early vancouver, part 19

Another holiday in 1926 and another visit by what I like to think of as the "dirt track kings of California".

Other northwest drivers like Jack Ross, Gus Duray and Victoria's Jack Smith were also here. And motorcycles featuring Fred Deeley, Jr.

42--July 1, 1926, Hastings Park

--mile against time
1st, Al Hopp 1:02 2-5 (?)
2nd, Gus Duray
3rd, E. Spatz

--5-miles
1st, Gus Duray
2nd, Jack Ross
3rd, Jack Smith
time, 5:23

--7-miles
1st, Jim Sharpe
2nd, Jim Miles
3rd, O.H. Benson
time, 8:54 2-5

--8-miles
1st, Al Hopp
2nd, Francis Quinn
3rd, Jim Miles
time, 8:41 3-5

--15-miles
1st, Gus Duray
2nd, Jack Ross
3rd, Jim Sharpe
time, 16:34

--5-miles, motorcycles
1st, Dick Kells
2nd, R. Sedback
3rd, H. Mowatt
time, 6:18 1-5

--8-miles, motorcycles
1st, F. Deeley
2nd, Phil Bradley
3rd, E. Brown
time, 10:16

43--July 2, 1926, Hastings Park

--mile against time
1st, Al Hopp 1:04 4-5
2nd, Bill Cooper
3rd, Jack Smith
4th, Jack Norton
Earl Evans

--5-miles, fastest cars
1st, Al Hopp
2nd, Jack Smith
3rd, Earl Evans
time, 6:33 1-5

--3-miles, motorcycles
1st, R. Sedbach
2nd, Phil Bradley
3rd, H. Mowatt
time, 4:55

--5-miles, open
1st, Bob Parsons
2nd, Jimmy Sharpe
time, 6:58

--5-miles, motorcycles
1st, Dick Kells
2nd, Fred Deeley Jr.
3rd, Merlyn Owens
time, 6:23 4-5

--4-miles, motorcycles
1st, Ray Deeley
2nd, E. Brown
time, 5:10

--15-miles free for all
1st, Bob Parsons
2nd, Jimmy Sharpe
time, 17:49


44--July 3, 1926, Hastings Park

--mile against time
1st, Al Hopp 1:03
2nd, Gus Duray
3rd, Jack Ross

--5-miles, open
1st, Al Hopp
2nd, Bob Parsons
time, 5:27 1-5

--7-miles, open
1st, Jimmy Sharpe
2nd, George Smythe
3rd, Elmer Spatz
time, 8:06 1-5

--5-miles, consolation
1st, Jack Smith
2nd, Elmer Spatz
3rd, George Smythe
time, 5:38

--10-mile B.C. Championship
1st, Jimmy Sharpe
2nd, Jack Smith
3rd, Elmer Spatz
time, 11:22 4-5



--5-miles, motorcycles
1st, Dick Kells
2nd, H. Mowatt
3rd, Fred Deeley, Jr.
time, 6:20

--10-miles, motorcycles
1st, Ray Deeley
2nd, R. Sedbach
3rd, Phil Bradley
time, 12:05

--5-mile motorcycle consolation
1st, H. Mowatt
2nd, Ed Lanseth
3rd, E. Brown
time, 6:31 1-5