Soap Box races, Mission, 1952

 From the July 2, 1952 Vancouver Province.

 

1952, midgets, Blue Mountain Speedway

 From the July 14, 15 and 17, 1952 Tri-City Herald.

Springbank Speedway, Calgary, 1952

 Grand Opening, from the August 28, 1952 Calgary Herald.

some Digney Speedway

 From the Digney family collection.

Sunday adverts

 From Life, 1952.

 

1952, midgets, Jantzen Beach

 From the July 9 and 11, 1952 Vancouver (WA) Columbian.

 

1952 big cars, Portland

 From the June 20 and 23, 1953 Vancouver (WA) Columbian.

 

pedal cars, 1952

 Traffic safety pedal cars. From June 7, 1952 Vancouver Sun.

sports cars, Bellingham, 1952

 I've probably done this before. Ad from the June 7,1952 Vancouver Sun. Report from the June 9, 1952 Bellingham Herald.

1952 ads

 From the August 1, 1952 Bellingham Herald.

some motorcycle results from the 1950s

 Random: Grouse Mountain hillclimb, Vancouver Sun, May 27, 1952; Scrambles championship in Burnaby, Victoria Daily Times, November 30, 1959.

1952 Boundary Bay

 Scan from the Cyril Andrews collection.

1952 Digney Speedway

 I believe Frank McCabe did the honours here, trying to take out the Coke sign.

1952 big cars at Lebanon, OR

 From the June 6 and 10, 1952 Lebanon Oregon Express.

1952, Bill Vukovich

 While I've been "mining" the Johnny Comet comic strips from the Oakland Tribune of 1952 I've also been looking at their motorsport coverage. From May 31, 1952, Bill Vukovich at Indianapolis.

1952, BCCCA

From the July 21, 1952 Vancouver News-Herald.

more Digney Speedway

From deep in the archive.

Digney Speedway photos

While the snow flies and while the snow sticks, I scan and scan some more. This time from Burnaby's Digney Speedway in the 1950s.

Johnny Comet

Found some Johnny Comet comic strips from 1952. The whole series as far as I can tell.
Yee-haw!! So, as an introduction, here 'tis.

1952 crash, Digney Speedway

I believe this is Frank McCabe. He got some air and took out the Coke sign. Circa 1952.