Thursday, July 17, 2008

midgets at Langley Speedway, August 26, 1978


I'm still on a midget racing kick. (Always will be I suppose.)

Not sure if this is the last time the midgets ran in the lower mainland (not including the quarter-midgets which still run in Aldergrove).

But:

Fast time: Mike Munce (Tacoma, WA) 14.641 (new class record)

Ed Shefchik (Puyallup, WA) won the A dash.

Consolation main was won by A.C. Stebbins (Kent, WA), second was Bill Hall (Burnaby) and third Gary Ekland (Federal Way, WA).

The A main was won by Ed Shefchik with Munce second and Chuck Rude (Lynwood, WA) third.

Support class was the claimers.

A main winner was Bjorn Illingby followed by Chuck Swanson and Gary Rayburn.

Consy winner was Al Darbyshire.

B main was Don White.

All info from the Columbian.

Al Adams of Seattle had the bad wreck. From the newspaper: "Adams spun in the first turn, rolled three times and in the process, his cage gave way and officials spent 20 minutes extricating the American from his car. He was sent to hospital with suspected broken ribs, lacerated cheek and concussion."

Photo below is of winner Ed Shefchik. Both photos come from the Bill Hall family collection. Thanks Rob.

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