank said bis son was a good person witlsout racial or religious prejudicea, who didn't drink, amoke or do druga. And it says a lot about a person when tlsere isn't enough roomn to for everyone [o ait during a funeral. There was well over 400 people sE the church, he said. "There were people from aIl over the country and the U.S.," many who are from the racing circuit. After the service, some of the people fol- lowed thse casket on their mosorcycles. Mr. Wilson also leaves behind bis motb- er Sandra, bis brother Bill and bis wife Rose of Missiasauga, bis sister Ann and husband Ron James of Milton as well as bis nieces and nepbews Kayleen, Janet and Robert. AIl of Mr. Wilson's organs were donated. 1