Saturday morning sock hop

The Bootjacks, "Red Big Car":

Rob Krickemeyer

Clipping from the November 27, 1993 Langley Times.

Norm Ellefson

I've probably posted this before. Norm Ellefson inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame. Clipping from the March 15, 2012 Cheney (WA) newspaper.

photo from Portland

Looks like CAMRA with #3 being George Robertson and #16 possibly John Tharp.

1980 Western Speedway ad

From Murray Jones' mom.

Westwood photo

By Murray Chambers.

Sunday funnies

More Johnny Comet:

Saturday morning sock hop

George Hamilton IV, "If You Don't Know":

some Langford Speedway racers

Digger Caldwell and Vern Bruce (with Bruce Passmore and Jack Smith) at Langford Speedway. Photos by George Hobson.

Bill Hall, midget racer

From the Vancouver, BC area, Bill Hall raced in the 1950s through to the 1970s. Photo by Gary Sterner.

ad, 1952

The Belanger Spl. included in a 1952 Champion Spark Plug ad.

Langley Speedway, Saturday, June 21, 1975

Ad and results from the Vancouver Sun.

1975 NASCAR Export A Series at Westwood

Results from the June 23, 1975 Vancouver Sun.

Sunday funnies

More Johnny Comet:

Saturday morning sock hop

Jan and Dean, "Horace, the Swinging School Bus Driver":

1975 Export A NASCAR Canadian Series

Stuff from the Vancouver Sun leading up to a 1875 NASCAR race at Westwood.

1975 full page ad for Westwood

The beginning of the season with an ad by Bob Masse. Vancouver Sun, April 7, 1975.

1990 ad for Kent Raceway

The September 2, 1999 Hope Standard had an ad for Agassiz' Kent Raceways.

1988 Mission motocross

From the April 12, 1989 Abbotsford, Matsqui, Sumas News. Motocross.

the Vaillant family story in the Hope Standard, 1996

From the August 1, 1996 Hope Standard, a look at Clay Cup winner Reg Vaillant and his family's racing history.

Sunday funnies

Seems like I got Saturday sock hop and Sunday funnies bassackwards last week. Oh well, hope it didn't cause a time shift or something cosmically catastrophic.

Johnny Comet could fix it, I betcha.

Saturday morning sock hop

The Outsiders, "Go Go Ferrari":

another from the Hope Standard, 1982

Udo Pietsch doing well at Seattle International Raceway, 1982.

From the August 18, 1982 Hope Standard.

looking at the weekly papers

Weekly papers often covered racing, either if there was a track to cover or a racer who was doing well. The Hope Standard covered the doings of Hans and Udo Pietsch and their sports car.

This is from October 18, 1978.

1920s, Roy Ernstrom

Probably Gresham, OR, again. From the Scovell collection.

1920s, Dutch Snider, Gresham kids

Great shot from Gresham, OR.

Art Hines, 1920s/30s

A photo of Art Hines. From the Scovell collection.

Saturday morning sock hop

Ritchie Deran, "A Girl and a Hot Rod":

Sunday funnies

More Johnny Comet.

Gresham (OR) Speedway, 1920s

Nice action shot.

Les Anderson, Portland, 1948

Les Anderson came up to Vancouver, BC, to race midgets. He also made it to Indianapolis a couple times.