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Show Page B6 Thursday, July 29, 1982 The Newspaper 1 1 "" 1 ''mim Mm If " inn. i .. in i iil. i 1 July 29, 31, Aug. 6, 8 Curtain 8:00 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, Main Street, Park City presented by Pork City Performances Dana Bishop Amy Finegan Curt Graf Scott Morgan STARRING Kim Comprix Ruth Ann Fitzgerald Leslie Luyken Maaqie Reno Richard Russel DIRECTED DY Steve Hunt musical director Joynee Welry choreography S.R. Hunt, J. Welry set design Warren Gerritsen Tickets $5.00 PCP members, $6.50 general admission Tickers available at all ZCMl Dorarix outlets. for reservations call 649-9371 Produced by special arrangement wirh Maximum Productions Newspaper ithf ihM "-'fvv ix if - aACLr intmT iiiimiini. Eien the smallest ads are read. Inaugural BMX race draws droves to Park Gity photos by David Hampshire Here's a plan? to care for vour child's eyes. 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V V A mwwmmmwj " - j i Bountiful Provo Roy 292-0479 373-2254 825-9703 Ogden 399-1147 Downtown Salt Lake 363-8761,355-1871 Sugarhouse 487-4138 ZCMl Center 533-0700 Fashion Place 262-3492 Granger 968-3526 Orem 226-3044 A week ago, Tom Shellen-berger Shellen-berger told The Newspaper that he would be happy if 60 or 70 BMX (bicycle motocross) racers attended the grand opening of Park City's new track. Shellenberger must have been ecstatic. When race registration ended shortly before noon Saturday, there was a total of 275 entries plus an estimated 700 spectators eagerly waiting for the starting star-ting gate to drop for the first time. "We had riders from as far away as California and Minnesota," Min-nesota," said Park City Recreation Director Bruce Henderson. "We had close to 1,000 people down there all together." The new track, which contains con-tains a series of challenging jumps and tricky turns, is built on a piece of city-owned land adjacent to Iron Horse Avenue, near the site of the old Mount Air Market. Henderson had several theories to explain the huge first-day turnout. "First of all, it's a new track. People like to come out and check out a new track. Second, there weren't any other races that day. Third, it was a holiday weekend." Although Shellenberger and Henderson are admitted novices at organizing such events, the races appeared to run very smoothly. Henderson Hen-derson reported that he had spent the previous Saturday afternoon at Riverview Park in Murray to learn the ropes. He said he heard a lot of favorable comments about Park City's inaugural races from people who had visited many other tracks. The racers also appeared ' to like the track. "Some of our turns weren't constructed quite properly. But overall they were fairly happy." Doing the play-by-play over the P.A. system was Chris Hogle, Shellenberger's stepson. "He had a couple of spotters spot-ters helping him throughout the day," Henderson said. "He did a great job." The youngest competitors were reported to be about five years old. One of the youngsters in the early heats ("motos") hadn't quite developed enough muscle to power his bicycle over the first jump, and crumpled in a heap on the uphill side, his head across his forearm, the picture of dejection. There were a few minor spills (although some didn't seem all that minor when they happened), a few cuts and bruises, but no serious injuries. "We used maybe half a dozen bandages to patch some scrapes and soothe some feelings," Henderson said. To guard against injury, racers are required to wear helmets, long-sleeved shirts, sturdy pants and some form of solid footgear. Henderson reported that a couple of protests were filed by racers who felt they had been fouled, but none was upheld. "We had officials out there on the track watching for that kind of thing," he said. Among those helping organize the event were Marcie Tebbs, Suzanne Shellenberger and Rip Griffith. Grif-fith. According to Henderson, about 75 percent of the race revenues go to pay for trophies, with a portion of the remainder going to pay for the upkeep of the track. Other than the Recreation Department staff, the organizers do not get paid. BMX races are scheduled in Park City every Saturday at noon between now and Sept. 25, with the exception of Art Festival weekend. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. each race day. Among the trophy winners were several local competitors. com-petitors. Tyler Tebbs finished first among the 12-year-olds in the Novice Class. His younger brother, Danny, took second among the 10-year-olds in the Expert Ex-pert Class. Alex Hogle also finished second among the 14-year-olds in the Beginner Class. 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