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Show yports Car Event Here Last Sunday brings Praise for iioab Facilities I 1 ? 1 cSrs find beautiful drivers and beautiful cars, ifr.jins pn tho wa-v '011 viow racing. Left is a j Ray driven by Loivtta Horroeks; center a ..,5 Ford with driver Bette Wilson. Right is a f ;"sjw:in Formula Vee and Naomi Williamson, ' -vtr.. I- ,. ! " jTicipsnts in the Sunday Fast Slalom held at the : airport by the Sports Car Club of America, Utah f vision, from Salt Lake City. Trophy winners are 'the first two rows behind Colin Wilson, front ;;:er. who turned in the fastest time of the day. . . Kifteen cars belonging to momibei-s of the Sports Car Club of America, Utah Hivi'Mion, f,.m Sait La0 City, H'ssomibied at the old airport in Monb Sunday for i Fast Slalom. After tei'h Inspection and registration, beginning begin-ning at 10 a.m., the actual eontest began shortly after af-ter 11. The former airport runway adapted very well to the twisting, turning course set between pylons by the event Stewards, according ac-cording to Moab race assistants. as-sistants. Slightly chilly weather and a cool wind evidently kept local spectators to a minimum, but did very little to dampen the enthusiasm en-thusiasm of tho group, as the possibilities of the old airport for future contests unfolded. Several of the participants had been In Moab before for hill climb events and gymkhanas, and expressed enthusiasm over the possibility of the old airport being designated designat-ed a permanent contest area, ar-ea, and indicated their club would sponsor at least one event a year in the Moab area. Ralph Osborne, chairman chair-man of the Chamber of Commerce committee in charge of arrangements, along with Chamber President Pre-sident Harold Jacobs, noted not-ed the complete self-subsistence of the group. Mr. Osborne contacted the Desert Inn regarding dinner din-ner arrangements for Saturday Sat-urday night, and assured the group that the airport would be made available to them Sunday. They made their own motel arrangements ar-rangements and when they arrived, all the gear needed need-ed to put on the event was contained in a truck towing tow-ing one of the professional race cars. Equipment to conduct such an event includes electric el-ectric timing devices, dozens doz-ens of pylons, a public address ad-dress system, signal flags and personnel who can operate the equipment. (Two large brooms to sweep the area were included, in-cluded, but happily the course was in good serviceable ser-viceable condition without their use). Around 1:30 p.m., the drivers had all been over the course, and their times tim-es noted, and trophies also brought to the event by the Salt Lakers passed pass-ed out to winners. Colin Wilson, a Britisher who has been in the U. S. long enough to have made a couple of previous trips to Moab for contests and acquire an American wife, but not long enough lo have lost his English brogue, brog-ue, took the overall trophy in his Lotus Ford in a time of 41.050, barely nosing nos-ing out Norman Williamson, William-son, driving a Volkswagon powered Formula Vee, that made its maiden run earlier ear-lier on the Moab hill climb. A large selection of American and foreign cars participated Sunday. |
