1951 hot rods, Aurora Speedway

 From the May 1 and 2, 1951 Everett Daily Herald.

 

1936, motorcycles, Aurora Speedway, Seattle

 From the July 18 and 20, 1936 Everett Daily Herald.

 

1938 big cars, Aurora Speed Bowl, Seattle

 From the July 30 and August 1, 1938 Seattle Star.

 

Aurora Stadium ads, 1947

 From the June 30, July 5 and 7, 1947 Seattle Star.

Playland (Aurora) Stadium program cartoons (Sunday funnies)

 From 1946.

George Haslam, part of the Haslam clan

 A lot of Haslams have raced out of Victoria. George Haslam was one of the originals.

some more hot rods from Seattle

 Again, from the Gordy "Suds" Sutherland collection. Hot rods and big cars at Aurora.

hot rods from Seattle

 From the Gordy "Suds" Sutherland collection. Bob Donker and Chuck Cookson.

a midget wreck at Aurora, circa 1947

Two views of a wreck at Aurora. Looks like everyone walked away.

some old midget photos circa 1947

From negatives that were rediscovered in the pile of things needing rediscovery. Allen Heath and Louie Sherman at Aurora (Seattle), circa 1947.

dang, missed a day

I was hoping for a perfect record but "officially" I missed Monday. Off in lala land I suppose.

Two photos from 1936, Seattle's Aurora Speed Bowl, stock car racing. From the Clarence Eckhardt collection courtesy of the late great Don Radbruch.

and yet more from Seattle, 1950

Everything from the Seattle P-I, which did a fair amount of coverage of racing over the years.

The 1950 Northwest Championship Hot Rod race. A 100 lapper.

Seattle, 1950

Finally getting some scans done of 1950s clippings from the Seattle P-I. I've only had them sitting in a folder for close to ten years.

First off some hot rod and big car races.

some colour

Two decals from way back when.

some more track roadsters

Been scanning like crazy. Lots of negatives done. These are some more of the track roadster hot rods of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Chuck Cookson.

Bob Donker.

hot rods on northwest ovals

The "hot rods", track roadsters, raced up and down the coast for a few years after the Second World War. I've finally started scanning some negatives given to me a few years back by the late Don Radbruch. Don is one of the inspirations for this blog.

So to honour him, I better get these photos from the Gordy "Suds" Sutherland collection scanned and some of them online.

Two from Aurora Speedway, just north of Seattle.

track roadster (hot rod) racing from the northwest

Looks like at least Portland Speedway and Aurora (Seattle). Might be another track as well.

Great footage from the late 1940s. And some good hot rod music.

I know, I know

I've been lost in space or something.

Here's a new blog that features photos from Seattle's Aurora Speedway.

http://northwestautoracing1950s.blogspot.com/