Langley Speedway, July 18, 1965

Another race with limited information. The sources here are the Province and the Columbian.

Somewhere between 3000 and 3500 attended, depending on which newspaper you believe.

Both agreed that Ralph Monhay, in his #33 super modified, set a new track record at 15.21 seconds.

Ralph also won the 25-lap A main.

The B main was won by Skagit's Jerry Birdsey.

The early late main was taken by either Cal Hughes or Hugh, but probably it was Cal Hough. Newspapers can be infuriating in their spelling.

The stock main went to Reinhard Unruh, another name that gets some creative spelling over the years.

The dashes went to:
A -- Monhay
B -- Ken Klatt
stock -- unknown
early late -- Carmen Parton

Two early late heats were reported on with the winners being Hugh (sic) and Brian Thompson.

The Columbian had some nice things to say about Thompson:

"This was the second week out for Brian and his smart red paint job has yet to be scratched. Watch for him next week and see if his fenders get a little ruffled."

Two names, Danny Doward and Frank Mackie, in the stock class had rollovers.

One thing to remember is, at this point in history, two oval tracks were operating in the Greater Vancouver area. The Early Late Racing Association was racing at the old Haney Speedway, the track the BCTRA left in the middle of the 1964 season. So the beginning of this post has a Langley ad, and the end a Haney ad.

I'd love to find out more about the 1965 Haney season. Anyone have any info on it?