Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Villeneuve quickest Williams Renault teammates Jacques Villeneuve and Heinz har Ald Frentzen recovered from poor showings in their previous race to gain the front Row in qualifying for today a Spanish grand prix. Villeneuve was timed in one minute 16.525 seconds Over the 4.727-Kilometre Cataluna circuit. Frentzen a Hest of 1 16.791 led for much of the session until Villeneuve bettered it with about five minutes left. A we changed a lot of Small things during the session Quot Villeneuve said. A we weren to far away from the perfect Way. It was just a matter of moving from one Side to the the Canadian averaged 222.421 pm a to gain the pole position for the eighth time in his career. Crohn s and colitis Eeli a wheel v i complimentary bbl provided by a can 235-1653 for pledge sheets amp info or pick up your pledge Sheet at the Winnipeg free press 1355 Mountain ave. Sunday june i Reg i shia to n 9 am. Heel to wheel a a Thon Al \ s from in i m la . With Bra to follow University of Manitoba stadium off Pembina amp Bison drive great prizes Raffles on site support a real winning cause. A 2l coach Jeff Reimbold Winnipeg Blue bombers Lumm Carpenter above came close but beat Tracy. All our children Are bom equal let s vote to keep it that Way. Treating one child with special favour can destroy even the happiest family. What a True for families holds True for Canada. Entrenching distinct society status for Quebec in the Constitution destroys the principle of Equality for All canadians by giving Quebec the final say in All National decisions. That Means the rest of us and our children Are not equal. This is not the Way to keep the Canadian family together. The liberals conservatives and new democrats All favour distinct society status for Quebec. Do not vote for them. The treasured Canadian principle of Equality for All people everywhere in Canada must not be traded away by opportunist politicians. On june 2nd vote to keep All our children Tracy a again by Joseph Siano n. Y. Times news service Madison ill. A this is Paul Tracy a time and he knows it. Tracy passing his fellow Canadian Patrick Carpenter with under two laps to go yesterday won his third consecutive championship Auto racing teams event the Motorola 300, at the new Gateway International raceway. Tracy in a Penske Mercedes denied Carpenter a 25-year-old Rookie on the cart tour his first Victory in a thrilling finish to a 236-Lap race. Tracy was closing steadily after his first pit Stop put him a Lap Down. He passed Gil de Fer ran of Brazil for third on Lap 225, holding off an attempted reply by de Ferran then passed Alex Zanardi of Italy on the inside on Lap 232. Meanwhile Carpen tier who was trying to win by stretching a tank of fuel As far As possible had to drive slightly conservatively to save fuel. That was his downfall As Tracy caught up to him in traffic As the leaders crossed the Start finish line with two laps to go. Tracy took the inside line and was Home free. Carpentier in a Reynard Mercedes held on for second. De Ferran in a Reynard Honda got by Zanardi near the end for third. With extended yellow flags and the threat of curtailment by rain the race became a contest in fuel mileage calculations and weather forecasting. Eight different Drivers led with most of the Early Lead changes occurring when the Leader pitted. Tracy knew before this race started that he had the Opportunity of his career to finally prove he could win a championship. Watching Tracy a indy car exploits has been like listening to the 1812 overture a thrilling passages punctuated by loud Bangs. Although Tracy entered this race with 12 indy car victories in Little More than six seasons he has come close to winning the cart championship Only once in 1993. A i Felt like i could have won the championship in 1993 if i Hadnot Given away the Points that i did a a Tracy said. A this year the car has been very Good in be been driving it Well and in be had some Luck engines alter Field at the indy Dallas morning news i Indianapolis a first it was the now its about the cars. We need your financial support now to carry this vital message across Canada. Please write or Call spec National office 3080 Yonge Street suite 5068, Toronto ont. M4n 3n1 toll free number 1-888-800-Apec 2732 pick your controversy but the Indianapolis 500 motors on. Thanks to an unorthodox decree from the Indianapolis motor Speedway a More than full Field of 35 cars will Start today a 81st running of the indy 500. The real question is How Many of these five month old indy racing league cars will be around to compete at the end. A people Are just trying to find something to pick on a front Row starter Tony Stewart says of the engine uproar. A a in a pretty confident with what we re doing Here. When we started the old cars Here last year it was like pulling the pin on a grenade. You knew the engine was going to go you just did no to know when. A i wish i could say it was different but this is the first 500-mile race for these new a barely developed irl motor program established this season has made engine reliability an uncertainty at Best a concern at least. How Well an engine performs is always a racing variable but that a especially True Here. Still so Early in their development none of these production based Nissan or Oldsmobile motors has been tested in a race longer than 200 Miles ;