1972, midgets, Tenino-Olympia Speedway

 From the June 10 and 11, 1972 Tacoma News Tribune.

 

1969, USAC, Seattle International Raceway

 From the October 20, 1969 Tacoma News Tribune.

 

1985 USAC super modifieds, Western Speedway

 From the August 1, 2 and 6, 1985 Victoria Times-Colonist.

 

1969, USAC, Seattle International Raceway

 From the October 20, 1969 Tacoma News Tribune.

 

1969, USAC, Seattle International Raceway

 From the October 19, 1969 Tacoma News Tribune.

 

Gordon Reelie midget, Ascot 1978

Hank Butcher won a USAC midget race at Ascot driving Gordon Reelie's car.

Saturday and Sunday, October 18 and 19, 1969, SIR, Seattle

USAC champ cars at SIR near Seattle. Ad from the October 14, 1969 Vancouver Sun and race report from the October 20, 1969 Vancouver Sun.

1966 USAC stock car race, Mosport, part two

The last two pages of the coverage.

1966 USAC stock car race, Mosport, part one

From Canada Track & Traffic.

Billy Foster at the 1966 Atlanta USAC race

From the July 16, 1966 issue of Competition Press. Billy Foster came in third.

photos from the USAC midget race, Kingdome, 1977

From the November 2, 1977 issue of Racing Wheels.

results of the USAC midgets at Seattle's Kingdome

From the October 26, 1977 issue of Racing Wheels.

USAC midgets at the Kingdome

Big race, big promotion. From the October 5, 1977 issue of Racing Wheels.

Shorty Templeman bio from 1963

 Raced the northwest, winning the Washington Midget Racing Association points title a handful of times. Went on to win USAC national midget titles. Lost his life in a racing accident in 1962.

Eldon Rasmussen

A racing historian had spoken with Eldon Rasmussen recently during the month of May at Indianapolis. Eldon, who got his start in Alberta has ended up at Indianapolis after making the move there in the mid-1960s. The historian wanted some background info on the "Hinton Hornet". So this is some of what I dug up from the files.

First, another recent article on Eldon.

And a couple things from the 1960s:

Gordon Reelie, midget race car owner

Looking at the 1978 Racing Wheels scans that Marty has put up on his photo website (check the history links) I see a couple photos of Vancouver, BC, midget car owner Gordon Reelie and a couple of his wins.

One at the Kingdome in Seattle, WA, with one of his longtime drivers, Palmer Crowell, at the wheel. And the other from Ascot Speedway in Los Angeles, CA, with northern California driver Hank Butcher driving.

Reelie was involved with midget car racing for close to 50 years. He was a builder/owner and helped get a few of the local speedways (Digney and False Creek) started. His success as an owner came in the B.C. Midget Auto Racing Association (BCMARA), Washington Midget Racing Association (WMRA) and the United States Auto Club (USAC).

It was for those above accomplishments, and much more, that he was nominated and inducted, posthumously, into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame. He passed away a number of years ago but was preparing and bringing his car to the track right up until the end.