Bayview drag strip, 1959

 Two ads, from the April 11, 1959 Vancouver Province and April 24, 1959 Vancouver Sun.

old drag racing

From Bayview (WA) and Abbotsford (BC), late 1950s.

Saturday morning video

From Bay View Drag Strip. West of Mount Vernon, WA. Late 1950s. The strip ran from c1956 to 1960.

I think I see Stew (wearing a goofy hat) and Sylvia Braddick (sticks her tongue out at the camera) amongst others.

further information on the "Vacuum Cleaner"

Thanks to Marty Kobata's comment in the previous post on Bay View we have this link to rear engine dragsters.

And from there another link to the "Vacuum Cleaner" dragster from Seattle.

Of course, you know I'll save it all just in case everything gets deleted.

some more Bay View photos

I'd love to get more information on this and other drag strips from the early days.

The top car is said to have something to do with Seattle's Jim Green, a name that has a lot of motorsport history in the Pacific northwest.

Again please and thank you to Larry Pfister and the old horsepowerheaven website.

Bay View drag strip

Some sent a comment about a previous posting on Bay View. Said motorcyclists Dayton MacKenzie and Terry Rea used to beat the cars regularly.

I noted the link to the old horsepowerheaven website was dead. So with apologies (and please and thank you to Larry Pfister) here are some of the photos that were on that site.

The second photo might be of Sandy Lovelace, the namesake of the Memorial award given each year for those who preserve the history of motorsport in the Greater Vancouver area. At least, that's what information I was given a few years back.

1960 misc., part three

Another installment of 1960 motorsport from the Greater Vancouver area.

Bayview dragstrip

I don't know much about it. Allan Brown's History of America's Speedways says it ran from "c.1956 to c.1960". The ad I have comes from 1960.

This link is for what is thought to be some 1960 colour photos from Bayview. If not, they are still really cool to look at.