1956 Digney Speedway, part two

Getting further into the 1956 Digney Speedway season.

1956 Digney Speedway, part one

Beginning the next season, 1956, at Digney Speedway.

1955 Digney Speedway, the results

Results get spotty as the season goes on. I have in my files somewhere Don Bennett's mother's scrapbook which fills in some gaps.

Wish I could find the notes from that scrapbook, but I can't at the moment.


1955 Digney Speedway


Saturday, May 7 -- unknown

May 14 -- Mel Keen

May 21 -- Mel Keen

Wednesday, May 25 -- rain washed out A main

May 28 -- unknown

Wednesday, June 1 -- Don Bennett

Saturday, June 4 -- Lyle Isert

June 9 -- Harold Hatch

June 11 --Mel Keen

June 15 -- Lyle Isert

June 18 -- Lyle Isert

June 22 -- Mel Keen

June 25 -- Don Bennett

June 29 -- unknown

Saturday, July 2 -- unknown

Wednesday, July 6 -- unknown

July 9 -- unknown

July 13 -- Ernie Coulter

July 16 -- unknown

July 20 -- Ernie Coulter

July 23 -- Les Diack

July 27 -- unknown

July 30 -- unknown

Wednesday, August 3 -- unknown

Saturday, August 6 -- Les Diack

August 10 -- unknown

August 13 -- Les Diack

August 17 -- Les Diack

August 20 -- unknown

August 24 -- unknown

August 31 -- Don Bennett

Saturday, September 3 -- unknown

Wednesday, September 7 -- Mel Keen

September 10 -- unknown

September 17 -- championship race, 100-laps, Les Diack

Langley Speedway Reunion, 2010

Some photos from this year's reunion. The guys I noticed were the old modified stock racers like Al Prendergast and Keith Whitter, along with Keith's son Al, and the tribute car to Larry Gibbons.

1955 Digney Speedway, part four

Penultimate installment for the 1955 Digney Speedway season.

1955 Digney Speedway, part three

Third installment from the 1955 Digney Speedway season.

1955 Digney Speedway, part two

The next installment from the 1955 Digney Speedway season.

1955 Digney Speedway, part one

Starting a new season, 1955, at Digney Speedway. Some rules to begin.

1954 Digney Speedway, the results

Some good results here, some glaring gaps as well:

Saturday, May 8 -- Irv Balzer

Wednesday, May 12 -- Mel Keen

May 15 -- Mel Keen

May 19 -- Mel Keen

May 22 -- Frank Richardson

May 26 -- Mel Keen

May 29 -- Frank Richardson

Wednesday, June 2 -- Mel Keen

Saturday, June 5 -- unknown

June 9 -- Dick McElroy

June 12 -- Larry McBride

June 16 -- Irv Balzer

June 19 -- unknown

June 23 -- Larry McBride

June 26 -- unknown

Wednesday, June 30 -- Joie Chitwood Thrill Show

Thursday, July 1 -- Joie Chitwood Thrill Show

Saturday, July 3 -- Larry McBride

Wednesday, July 7 -- Jack Read

July 10 -- unknown

July 14 -- Don Bennett

Friday, July 16 -- unknown (televised)

July 17 -- Roy Johnson

July 21 -- Ed Reilly

July 24 -- Larry McBride

July 28 -- Mel Keen

July 31 -- Don Bennett

Monday, August 2 -- Burnaby Stampede

Tuesday, August 3 -- Burnaby Stampede

Wednesday, August 4 -- Don Bennett

Saturday, August 7 -- unknown

August 11 -- Don Bennett

August 14 -- Frank Richardson

August 18 -- unknown

August 21 -- unknown

August 21 -- midget race cars at Patterson Park, Ladner -- winner unknown -- Curtis "Curly" Maben fatal

August 25 -- unknown

August 28 -- unknown

Wednesday, September 1 -- unknown

Saturday, September 4 -- championship races -- 100-lap winner Les Diack

some more photos for Saturday

More from the Scovell collection. Dorothy Gruman out of Portland, OR, owned race cars. The above big car was powered by a Duesenberg. The one below helped win Woody Woodford the northwest championship in 1934.

1954 Digney Speedway, part six

Final installment from the 1954 Digney Speedway season. Results next time.

1954 Digney Speedway, part five

Another pair of clippings from the 1954 Digney Speedway season.

1954 Digney Speedway, part four

Fourth installment of the 1954 Digney Speedway clippings.

1954 Digney Speedway, part three

The 1954 Digney Speedway collection of clippings continues.

1954 Digney Speedway, part two

Continuing with the 1954 Digney Speedway season.

some photos for Saturday

Getting behind here (while trying to get ahead). The above photo from Vancouver, WA, circa 1930. And the photo below from Rose City Speedway, Portland, OR, circa 1914.

Photos from the Scovell collection.

1954 Digney Speedway, part one

Moving along to the next year, 1954 Digney Speedway.

1953 Digney Speedway, the results

Here's a season to get a long list from, 1953 at Digney Speedway:

Saturday, May 9, Bert Carson

Wednesday, May 13, Bert Carson

May 16, Bill Anderson (Reg Royle)

May 20, Ernie Coulter

May 23, Johnny Taylor

May 27, Johnny Taylor

May 30, Wilf Kingston

Tuesday, June 2, Hank Rodrique

Wednesday, June 3, Wilf Kingston

Saturday, June 6, rain?

June 10, Bert Carson

June 13, Lyle Isert

June 17, Frank Richardson

June 20, A main rained out

June 24, Joie Chitwood Thrill Show

June 27, Mel Keen

June 30, Joie Chitwood Thrill Show

Saturday, July 4, Frank Richardson

Wednesday, July 8, Mel Keen

July 11, Larry McBride

July 15, Wilf Kingston

July 18, Roy Johnson

July 22, Ed Reilly

July 25, Frank Richardson

July 29, Roy Johnson

Saturday, August 1, Mel Keen

Wednesday, August 5, Bud Webb

August 8, unknown

August 12, Bud Webb

August 15, unknown

August 19, Stan Warner

August 22, Dick McElroy

Monday, August 24, Joie Chitwood Thrill Show

Tuesday, August 25, Joie Chitwood Thrill Show

August 26, unknown

August 29, Frank Richardson

Wednesday, September 2, Bill Anderson (Reg Royle)

Saturday, September 5, 100-lap championship race, Larry McBride

September 9, Fred Douglas

September 12, Dave Barrie

1953 Digney Speedway, part six

Last sample of 1953 Digney Speedway clippings.

1953 Digney Speedway, part five

The 1953 season, a good one at Digney Speedway, continues.

1953 Digney Speedway, part four

Even more from that 1953 Digney Speedway season.

1953 Digney Speedway, part three

More from the 1953 Digney Speedway season.

1953 Digney Speedway, part two

Continuing with the 1953 Digney Speedway season.

1953 Digney Speedway, part one

A new season. Better coverage of the races themselves.