some more Wheelspin clippings

Some more from Wheelspin. It was an Ontario based publication with limited coverage of anything outside of Ontario. (It relied on correspondents from the far flung outposts of Canada.)

some Wheelspin clippings

Been scanning some pages from Wheelspin. Hopefully I haven't already posted some or all of these.

more midget comics

The Buz Sawyer strip featuring his good pal Rosco Sweeney.

Saturday morning sock hop

A slower blues from Young John Watson: Motorhead Baby.

some photos from the 1975 Tillicum Raceway program

A centerspread and another page of photos circa 1975 at Tillicum Raceway, Vernon.

Tillicum Raceway program, 1975

More scans from the collection of stuff Murray Jones of the Langley Speedway Historical Society gave.

This time from Tillicum Raceway in Vernon, 1975.

three more pages from the 1976 Western Speedway program

More scans (information/content is king!).

Xmas in September

Thanks to Murray Jones of the Langley Speedway Historical Society for giving me some old racing paper at the Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers Society ceremony on September 20th. Scanning stuff to beat the band.

The ceremony went well.

Three pages from the 1976 Western Speedway program.

more 1967 Mission Raceway

The last (?) report of the 1967 season from Mission Raceway.

more midget comics

Two more installments of the Buz Sawyer Sunday comic.

Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers Society Ceremony, September 20th

Coming up soon, the inductees are:

Motorcycle

     Phillip Funnell       

     Larry Garbe       

     Carl  Blomfeldt       

Oval Racing   
  
     Brian Thompson  

Collector and Restoration
  
     Peter Welch   

Sports Car and Road Racing
   
    Frank Allers       
   
    Brian McLoughlin   
   
    Bob Stevens       

Drag Racing
   
    Dwain Kremyr       
   
    Keith Winterbottom   

Hot Rod and Custom
   
    Don Holloway       
   
    Dennis Groundwater   
   
    Doug Curren       

Hot Rod Supporter
   
    Art Brumpton       

    Ron Latham      

    Bill Townsend       

Sandy Lovelace Award
   
    Gerry Frechette       

motorcycles at Digney Speedway in 1948

30 second clip of motorcycles using the dirt infield to race at Digney Speedway.

September 1967 at Mission Raceway

A new track record. From the October 1967 issue of Road and Motorsport in BC.

and yet another Mission report from 1967

September 3, 1967 meet at Mission, final meet of the Mission-Arlington series of races. From the September 1967 issue of Road and Motorsport in BC. And the point standings.

another Mission report from 1967

I'm going to spread this over a couple days as there are five pages of info/photos. From the September 1967 issue of Road and Motorsport in BC.

another 1967 race report from Mission Raceway

Spread over a few part pages, from the August 1967 issue of Road and Motorsport in BC. The added bonus is a San Cobble Dragways report from Vancouver Island.

more 1967 Mission Raceway action

Two race reports from Mission Raceway from the July 1967 issue of Road and Motorsport in BC.

more midget mayhem on a Sunday

Second installment of this Buz Sawyer comic.

Digney Speedway, 1948

Opening day at Burnaby's Digney Speedway. 16 mm film transferred to VHS transferred to DVD. And another step or so after that.

Explains the quality.

But it's colour so that's good.

Phil Funnell article from 1965

One of the Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers to be inducted September 20th (12 noon to 5 p.m., at the Shannon Hall, 176th and 60th in Cloverdale) will be Philip Funnell. He has done long distance motorcycle journeys for much of his life.

Here's a 1965 story about him. I found it in an Ocala, FL, newspaper.

a trophy presentation re-enactment

Vern Keith, flagger Larry Olson and trophy queen Jude.

The original is from about 1975. The second was done at the recent Langley Speedway reunion.

some more photos from the Langley Speedway reunion

Langley Speedway reunion

The 2014 Langley Speedway reunion saw a pretty good crowd. A good collection of former Langley drivers and people associated with the track.

And the weather was warm.

next race at Mission, 1967

Another report on the 1967 Mission drag racing season. From the June 1967 issue of Road and Motorsport in BC.

Langley Speedway reunion, Sunday, September 7, 2014