Friday, October 11, 2013

Saturday, July 4, 1970, Langley Speedway

The big Sea Festival races with a few familiar winners.





 Saturday, July 4, 1970

6000 in attendance

Sea Festival Race for super stocks and early-lates

A super stock dash

1 -- Gordy Hemrich, 64 Chevelle

B super stock dash

1 -- Ray Mackie, 57 Ford

Early-late dash

1 -- Marty White

First early-late heat

1 -- Ken Holstrom
2 -- Bill Harris
3 -- Gordy Mannes

Second early-late heat

1 -- Bill Dunn
2 -- Mel Hamilton
3 -- George Hamilton

Third early-late heat

1 -- Tom Edwards
2 -- Lee Thomas
3 -- Gary Steen

B super stock heat

1 -- Brad Baerg
2 -- Rick Atchison
3 -- unknown

Slow super stock heat

1 -- Ken McCauley
2 -- Bill Hunt (new car bought in U.S.)
3 -- unknown

John Erickson, Butch McCormack and Bill Strachan crashed. McCormack and Strachan out.

Fast super stock heat

1 -- Jim McMillan
2 -- Ken Sayers
3 -- Gordie Hemrich

Miss Mermaid A early-late main
1 -- Marty White
2 -- Lou Ferguson
3 -- Tom Edwards

Jim Fleming lost wheel and sparks caught gas tank on fire. He got free and was okay.

King Neptune B super stock main
1 -- Rick Atchison, 57 Chev
2 -- Don Gibson, 57 Chev
3 -- Larry Gibbons, 59 Ford

Miss Seafair Trophy A main

1 -- George Cook
2 -- John Rothwell
3 -- Dennis Lester
4 -- Ken Sayers, 66 Chevelle

First start: Jim McMillan and George Cook tangle. Restart, lap 2: McMillan spun. Next restart: red flag for McMillan, Cook and Danny James -- McMillan out. Hemrich was second until he spun on lap 30.




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