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Show 2B Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, June 6, 1984 Sprint Car Owner Continues With His Infatuation power, Joel said. The car, like other sprint cars, has a complicated suspension system designed to get the most out of the oval track on which the cars GARY L. HATCH ' Review Sports Editor , ; ; i ; When Joel Smedlcy was in his early teens in Layton, he was taken away by bank-ed-cur- radio advertisements for the races at Bonneville Raceway in Salt sprint-ca- r race. Each tire is a different size and each wheel receives a different proportion of the cars weight to best allow the driver to negotiate the track. Lake. He could never succeed in getting his parents to take him to the track, though, and had to wait a few years until he could drive himself and his younger brother Lynn down to Salt Lake. Both quickly became infatuated with sprint-ca- r racing and have been ever since. The latest development in that infatuation is a sprint car the Smedleys bought during last summer with racing friend Ray Bergner. The Smedleys already own smaller shares of another car with Bergner that placed 10th in the state in points last year. Joel has equally high hopes for the new car, No. 20. "We have two. great kids driving for us. Joel said. Ray C. Bergner drives our No. 43 car and his younger brother Tim is going to drive our car No. 20. "Tim is a good kid and a very competitive person. After he gets a few races behind him he should do well for us, Joel added. The Bergner brothers are sons of Joels partner Ray. The No. was bought from Jerry 20-ca- ve r and Jim Malloy, two prominent racing figures in the Denver area. The car has a 355 cubic inch displacement engine with fuel injection, and cranks out between 400 and 425 horse One of the most distinctive parts of the car is the air foil. A kind of wing that sits above the driver and uses the pressure of the air flowing over it to push the cars wheels against the road surface for better traction. Despite the considerable amount of time and money Joel and his partners have invested in sprint racing, it is still not a a purely recreational activity g venture. In a good year, sprint car racers in Utah may make recoup their losses', but Joel doesn't expect to make bundle from racing. That makes these racers amatuers in those who the words truest sense participate for love of the sport. Joels interest in cars began at least in his early teens and was enhanced when he bought his first car, a 1953 Chevrolet convertible. . money-makin- He started working for an automobile dealership in high school, and, except for a stint in an armored division in the army, has had only jobs that were in some way connected with cars. Despite having a hobby that is so closely related to his career choice, Joel says he never tires of his envolvement with sprint racing. Photos by Robert Regan races through its hot laps in preparation for a race on Memorial Day. Upper rignt, Joel CAR NO. 20 Smedley finishes some last minute checks in the pits before the race. Strawberry Opened Friday The grand opening of the Bureau of Reclamations $25 mil- lion Strawberry Reservoir Recreation Area was held Fri- day. The ceremony climaxed with g ceremony at the huge wide boat ramp. The occasion marked the official transfer of management services from the agency which built the reservoir and recreation facilities, the Bureau of Reclamation, to the agency which will operate the facilities, the Forest a noon ribbon-cuttin- 105-fo- ot Service. We consider the transfer to be the finest example of a resource agency and a development agency working together in an effort to foster greater interagency cooperation, said Clifford Barrett, director of the bureaus upper Colorado region. Strawberry Bay Campground is one of two major recreation areas constructed by Reclamation around Strawberry Reservoir. Photo by Rodney Wright . , f. GRANDFATHER Harry Thornleyand seasons fishing opener by hauling jn grandson Kyle Curtis, of Layton and these two big Mackinaws from Bear Lake last week. ; Roy, respectively, warmed up for this ' Davis and Northern Area While Soldier Creek Recreation Area on the east has been completed, Strawberry Bay is nearing completion and will be finished later this year. Two major camping loops, a day use area, fisherman acces area, and boat ramp complex t Strawberry Bay was available for the opening day of fishing Satur- tional Forest to provide day. temporary marina facilities at Soldier Creek Campground Soldier Creek, with permanent was open to the public, as well facilities to be installed in the fuas Aspen Grove Campground to ture. the southwest of Soldier Creek Aspen Grove Campground Dam. provides 23 units. Chicken Facilities at both major recre- Creek East Day Use Area, locatation areas include campgrounds ed off Highway 40, is complete and day use areas, with tables, and will provide parking for 38 shelters, fire circles with grills, vehicles. When all- facilities are comwater hydrants, restrooms, sanfish and stations, itary dump pleted, Strawberry Bay, Soldier Creek, and Aspen Grove Campcleaning stations. There are also large boat grounds, several day use areas, ramps at each site with courtesy and numerous fisherman access docks. points will accommodate nearly A new restaurant, store, mari- - 10,000 people at a time. na, and boat storage facility, located at Strawberry Bay, will be SEE OUR BIG operated by a private conces- sionaire. Preparations are currently-bein- g made by the Uinta Na ANNIVERSARY SALE in Not Doin' Much of Anything? Come to the TANGLEWOOD BOUTIQUE June 9th Saturday, A.M.-6:0- 10:00 P.M. 0 TANGLEWOOD ints Bountiful CLUBHOUSE Tanglawood Subdivision Layton East off Highway 89 ' Classified (Mt. Road) Follow the signs. Near Layton Water Tower MANY Today's LAKESIDE REVIEW Mall GIFT IDEAS can Sell It. Follow the signs County Fishing Not Great, But Good i GARY L. HATCH Review Sports Editor After a forecast of fair to poor fishing for the opener in Northern Utah, early season anglers have met with fair to good fishing in Davis County, and the near future looks like more of the same. Northern Utah fishing outside Davis County was a bit better, than expected and the outlook is good for those waters also. In the County, fishers at Farmington Pond met with just limited success Saturday, but Sunday the water started to clear and more fish were caught, said Alan Hash, conservation officer for Davis County. The pond was the only body of water in the county stocked with fish, but Hashs big word of advice for anyone rushing to the pond is that it will probably be fished out as soon as within one ; i week. We stocked the pond with about 2,000 trout last week, but Im afraid people will rush out there thinking theyre going to catch their limits, and will, be disappointed. That pond has been receiving heavy pressure every day, and it is too small. It will be fished out very fast. If people are looking for good places in the county to fish, I would recommend either Steed Pond in Clearfield or the Riverside Ponds in Kaysville, Hash said. .r m v 1 Steed Pond is located at 100 W. 300 North in Clearfield, and Riverside Ponds are a series of near Kaysville. ponds along They are a joint venture between the LDS Church and Kaysville City, Hash said. Another area that should provide good fishing in the county is Holmes Reservoir in East Layton, Hash said. Holmes is pretty big and can take a lot of pressure. There are some largemouth bass and and there are a few walleye pike, but not many, Hash said. Worms work best at Holmes, while spinners and flatfish have also met with some success. Those who want to brave the fishing at Farmington Pond should use blue-gil- l, shoulder-to-should- er salmon eggs. Like Holmes, Steed ponds will will enjoy catching, Hash said. t Farmington Creek and the We- Yw ber River will be stocked with trout later in the summer, Hash said, but right now they are both running too high and too cloudy to provide good fishing. In other nearby areas, the Ponds and Wellsville Reservoir were under their usual heavy pressure and responded with good fishing. The Ogden Reservoir and its tributaries were also choked with fishermen, and some good cutthroat and rainbows have been Wheslin M Summer DD Riverside and taken. provide warm-water fish. Riverside should yield some h good channel catfish and bass. There are also a lot of small bluegills that the kids large-mout- Causey Creek Reservoir was muddy and slow fishing as predicted. 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