nice arty cover

An oldie.

Saturday morning cartoon

An oldie with a sing-a-long.

some ads from 1969

Two ads. One for Mission Raceway and the other for dune buggies on Annacis Island.

Saturday, June 28, 1969, Langley Speedway

Another regular Saturday night of racing at Langley.

Not from this night but I like the photos. Wish I could find better copies.

Saturday, June 28, 1969

BCTRA

3000 in attendance.

Early-late dash

1 -- Tom Fogg

Super stock dash

1 -- John Rothwell

Modified stock dash

1 -- Lloyd Bellamy

B modified dash

1 -- Cal Hough

A modified dash

1 -- Bob Warman

First early-late heat

1 -- Larry Lodge
2 -- Dave Dixon
3 -- Don Pain (?)

Second early-late heat

1 -- Ron Morrison
2 -- Barry Tomkulak
3 -- Lee Thomas

First super stock heat

1 -- Rollie Walker
2 -- Bill Hunt
3 -- Tom Hankins

Second super stock heat

1 -- Gordie Hemrich
2 -- Dennis Lester
3 -- John Rothwell

B modified heat

1 -- Cal Hough
2 -- Ken Klatt
3 -- Lorne Grocott

A modified heat

1 -- Larry Sproule
2 -- Cal Arnold
3 -- Lloyd Armey

Early-late main

1 -- Ron Morrison
2 -- Barry Tomkulak
3 -- Tom Fogg

Super stock main (13 start, 6 finish)

1 -- George Cook
2 -- Rich Goodwin
3 -- Gordie Hemrich

Lap one, turn 2: Alex Praisley out after a crash with Hemrich and Hankins. Lap 7 -- Rollie Walker spun into Dennis Lester. Mac Morrison and John Rothwell crashed lap 8. Lap 10 -- Bill Hunt hit Wes Henham broadside.

Modified stock main

1 -- Bo Bo Baker
2 -- Dave Angus
3 -- Rich Atchison

B modified main

1 -- Cal Hough

A modified main

1 -- Cal Arnold

Saturday, June 21, 1969, Langley Speedway

A regular night of racing.

Saturday, June 21, 1969

CORA and LARA

Fast time for super stocks by George Cook (16.26 from a previous best of 16.33) only to be topped by Dennis Lester at 16.23

Early-late dash

1 -- Dale McCartney

Super stock dash

1 -- John Rothwell

Modified stock dash

1 -- Jim Dinsmore

B modified dash

1 -- Cal Hough

A modified dash

1 -- Larry Sproule

First early-late heat

1 -- Bill Dunn
2 -- Al Baldwin
3 -- Doug Blow

Second early-late heat

1 -- Frank Fletcher
2 -- Al Tourond
3 -- Don Fletcher

Modified stock heat

1 -- Dave Angus
2 -- Lloyd Bellamy
3 -- Jim Dinsmore

First super stock heat

1 -- Danny James
2 -- Bill Hunt
3 -- Bill Terry

Second super stock heat

1 -- Gordie Hemrich
2 -- Bill Godfrey
3 -- John Rothwell

B modified heat

1 -- Cal Hough
2 -- Brian Thompson
3 -- Ron Morris

A modified heat

1 -- Cal Arnold
2 -- Len Barcelo
3 -- Dennis Wooden

Early-late main

1 -- Don Fletcher, 57 Pontiac
2 -- Al Tourond
3 -- Frank Fletcher

Modified stock main

1 -- Jim Dinsmore
2 -- Bo Bo Baker
3 -- Dave Angus

Super stock main (14 start)

1 -- Bill Godfrey, 64 Beaumont
2 -- Gordie Hemrich
3 -- Rich Goodwin

Godfrey in close race with Hemrich. Four lead changes. Godfrey back after after blowing his engine last week. And a rebuild of his car from an earlier crash.

B modified main

1 -- Ken Klatt, 230 Chev

A modified main

1 -- Ted Glawson

Len Barcelo out for first time with 289 Ford A modified. Was leading in main but penalized for an infraction.

Dennis Wooden, A modified, steering broke in turn 2 and ended up through and over the fence into the ravine. Dennis bruised but okay.

Jim MacMillan to be out with Z-28 powered A modified.

Saturday, June 14, 1969, Langley Speedway

The third annual Billy Foster Memorial race.

Saturday, June 14, 1969

BCTRA

Billy Foster Memorial Race

News leading up to race:

Jack Cross with new “A” upright.

Len Barcelo with a new Ford powered “A”.

Ted Glawson repaired after a wreck two weeks ago.

Jim MacMillan bought Gary Destobel’s “A” modified.

Destobel crashed in Edmonton and was hospitalized for 13 weeks.

5341 fans in attendance.

NTR for early-lates:

Ron Morrison, 17.88

Early-late trophy dash

1 -- Don Fletcher

Super stock dash

1 -- George Cook

B modified dash

1 -- Cal Hough

A modified dash

1 -- Gordon Stewart, Lynwood, WA

First early-late heat

1 -- Dennis Corfe
2 -- Fred Bruce
3 -- Rick Jensen

Second early-late heat

1 -- Doug Blow
2 -- Bill Dunn
3 -- Jerry Huhn

Third early-late heat

1 -- John Kowaliuk
2 -- Ken Marwood
3 -- Barry Tomkulak

Fourth early-late heat

1 -- Ron Morrison
2 -- Al Tourond
3 -- Rick Adsit

First super stock heat

1 -- Ken Sayers
2 -- Stan Waterson
3 -- Tom Hankins

Second super stock heat

1 -- John Rothwell
2 -- Gordie Hemrich
3 -- Clare Walsh

B modified heat

1 -- Cal Hough
2 -- Wayne Wooden
3 -- Ron Morris

A modified heat

1 -- Harry Roberts
2 -- Bob Warman
3 -- Cal Arnold

EL B main

1 -- Dennis Corfe, 54 Packard
2 -- Bill Dunn
3 -- Doug Blow

EL A main

1 -- John Kowaliuk, 261 Pontiac
2 -- Al Tourond
3 -- Ken Marwood

Super stock main

1 -- Gordie Hemrich
2 -- Dennis Lester
3 -- Ken Sayers

Ken Koester Memorial race for B modifieds

1 -- Cal Hough, Cloverdale, 266 Chev

Billy Foster Memorial race for A modifieds

1 -- Gordon Stewart, Lynwood, WA, 289 Chev

Super stocks -- Rich Goodwin rolled over this night?

Saturday, June 7, 1969, Langley Speedway

Continuing with the 1969 season at Langley.

Saturday, June 7, 1969

CORA and LARA

Early-late dash

1 -- Al Tourond, Surrey

Super stock dash

1 -- Gordie Hemrich, Vancouver

Modified stock dash

1 -- Lloyd Bellamy, Langley

A modified dash

1 -- Larry Sproule, Surrey

First early-late heat

1 -- Dale McCartney, Surrey
2 -- Fred Bruce, Surrey
3 -- Bob Benedict, Surrey

Second early-late heat

1 -- Bill Dunn, Haney
2 -- Don Gibson, Aldergrove
3 -- Rick Jensen, Langley

Third early-late heat

1 -- Al Baldwin, White Rock
2 -- Al Tourond, Surrey
3 -- Frank Fletcher, New Westminster

Modified stock heat

1 -- Jim Dinsmore, Surrey
2 -- Rick Atchison, Surrey
3 -- Lloyd Bellamy

First super stock heat

1 -- Wes Henham, Surrey
2 -- Mac Morrison, Vancouver
3 -- Danny James, White Rock

Second super stock heat

1 -- John Rothwell, Burnaby
2 -- Gordie Hemrich, Vancouver
3 -- George Cook, Vancouver

B modified heat

1 -- Cal Hough, Cloverdale
2 -- Brian Thompson, Surrey
3 -- Ken Klatt, Vancouver

A modified heat

1 -- Cal Arnold
2 -- Dennis Wooden, Surrey
3 -- Larry Sproule, Surrey

Early-late B main

1 -- Gary Steen, Vancouver, 1955 Pontiac
2 -- Bill Dunn, Haney
3 -- Dave Jones, Burnaby

Fred Bruce crashed into the fence.

Early-late A main (14 start)

1 -- Al Tourond, Surrey
2 -- Rick Adsit, Surrey
3 -- Don Fletcher, Surrey

Lap one -- seven cars crashed. Two out. Lap 7 -- Terry Keeler spun. Lou Ferguson hit him head on. Both out.

Modified stock main

1 -- Jim Dinsmore, 1933 Ford
2 -- Lloyd Bellamy
3 -- Rick Atchison

Super stock main

1 -- Gordie Hemrich
2 -- George Cook
3 -- Dennis Lester

A modified main

1 -- Larry Sproule, 340 Chev
2 -- Dennis Wooden
3 -- Harry Roberts, Coquitlam

Sunday funnies

A little bit of history from a 1952 comic. This page is about Eddie Rickenbacker.

Saturday morning sock hop

Another obscure rockin' little tune.

Langley Speedway, Saturday, May 31, 1969

First Saturday event of the season.

Saturday, May 31, 1969

BCTRA

5-6000 in attendance.

50 cars in the pits.

Early-late dash

1 -- Steve Dyer

Modified stock dash

1 -- Bob “Bo Bo” Baker

Super stock dash

1 -- George Cook

Modified A & B dash

1 -- Ted Glawson

First early-late heat

1 -- Jerry Hahn

Second early-late heat

1 -- Barry Regan

Modified stock heat

1 -- Dave Angus

First super stock heat

1 -- Mac Morrison
2 -- Jim MacMillan
3 -- Gary Greenaway

Second super stock heat

1 -- George Cook

John Rothwell and Dennis Lester got together.

Early-late main

1 -- Ron Morrison
2 -- Tom Fogg
3 -- Lee Thomas

Pete Harding caught fire.

Modified stock main

1 -- Rick Atchison
2 -- Jim Dinsmore
3 -- Dave Angus

Super stock main (20 laps)

1 -- John Rothwell
2 -- Mac Morrison
3 -- Gary Greenaway

Rich Goodwin and Bill Godfrey tangled. Goodwin rolled. Also ran -- Tom Hankins.

A & B main

1 -- A -- Barry Chamberlain, 340 Chev
1 -- B -- Ron Lamont, 223 Ford

Langley Speedway, Sunday, May 25, 1969

The scheduled Friday, May 24, 1969 CAMRA race was rained out. But the regular weekly schedule with CORA and LARA got into the books.

Saturday, May 24, 1969

CAMRA

Rained out.

Sunday, May 25, 1969

CORA and LARA

Early-late dash

1 -- Al Tourond

Super stock dash

1 -- Jim MacMillan

Modified stock dash

1 -- Rick Atchison

First early-late heat

1 -- Bill Harris

Second early-late heat

1 -- Dennis Corfe

Third early-late heat

1 -- Don Gibson

Fourth early-late heat

1 -- Don Fletcher

Modified stock heat

1 -- Dave Angus
2 -- Bob Baker
3 -- Jim Dinsmore

First super stock heat

1 -- Wes Henham

Second super stock heat

1 -- Clare Walsh

Early-late B main

1 -- Rick Adsit
2 -- Dennis Corfe
3 -- Terry Keeler

Early-late A main

1 -- Al Tourond
2 -- Ron Morrison
3 -- Frank Fletcher

Modified stock main

1 -- Dave Angus
2 -- Lloyd Bellamy
3 -- Rick Atchison

Super stock main

1 -- Dennis Lester
2 -- George Cook
3 -- Rich Gordon (Goodwin?)

Langley Speedway, Sunday, May 18, 1969

Next race was another Sunday afternoon event featuring the CORA super stocks and the LARA early-lates and modified stocks.

Sunday, May 18, 1969

CORA and LARA

Early-late dash

1 -- Ken Marwood, Surrey

Modified stock dash

1 -- Rick Atchison, Surrey

Super stock dash

1 -- George Cook, Vancouver

First early-late heat

1 -- Gary Steen
2 -- Bill Dunn
3 -- Jim Fink

Second early-late heat

1 -- John Kowaliuk
2 -- Peter Harding
3 -- Jerry Huhn

Third early-late heat

1 -- Bob Thomas
2 -- Dennis Corfe
3 -- Jack Thompson

Fourth early-late heat

1 -- Frank Fletcher
2 -- Steve Dyer
3 -- Harvey St. Hillaire, Victoria

Modified stock heat

1 -- Rick Atchison
2 -- Keith Whitter
3 -- Jim Dinsmore

First super stock heat

1 -- Tom Hankins, Surrey
2 -- Jim Fraley, Vancouver
3 -- Bill Landry, Langley

Also ran: Wes Henham, Bill Hunt, and Ken Sayers.

Second super stock heat

1 -- George Cook
2 -- Gordie Hemrich, Vancouver
3 -- Jim MacMillan

Early-late B main

1 -- Pete Harding, 1957 Ford
2 -- Gary Steen
3 -- Jack Thompson

Lap 3 -- Frank Waters, John Kowaliuk, Don Warner and Dale McCartney tangled. Dale out. Lap 12 -- Red flag for Gerard McHale’s car (Studebaker) catching fire.

Early-late A main

1 -- Lou Ferguson, Surrey
2 -- Al Tourond
3 -- Dennis Corfe

Modified stock main

1 -- Lloyd Bellamy, 1934 Chev
2 -- Rick Atchison, 1937 Pontiac 235
3 -- Dave Angus

Super stock main (17 start, 13 finish)

1 -- George Cook, 1957 Chev 327
2 -- Gordie Hemrich
3 -- John Rothwell

Langley Speedway, Sunday, May 11, 1969

A new season to get through. The Early-Late Racing Association (ELRA) becomes the Canadian Oval Racing Association (CORA). Other than that it's business as usual.

The first date (Sunday, May 4, 1969) was called due to weather. So opening days was Sunday, May 11, 1969.

Sunday, May 4, 1969

Cancelled due to weather.

Sunday, May 11, 1969

BCTRA/CORA/LARA

Over 6000 fans.

Over 70 cars.

17 races.

Trophies presented by Rodeo Princesses Carol Walker and Mary-Ellen Faulks along with Buddy Knox.

Early-late dash

1 -- Ron Morrison, Cloverdale

Super stock dash

1 -- John Rothwell, Burnaby

Modified stock dash

1 -- Lloyd Bellamy, Langley

A modified dash

1 -- Cal Arnold, Surrey

First A modified heat

1 -- Jack Cross, Langley
2 -- Harry Roberts, Coquitlam
3 -- Ted Glawson, North Vancouver

Cal Arnold’s throttle stuck. He hit the fence at over 100 mph. Cal was okay but the front of the car not.

Second modified heat

1 -- Ted Glawson, 301 Chev
2 -- Ron Lamont, Coquitlam
3 -- Wayne Wooden (Dennis Wooden, Wayne Wilbey?)

First early-late heat

1 -- Ken Marwood
2 -- Barry Tomkulak
3 -- Tom Fogg

Second early-late heat

1 -- Steve Dyer
2 -- Ron Morrison
3 -- Al Tourond

First super stock heat

1 -- Brian Moore
2 -- Barry Tom kulak (early-late?)
3 -- Alex Praisley

Second super stock heat

1 -- Jim MacMillan (after winning heat spun and lost his left rear wheel)
2 -- Rick Goodwin
3 -- John Rothwell

Modified stock heat

1 -- Rick Atchison
2 -- Dave Angus
3 -- unknown

Modified stock main

1 -- Rick Atchison, 1937 Pontiac
2 -- Dave Angus
3 -- Jim Dinsmore

Super stock main

1 -- Jim MacMillan
2 -- John Rothwell, 1957 Ford with Cobra power
3 -- Bill Hunt

Early-late main

1 -- Ken Marwood, 55 Chev 261
2 -- Ron Morrison, Chev 261
3 -- Al Tourond, Chev 261

Lap 3 -- Al Hewer, Larry Lodge, Bob Thomas, Lou Ferguson and Merv Meyers piled up. Lap 9 -- Frank Fletcher and Lou Ferguson head on after Lou spun. Both out.

A & B modified combined main
1 -- Ted Glawson
2 -- unknown
3 -- unknown

Montreal, 1912 results

 The results from the three days of racing along with a wiki picture of the Jay-Eye-See race car with Louis Disbrow at the wheel.

Cycletoons

If I had a wayback machine I'd waste a trip gathering up old comics like Dragtoons and Cartoons and Cycletoons. Rather than change or influence history I'd just want to gather it up.

"The Old Poop" cracked me up.

Saturday morning sock hop

Apparently this guy has a right wing rep. He should have stuck with hot rod tunes. This is reasonably entertaining.

Montreal, 1912

A question came up about early racing in Montreal. While I have looked at a few races there back in 1918 I've just come across one in 1912. Louis Disbrow and Bill Endicott headed a traveling group of racers that spent three days racing at Montreal's Delorimier Park.

a couple things from 1955

Getting more methodical in my looking at the online Vancouver Sun. Found some items I hadn't seen before. One a reliability run, the other a drag race.

1958 Van-Man-Van Rally

An ad and results for the Van-Man-Van rally.

The beginning of Skagit

Carman Parton raced in Saskatchewan, then on the coast at Digney and Langley Speedways. He is a Pioneer in the GVMPS.

 Labour Day 1954, the start of the long standing track.

a sports car race in Bellingham

 Actually there were a few sports car races at Bellingham Airport. Most were sanctioned by the SCCBC.

a tip about being clean from a hot rod comic

"Sanitary" in more ways than one.

Saturday morning sock hop

This song has a lot of Eddie Cochran motoring around in it so that makes it pretty dern good.

even more from the early 1950s in Washington State

1953 information. I don't know if the Hannegan track is the same as the one still in operation. Probably. Fred and John Pazaski are important names in the local motorcycle world. Fred Pazaski is a Pioneer in the GVMPS.

some more 1952 Washington State results

There was a regular schedule of racing in the area. Not sure if a champion was declared or how all that worked.

Hopefully everyone just had fun.

some more from northwest Washington State

Here's some stuff from 1952. The ad and results of the race. Jim Raper went on to run Skagit Speedway up until his death in the mid-1980s.

Northwest Washington in the early 1950s

A thread on the HAMB forum reminded me I'd done a little looking at the Bellingham Herald from the early 1950s. I'll post a few things the next few days.

Three different locations for racing in 1951.

I remember Art Hillstead's name from his involvement at Skagit Speedway.

some more Bob Burman at Portland, 1913

Action shots from one day of Bob Burman's races in Portland.

some cartoons

And a Kart-toon.

Saturday morning yeech!

In the style of The Shangrilas, here's Ronnie and Lynda. Another wreck. Another song. I suppose file it under "so bad it's good". Maybe you'll disagree on the "good and bad" designations.

Bob Burman, Portland, 1913

I've covered Burman's exploits up in Vancouver, BC, elsewhere. He was in the northwest for the AAA race at Tacoma. And then I suppose his manager got him involved in other races/exhibitions to make some money.