some old photos, part four

Fourth installment of these old photos from the northwest. I'd love to find the 8X10 glossy versions.

I believe the top photo actually happened in Denver.

Scrambola, part nineteen

A winner? A winner! A protest! A compromise! Whadda race! Whadda champion! Whadda story, I tells ya!:

some old photos, part three

Third installment of these old photos. Always find them fascinating.

Scrambola, part eighteen

The race with the Scrambola is reaching it's "thrilling!?!" climax!:

when in doubt, link: part uuhhh....

Got this link for Bench Race. Nice online mag. Ten issues in total. Most have more than a few pages dedicated to drag racing in the Pacific Northwest from the 1960s. Very cool!

Langley Speedway, Saturday, July 15, 1967

Not an official Inter-City meet but a few Nanaimo cars over. And they did well.

early-late dash:
1 -- Ron Morrison

super stock dash:
1 -- Bob Keam

B modified dash:
1 -- John Wassell (Nanaimo)

A modified dash:
1 -- Ray Pottinger (Nanaimo)

1st early-late heat:
1 -- Harry Robertson (Roberts, as per Harry Roberts)
2 -- John Bettles
3 -- Russell Dool

2nd early-late heat:
1 -- Brian Thompson
2 -- Ron Morrison
3 -- Earl Thomas
(Earl Jergens '49 Ford rolled lap 5.)

super stock heat:
1 -- George Cook
2 -- Jim McMillan
3 -- Bob Keam
(Mark McFadyen rolled on the final lap.)

1st B modified heat:
1 -- Ron Neilson
2 -- Walt McKitka
3 -- Cal Hough

2nd B modified heat:
1 -- Reinhart Unruh
2 -- Doug Bowell (Nanaimo)
3 -- John Wassell

A modified heat:
1 -- Larry Sproule
2 -- Cal Arnold
3 -- Ray Pottinger

early-late main:
1 -- Brian Thompson
2 -- Lloyd Green
3 -- Russell Dool

early-late and super stock challenge main
(4 early-lates and 6 super stocks):
1 -- Jim McMillan (super stock)
2 -- Bob Keam (super stock)
3 -- Brian Thompson (early-late)

A & B combined main (18 cars, 25 laps):
1 -- Cal Arnold (A)
1 -- Walt McKitka (B)
(John Wassell, Harold Sjostrom, Jerry Anderson -- all from Nanaimo -- and Garry Destobel crashed lap 17.)

(Ooops! Forgot to check a drafted entry. So, better late than never, even if out of sequence.)

Langley Speedway, Sunday, July 16, 1967

Another Sunday from 1967. ELRA and LARA.

early-late dash:
1 -- Chris Palm

modified stock dash:
1 -- Lloyd Bellamy

super stock dash:
1 -- Gordie Hemrich

1st early-late dash:
1 -- Chuck Swanson
2 -- Clarence Reggenwetter
3 -- Dave Laser

2nd early-late dash:
1 -- Cliff Jensen
2 -- Rocky Wilson
3 -- Vic Dionne

3rd early-late dash:
1 -- Chris Palm
2 -- Don Fletcher
3 -- Dennis Corfe

1st modified stock heat:
1 -- Smokey Graham
2 -- Ric Lester
3 -- Bill Goldstone

2nd modified stock heat:
1 -- Jim Dinsmore
2 -- Harry Van Diemen
3 -- Lloyd Bellamy

1st super stock heat:
1 -- Rollie Walker
2 -- Bill Quarry
3 -- Bill Strachen

2nd super stock heat:
1 -- Gordie Hemrich
2 -- Ken Sayers
3 -- John Rothwell

early-late consolation main:
1 -- Cliff Jensen
2 -- Dave Hemphill
3 -- Charles Christianson

early-late main:
1 -- Bill Goldstone
2 -- Dennis Corfe
3 -- Dennis Hill

modified stock main:
1 -- Lloyd Bellamy
2 -- Doug Rutherford
3 -- Harry Van Diemen
(George Wyse rolled lap one, restarted.)

super stock main (18 start):
1 -- Gordie Hemrich
2 -- John Rothwell
3 -- Ken Sayers

powder puff, modified stocks:
1 -- Faye Graham
2 -- Donna Firth
3 -- Gale Gibbons
(Sylvia Bellamy alsoran.)

powder puff, early-lates (19 start):
1 -- Laura Nordham (in #37 Packard of Dennis Corfe.)

Westwood Wednesday, 1983

Yet another Westwood Wednesday. 1983 up.

some old photos, part two

More from the Dick Downes pages saved from Racing Wheels.

Scrambola, part seventeen

The race with the Scrambola continues!:

Westwood Wednesday, 1982

Continuing into the 1980s with Westwood. This time up, 1982.

Marty White, Langley Speedway

I was watching a tape of the recent NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race from Vernon, BC. The honorary marshal of the race was Marty White. Marty dominated modified sportsman racing at Langley Speedway in the 1970s, then moved onto super modifieds and won the CAMRA title in 1981.

From 1973 to 1976 he grabbed 24 main event wins. Pretty good stuff especially considering he got 10 in 1976.

There was a mention in the broadcast that Marty was the 1976 Northwest Modified champion. Not sure what that meant. In 1978 there definitely was a NASCAR Northwest Modified series, and it was won by Surrey, BC's Doug Heath. There were a NASCAR sanctioned modified races at Langley in 1977 and 1978 but nothing that I've noted, as of yet, for 1976.

As we say at "racin' thru the raindrops" -- further research is needed.

Photos come from the Langley Speedway Historical Society's archives.

some old photos, part one

Some clippings from Racing Wheels in the early 1970s. A lot of reminiscing by Earl Sedgewick and Pike Green as they gathered photos and stories. These come courtesy of Dick Downes, who worked at the newspaper for a time and is a fan of the old racing from the northwest.

Scrambola, part sixteen

Mac's back with the Scrambola Special. And it's Race Day!:

Arlington drag strip reunion 2009

Here's a clip of Jack Williams' Syndicate Scuderia A/D at Arlington, WA.



And info on the upcoming reunion for 2009.

some adverts from the newspapers

Always nice to find evidence of racing. Sometimes the first thing that jumps at me when I'm looking at the microfilm is the ads. Then I start looking for headlines.

Langley Speedway, Sunday, July 9, 1967

LARA and ELRA on a summer Sunday afternoon in 1967. The clipping is part of a Lee Kelly column in the Columbian from that time.

early-late dash:
1 -- Ric Atchison

super stock dash:
1 -- Gordie Hemrich

modified stock dash:
1 -- Lloyd Bellamy

1st early-late heat:
1 -- Ric Peterson
2 -- Vic Mossey
3 -- Lyle Wolf

2nd early-late heat:
1 -- Don Fletcher
2 -- Dennis Hill
3 -- Brian Mould

3rd early-late heat:
1 -- Dennis Corfe
2 -- Vic Meyers
3 -- Frank Fletcher

1st modified stock heat:
1 -- George Wyse
2 -- Doug Rutherford
3 -- Bill Goldstone

2nd modified stock heat:
1 -- Doug Firth
(Larry Gibbons rolled 2 times in a four car pile up.)

1st super stock heat:
1 -- Jack Martin
2 -- Rollie Walker
3 -- Harry Ashbrook

2nd super stock heat:
1 -- Gordie Hemrich
2 -- George Cook
3 -- John Rothwell

early-late consolation main:
1 -- Lloyd Green
2 -- Don Wolf
3 -- Lyle Wolf

early-late main:
1 -- Norm Andrews
2 -- Ray Mackie
3 -- Dennis Corfe

modified stock main:
1 -- Bill Goldstone
2 --Lloyd Bellamy
3 -- Harry Van Diemen

super stock main (18 start, 6 finish):
1 -- Gordie Hemrich
2 -- Les Spratt
3 -- Ken Sayers

Westwood Wednesday, 1981

Another Wednesday look at Westwood. 1981 this time. Intesting interview with the guy responsible for the Westwood50 festivities.

some Edmonton leftovers

Time to use some stuff in the files:

sunday funnies

I will get back to the Scrambola story next week. But, until then:

Westwood 50 clip

A youtube clip from the Westwood 50 weekend: