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by ed rogers at 190 kilometres per hour the turn looms suddenly at the end of mosports back stretch in the drivers seat unionvilles paul reynolds hands are firm on the camaro irocs steering wheel arms bentslightly at theelbows and holding the car on its preca rious line just as suddenly the car from conlin motors of markham is back in fifth gear zooming down the grandstand straightaway consistency and concentra tion says reynolds thats what it takes to win 15lap races where each iroc is virtually identical and the moustached 29-year- old driver is in a position to speak he finished in front of a field of 15 irocs and firebirds at mondays castrol victoria day sprints at mosport in doing so he set a lap pat cubellis record on the twisting hilly 25 mue track in 5th was pat cubellis the second driver on theconliris rac ing team cubellis 30 in his first season in the players challenge series was third and gaining on second until a wheel bearing ham pered the drive the week before the race cubel lis said i think my results will be riot fifth or sixth but midway point but with mondays result he may have to revise that predic tion the players challenge eight irocz races held at mosport montreals grand prix track and through the streets of toronto as a feature of the molson indy is only in its second season the first race at mosport is june 7 with tests and qualifying starting june 5 along with reynolds and cubel lis the markham area boasts three more players challenge drivers roger elliot in car no 3 a threetone blue iroc peter lockhart in an iroc from bob johnston chevolds and ian phil lips in car 70 who finished second in mondays castrol sprints and what goes through a driv ers mind on raceday on the grid reynolds says he waits nervously for the race to begin the sound the feeling the sus pense it just goes right through you he says but thechange that takes place after the first lap the agressiveness that takes over his voice fades as he searches for words to describe his style of rac ing which by all accounts is more agressive than most and tough on the car cubellis jumps in the urge to win takes over he says adding that most important to a success- pat cubellis car on a practice run at mosport last week ful driver is skill and techni que and money the two drivers bought the 20000 cars at a discount from conlin motors and sponsors have given cash canco collision of markham repairs all body dam age and was given work earlier this month when reynolds car no 16was damaged inathreecar collision at a regional race at mos port the irocs are ready to race when they come from general motors but four mechanics at conlin motors on hwy 7 at laid- law ave fine tune the suspension to suit each track modified the exhaust shaved the eagle gt tires bare for a flat gripping sur face and installed crisscrossing roll bars for safety and sturdi- ness the experience of the mecha nics behind the scenes plays a large part in the success of the car reynolds estimates that 60 per cent of the battle is won by the j no doubt about it on these cool cats free airconditioning on passenger vans camrys in stock plus on remaining in stock toyotas to 60 trucks 25 elicas 10 cressidas over 250 vehicles available 50 corollas mmkvilse fay at a msw ttunnat mr7butcr mrnnuieamm qmcmlxxxv leon shaffer golojck adv inc mechanics before the car hits the track theyre doing a super job he says they work in their spare time and on weekends come up to practice runs and do an excellent job concurs cubellis race organizers on monday in verted the starting position of the top six qualifying drivers reynolds clocked fastest was placed sixth on the grid i think it helped him says george laing one of the four mechanics he never said any thing but there was fire in his eyes working in the background doesnt bother laing or the other mechanics len doucette bruce twizzel and doug lamb as long as the cars running right you feel good when you see the car finish first you know youve done your job right says laing a 16year veteran of conlin motors and why give up spare time and spend the hours on the cars says lamb its selfsatisfaction a genuine interest and mostly to prove we can do it both reynolds and cubellis work together and live a block ed rogers apart from each other as well as race on the same team their close proximity has brought their wives together both our wives are trying to get their masters in shopping one of them quips reynolds 29 the more experi enced driver of the two also has two children aged four and two after racing between 1975 and 1981 he took four years offhe re turned last year to race irocs which get their name from an american camaro race called the international race of cham pions and is a favorite in this years line up of 3035 cars a race cubellis 30 has a fouryearold daughter its his second year racing ive done a lot better this year with the aid of paul i think im going to advance a lot faster he says along with conlin motors and canco 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