Thursday, January 24, 2013

Sunday, August 11, 1968, Langley Speedway

The mid-season races for ELRA and LARA.

The hunt by Rothwell's crew for an A-frame pays off.
 Sunday, August 11, 1968

LARA & ELRA Mid-Season Championships

24 super stocks including WELSCAR and Skagit cars
13 modified stocks
39 early-lates

4000 attendance

Early-late dash

1 -- Dave Beales

Modified stock dash

1 -- Lloyd Bellamy

Super stock dash

1 -- Rollie Walker

Early-late B main (25 laps)
1 -- Rick Jensen, 1953 Chev 235, Milner
2 -- Brian Bond
3 -- Peter Harding

Early-late main (40 laps, 20 start, 12 finish)
1 -- Rick Adsit, 1953 Chev 255, Surrey
2 -- Frank Fletcher, 1952 Chev 235, New Westminster
3 -- Ken Marwood, 1952 Chev 235, Surrey

Rick Adsit, Norm Cartwright and Dave Beales crashed lap two -- Rick and Norm got repaired -- Dave Beales came back in Rick Jensen’s car.

Modified stock main (35 laps)
1 -- Keith Whitter, Burnaby, 1937 Plymouth 225
2 -- Jim Dinsmore, Surrey, Chev 223
3 -- Dave Angus, Surrey

Lloyd Bellamy rolled lap two -- not injured.

B super stock main (8 start)
1 -- Alfy Aiello
2 -- Ken Young
3 -- Brian Moore

Ed Jones spun -- Martin Robak crashed into Ken Young and Alfy Aiello totalling his car.

Super stock main (50 laps, 16 start, 9 finish)
1 -- John Rothwell, Burnaby, 1957 Ford 352
2 -- Dennis Lester, 1956 Pontiac
3 -- Jim Oman, USA

Rothwell needed a right front A-frame after a trophy dash crash. Got it (as I remember from a car in the parking lot).

Martin Robak's super stock after the crash.

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