Jack Martin, ELRA, Haney Speedway

At the Tradex over the weekend one guy, Brian K., came up looking for a photo or something about his late friend, Jack Martin.

I did recognize the name from 1966 at both Haney and Langley Speedways. That was the year where the Early-Late Racing Association (ELRA) finished out the lease on Haney Speedway and then moved to Langley Speedway because the BCTRA was having a dispute with track owner Craig Frazer.

Thanks to the Langley Speedway Historical Society they copied photos from ELRA member, and racing great, Gordy Hemrich. Some of the photos and clippings were from Haney Speedway. So here's two of them.

The clipping notes that Jack Martin's number was 54 (deep in my brain I sort of remember being impressed at age 8 that there was a car 54 because we all knew the t.v. show line "Car 54, where are you?"). Hopefully the 54 pictured is of Jack. The clipping comes from the Burnaby Examiner where Lee Kelly spent a year before moving onto the Columbian. He did great work covering motorsport in the area. I wonder where the heck he went to and if he did the same in his new location.

Anyway, for Brian K., here's something on his friend Jack Martin.