drag boats, Salmon Arm

 From the May 25, 1983 Salmon Arm Observer.

 

1983 Canada 200

 Ad and results from the September 2nd and 6th, 1983 Victoria Times-Colonist.

1983 monster truck/truck and tractor pull

 At B.C. Place Stadium.

1983 Vintage Racing Club of BC

 Feature article on the VRCBC from 1983.

1983 Langley Speedway

I need to get on a year-by-year roll again. But until then....

1983 Langley.

another 1983 clipping

Roger Manson (another Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneer, class of 2011) makes headlines in 1983 at the Mission Raceway sand drags.

another 1983 story

Al Ores makes the headline in the July 26, 1983 Columbian newspaper race weekend recap. And Tom Berrow does well down south.

drag boat racing

Maurice "Mo" Davidson (a 2016 Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneer) sets a record in 1983.

some 31 year old photos from Skagit

Been scanning some Racing Wheels, focusing on the northwest. A feature was always the photos.

it was Michael Andretti's birthday yesterday

And while Michael Andretti did race at the Molson Indy in Vancouver many times he first came up here in 1983 for the Formula Mondial (Atlantic) race at Westwood in 1983.