1966 hillclimb, Alberta

 From the June 30, 1966 Calgary Herald and July 2, 1966 Calgary Albertan.

                                                                                        

2000, motorcycle drag racing

 Ad from the September 8, 2000 Vancouver Province.

 

Sunday funnies

 From 1978.

 

Stick Shift -- The Duals

 

1967, Langley Speedway

 From the August 5, 1967 Vancouver Sun and August 7, 1967 Vancouver Province.

 

1966, Mission

 Dominion Day, 1966, Mission. From the July 2, 1966 Vancouver Sun and Province.

 

2010, drag races, Mission

 From the May 27, 2010 Mission Record.

 

1963 custom car show, Chilliwack

 From the September 11, 1963 Chilliwack Progress.

 

Sylvia Braddick, Race in Peace

 From the April 6, 1971 Vancouver Province.

 

sad news

 We lost a racer recently. Sylvia Braddick, with Jim Greenwood and Red Robinson.

 

Eddie and the Hot Rods -- Hard Driving Man

 

1976 winners, Western Speedway, Victoria

 From the December 11, 1976 Victoria Daily Times.

 

1960 season opener, Westwood

 From the July 1960 issue of Canada Track & Traffic.

 

1966, drags, Arlington

 From the April 18, 1966 Everett Daily Herald.

 

1971, drags, SIR

 From the August 30, 1971 Olympia Olympian.

 

1961, karts, Bellingham

 Some familiar names at Bellingham Airport, 1961. From the June 22 and 26, 1961 Bellingham Herald.

 

Motorcycles, Agrodome, 1965

 From the Jim Greenwood collection.

 

Stills-Young Band -- Long May You Run

 

Abbotsford, motorcycles

 George Hollinger.

 

Abbotsford Airport, c.1955

 David Brown.

 

Karin Hall, Westwood

 Karin Hall in the 182C at the hairpin.

 

1969 Langley Speedway/Motorama

 From the April 10, 1969 Langley Advance.

 

1964 Shifters Car Club

 Vancouver club.

 

1970 Western Speedway promotion sheet

 1970, Western Speedway. Found on Phasebook.

 

Robyn Hitchcock -- The Cars She Used To Drive

 

1947, Langford Speedway

 From Victoria Daily Times, June 20, 21 and 23, 1947.

 

1935, Speed Bowl, Oregon

 From the October 6, 1935 Sunday Oregonian and October 7, 1935 Oregonian.

 

1939, John Cobb at Bonneville

 From the October 1, 1939 Sunday Oregonian.

 

2009, Larry Olson, Langley Speedway

 Story on Larry Olson and his collection of Langley Speedway stuff from the September 8, 2009 Langley Advance.

 

1965, Westwood

 From the April 3 and 5, 1965 Vancouver Sun.

 

2004, drag racing

 From the July 14, 2004 Alberni Valley Times.

 

Irwin Prescott -- Model T

 

funny cars, Mission 1971

 From the July 22, 1971 Vancouver Province (photo and story don't jibe) and the July 26, 1971 Vancouver Sun (with Langley Speedway and motorcycles at Westwood included).

2000, PGARA Speedway

 From the May 25, 2000 Prince George Free Press.

 

photos from elsewhere

Local Vancouver, and in this case Victoria newspapers often posted motorsport from elsewhere. Here are two examples from the Victoria Daily Times, 1947.

 

 

Langford Speedway, 1947

 From the June 13 and 16, 1947 Victoria Daily Times.

Sunday ad

 From various sources: clippings from 1967 and 1968.