Friday, December 11, 2015

Sunday, May 23, 1976, Langley Speedway

A new super stock track record is set. (Bonus coverage of the Knox Mountain Hill Climb.)


Sunday, May 23, 1976

super stocks, modified sportsman, claimers

super stock times:

Cam Barnes, Surrey, 15.534 NTR (old record, Jack Cross, 15.567, from 1975)

claimer B dash

1 – Allan Adams, Burnaby

claimer A dash

1 – Bjorn Illingby

modified sportsman dash

1 – Keith Whitter

super stock dash

1 – Jim Godfrey

claimer B heat

1 – Lee Thomas
2 – Allan Adams
3 – Wes Chevelday

claimer A heat

1 – Chuck Swanson
2 – Bjorn Illingby
3 – Buddy Lynds

modified sportsman heat

1 – Marty White
2 – Keith Whitter
3 – Joe Pottie

super stock B heat

1 – Tom Mairs, Vancouver
2 – Herman Scheurman
3 – Frank Fletcher

super stock A heat

1 – Gordie Hemrich
2 – Jim Godfrey
3 – Tom Berrow

claimer B main

1 – Gordon Land
2 – unknown
3 – unknown

claimer A main

1 – Lee Thomas
2 – unknown
3 – unknown

modified sportsman main

1 – Marty White
2 – Keith Whitter
3 – Ted Mill

super stock main (50 laps)

1 – Tom Berrow
2 – Randy Cheadle
3 – Jack Cross
4 – Gordie Hemrich
5 – Cam Barnes

Berrow lapped all but the second place car.

Points

super stock

Tom Berrow, 181
Al Tourond, 129
Jack Cross, 125

modified sportsman

Marty White, 128
Bill Lawrence, 86

claimers

Buddy Lynds, 47
Dave Binning, 46

Big racing weekend over the Victoria Day long weekend at Quesnel and Prince George. Those races covered in a previous post.

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