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12--The GLOBE Thursday, June 28, 1973
STRAWBERRY GRAN PRIX
KEEP
ON
TRtKING
by Jack tlarrington
Now that the aches and very youngage, about two or
pains are subsiding and the three years old if I
anxiety of racing is over for remember right. Starting
this year I can look back on young I learned to master
what had to be the high point the simple things first,
of my racing career, pedaling from the seat, then
My tricycling started at a progressing to standing on
BERT WINKLEY in Krell Kreepy Kreller crept
around the Time Trial course (440 yards) in record
time. One judge said he needed a calendar to record his
time.
the bike and pushing with
one leg. Later as I grew and
the simple task of trike
riding became a drag I
remember looking for bigger
and better thrills, this
leading to high speed and the
thrill of the wind in my face.
You might say that the
racing bug hit!
Sixth place is not winning
but then winning isn't
everything, some say its the
way you play the game and
that I guess comes down to
overall race strategy. It is
hard for an outsider or
spectator to realize the
preparation and mental
concentration that goes into
preparing for the big event,
and from the driver's
standpoint I guess we all had
our trials and tribulations.
Let me if I may, give you a ....
brief rundown on a trike
racers strategy. Thoughts of
winning are always fore-
most in their minds, and
preparation and training
become an obsession. Hours
on hours are spent on pit stop
training, in my particular
case I guess when I became
twenty-one the training
started in earnest. Check
points, another integral part
of this fascinating sport,
comes easier to some than
others, knowing the exact
locations and the people
involved help, again in my
profession I was able to take
advantage. Last but not least
'is the ability of the sport-
smart to peddle as fast as
humanly possible while
hundreds of onlookers laugh
and encourage, or jeer and
ridicule.
All in all the big day is over,
but the excitement of the
next year's race is begin-
ning to build,, with that
comes the planning of faster
trikes and new streamline
designs, and as in racing
lingo if lady luck decides to
smile on me in next year's
race, maybe I can get by the
local law enforcement
agency long enough to finish
higher than sixth.
JULIE HARRISON on her two seated trike Miss Kuhnle,
woman entry for the GRAN Prix races. Tommy Cormors
Company was raring to go aboard his speedster.
RESTFUL ride around the GRAN Prix course
here last week, contestants seen loping along.
George No. 24 smiles confidently. More confident and
Thg GLOBE's entry, Jack Harrington (far left) who
GRAN Prix,
NOT MUCH freeboard was available for Duane Resch in his Data Trike
as he passed through the water hazard at Third and State. Following the
GRAIN Prix race chairman Resch is Bernie St. Onge in Bed Bug spon-
sored by Slumber Ease Mattress, and John Henderson on Sea-First
racer.
OBSTACLE -- Racerspedaled and pushed their
trap" during the GRAN Prix Tricycle races. Julie
while Chet Higgins prepares to mount and
~he sand. Riderless trikes sit in front of a pub,
refreshed.