Cars pass the Roughriders' scoreboard in 1956 |
In front of the grandstand on June 12, 1957. Car 55
('38 Plymouth) driven by Ray Routliffe about to hit
Vince Berndt's #66 ('39 Ford). |
July 1956: the late Larry Foster trying to keep control
of his '38 Dodge coupe while the left front wheel rolls
away. Note the very-dented roof...this car had been
dubbed "Dippy Duck" because it had rolled over so many
times during previous evenings of racing. Photo taken
by Ted Grant coutesy of the City of Ottawa Archives.
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June 3, 1959 Stu Trudel in one of several cars that
had been sponsored by the CTC store at Kent St & Laurier
Ave., in downtown Ottawa. Note the checkered-pattern
Start/Finish line just ahead of the car's front wheels,
near the centre of the grandstand. |
Poster recently found in a barn |
Ed Joiner,1939 Chev, in the pits on June 6, 1956. Photo
by Ted Grant, courtesy of the City of Ottawa Archives.
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George Anstiss in his #73 Ford coupe |
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Mike Kelly in a '36 Ford, is driven by while doing a
few hot laps on the new ashphalt. Photo from the Nesbitt
collection |
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Spring of 1957: The new guard-rail has just been installed,
although the tops of the posts are not yet trimmed to
size. Workers from Diblee Construction are paving the
turn-4 area. Note that the track has been slightly lengthened
... part of the earlier dirt track is still visible
in the infield. Photo from the Truemner collection
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Lansdowne Park Stadium, circa 1965. A football game
appears to be in progress. The old, original Lansdowne
Pk grandstand is visible on the left (north-side) of
the field, and the newer south-side bleachers are on
the right, on top of the former back straight of the
stock car track. A smaller set of bleachers has also
been placed on the turn 3-4 end of the oval. Photo from
the City of Ottawa Archives.
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Mike Kelly, 1956 |
May 1958 "Ivor-the-Driver" Williams being presented
with the trophy for winning the A-class Feature Race
by flag man Ken Cosgrove.
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American "Irish" Jack Murphy |
Demolition derby entry, August 1958 |
June
13, 1956: Dave Kenyon winning the feature in his 1938
Dodge. Photo by Ted Grant courtesy of the City of Ottawa
Archives. Today Dave is still involved in the racing
scene as the owner of Kenyon Racing Products.
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1956
driver listing |
