1966, Western Speedway

 Clippings from the July 23 and 25, 1966 Victoria Daily Times.

 

1952 ads

 From the August 1, 1952 Bellingham Herald.

jalopies at Digney Speedway

 Circa 1951. The caption on the back of the photos calls this car "The Hornet."

Saturday, August 11, 1979, Langley Speedway

I have a post on this race elsewhere, but this is for the Racing Wheels article (by Fred Rannard, Jr.).

Friday, September 1, 1961, Grandview Bowl, Nanaimo

Jalopy championship race. Unfortunately no results.

Friday, August 25, 1961, Grandview Bowl, Nanaimo

We don't need no stinking rules!

Friday, August 18, 1961, Grandview Bowl, Nanaimo

Getting back to this 1961 season on The Island

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Friday, August 25, 1961, Grandview Bowl, Nanaimo

More Friday night racing at Nanaimo.

Friday, August 18, 1962, Grandview Bowl, Nanaimo

Stock cars and jalopies at Grandview Bowl.

Saturday, August 12, 1961, Western Speedway, Victoria

The next night down in Victoria.

Friday, August 11, 1961, Grandview Bowl, Nanaimo

A mention of Edmonton's Gold Cup (with Billy Foster finishing third) and the regular Friday night results from Grandview Bowl.

Friday, August 4, 1961, Grandview Bowl, Nanaimo

Another Friday night at Grandview Bowl.

Friday, July 28, 1961, Grandview Bowl, Nanaimo

Point standings leading up to the Friday night race and the Friday, July 28, 1961 results.

Saturday, July 22, 1961, Western Speedway, Victoria

More racing at Victoria's Western Speedway.

Saturday, July 15, 1961, Western Speedway, Victoria

Seems like the Grandview Bowl race for Friday was either rained out or there was no report in the paper. The next day, south in Victoria has this report.

Saturday, July 8, 1961, Western Speedway, Victoria

Stocks, jalopies and sprint cars at Western Speedway.

Saturday, August 11, 1979, Langley Speedway

A big open wheel event at Langley. Saturday evening rather than Sunday.

Saturday, August 11, 1979

Jalopies, super modifieds, modified sportsman

Nearly 60 cars timed in.

2,500 in attendance.

Fast times:

jalopies, Lance Smith, 17.002, NTR

super modifieds, Barry Chamberlain, 15.306

modified sportsman, Al Adams, 15.127

jalopy B dash

1 – Wally Walling

2 – Al Prendergast, Jr.

3 – Glen Trowbridge

4 – Robin Taylor

jalopy A dash

1 – Dave Lentz

2 – Mike McManus

3 – Brad Smith

4 – Lance Smith

super modified B dash

1 – Robbie Robson

2 – Cal Arnold

3 – Greg Curtis

4 – Chip Clark

super modified A dash

1 – Rich Leighty

2 – Dave Ehlers

3 – Jay Barnes

4 – Richard Parrick

modified sportsman B dash

1 – Jerry Fife

2 – Ron Hagen

3 – Keith Whitter

4 – Butch Mentry

modified sportsman A dash

1 – Al Adams

2 – Ted Mitchell

3 – Bill Lawrence

4 – Jim Hagen

jalopy main

1 – Wally Walling

2 – Lance Smith

3 – Dave Lentz

4 – Joe Darlington

5 – Mike McManus

6 – Al Prendergast, Jr.

7 – Glen Trowbridge

8 – Robin Taylor

9 – Barry Smith

10 – Brad Smith

11 – Bob Morgan

12 – Jim Cooke

13 – Onno Van Gilder

super modified main

1 – Robbie Robson

2 – Ken Rhodes

3 – Dave Ehlers

4 – Jay Barnes

5 – Richard Parrick

6 – Loren Day

7 – Mike Adkins

8 – Rich Leighty

9 – Greg Curtis

10 – Chip Clark

11 – Cal Arnold

modified sportsman B main

1 – Al Airlie

2 – Al Prendergast, Sr.

3 – Hogie Wolfe

4 – Tom Felling

5 – Jerry Fife

6 – Don Spoon

7 – Ken Mitchell

8 – Dave Thompson

9 – Lance Bracewell

modified sportsman A main

1 – Bob Jones

2 – Wayne Baber

3 – Bob Bryson

4 – Same Rose

5 – Al Adams

6 – Eric Nowadnick

7 – Keith Whitter

8 – Ken Peterson

9 – Ozzie Wiggs

10 – Al Airlie

11 – Ron Hagen

12 – Jim Hagen

13 – Hogie Wolfe

14 – Brian Connors

15 – Bill Lawrence

Langley Speedway, Saturday, June 9, 1979

Interesting combination of NASCAR modified sportsman and super modifieds and jalopies from the Sky Valley Racing Association.

Saturday, June 9, 1979

super modifieds, modified sportsman and jalopies (NASCAR modified sportsman and Sky Valley Racing Association with the supers modifieds and jalopies)

2000 in attendance, largest of the year.

Jalopy fast time:

Lance Smith, 16.762

super modified fast time:

Jay Barnes, 15.392

modified sportsman fast time:

Al Adams, 15.306

jalopy dash

1 – Brad Smith

2 – Lance Smith

3 – Robert Mountfield

4 – Jim Cook

super modified dash

1 – Dale Ehlers

2 – Ken Rhodes

3 – Jay Barnes

4 – Kevin Etchison

modified sportsman dash

1 – Butch Mentry

2 – Al Adams

3 – Al Airlie

4 – Eric Nowadnick

jalopy main (25 laps)

1 – Crazy Wally

2 – Brad Smith

3 – Robert Mountfield

4 – Mike McManus

5 – Onno Van Gilder

6 – Joe Darlington

7 – Gary Looney

8 – Jim Cook

9 – Bob Morgan

10 – Lance Smith

super modified main

1 – Jay Barnes

2 – Dale Ehlers

3 – Kevin Etchison

4 – Ken Rhodes

5 – Ed Becker

6 – Joe Bauer

modified sportsman main (75 laps)

1 – Ted Mitchell

2 – Doug Heath

3 – Ted Spoon

4 – Keith Whitter

5 – Al Prendergast

6 – Kenny Peterrson

7 – Ron Hagen

8 – Jerry Fife

9 – Al Airlie

10 – Eric Nowadnick

11 – Jim Hagen

12 – Al Adams

13 – Butch Mentry

14 – Tom Felling