Thursday, September 7, 2023

GVMPS ceremony, Saturday, September 30, 2023

 I'll try not to flog this too hard. But....

 

Set your calendar for Saturday September 30, 2023. Our next ceremony is scheduled for that day, starting at 11:30 a.m. at the Shannon Hall on the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.
 
Inductees for 2023 are:
 
Bill Lemon, Hot Rod and Custom Car
Marty Knoll, Sports Cars and Road Racing
Cliff Haller, Collector and Restoration
Denis Mitchell, Motorcycles
Ron Morris, Oval Track Racing and Restoration
Fred Semple, Sports Cars and Road Racing
Wally Levy and the Levy Family, Motorcycles
Roy Smith, Oval Track Racing
Greg Lardeur, Drag Boat Racing
Fred Rannard Sr., and Fred Rannard Jr., George Bell Memorial Award (formerly the Sandy Lovelace Memorial Award)
Club Recognition, Early Ford V-8, Chapter 120



Wednesday, September 6, 2023

pedal cars, 1952

 Traffic safety pedal cars. From June 7, 1952 Vancouver Sun.



Tuesday, September 5, 2023

drag racing, Shelton (WA), 1958

 From June 20 and 22, 1958 Tacoma News Tribune. That's the way the ad appears in the newspaper.



 

Monday, September 4, 2023

two ads from 1958

 From the June 15 and February 18, 1958 Tacoma News Tribune.



 

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Friday, September 1, 2023

sports cars, Bellingham, 1952

 I've probably done this before. Ad from the June 7,1952 Vancouver Sun. Report from the June 9, 1952 Bellingham Herald.