1947 or 1948 GVMC 300 mile endurance run

 Ads from April 3, 1947 Vancouver Province and April 3, 1948 Vancouver Province.

                                             

                                               

Gim Wong

 Early midget auto racer, Gim Wong, 1948 and 1950.

 

1948, motorcycles, Cloverdale

 From the June 17, 1948 Surrey Leader; the July 24, 1948 Vancouver Sun; and July 22 and 29, 1948 Surrey Leader.

 

1948, "B" midgets, Digney Speedway

Not sure I knew about this date. From the August 21, 1948 Vancouver Sun.

Shorty Templeman

 I posted this before but this has a somewhat cleaned up photo from Spokane.

win in Daytona, sell in Vancouver

 Ad for Indian motorcycles from

1948 hot rod races, Portland

 From the

more 1948 California hot rods

 From the October 16 and 18, 1948 Modesto Bee. Don Radbruch wrecks. Interesting to see the Joe Huffaker name. Went on to sports car and Indianapolis fame as a builder.

 

Lazy J Speedway, California

I was looking for some Don Radbruch stuff. Came across this from the September 3 and 4, 1948 Sacramento Bee.

Langford Speedway, 1948

 From the August 13, 14 and 16, 1948 Victoria Daily Times.

Indy driver visits Bellingham, WA

 Cliff Bergere visited the Bellingham (WA) High School in 1948. Clippings from the October 3 and 6, 1948 Bellingham Herald.

northwest driver Les Anderson

 From the August 28, 1948 Spokesman Review a promo photo of Les Anderson. And from the July 12, 1949 Tacoma News Review the notice that Les lost his life racing at Portland Speedway.

a look at the Muir racing brothers, 1948

 From the August 24, 1948 Tacoma News Tribune.

1948 Digney Speedway

 Some promotional photos to try to get bums in the seats at Digney Speedway,1948. From the Vancouver Sun.

1948 midgets, Digney Speedway

Photos and results from the July 15, 1948 Vancouver Sun.

motorcycle at Digney Speedway, 1948

 From the Digney family collection. Unknown racer on the dirt oval (inside the paved oval). Circa 1948.

1948 motorcycle race, Ladner

Some pre-race publicity and results. Unfortunately there was a fatal accident.

1948 profile of a Salt Lake City midget racer

Stan Rock, from the July 7, 1948 Salt Lake City Tribune.

Les Anderson, Portland, 1948

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

motorcycles at Digney Speedway in 1948

30 second clip of motorcycles using the dirt infield to race at Digney Speedway.