Langford Speedway, 1938

Third year of the speedway 8 miles north of Victoria.

1938 results

May 7, 1938

--fast time: Wes Moore, 19 1-5 (NTR)
--helmet dash: Bert Sutton
--main event: Jack Spalding


May 21, 1938

--fast time: Jack Spalding, 19 1-5 (equals track record)
--helmet dash: Jack Spalding
--main event: Swede Lindskog


June 4, 1938

--fast time: Wes Moore, 19 (NTR)
--helmet dash: Swede Lindskog
--main event: Bert Bloomgren


June 18, 1938

--fast time: Swede Lindskog, 18 3-5 (NTR)
--helmet dash: Swede Lindskog
--main event: Swede Lindskog


July 1, 1938

--fast time: Chick Barbo, Swede Lindskog, Bert Sutton, 18 4-5
--helmet dash: Swede Lindskog
--main event: Bert Sutton


July 16, 1938

--fast time: Jack Spalding, 18 3-5 (equals track record)
--helmet dash: Jack Spalding
--main event: Bert Bloomgren


August 6, 1938

--fast time: ?
--helmet dash: Swede Lindskog
--main event: Swede Lindskog


August 13, 1938

--fast time: ?
--helmet dash: Bert Sutton
--main event: Jack Spalding


August 20, 1938

--fast time: Woody Woodford, 18 4-5
--helmet dash: Woody Woodford
--main event: Woody Woodford


September 3, 1938

--fast time: Swede Lindskog, ?
--helmet dash: Swede Lindskog
--main event: Swede Lindskog


September 10, 1938 (all local)

--fast time: Bert Sutton, 19 1-5
--helmet dash: Bud Green
--main event: Bud Green


1938 summary:

track record: Swede Lindskog and Jack Spalding, 18 3-5
helmet dash wins: 5, Swede Lindskog
2, Bert Sutton and Jack Spalding
1, Woody Woodford and Bud Green
main event wins: 4, Swede Lindskog
2, Jack Spalding and Bert Bloomgren
1, Bert Sutton, Woody Woodford and Bud Green

B.C. Automotive Sports Association points:
Bert Sutton 24
Jimmie Laird 11
Digger Caldwell 6
Sutton won the Burdie’s Cafe Cup symbolic of the 1938 championship.