Thursday, December 31, 2015

Saturday, June 19, 1976, Langley Speedway

A big super stock special.


Saturday, January 19, 1976

Carling O'Keefe Opener

super stock special and claimers

$1,000 to win the 100 lap main

$4,000 total purse

fast time

Ron Eaton, 15.130, $50

claimer B dash

1 – A. Badke, Mission, '65 Chevelle

claimer A dash

1 – Buddy Lynds, White Rock, '65 Chevelle

super stock B dash

1 – Lloyd DeJong, Surrey, '67 Chevelle, $25

super stock A dash

1 – Al Tourond, '73 Plymouth Scamp, $50

claimer B main

1 – Dan Villeneuve, Abbotsford, '65 Rambler
2 – Gord Lynch, Langley, '64 Chevelle
3 – Walter Letkemain, Clearbrook, '63 Mercury

claimer A main (13 cars, 25 laps)

1 – Buddy Lynds
2 – Mark McFadyen, New Westminster
3 – Lee Thomas, Port Coquitlam

super stock B main (9 cars, 50 laps)

1 – Tom Hamilton, Campbell River, '65 Challenger
2 – Frank Fletcher, Langley, '65 Chevelle
3 – Herman Scheurman, Bow, WA, '69 Chevelle
4 – Neil Langan, Eugene, OR, '64 Chevelle
5 – Allen Prost, Kamloops, '69 Chevelle

super stock A (100 laps scheduled)

1 – Ron Eaton, Tacoma, '70 Nova
2 – Roy Haslam, Victoria, '65 Chevelle
3 – Tom Berrow, Coquitlam, '72 Chevelle
4 – Jack Cross, Langley, '66 Chevelle
5 – Randy Cheadle, Burlington, WA, '68 Mercury
6 – Cam Barnes, Surrey, '74 Nova
7 – John Rothwell, Burnaby, '72 Chevelle
8 – Gordie Hemrich, Vancouverr, '73 Nova
9 – George Doonan, Surrey, '74 Nova
10 – Al Tourond, Surrey, '72 Plymouth

Crash during time trials, delayed start of racing. Lap 68 of main rear window blew out of a car. Red flagged to clean up. Hemrich had to change a flat. Eaton lapped all but three cars. Was race shortened to 75 laps due to delays?


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