odd stuff

 Homemade buggies on the beach. From the front page of the August 19, 1968 Vancouver Province.

Sunday funnies

 Johnny Comet.

Saturday morning sock hop

1968 motorsport report

 From the August 5, 1968 Vancouver Province. Stock cars at Langley, drag racing at Mission, sports cars at Victoria's Western Speedway, and motocross at Totem. A wide range of activities.

Dr. Ernie Ledgerwood

 He drove a Datsun at Westwood for a number of years. Column/advertising feature about him and his Datsun from the August 2, 1968 Vancouver Province.

1978 Canadian Road Racing Championships at Westwood

 I need to find out what protests worked and didn't work to get the final results. (Also, some Mission drag racing results.)

1978 Langley Claimer Special

 Late season race for Claimers at Langley Speedway.

1978 championship races at Langley and Mission

 Stock car racing and motocross from Langley and Mission, 1978.

Sunday funnies

 Johnny Comet.

We Built a 409 ~ The Roamers (1964)

colour photo from Langley Speedway

 Bud Hoezle's super modified at Langley, circa 1971. Photo by Barrie Goodwin.

1918 IMCA racing at Regina

 Noted a line my grandfather wrote to my grandmother in early August, 1918, about seeing the auto races in Regina. Figures I'd remember that over all the other things he had to say.

1980 sprint cars at Helena, Montana

 From the Helena Independent, June 27 and July 1, 1980.

Penticton, 1950 ad

The midgets came to Penticton, May 24, 1950. Ad from the Penticton Herald, May 18, 1950 and race report from the May 25, 1950 issue.

1978 Trans Am at Westwood

 From the June 18, 1978 issue of Autoweek.

Sunday funnies

 Johnny Comet.

Saturday morning sock hop (and rev up)

1966 Player's Prairie, Fort MacLeod, AB

 1966 driving championship race at Fort MacLeod, AB.

Calgary drags 1966

 Frank Pedregon (Tony and Cruz' dad, and Frank, Jr.'s) made it to Calgary a few times. Here's some publicity from the May 21, 1966 Calgary Herald.

I think I'm getting it

At some point, in the future, I will be well-versed in what I'm looking at (not far from what I was looking at a week ago) but right now..."is difficult."

still learning

One photo, one bit of labelling, one scheduling at a time.

learning things the hard way

New system here for posting. So I've screwed up once (see earlier post).

Sunday funnies

Johnny Comet.

Saturday morning singer-songwriter

Joni Mitchell, "Car on a Hill".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6sFSDpp7IU

another Haney Speedway photo

Same only different race start. Groffe Murdoch flagging.

Haney Speedway, circa 1963

An interesting photo from Haney Speedway, circa 1963. Inside pole, Moe Vaillant; outside, unknown; inside 2nd row, Ralph Monhay; outside, Mel Keen.

another Haney Speedway photo

Ken Klatt at Haney. Ken has the wide-brimmed hat. Not sure who the other guy is.

1972 motorcycles at Westwood

Race result for motorcycles at Westwood from the July 31, 1972 Vancouver Province.

1972 Player's Pacific at Westwood

Ad and results from the July 7 and 10, 1972 Vancouver Province.

some more racing from the weekend of July 13/14, 1974

Mission and Langley results that made it into the July 15, 1974 Vancouver Sun.

Sunday funnies

Johnny Comet. continues.