Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Langley Speedway, Saturday, September 9, and Sunday, September 10, 1967


The CAMRA show got done with the usual satisfying results. Local driver Larry Sproule showed well against the import drivers that came from Edmonton, Calgary, Spokane, and Victoria amongst other places.

Saturday, September 9, 1967

CAMRA

NTR -- Larry Sproule, 15.07

A dash

Norm Ellefson

B dash

Walt McKitka

First heat

1 -- Ron Jurisch (Bremerton, WA)
2 -- Ron Neilson (Cloverdale)
3 -- Lorne Grocott (North Vancouver)

Second heat

1 -- Don Bennett (Coquitlam)
2 -- Dennis Goldstraw (Vancouver)
3 -- Cal Hough (Cloverdale)

Third heat

1 -- Jim Tipke (Spokane)
2 -- Frank Jannett (Calgary)
3 -- Chuck Neitzel (Boise)

Fourth heat

1 -- Eldon Rasmussen (Edmonton)
2 -- Larry Sproule (New Westminster)
3 -- Al Smith (Victoria)

Sproule was ahead by a nose but the finish was recorded at the front wheel.

B main (35 laps, 13 start, 7 finish)

1 -- Dennis Goldstraw
2 -- Len (Ken?) Wilcox
3 -- Jack Cross

Crashes on laps 2, 3 and 19.

A main (50 laps, 15 start)

1 -- Chuck Neitzel
2 -- Larry Sproule
3 -- Alvin Haggith (Nanaimo)

Lap 35 -- Bud Gorder blew an engine and the oil took out Gary Destobel, Bob Gregg and Barry Chamberlain.


Sunday, September 10, 1967

LARA and ELRA

Rained out

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