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

thursday january it 197u the tribune pace 11 snovu czrutser wer6 selling out all 71s at reduced prices hurry down theres only a few left aaarkham a yellow streak at over 75 mph stouffville a young mechanic glenn avery of stouffville is con sidered by many to be the areas top snowmobile racer glenn who works for stouffville skidoo sales drives the companys machines in competition during weekends he is en tered mainly in on tario snowmobile racing federation a sanction events which attract top professionals from all over north america one of his most recent accomplishments wac entering finals of the osrfs race at mosport against a field of more than 1500 drivers a winner says im as i ought to be a bad as a lot of other good but not as good loser says im not as people snowmobile club few complaints says president matthews sporting goods 6 washington st markham telephone 2944355 stouffville the whitchurch stouffville snowmobile club has made good progress according to its president marvin betz the club presently has 130 members and while mr betz admits there are still a lot of people who havent joined he feels op timistic about the 2- monthold club members are taking care of trouble spots where residents have com- plained about snowmobilers the club was formed last fall in response to a bylaw passed by council it was agreed that the club members would be allowed to try enforcing the bylaws provisions including a curfew complaints seem to be down from last year said mr betz but we havent had as much snow thats just as well its given us some time to organize most complaints he said come from the rural area and concern such problems as fencecutting mr betz suspects that this is often due to out-of- town snowmobilers who dont know their way around at an informed guess mr betz believes there are at least 2000 snowmobiles in whitchurch- stouffville if you count everyone who rides one of the vehicles probably 50 percent of the population could be classed as snowmobilers there have been no serious accidents locally this season mr betz claimed the club is trying to promote safety and courtesy among its members and to educate people generally about bylaw restrictions mr betz points out that it was the club which insisted on an antinoise clause in the towns bylaw there will always be a few people who wont obey anybody concedes mr betz a curfew doesnt solve all the problems restrictions on snowmobiles are gradually becoming tighter he said while helmets are not yet mandatory for riders he expects they will be within a year or two provincial regulations now control lights brakes and noise levels mr betz expects such measures to become more stringent as time goes by the average price for a snowmobile he said is about 900 he feels the machines are becoming safer and more comfortable each year in addition to con trolling the use of machines snowmobile laic joyce mcclcnnan miss joyce mc- clennan formerly assistant to the dean of the law faculty university of toronto passed away jan 22 she is survived by her sister mrs leslie storey and a brother donald mcclcnnan both markham rri club members will also be participating in social events a barbecue is presently in the planning stage according to provincial figures the sale of snowmobiles is increasing it looks like the club hastily set up last season will be around for many vears to come the federation holds about 7 a sanction races per season these events require a large entry fee and generous purses draw top drivers the b sanction races are more frequent and offer smaller prizes for competition glenn favors the ski- doo blizzard this is purely a racing machine he said and of little or no use for irailriding on trails he uses a skidoo 440 capable of 75 miles per hour i like the medium- range tnt as well as any machine he said a racingequiped snowmobile is an expensive proposition skidoos 640 which currently holds the speed record of 108 miles per hour costs a dealer about 2000 various events are entered by racers these are usually run on an ovalshaped track although cross country events and quartermile speed runs are exceptions and the danger i think motorcvele dangerous said racing is far more glenn he admits that snowmobile racing is not for the amateur 1972 skidoo clearance sale 1 elan manual 12 hp 1 300cc olympique 15 hp manual 2 335cc olympique 20 hp manual 1 335cc olympique 20 hp electric start 2 399cc olympique 24 hp twin cyl 2 292 tnt 20 hp manual 2 340 tnt 28 hp manual twin 1 440 tnt 38 hp manual twin 1 440 nordic electric 28 hp at specially reduced prices gords marine claremont 6492007 0fto hot sill see 10 0 polars tvs oer than o a l uimners pick your model colts free airs txs mustangs chargers e f i i si0uffuille trailer limiled hwy 48 north of markham 6401411 2971411