1972 foreign stocks, Agrodome

 Found on the web.

 

indoor stock car racing, 1968

 Foreign stocks at the Agrodome. Ad and results from the November 30 and December 2, 1968 Vancouver Province.

 

 

indoors at the Agrodome, 1971

 Ad, info and results for the foreign stock car races at the Agrodome from the December 3 and 6, 1971 Vancouver Sun.

ad for indoor foreign stock races, 1972

The Agrodome hosted some foreign stock car races in 1972.

Langley, June 20, 1970

Some photos of a super stock and foreign stock race at Langley Speedway from the July 1, 1970 issue of Racing Wheels.

foreign stocks, Agrodome, 1972

From the May 3, 1972 issue of Racing Wheels.

foreign stocks at the Agrodome, 1972

From the March 29, 1972 issue of Racing Wheels.

even more foreign stocks at the Agrodome, 1972

From the March 8, 1972 issue of Racing Wheels.

more Agrodome and the foreign stocks, 1972

From the February 23, 1972 issue of Racing Wheels.

more Agrodome, 71-72 season

From the February 9, 1972 issue of Racing Wheels.

another Agrodome report

More foreign stocks at the Agrodome. Interesting to note drivers like Wray Nixon there. Also the flagman, Jim McRay (McRae?) probably of Westwood fame.

indoor racing at the Agrodome

I know, it's summer, it's hot. But that time of year will return as it did in 1971.

Saturday, June 20, 1970, Langley Speedway

An unlimited super stock race with foreign stocks as the supporting group.

Saturday, June 20, 1970

Unlimited super stocks

10000 in attendance.

Over 40 cars at the race.

Hershel McGriff, Bridal Veil Falls, OR, won $1100. $100 for fast time (16.40) and $1000 for the main win.

Super stock dash

1 -- Gary Kershaw

By less than a bumper over McGriff.

Foreign stock dash

1 -- John Bolechowsky

First foreign stock heat

1 -- Bud Parske
2 -- Jim Friesen
3 -- Bryan Terrace

Second foreign stock heat

1 -- George Wagstaff
2 -- John Bolechowsky
3 -- Mike Stephens

Foreign stock main

1 -- George Wagstaff, Anglia
2 -- John Bolechowsky, VW
3 -- Ray Smith, Seattle, Renault

B super stock main

1 -- Don Hood, Grant’s Pass, OR, 65 Chevelle
2 -- Mac Morrison, 66 Chevelle
3 -- Phil Heer

Rick Adsit led most of the race. He had to pit with six laps to go. Bill Hunt, Ray Mackie and Ken McCauley crashed early with Hunt out with front end damage. Wes Henham’s car caught fire on lap six.


A main (60 laps, 18 started)

1 -- Hershel McGriff, 66 Chevelle
2 -- Gordie Hemrich, 64 Chevelle
3 -- John Rothwell, 66 Comet

McGriff lapped all but the three fastest cars. He left for Kent, WA, for the Hilton 200 which he won.

been a week, sorry

 
Yeah, I've been negligent. Not busy, just lazy.

So an indoor race from the Agrodome, late 1971. Oval racer names as well as sports car guys.

indoor stock car racing

Best way to get some coverage in the newspapers is to get some reporter to race a car. Doesn't matter that he might only be racing against other newspaper guys, they like to write about their experiences. Good publicity.

more tis the season for racing indoors

Ad for the Agrodome. Foreign stocks. Minis, VWs, Renault Dauphines! I've even seen mention of 3/4 midgets from the U.S. coming up but haven't seen photos of them. Let me know if you have any shots.

Racing at the Agrodome happened in the mid-1960s and again in the early 1970s. Twenty years after that B.C. Place Stadium had a couple years of one off races indoors. Legends cars and the mini stocks. Of course they've had yearly appearances of truck/tractor pulls and monster truck shows for a long time.

The ad comes from The Ubyssey, the UBC student newspaper. You gotta wonder about their sense of humour judging from the news item just above the ad. Too many nights in smoke filled rooms studying, the Agrodome being just another of the students' study rooms.