more Mission, 1965

Some more results from that first year of drag racing at Mission. The September 6th and 19th results.

And a little history.

All from the October 1965 issue of Road and Motorsport in BC.

Mission Raceway, 1965

 On a northwest drag racing facebook page someone was hoping for a "scan bombardment" of race results for local race plants.

So a beginning on Mission. This from the first race (miss identified as September 29th when it was actually August 29th) from the September 1st, 1965 issue of Road and Motorsport in BC.

two more Barney Oldfield items

From 1910, the Los Angeles Herald.

some ancient Barney Oldfield items

From 1904, the Los Angeles Herald.

Sunday funnies

A couple old comic book covers from the old Saturday morning cartoon.

Saturday morning sock hop

The Vibrents, "Fuel Injection". Classy instrumental from 1962.

some Tacoma Speedway photos from 1919

more 1916 photos from Oregon

some Oregon photos from 1916

Cars and drivers that did make it up to Vancouver's Hastings Park over the years.

some more Edmonton 1964

The Inland Empire 100 at Edmonton's Speedway Park. Won by Ray Peets.

1964 Edmonton

Did a little digging into Edmonton. Came up with this from 1964. Both Ray Peets and Norm Ellefson are in the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame.

sunday funnies

some old racing videos

First part of this is a dirt track that I believe is Wonderland Speedway, located on the Fraser Highway at 240th Street (Trans Canada Highway and Brown Road) back in 1954. The track was built by the B.C. Roadster Racing Association.

Second long bit is from Abbotsford Airport. Drag Racing. Needs lots of identification.

vintage modifieds at Agassiz Speedway

Apparently a handful of vintage modifieds will be at Agassiz Speedway Saturday July 19th. One scheduled to be there is Ralph Monhay and his number 33.

Looking forward to it.

a 1984 program from Westwood

Lifted this off the web. The vintage race at Westwood from 1984.

a bit more from the 1984 Westwood program

some more from the 1984 Westwood program

1984 Westwood program

Working on something else for someone else I scanned this:

graphics, Firestone

Some detail from a couple Firestone ads. They always won the Indianapolis 500 so they always had an ad the day after the race.

Saturday morning sock hop

A good version of Robert Mitchum's classic.

Regina stock cars, 1966

Some stock car racing in Regina, 1966.

some more Edmonton, 1958

Sadly the winner of the Silver Cup at Edmonton in 1958, Eddie "Tiger" Matan, lost his life in a boating accident not too long after the race. The Silver Cup race became known as the Matan Memorial.

some Edmonton stuff, 1958

Been looking at microfilm from Edmonton. So here are some things I've found.

Edmonton, 1961

It was Eldon Rasmussen's birthday July 7th. So a couple 1961 stories involving him (and Norm Ellefson).

1961 Matan Memorial race, Edmonton

Better late than miss a day. An Edmonton Journal story on the 1961 Eddie "Tiger" Matan Memorial race.

a couple 1976 ads

Two ads from Speedways one might have headed to if heading south from Canada for some racing action.

Saturday morning film

A little music and some clips from the 1963 Winternationals featuring Jack Williams' Syndicate Scuderia dragster.

sequence of photos from Langley

I've used one of these photos, but here is a longer sequence of the Al Airlie crash at Langley Speedway in 1976. From the June 2, 1976 issue of Racing Wheels.