Robin Miller on Jerry Sneva

Nice video profile on Jerry Sneva by Robin Miller.



(Post might be a bit erratic for a while. Things happening that are taking up my time and energy.)

Alley Oop racing, part three

Third installment of the racing series.

Saturday morning jive hop

Dizzy Gillespie, "Swing Low Sweet Cadillac"

Hatzic Lake, 1958

A report on the power boat races at Hatzic Lake from the Nanaimo newspaper.

hill climbs near Port Alberni, 1958

Don't know much about these except for this clipping, late in the 1958 season.

another big car race at Grandview Bowl, 1958

Last one for that inaugural 1958 season.

some more stock car racing at Grandview Bowl, 1958

I see that Harry Roberts is going to be honoured by the Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame next April. Congrats to Harry!

Alley Oop racing back in 1909, part two

Another installment of the Alley Oop race story.

Saturday morning sock hop

Tillman Franks, "Hot Rod - Shotgun Boogie".

and another big car race at Grandview Bowl, 1958

Over the July long weekend. Again, at both Grandview Bowl and Western Speedway.

another big car race at Grandview Bowl, 1958

The tradition of big cars (sprint cars) traveling to Vancouver Island included Grandview Bowl as well as Victoria's Western Speedway.

more Grandview Bowl, 1958

The first stock car race at Grandview Bowl. Won by Nanaimo's Ray Pottinger of course.

Grandview Bowl, 1958

Some clippings from the first season of Grandview Bowl at Nanaimo, BC.

look at that caveman go...Alley Oop racing in 1909, part one

A sequence from the old Alley Oop comic strip. He's been sent back from the "present" (1956) to the "past" (1909) and ends up in a big auto race.