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The Red and Black, Wednesday. July 5, 197 2
GENE SCIALDONE
Sped a
trip
Pre-race trip
shows work
Mention the Olympics and immediately minds wander to
Munich, Germany, for the summer games this year But to
some 80 kids from Georgia and one member of the
University’s physical education staff, the word means
something special. That’s what it’s all about the Special
Olympics.
Back in May, the Georgia Department of Public Health,
in cooperation with numerous other agencies and groups,
hosted the third annual state games of the Georgia Special
Olympics at Dekalb College. The games were special
because the boys and girls participating were mentally
retarded. Finalists from district and regional competition
throughout the state competed at Dekalb Stadium.
Participants took place in various events including: 50-yard
dash, softball throw, long jump, .100-yard run, and high
jump.
With the state competition completed, some 80 boys and
girls from Georgia are preparing for the National Special
Olympics to be held in Los Angeles on August 13-20. The
Georgia group will be coached by Dr. Billy fc. Gober who
was selected hv the Executive Committee of the Georgia
Special Olympics Committee. Gober. a native of
Greensboro, Ga., has been with the University’s physical
education staff for the past four years after leaving his post
as Supervisor of Physical Education in Athletics in Dekalb
County.
The national program for the Special Olympics is
sponsored by the Joseph P Kennedy, Jr Foundation. The
foundation will pay food and lodging for the state groups
which make the trip to the national games, but the
individual state groups must raise the money for
transportation.
For those who contributed there were no decals or jacket
patches; only the warm satisfaction of knowing they helped
“create opportunities for sports training and athletic
competition for the mentally retarded in the state of
Georgia.” As Coach Gober points out, “It’s like they’ve
been locked up and kept in a closet. We need to realize
their capabilities of producing as normal children do.” He
agrees with the words of the Special Olympic committee
that “the program is designed to firmly demonstrate to the
general public the abilities, rather than the disabilities of
the mentally retarded.”
Special events and special happenings seem to attract
special people. Billy E. Gober is special He is no stranger to
the program. He is deeply involved in special education
including the mentally retarded in the area of motor skills.
He firmly believes in the progiam and its goals of rewarding $
each and every participant in the program, whether they |
win or lose. “Every child wins,” says Gober, “in terms of »
motivation, self-esteem, and individuality.” §
It is a valuable program and a rewarding one. It needs
your help and it needs it now. The State of Georgia can be |
v proud of these children and those who arc actively involved g
with it. The University also can be proud of its £
£ contribution, Dr. Billy E. Gober.
A necklace of many colored
cars snakes its way down
through the esses, the vibration
of 20,000 horsepower shakes
the ground and the growl of
racing engines sets the North
Georgia hills alive; the Can-Am
cars have returned to Road
Atlanta.
What has Road Atlanta done
to welcome these giants of
sports car racing? Before the
pace car pulls into the pit road
and the drivers accelerate down
the hill, through turn 12 and
take the starter’s green flag,
let’s go for a tour around the
course and meet the people
who make racing run.
The Sports Car Club of
America (SCCA) sanctions the
Can-Am races and the Atlanta
Region of SCCA is entrusted
with the actual running and
organization of this event at
Road Atlanta. Competitors,
arriving in huge vans or old
pick-up trucks, are met by the
registration team. They sign
the insurance release, get passes
and move on into the paddock.
Paddock marshals help park
the big rigs and keep traffic
moving as the race cars
themselves are pushed into the
BP garage for technical
inspection.
Tech inspectors check the
safety requirements on each
car, seat belts, shoulder belts,
on-board fire extinguishing
systems, and give the okay for
racing. Drivers suit up in
fire-proof driving suits, pull on
gloves and helmets and clamber
uito their cars as their
mechanics begin the endless
job of keeping the machines
healthy.
Practice begins as the
assistant starter waves the cars
out onto Road Atlanta’s
smooth asphalt. This asphalt
winds for 2.5 miles through a
natural amphitheater and is the
most challenging course in the
southeast.
As the drivers motor out to
practice, they pass and
sometimes wave to groups of
strange people in white who
are marshalled at each corner.
Called comer workers, these
people handle accidents,
crashes, fires and spinouts as
well as warning other drivers of
any danger.
University professors in
math, sociology and
journalism, grad students in
chemistry and ecology; and
undergraduates from all fields
come together on the comers.
The first car comes over the
hill before the start-finish line,
the chief starter waves the
green flag to signal practice is
open and the timers and
scorers in the three story tower
at his back begin the job of
keeping track of lap times as
the drivers begin to turn it on.
Each and every lap will be
timed as qualifying money is
earned and the grid for the
start of the race is determined,
fastest first. Grid marshals will
line the cars up for the actual
race according to the
qualifying times.
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