Sunday comics

Some more from the early 1950s.

herding cattle in an air-conditioned Cadillac Coupe De Ville

Stringbean with Earl Scruggs.

a few more photos from Father's Day

Car and motorcycle show at Burnaby Village Museum, Father's Day

Three photos from the Father's Day car show at the Burnaby Village Museum.

Corvettes, the new one in 1954 and the smaller one a couple years later

Dueck sponsored the big Vancouver Collector Car Show, Sale and Auction. Here's a couple old ads that feature the Corvette. In 1954 it was the new car. A couple years later you got a scaled version for those who bought a new Oldsmobile.

some more 1958 power boat results

some 1958 power boat results

Ron Bestward (not "Besterward") in the crackerbox class was getting wins in 1958.

Sunday funnies

A couple more from some old comic books found on line.

Saturday morning heavy metal

Prepare your ears. All-girl band doing a song about Shirley Muldowney. Shirley had a birthday on June 19th.

motorcycle scrambles, 1958

I'd seen an item saying there would be Canadian championships in Langley (then called Langley Prairie) but this is the first time I've seen any sort of result.

Not sure where in Langley this took place. 

1958 rallies, etc., for the SCCBC

Between that time from the end of sports cars at Abbotsford Airport to the opening of Westwood the Sports Car Club of BC kept the enthusiasm going in 1958.

Not sure what this International Sports Car Rally is all about. Hopefully more research will provide the answer.

additional Billy Mathews, Daytona 1950

A couple other items from that second win on the beach.

Billy Mathews, motorcycle champion

Billy Mathews won the Daytona motorcycle beach race a couple times. This is his 1950 win. At that point Billy was from Hamilton. He ended up on the west coast working for the guy who finished tenth that year, Trev Deeley.

Sunday funnies

Saturday morning video

A clip from a 1969 movie, "Explosion", that features a Jaguar XKE swooping around Langley Speedway.

Murray Chambers

Nice 1988 story about Murray Chambers. Good photographer and racer. Still has a car or two that he brings to show and shines.

A couple dates coming up

I'll be at a couple different places if you are in those areas.

Burnaby Village Museum on Father's Day.

And the Vancouver Collector Car Show at the Agrodome on June 22-23.

motorcycles heading back east in 1955

Canadian Motorcycle Association riders headed back east to race in the championships. Two of the named are Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers: George Hollinger and Frank Carr.

And even more Keen headlines

the good and the sad of racing

June 11th marks the birthday of Sir Jackie Stewart, multi-time world champion grand prix driver, broadcaster, and at one point team owner.

It also marks the 68th anniversary of the terrible tragedy at Le Mans where 83 spectators and driver Peter Levegh died.

Racing has been called "the cruel sport" -- it can give tremendous highs but also tremendous lows.

More Keen headlines

Keen headlines, Mel Keen that is.

Sunday funnies

Some old comics that can be found online.

Saturday morning sock hop

1954 ads

A couple sports car ads from 1954 for the Bellingham and Abbotsford Airports. Both races sanctioned by the SCCBC.

a little bit more

A picture of a line-up of 1925 racers at Hastings Park. I've never seen this one before. It was reprinted in a 1954 Vancouver Sun.

not done, just busy with other things

Apologies: life and various other tasks that require more skill than I have take over. So a big gap in posts. And more gaps to come.

Again, apologies.

A 1954 ad for a fabled track that lasted not very long.