Knox Mountain Hill Climb

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Story on the 1973 hill climb.

Sunday, May 27, 1973, Langley Speedway

New class record for the modified stocks.

 Sunday, May 27, 1973

Super stocks, modified stocks, claimers.

Super stock fast time:

Gordie Hemrich, 15.97

Modified stock NTR:

Brian Bishop, 15.74

Modified stock dash:

1 – Seig Krickemeyer

Super stock dash:

1 – Al Mullett

Claimer dash:

1 – McGuire

Super stock first heat:

1 – Mac Morrison

2 – Mair

3 – Geska

Super stock second heat:

1 – Brad Baerg

2 – Larry Sproule

3 – Irwin

Super stock third heat:

1 – Bill Godfrey

2 – Jim McMillan

3 – Al Mullett

Claimer first heat:

1 – Brian Devers

2 – Casey

3 – Meyer

Claimer second heat:

1 – Prendergast

2 – McGuire

3 – Gord Harding

No modified stock heat information.

Modified stock main:

1 – Bill Hamon, Fort Langley

2 – Bill Lawrence

3 – Keith Whitter

Claimer main

1 – Brian Devers, New Westminster, 62 Chev

2 – Larry Harron, Delta

3 – Steve McGuire, White Rock

B super stock main:

1 – Mac Morrison, Vancouver

2 – Dave Angus

3 – Lou Ferguson

A super stock main:

1 – Al Mullett

2 – Jim McMillan

3 – John Rothwell

Gordie Hemrich spun on lap 15 while leading.

Sunday, May 20, 1973, Langley Speedway

Second race.

Sunday, May 20, 1973

Super stocks, modified stocks, claimers.

6000 in attendance.

Fast time, super stocks:

Jim McMillan, 15.83

Al Mullett, 15.91

Rick O'Dell, 16.02 (318 2-barrel Plymouth)

Claimer dash:

1 – A.M. Prendergat, Dodge

Modified stock dash:

1 – Keith Whitter, Plymouth, #18

Super stock dash:

1 – Gordie Hemrich, Chevelle

Claimer first heat:

1 – Borton, Pontiac

2 – Meyer, Cadillac

3 – Butala, Pontiac

Claimer second heat:

1 – Gord Harding, Ford

2 – Reg Kennedy, Ford

3 – Stan Cavanagh, Dodge

Modified stock first heat:

1 – George Unrau, Chev, #7

2 – Hamon, Ford

3 – Smaill, Chev

Modified stock second heat:

1 – Andie Fentie, Ford

2 – Marty White

3 – Seig Krickemeyer

Super stock first heat (nine started, four finished)

1 – Larry Sproule, Chevelle, #8

2 – Dave Angus, Ford

3 – Geska, Ford

Super stock second heat (nine started, six finished)

1 – George Benson, WA, Chevelle, #21

2 – Bill Godfrey, Dodge

3 – Randy Cheadle, WA, Ford

Super stock third heat:

1 – Al Mullett, WA, Chevelle

2 – Rick O'Dell, Victoria, Plymouth

3 – Gordie Hemrich, Chevelle

Claimer main (22 started 14 finished)

1 – Gordon Harding, Langley, 56 Ford

2 – Mike Stevens, Ladner, 55 Merc

3 – Reg Kennedy, Surrey, 58 Ford

Modified stock main

1 – Andie Fentie, Aldergrove

2 – Marty White, Aldergrove

3 – George Unrah, North Vancouver

(or Bill Lawrence, Aldergrove)

Super stock B main (12 started, 20 laps)

1 – George Benson

2 – Dave Angus

3 – Geska, WA

Super stock A main (12 started, 35 laps)

1 – Gordie Hemrich

2 – Rick O'Dell

3 – Al Mullett

cartoons

Two Marmaduke ones.

Saturday morning sock hop

Link Wray's birthday May 2, 1929. Died November 5, 2005.

Sunday, May 13, 1973, Langley Speedway

Opening day for the 1973 season.

Sunday, May 13, 1973

60 cars in the pits.

Fast time for super stocks:

Al Mullett, 16.12

No information on dash winners.

Modified stock fast heat:

1 – Scott Mooney

2 – Andie Fentie

Fast super stock heat:

1 – Al Mullett

Jim McMillan and John Rothwell got together on the back straightaway with Rothwell taking out about 50 feet of infield fence (the big log).

No other heat results.

Claimer main (20 cars)

1 – Gord Harding, Langley

2 – Mike Stevens, Delta (one report has him as winner)

3 – Brian Devers

Lap one – Stan Cavanagh, Maple Ridge, hit first turn wall. Wayne Nesbit and Reg Kennedy also collided a couple times.

Modified stock main (15 cars)

1 – Andie Fentie

2 – Scott Mooney

3 – Bill Hamon

Super stock main

1 – Ross Surgenor, 69 Torino

2 – George Stuart, Campbell River

3 – Jim McMillan

4 – Gordie Hemrich

1973 season preview, Langley Speedway

The season did not include the modifieds of the BCTRA. Or the IDC. It was the meat and potatoes of super stocks, modified stocks and claimers for 1973.