1959 Grandview Bowl, Nanaimo

Better get back at 'er. Lolligagging (aka "researching").

The 1959 season in Nanaimo. Mid-Island Auto Racing Association (MIARA) at Grandview Bowl.

Meetings and rules and tenders and everything I could find leading into Opening Day.

Sunday funnies

I find these while I'm looking for something else.

from last September's GVMPS ceremony

Thanks to Gene Greenwood.

Trans-Am at Kent, 1970

From the September 23, 1970 issue of Racing Wheels.

northwest modifieds, 1977

Here's a box score for the northwest modified series. It features a few Canadian drivers in the top ten.

Pepsi Challenge, 1982, Grandview Bowl

Second visit to Grandview Bowl for the 1982 Pepsi Challenge series for super stocks. From the July 31, 1982 (two items) and August 3, 1982 Nanaimo Free Press.

Pepsi Challenge, 1982

From the Nanaimo Free Press, July 24 and 26, 1982.

photos from the USAC midget race, Kingdome, 1977

From the November 2, 1977 issue of Racing Wheels.

results of the USAC midgets at Seattle's Kingdome

From the October 26, 1977 issue of Racing Wheels.

USAC midgets at the Kingdome

Big race, big promotion. From the October 5, 1977 issue of Racing Wheels.

1977 season ending awards banquet, VITRA

The 1977 Vancouver Island Track Racing Association banquet. Photos by Barrie Goodwin.

interview with an old-timer

Tony West, who raced at Victoria's Langford Speedway, interviewed in 1977 while he was working as an official for the Washington Midget Racing Association.

Ray Pottinger profile, July 11, 1974

A look at Nanaimo's Ray Pottinger from the July 11, 1974 Nanaimo Daily Free Press.

some art by Ed Deak

Rallyist, writer and artist Ed Deak. A nice sketch of the Syndicate Scuderia A/D of Jack Williams from the February 1967 issue of Road & Motorsport in BC.

A BC Pioneer talks about his time with Lotus

Merv Therriault interviewed by Shane Davis.

Merv was inducted into the Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers in 2008.

1966 season end race at Westwood

A wet race day. From the December 1966 Road & Motorsport in BC.