two northwest racers

Chick Barbo and Don Olds. Chick at Chicago in 1948 and Don from 1952. Both lost their lives in racing accidents.

new video about Mel Anthony, screening debut

This looks great. I've posted a previous clip from YouTube a while ago. Here's the trailer:

Smoke, Sand & Rubber Trailer from greg brotherton on Vimeo.

It appears it is a 30 minute look at Mel with about 50 minutes of extras.

Go here for more info.

A Don Olds extra from the DVD:

Don Olds and his Quest for Indy from greg brotherton on Vimeo.

I think there is a screening of this DVD at the Shoreline Museum, just north of Seattle, May 31st. Wish I could be there.

midget photo of Don Olds

From a disc of northwest midget racing photos sent to me by Chuck Harring that he made of Ione Rentz' collection. Her husband, Frank, owned various cars over the years.

Langford Speedway

I've been looking at my Victoria stuff. Langford Speedway. So a few posts of that track. It operated from 1936 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1950.

Don Olds did very well at Langford in 1948. He won five main events and set, and reset, the track record down to 17.50 seconds. He also won a couple main events in the midgets at Digney Speedway that year.