Tuesday, January 31, 2017

more CAMRA, 1971

More clippings about CAMRA from Racing Wheels, 1971.



Monday, January 30, 2017

CAMRA stuff from 1971

From various issues of Racing Wheels.



Sunday, January 29, 2017

Sunday funnies

More King of the Royal Mounted:



Saturday, January 28, 2017

Saturday morning sock hop

Doug Harden, "Dig That Ford":


Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Monday, January 23, 2017

Langley Speedway, Sunday, July 1, 1979

Second day of the demolition derby event at Langley Speedway.


Sunday, July 1, 1979

demolition derby

best appearing car:

Judy Edwards

best Canadian theme car:

Judy Edwards

dash a:

Mike Salo

dash b:

Murray Chambers

dash c:

Dave Smith

backwards dash:

Kerry Brott

women's race:

Darlene Zilkowski

heat one:

1 – Dave Smith
2 – Murray Chambers
3 – Jim Craighorn

heat two:

1 – John Martin
2 – Fred Thompson
3 – Pat Powerhouse

heat three:

1 – John Broker
2 – Pat Gordichuk
3 – Jay Mahelich

main:

1 – Guy Miller
2 – Ken Bayko
3 – Pat Power
4 – John Martin
5 – Rick Maycock

derby:

Barry Emmit

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Sunday funnies

More King of the Royal Mounted:



Saturday, January 21, 2017

Saturday morning sock hop

The Super Stocks, "Four On the Floor":


Friday, January 20, 2017

Langley Speedway, Saturday, June 30, 1979

A two day demolition derby event at Langley.


Saturday, June 30, 1979

demolition derby

best appearing car:

Jeff Martin

best Canadian theme car:

Bob Hollingsworth

dash a:

Jim Craighorn

dash b:

Don Martin

dash c:

Dave Smith

backwards dash a:

Kerry Brott

backwards dash b:

Bryan Saunders

women's race:

Jenny Taylor

heat one:

1 – Jay Mahelich
2 – Don Martin
3 – Jim Craighorn

heat two:

1 – Angelo Demitri
2 – Larry McKenzie
3 – Guy Miller

heat three:

1 – Murray Chambers
2 – Pat Gordichuk
3 – Barry Emmit

main:

1 – Murray Chambers
2 – John Martin
3 – Fred Thompson
4 – Don Martin
5 – Ken Bayko

derby:

Rick Pemble


Thursday, January 19, 2017

Langley Speedway, Saturday, June 23, 1979

Better results, via Fred Rannard and Racing Wheels.


Saturday, June 23, 1979

claimers and super stocks (Victoria super stocks on 11-inch tires, locals on 8-inch tires)

Doc Dockendorf hit turn one wall in hot laps. Out for the night.

claimer fast time:

Mubby Beggs, 17.815

super stock fast time:

Larry Pollard, 15.399

super stock B dash:

1 – Wayne Baber
2 – Al Adams
3 – Bruce Browne
4 – Gord Schmidt

super stock A dash:

1 – Larry Pollard
2 – Tony Johnson
3 – Orton Ker
4 – Al Vanderbyl

claimer B dash:

1 – Rick Graham
2 – Grant McPherson
3 – Jim Cook
4 – Bob Fadden

claimer A dash:

1 – Jim Darby
2 – Tim McBryan
3 – Barry Hilts
4 – Mubby Beggs

claimer heat one:

1 – Lloyd Hill
2 – Ron Mitchell
3 – Jim Lester
4 – Ken Graham
5 – Jim Graham

claimer heat two:

1 – Atom Villeneuve
2 – Harvey Hoogenboom
3 – Rick Graham
4 – Grant McPherson
5 – Tonis Kaest

claimer heat three:

1 – Dave Balkwell
2 – Barry Hilts
3 – Dan Villeneuve
4 – George Rayburn

super stock heat one:

1 – Lloyd DeJong
2 – Nick Mannes
3 – Ken Jansen
4 – Det Wrede
5 – Harold Oliver

super stock heat two:

1 – Wayne Baber
2 – Al Adams
3 – Roy Blumenhagen
4 – Bruce Browne
5 – Gord Schmidt

super stock heat three:

1 – Larry Pollard
2 – Al Adams
3 – Bruce Browne
4 – Tony Johnson
5 – Orton Ker

claimer consolation main:

1 – Ron Mitchell
2 – Lloyd Hill
3 – Jim Lester
4 – Ed McKell
5 – Larry Graham
6 – Jim Graham

claimer main (16 cars, 25 laps):

1 – Bob Fadden
2 – Atom Villeneuve
3 – Tim McBryan
4 – Guy Miller
5 – Tonis Kaest
6 – Jim Darby
7 – Dave Balkwell
8 – Dan Villeneuve
9 – Mubby Beggs
10 – Garnet Langille
11 – Rick Graham
12 – Harvey Hoogenboom
13 – Jim Cook

super stock main (25 laps):

1 – Larry Pollard
2 – Tony Johnson
3 – Orton Ker
4 – Lloyd DeJong
5 – Bruce Browne
6 – Wayne Baber
7 – Al Adams
8 – Roy Blumenhagen
9 – Nick Mannes

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Langley Speedway, Saturday, June 16, 1979

Very poor information on this race date. So here it is, such as it is.


Saturday, June 16, 1979

limited super stocks and claimers

claimer main

1 – Bob Fadden, Abbotsford

limited super stock main

1 – Lloyd DeJong

special super stock main (Victoria cars)

1 – Larry Pollard

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Langley Speedway, Saturday, June 9, 1979

Interesting combination of NASCAR modified sportsman and super modifieds and jalopies from the Sky Valley Racing Association.



Saturday, June 9, 1979

super modifieds, modified sportsman and jalopies (NASCAR modified sportsman and Sky Valley Racing Association with the supers modifieds and jalopies)

2000 in attendance, largest of the year.

Jalopy fast time:

Lance Smith, 16.762

super modified fast time:

Jay Barnes, 15.392

modified sportsman fast time:

Al Adams, 15.306

jalopy dash

1 – Brad Smith
2 – Lance Smith
3 – Robert Mountfield
4 – Jim Cook

super modified dash

1 – Dale Ehlers
2 – Ken Rhodes
3 – Jay Barnes
4 – Kevin Etchison

modified sportsman dash

1 – Butch Mentry
2 – Al Adams
3 – Al Airlie
4 – Eric Nowadnick

jalopy main (25 laps)

1 – Crazy Wally
2 – Brad Smith
3 – Robert Mountfield
4 – Mike McManus
5 – Onno Van Gilder
6 – Joe Darlington
7 – Gary Looney
8 – Jim Cook
9 – Bob Morgan
10 – Lance Smith

super modified main

1 – Jay Barnes
2 – Dale Ehlers
3 – Kevin Etchison
4 – Ken Rhodes
5 – Ed Becker
6 – Joe Bauer

modified sportsman main (75 laps)

1 – Ted Mitchell
2 – Doug Heath
3 – Ted Spoon
4 – Keith Whitter
5 – Al Prendergast
6 – Kenny Peterrson
7 – Ron Hagen
8 – Jerry Fife
9 – Al Airlie
10 – Eric Nowadnick
11 – Jim Hagen
12 – Al Adams
13 – Butch Mentry
14 – Tom Felling

Monday, January 16, 2017

Langley Speedway, Saturday, June 2, 1979

I took a week off. Not planned but it happened. So I need to get back to the difficult 1979 season. Difficult in that the local newspapers didn't cover it well. At least Racing Wheels, with Fred Rannard, did.


Saturday, June 2, 1979

Demolition Derby.

Dash a

Pat Hahn

dash b

John Martin

dash c

Rick Pemble

backwards dash

Danny Richardson

powder puff

Margaret Power

heat one

Kary Bott

heat two

Gary Radford

heat three

Rick Pemble

Main

1 – Rick Pemble
2 – John Martin
3 – Danny Villeneuve

Derby

1 – Danny Richardson
2 – Angelo Demitri
3 – Rick Pemble
4 – Danny Villeneuve

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Sunday funnies

More King of the Royal Mounted:



Saturday, January 14, 2017

Saturday morning sock hop

"426 Super Stock" by The Super Stocks:


Sunday, January 8, 2017

Sunday funnies

More of King of the Royal Mounted.



Saturday, January 7, 2017

Saturday morning sock hop

Bo Diddley, "Ride On Josephine":


Friday, January 6, 2017

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

1990 Westwood stuff

1990 Hankook Endurance Series rule book cover. Also a picture of Ross Bentley from that time.




Tuesday, January 3, 2017

more from the 1964 Edmonton Gold Cup

Another photo and article. A big race deserves big coverage.



Sunday, January 1, 2017

Sunday funnies

More of King of the Royal Mounted to begin the new year: