racin' thru the raindrops
a virtual motorsport scrapbook
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Rip Kirby, International Incident, part ten
More the Ripper.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
car song by Woody Guthrie
Everybody brup along:
Friday, February 25, 2011
always good stuff from Norm Ellefson
He was, and is, a good interview. Also a good writer. A clipping from 1973.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
1970 Calgary
Drag racing and supermodifieds.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
more drag racing info
I was going to put these things up a few weeks back. Got sidetracked.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
some drag racing
Interesting racing guys making the circuit in the 1970s.
Monday, February 21, 2011
keeping tracks alive
Big issue in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Here's just one of many stories of what was being attempted to keep Lower Mainland tracks running.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Rip Kirby, International Incident, part nine
More from Rip.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
some more NASCAR from 1975...
A Regina NASCAR race report.
Friday, February 18, 2011
with NASCAR in the news...
Some 1975 clippings of the NASCAR series that ran throughout the west.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Rip Kirby, International Incident, part eight
Better keep going with this. We're almost back to racing.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Living in the past
Some internet archive research.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Vancouver Sun story on Les Diack
Can be found
here
.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Rip Kirby, International Incident, part seven
Carrying on with Rip, or is that ripping on with Rip?
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Saturday morning video
Sprint cars from the Dick Wallen collection of videos.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Edmonton drag racing, 1972
Some more stuff from the internet archives. This time drag racing from Edmonton.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Calgary, 1956, part two
George LeMay, an inductee of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, won the big race ending the 1956 season at Springbank Speedway.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Calgary, 1956, part one
As my scanner issue isn't resolved I'll just continue with the Google newspaper archive finds.
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