tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60954352597648124962024-02-21T21:16:19.415-05:00SPRINTACULARUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-62190822624119642062021-09-14T18:20:00.000-04:002021-09-14T18:20:38.303-04:00 1967 Canada’s Centennial A New Beginning<br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Jeff Caldwell</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the early 60’s, local racing was fading. Fan favorite, Barry
Kettering moved to the USA midseason in 1961, to race more often, original
members retired, with fewer cars & drivers filling the void, crowds shrunk
resulting in no regular seasons in 65 & 66. Club President Al Massaro &
Ed Colosimo pursued a solution, to revive the sport. As early as 1954, Jim
Bernosky pursued the Lakehead Stock Car Club to join with him, to build a new
track on his Hwy 61 property. A tentative deal was reached, then when a 5 year
deal, rather than a 1 year deal couldn’t be reached, Massaro & Colosimo
walked. Massaro then turned his sights toward the Murillo Fairgrounds
track.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bernosky joined forces with local
car club, the Northern Ontario Timing Assoc., and with lots of volunteer hours,
Riverview was born! July 9, was opening day, ironically with veteran Al Massaro
winning the Late Model Feature! Richard Foreman took Pappy Fowler’s checkered,
winning Riverview’s first Hobby Stock Feature. Though Tom Nesbitt won 5
features, to Don Young’s two, Young’s consistency through the season would give
him the Late Model title. Billy Rea took the Hobby Stock crown. Riverview
offered good purses, which grew as the season went on. Opening week, the purse
was $750, growing to $1600 by season’s end, attracting neighbouring US racers.
Continuing the tradition, started in 1957, end of season Invitational
Championship races were held Sept 16/17. They were a huge success for the new
track, with an announced crowd of 7000 fans taking in the two days of action.
Three time winner of the CLE Championships, Russ Laursen of Cumberland WI took
the Super Modified title, losing only the Trophy Dash. He would repeat as
Invitational winner the next two seasons! Johnny Aase, repeated his 1966 CLE
victory in the Late Models, with Billy Nelson taking the Sportsman win. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Murillo
opened its gates to 1200 fans on the August 7 Civic Holiday, on a 1/3 mile
track that was carved out of the original 1/2 mile for a 1953 event. Under the
“Lakehead Stock Car Racing Association” & “Lakehead Stock Car Club”
banners, the track would run the only full seasons in its existence in 1967
& 68. Tony Cryer took the first Late Model Feature, and Richard Foreman
once again, was the first Hobby Stock Feature winner. The year’s class
champions were, Tony Cryer in the Late Models, with Bunny Massaro taking the
Hobby Stock title. Murillo held their “Centennial 100” Championship races, Sept
30/Oct 1 with Johnny Aase topping the Late Models, winning Saturday’s Feature
& coming second on Sunday. Bunny Massaro, took both days Hobby Stock
Features. In 1968, Riverview was becoming the more popular track, pulling
regular crowds of 2200-2400 fans Sunday afternoon’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over 150 cars were registered for the ’68
season, with the Hobby Stock Feature starting some 40+ cars three abreast!
Murillo opened the season earlier than Riverview on May 5, with Tom Nesbitt
winning the first two weeks Late Model Features. Throughout 1968, Murillo tried
Thursday, Friday, & Sat nights, trying to find the right race day. This,
hoping drivers would race both tracks, and fans two nights of racing. Riverview
held three, two day meets that season. Tom Nesbitt beat out Dave Morgan’s
Corvette “Stingray 500”, in the first two, in a totally dominating season,
winning 19 of the 22 Late Model Features. Other added races those early years
included, Powder Puff, Demo Derbies and end of season Figure 8 for the Hobby
Stocks. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1969,
Riverview had fewer cars, but in the Late Models it was all Nesbitt!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tom, dominated again, winning <u>only</u> 14
of the 22 Features, repeating as Late Model Champion. A dispute over rough
track conditions, brought the races to a halt July 6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some hostilities were exchanged, then cooler
heads prevailed and racing continued. A new Late Model driver showed through
the season, he would become a force to be reckoned with. He made the point
abundantly clear during the fall invitational. John Jones took the fall
invitational Late Model feature, to become the first local racer to win the
feature in one of the main classes. Tom Nesbitt won the 1962 Hobby Stock
feature during the fall invitational at the CLE. In 1970, Wed racing was tried,
it was the regular night of racing back at the CLE. With only 900 in
attendance, racing returned to Sunday afternoons. A dispute over the purse
brought racing to a halt that August for two weeks. Wanting a $300 increase for
both days of a two day meet, was the issue when Jim Bernosky would only agree
to an increase the first day. He countered their demands, offering to rent them
the track for the event. It came to an end after two weeks, when both sides
agreed to a 60% split of the gate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1971 was another Late Model title for Nesbitt, though both he
& John Jones opted to race stateside more often. In the early years,
Riverview’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>offering of a higher purse,
lured several US racers to make the trek up Hwy 61. In the early 70’s, the role
got reversed, affecting Late Model car counts. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1972, low car numbers delayed the season. A new Street Stock
class, allowing some modifications, was cancelled due to only three being
built. When it was cancelled, they were allowed to race as Hobby Stocks.
Nesbitt and Jones chose to run regularly across the border. By August,
Riverview called it a season, though opening for the fall invitational. Regular
season racing, would once again go on a hiatus, 1973- 75. The invitational
races were the only roaring of the engines those years. One bright spot was,
Barry Kettering took the 1973 Super Modified class. A founding member of the
Lakehead Stock Car Club in 1952, Barry got close several times through the
years, but was finally closed the deal! <o:p></o:p></span></span><b style="text-indent: 36pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">© </span></i></b><i style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">JMC
2019</span></i></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-15503239074751623732021-09-14T16:26:00.002-04:002021-09-15T10:53:25.620-04:00The Fall Invitationals<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">by
Jeff Caldwell</span></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">With fall
closing in along with the end of the regular racing season, the season
championship weekends are on the horizon. Thunder Bay fans are usually off to
our neighboring US tracks, but how many of them are aware the end of season
championship races started in Fort William in 1957 at the old CLE half mile. </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Lakehead
Stock Car Club President, Louis Tocheri and Tony Massaro came up with the idea
of holding an end of season Championship Race Meet. The WESCAR Championships
held September 25<sup>th </sup></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">attracting racers primarily from the upper
Minnesota/Wisconsin area, Edmonton and Winnipeg to the west and Toronto and St
Catherines ON in the east. Member tracks of WESCAR were all to send
representatives to the race, but Calgary and Saskatoon were not represented at
the meet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The big race
literally started off with a bang to ignite the chilled and enthusiastic crowd
of 3500-4000 plus. Local season champ Louis Tocheri started outside of Rice
Lake WI Dean Harrington on the pole. Charging into turn one the two tangled,
with Harrington admitting he was not willing to yield the lead to Tocheri. Mutual
pleasantries were exchanged as both cars were being towed from the track,
finished for the evening. The race glory was looking to be in the hands of a local
racer, Al Massaro led early when a flat tire put him out of contention. Crowd favorite
Barry Kettering steadily moved through the field holding the lead till he
suffered the same fate as Massaro when a flat tire on lap 41 ended his chance of
victory. Though coming close to winning the fall championships several times, Barry
would have to wait till 1973 when he took the laurels in the Sprint car feature
which would be named in memory of him in 1976. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bud Mayala Of Rice Lake WI took the inaugural crown
with Barry Kettering and Al Massaro salvaging fourth and fifth place finishes
respectively as the top locals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The fall
championships would continue each fall at the CLE half mile through 1966, being
the last auto racing there. Top racers of the upper Midwest would be regular
participants, with racers Russ Laursen, Jerry Richert, Don Mack, Scratch
Daniels amongst others becoming favorites with the local fans through the
years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In 1967 local racing moved to the
new Riverview Raceways and returning to Murillo Speedway at the Murillo
Fairgrounds. Riverview ran its inaugural fall invitationals Sept 19-17 running
Late Model, Super Modifieds and Sportsman classes. Johnny Aase, Russ Laursen
and Billy Nelson winning the Sunday Feature races in their class. Late Models and
Super Modified/Sprint classes would continue being on the card through 1981,
though in separate dates starting in the mid 70’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Murillo Speedway scheduled their
invitational Sept 30-Oct 1 weekend, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>billed
as the Canadian Stock Car Championships Centennial 100. Johnny Aase took the
Late Model crown with local racer Bunny Massaro the Hobby Stock champion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a 1968 season, Murillo closed and
Riverview alone hosted the fall championships through 1993 with Late Models run
as the top class. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Riverview closed early in the 1994
season and the fall races moved out to Mosquito Speedway in Nolalu the
following years till it to closed following the 2003 fall championship races.
Late Models continued as the top class but were dropped after 1998, with the
Modified class as the top class as it was at the CLE. For the next decade plus
through 2014, though local racers ventured west to Emo and to the regular US
tracks, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the engines were silent on local
tracks. A collective cheer from local fans came when <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>when the fall classic as revived at Mosquito for
2014 with Midwest Modifieds, Street Stocks, Super Stocks and Ice Racers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the
completion of the new Dairy Queen International Speedway on West Arthur St, the
fall championships have found their new home. For the first event Sept 17-19,
classes will include Modifieds, Midwest Modifieds Super Stocks, Street Stocks
and Hornets. Since that first fall championships in 1957, racers from far and
wide have ventured here to compete. Hall of Famers in the Late Model and Sprint
classes have been part of the field. Jerry Richert, Don Mack, Buzz Barton, Ed
Sanger, Curt Hanson, and our own Tom Nesbitt amongst them. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">© JMC 2021</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiY6a8thdKPwP2q1TFHBtp8qUd_eg8Jp6BoVtLsP9e3ZZRzROf_h-nj83o8n9GJk6aaCngd3l7wyKgAT-qM9KQZI73hJuQpTJI9Lh1pIlupwYIqYSH8KitB-A_9q8kQb5LcIt88uahhL8Y/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="624" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiY6a8thdKPwP2q1TFHBtp8qUd_eg8Jp6BoVtLsP9e3ZZRzROf_h-nj83o8n9GJk6aaCngd3l7wyKgAT-qM9KQZI73hJuQpTJI9Lh1pIlupwYIqYSH8KitB-A_9q8kQb5LcIt88uahhL8Y/w485-h628/image.png" width="485" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJeEQBMQaPOQjkNswpoKKPoWdiw38-sF-odXYFve5Xotr5qs1fi_EqmLAHq4jb_YEFstMTGpwhOo5b3NtUJHPype2ZRMVNh954hUn2rffIfTzOdzMA9dAxCsCraZ9HROw8XvCjsov1glD/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1443" height="712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJeEQBMQaPOQjkNswpoKKPoWdiw38-sF-odXYFve5Xotr5qs1fi_EqmLAHq4jb_YEFstMTGpwhOo5b3NtUJHPype2ZRMVNh954hUn2rffIfTzOdzMA9dAxCsCraZ9HROw8XvCjsov1glD/w501-h712/Scan_20210914.jpg" width="501" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0c1Wf8g9sOIaHwPUss8tMQamKkE-5hP1-tRMP_M2jxrS2_UuekHqEgVD0KDs_JweJWrJ0fFLqih9a_fTXet7vJyJFlQHPic9zMclXSinWW8-59-kOF-lTuSNmosqKqEJFBE61fkzOAEMn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1627" data-original-width="1441" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0c1Wf8g9sOIaHwPUss8tMQamKkE-5hP1-tRMP_M2jxrS2_UuekHqEgVD0KDs_JweJWrJ0fFLqih9a_fTXet7vJyJFlQHPic9zMclXSinWW8-59-kOF-lTuSNmosqKqEJFBE61fkzOAEMn/w490-h552/1961+Oct+5k+NC.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0T8L1SNFsCkMmro7ry9ey2011nft90Fk2mFQDza9I0qhZSeSLDYaCxATfs7G_u07_se3kRW0g3A-rV3iQymavmLoTfpYUWvI1qeJHWTgpWRry2QzAnfNwNf9OTuw7nAmQyim-wJ3TVJNM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="509" height="621" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0T8L1SNFsCkMmro7ry9ey2011nft90Fk2mFQDza9I0qhZSeSLDYaCxATfs7G_u07_se3kRW0g3A-rV3iQymavmLoTfpYUWvI1qeJHWTgpWRry2QzAnfNwNf9OTuw7nAmQyim-wJ3TVJNM/w486-h621/image.png" width="486" /></a></div></div></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOU1a_AE6lzBuwsU1tNDzcn_2pyCMBgjDhAF83paLUWMaJYUNPGae6odfjuu69_WAMNm03QiM0r1dnV6X8sBKmX-efELgJo3G0i0W5vUH4eltZRSA15_XcW8pFMv1eSWXsdyTARd6lRqbA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="587" height="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOU1a_AE6lzBuwsU1tNDzcn_2pyCMBgjDhAF83paLUWMaJYUNPGae6odfjuu69_WAMNm03QiM0r1dnV6X8sBKmX-efELgJo3G0i0W5vUH4eltZRSA15_XcW8pFMv1eSWXsdyTARd6lRqbA/w497-h760/image.png" width="497" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-42796110193396407452020-03-07T15:22:00.000-05:002020-03-07T16:31:57.174-05:00“Lots” of Fun <br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Prior to the building of the “Expressway” in the mid 1960’s,
Hwy 61B would run down main local arteries. One of these was Kingsway, which I
had the good fortune of growing up just off of, on Murray Ave. Looking out our
living room window, I could see the parking lot of the Two Cities Motel.
Through that window, in the fall of 1966, I saw an orange Super Modified
parked, with several holes cut out on the rear of the roof. Attending those
final races at the CLE that weekend, across the track I could see that orange
#89. That memory was forever implanted in my head! Shown b/w photos of it 30
years later, I immediately stated, “it was orange”!<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along Kingsway, from Empire
Ave to Arthur St., the lots of the Blue Swan Inn, Fort Motel, Two Cities,
Holiday Inn, and the Kingsway Motel, filled with race cars from the upper USA,
in town to compete in the fall Invitational Championships. These lots would be
overrun with wide eyed young kids (and older race fans), filled with
anticipation of seeing them in full flight on the track! We’d tag along with
older brothers, then with our friends when we were a bit older. All five of the
hotels were explored. Curiously we’d examine the racing machines, though we
really had no clue what we were looking for. Perhaps the lingering smell of
gear oil<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>addicted us somehow, our
anticipation of the visitors grew as race weekend got closer! <br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we got real lucky, we’d get to
meet a driver! And we did meet some! I met the driver of an orange Late Model
in the lot at the Kingsway Motel, who told me, I’m sure in jest, I could buy
his #4 for $10. Lenny Pistilli travelled from the Iron Range for the races.
Another driver told us of Russ Laursen’s tragic crash, he was in the same race!
Where the cars stayed, remained implanted forever, Dave Morgan’s “Stingray 500”
parked at the south end of the Fort Motel lot, Dean Harrington’s yellow Ford
#U2 in the same lot, where apartments now stand. The ramps on the trailers of
the Super Modifieds, folded up over the rear wheels left an impression too!<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Of all the drivers I met in
those lots, Tim Lorenz of Ladysmith WI, gave my best friend Jamie Kelner and I
our best memories from those lots. Tim raced #9, a light blue 59-60 Corvette
Late Model, on a ramp truck similar to Tom Nesbitt’s GMC. As kids were in those
days, we were resourceful, if we wanted to do something. We’d usually have to
find a way there, and a way to get in as well. We were too young to drive, so
what’s the best idea, ask one of the drivers if you could catch a ride! From
1970 through 1972, Jamie & I rode to Riverview atop that truck in that
Corvette, then in 1972 a Chevy Nova. Be there for around this time, up into the
car for the ride! Hop out at the Riverview gate, over to the pits after the
races, for the ride home! Each fall we’d be looking for our visiting hero, and
friend. 1972 was the last time, but Tim Lorenz kindness to these kids has
lasted a lifetime! Thank you Tim!<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Travelling to Los Angeles in
1990, for the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars at Ascot, we found ourselves again
in need of a ride to the track. Staying at the Holiday Inn, in Torrence CA, the
lot was filled with race cars. The friend with me asked, how we getting to the
races. I answered, we have a ride in the parking lot, “They’re all going to the
same place we are”, one was sure to have room! It only took a couple inquiries,
to find a ride!<br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Travelling to dirt races
today, the parking lots are full of cars, where the crews prepare them for that
night’s races. It takes me back to the days in those “Lots, of fun” along
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"><em>Neil Young was born in Toronto Ontario Nov 12 1945 the son of famed Canadian sports writer Scott Young. When his parents divorced Neil moved to Winnipeg with his mother and through the years ,both Toronto and Winnipeg have claimed him as their own native son. Fort William Ontario however,has a bit of a claim of its own. Neil spent time here in late 1964-65,of his time in Fort William, Neil says in </em></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"> <em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"Fort William is like a forgotten chapter in my life. It had an immense impact on me because I really started to grow on my own. Fort William was more important than Toronto for me in terms of growth as a singer and songwriter. I gained a lot of valuable experience there."</span></em></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"><em>Several interesting things occured in Fort William. between October 1964,when Neil Young and his band The Squires came to Fort William and June 17th 1965. The Squires travelled to Fort William and secured a one week engagement at The Flamingo Club (aka The Flame) starting Oct 13 ,and returning November 2 for a two week engagement. During the November stay, Neil turned 19,and wrote "Sugar Mountain"at the</em></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em><strong>While in FW, Neil became friends with local musicians,and with then CJLX DJ Ray Dee (Delatinsky),with Ray becoming a somewhat local contact/manager for Neil. With Ray Dee as the producer,Neil recorded his singing for the first time Nov 23 1964 during a late night recording session at CJLX studio's on Victoria Ave. Three songs were recorded in that session, "</strong><strong>I'll Love You Forever", " I Wonder" and "Together Alone". </strong></em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>In April 1965 Neil and The Squires packed up to move to Fort William.</strong><strong>While here a spin off of the Au Go Go Singers "The Company" were playing the 4D (Fourth Dimension), April 18 1965. Young became fast friends with a member of that group in a fateful meeting in Rock and Roll history named Steven Stills. "Cruising around and drinking strong Canadian beer" as Stills recalls,w</strong></span><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>hen Stills departed both shared a strong desire to play together. The roots of the B</strong></span></em><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>uffalo Springfield had been sewn and the later Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. </em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>June 17 1965, Neil headed east to take local musician Terry Erickson to play a gig in Sudbury,with Tommy Horricks and Donny Brown of "The Bonnevilles" joining in. Neil's beloved hearse "Mort" blew its transmission and after being unable to have it repaired headed east to Toronto to his father's home in Toronto with Erickson and Fort William would become a part of Neil's past. "Long May You Run" (1976) which Neil played during the opening ceremonies at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics tells the story.</em></strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">"<em>well it was back in Blind River in 1962 (actually 1965) when I last saw you alive,but we missed that shift on the long decline,long may you run</em>." </span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong> <em>In the waning days in Fort William,the bands name changed as they became "The High Flying Bird". Having been booked to play an engagement at "Smitty's Pancake House" on Memorial Ave,when the ill fated sojourn to Sudbury took place the date went unfulfilled,the sign outside read "The Bird has flown", ending Neil's time in Fort William.</em></strong><strong></strong></span><strong><br /></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"><em>During his time in Toronto, Neil replaced "Mort" with another hearse, and eventually ventured off to Los Angeles in early 1966 with Bruce Palmer in search of Stills, after a previous trip to NYC hoping to connect with Stills, had Stills already gone. Stopped at a red light on Sunset Blvd., Stills spotted a hearse with Ontario plates heading the opposite direction and chased it down believing it was his friend Neil. Young and Palmer teamed up with Stills, Richie Furay and fellow Canadian Dewey Martin to form Buffalo Springfield fulfilling the seed sewn in Fort William with Steven Stills, to play together.</em></span></strong><strong><br /></strong></div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>The story of the Titanic has been well documented over the past 100 years. Deemed to be "almost unsinkable",though this was not from the builder,Harland & Wolff in Belfast,but rather from a trade journal. The Titanic was the middle of three sister ships, Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic, two of the three,Titanic and Britannic had short lives. </em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Britannic,the third of the sisters was launched in Feb 1914 and was requisitioned into military service as a hospital ship for WW I in 1915. Having completed five successful voyages to the </em></strong><strong><em>M</em></strong><strong><em>iddle Eastern Theatre and back to the United Kingdom transporting the sick and wounded soldiers,Britannic struck a mine</em></strong><strong><em> off the Greek island of </em></strong><strong><em>Kea</em></strong><strong><em> November 21 1916, and sank with the loss of 30 lives. </em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Olympic,the first of the three,was launched in Oct 1910,and was not without incident in its lifetime,which exceeded both sister ships combined. </em></strong><strong><em>The first incident was Sept 20 1911, when she collided with a British warship, HMS Hawke off the Isle of Wight. Although the incident resulted in the flooding of two of her compartments and a twisted propeller shaft, Olympic was able to return to Southampton under her own power. In Sept 1915,Olympic was requisitioned by the Admiralty to be used as a fast troop transport and stripped of her peacetime fittings, and armed with 12-pounders and 4.7-inch guns, the newly-designated HMT (His Majesty's Transport) 2810 left Liverpool on 24 September 1915, carrying soldiers to Mudros, Greece. On Oct 1 lifeboats from the French ship Provincia which had been sunk by a U-boat that morning were spotted off Cape Matapan and Olympic picked up 34 survivors.From 1916 to 1917, Olympic was chartered by the Canadian Government to transport troops from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Britain. In Aug 1919 <i>Olympic</i> returned to Belfast for restoration to civilian service,with its interior modernized and boilers converted to burn oil rather than coal. In 1934,at the instigation of the British government,White Star Line merged with the Cunard Line. This merger allowed funds to be granted for the completion of the future RMS Queen Mary. Cunard White Star then started retiring its surplus tonnage, which included the majority of the old White Star liners,sending them to the "breakers". Olympic was withdrawn from service in 1935 and sold to be partially demolished and its final demolition taking place in 1937.</em></strong><strong><em>Though the majestic Titanic sank on its maiden voyage,and became the greatest maritime disaster in history,with over 1500 deaths,it is a story that will never cease being told.</em></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong>For some incredible pictures of the Titanic on the bottom of the Atlantic,check out</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong> National Geographic.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/04/titanic/titanic-photography">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/04/titanic/titanic-photography</a><br />
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<strong>Through the years there have been numerous novelty tunes about Christmas. One memorable one for me was released for Christmas 1964. With Beatlemania in full swing,Gary Ferrier,a DJ from CHUM in Toronto came out with a unique replacement for the infamous "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". Issued by Capitol Records of Canada,(The label of The Beatles) and unique to the Canadian Market, "Ringo Deer" hit the Top10 in December 1964 in Canada. The record received airplay for several following Christmas's,my original copy disappeared along the way,but upon finding one on ebay,I replaced it to play for my kids. Give it a listen & Sing Along!</strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GWU85dEFHc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GWU85dEFHc</a><br />
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<em><strong>The north poles all abuzz these days</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>with news thats really new</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Santa Claus has got a brand new reindeer now for you</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>He's a swinging kind of reindeer and very very rare</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>instead of antlers on his head</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>he's got Beatle hair </strong></em><br />
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<em><strong>They call him Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>a Ring along Ringo Ringo Deer </strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>He's with Santa Claus this year</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>a Ring along Ringo Ringo Deer </strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>He's with Santa Claus this year</strong></em> <br />
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<em><strong>He's the deer that leads the rest</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>cause he's much dearer than the rest</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>and Santa lets him lead the sleigh</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>so he'll be first to see Christmas Day</strong></em><br />
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<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong> a Ring along Ringo Ringo Deer </strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>He's with Santa Claus this year</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong></strong></em><br />
<em><strong>a Ring along Ringo Ringo Deer </strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>He's with Santa Claus this year</strong></em><br />
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<em><strong>Tiny bells around his feet </strong></em><br />
<em><strong>and when he runs</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>he rings a beat</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ring along Ringo! Santa yells</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>and the deer all cheer </strong></em><br />
<em><strong>when they hear those bells</strong></em><br />
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<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong></strong></em><br />
<em><strong>a Ring along Ringo Ringo Deer </strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>He's with Santa Claus this year</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong></strong></em><br />
<em><strong>a Ring along Ringo Ringo Deer </strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>He's with Santa Claus this year</strong></em><br />
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<em><strong>So on Christmas Eve this year</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Listen hard and you will hear</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo leading them along</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>and Santa singing Beatles songs</strong></em><br />
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<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ring along Ringo Ringo Deer </strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>He's with Santa Claus this year</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>a Ring along Ringo Ringo Deer </strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>He's with Santa Claus this year</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong></strong></em><br />
<em><strong>a Ring along Ringo Ringo Deer </strong></em><br />
<em><strong>Ringo Ringo Ringo Deer</strong></em><br />
<em><strong>He's with Santa Claus this year</strong></em><br />
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<em><strong>Gary Ferrier Capitol Records of Canada 1964</strong></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-47100160746637059952011-09-29T21:06:00.000-04:002011-09-29T21:06:30.881-04:00The Moody Blues Thunder Bay Community Auditorium Sept 28 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJinDRpkJ2ppFtPqM5WnVPX00826ws9xHYZJtJDezujEHPHNxhvCnnK1Z8yRpsXglcGxTjArzPlEJF1kMrdiYy-sUMkmm64D-PA_VOTdz1ZPqJLCMAZypBmf0GZb9RtnIiJmMgjQPw07b/s1600/DSC01680.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJinDRpkJ2ppFtPqM5WnVPX00826ws9xHYZJtJDezujEHPHNxhvCnnK1Z8yRpsXglcGxTjArzPlEJF1kMrdiYy-sUMkmm64D-PA_VOTdz1ZPqJLCMAZypBmf0GZb9RtnIiJmMgjQPw07b/s320/DSC01680.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77wcA8-VQN8735CkPv6XRpaigULbutkFR0GTQqxfgOAciP0LbkzEGd6ku3Q79F1QMA4fpeIAf3NBwbEtXvUkBwbKGnDhFEomSgZdaX5mtF3TCV1WGdLVqRDZ594sWVuolO23txI0KyToO/s1600/DSC01686.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77wcA8-VQN8735CkPv6XRpaigULbutkFR0GTQqxfgOAciP0LbkzEGd6ku3Q79F1QMA4fpeIAf3NBwbEtXvUkBwbKGnDhFEomSgZdaX5mtF3TCV1WGdLVqRDZ594sWVuolO23txI0KyToO/s320/DSC01686.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">July each summer in Thunder Bay is the time for the annual Thunder Bay Kings Alumni Game. The game features past Kings players, highlighted by Kings players who play in the NHL. This years game featured two 18 minute periods followed by each player shooting in a shootout. The game was won by Team Allstate (Black) over Team Hedgeye (white)11-0. Eric Staal was named the games MVP scoring once in regulation and twice in the shootout.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-74329296013337789302011-08-01T12:24:00.004-04:002012-05-02T20:23:07.723-04:00Lyn McIntosh The Thunder Bay Invader Sprint Racer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lyn started racing in Tony Massaro's #87 in 1961</div>
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1962-63 Super Modified with Glen Kettering</div>
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Lyn & Barry Kettering @ Riverview 1971. They were this close all race</div>
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Running cageless with the IMCA @ Minnesota State Fair</div>
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1973 in the Nance Camper City Special</div>
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Lyn being inducted into Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Sept 24 2011</div>
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In Sprint Car Racing, Lyn McIntosh overcame many obstacles regularly travelling hundred’s of miles weekly, to not only be competitive against higher financed teams, but a winner, and Champion in Sprint cars ,and well respected as a racer.<br />
As a youngster Lyn McIntosh caught the taste for racing, watching the Lakehead Stock Car Club races ,and the visiting IMCA Sprint Cars during the 1950’s at the CLE. He got his taste for speed behind the wheel of a “soapbox” push cart ,catching the attention of Master Cleaners ,who became his sponsor. Lyn became a visitor to the garages of Barry Kettering and Master Cleaners drivers Wes Inkster and Jerry Whitaker. Lyn went on to pit for Louis Tocheri and Tony Massaro with his best friend Lorne Hay ,who looked after both racers cars. When Tony Massaro quit driving in 1961,Lyn was persistent in convincing Tony to let him take the wheel of Tony’s #87,which he would race the balance of the ‘61 season. Lyn was a quick learner getting up to speed quickly ,and made his way to victory lane before season’s end.<br />
In '62,Lyn would then team up with Glen Kettering to run the #62 Super Modified ,which later burned in a fire in Glen's garage in August of 1962. With assistance from Ken Taylor ,a benefit at the race track and a benefit social held by the Ladies Auxiliary ,and they were back up and running. Lyn would race south of the border regularly in Superior WI, Rice Lake WI in Super Modified’s and other tracks in the upper Minnesota/Wisconsin area. He run the #62 again in 1963,running the CLE and south of the border.<br />
When the Super Modified class was discontinued ,and regular season racing at the CLE closed in 1964 Lyn built a CAE Sprint Car with Lorne Hay sporting #5. The car was built over a two year period as funds allowed ,ready for the track for the 1966 season. Lyn would continue to do most of his racing in the USA ,racing at home only in the fall championships ,the final races held at the CLE Fairgrounds.<br />
Lyn raced in big IMCA shows in the area ,about 10-15 of the full IMCA season ,racing without a roll cage. When there were no IMCA races in the area ,Lyn would bolt the roll cage on and run with the Super Modified’s at Twin Cities Motor /NorthStar Speedway in the Twin Cities, Cedar Lake Speedway in Wisconsin ,Princeton MN ,as well as out to Fargo and Grand Forks N.Dakota. Lyn would race the CAE until 1973 when he would team with Bill Brower of the Twin Cities racing a Nance chassis and changing his number to #25,after the 1973 season Lyn would team up with Pat Slivinski and Murray Robinson of Thunder Bay as partners of the MRS race team. <br />
In 1973 Lyn was a regular competitor in the Midwest Sprint Association, with Northstar Speedway as its regular Sunday night race date ,MSA ran races across Minnesota ,Wisconsin ,North Dakota ,Winnipeg and Thunder Bay. At the annual IMCA races at the Minnesota State Fair ,Lyn in his upright sprint car ,ran one of his greatest races of his career finishing second to Jerry Hansen who won in an SCCA Formula race car which was designed specially for pavement racing.<br />
He would run the Nance until 1978 when they purchased a Stanton chassis with the name Thunder Bay Invader emblazened on the hood and would have the most successful year of his career. Lyn would win the Midwest Sprint Association North Division ,and overall Championship. Lyn won the Russ Laursen Classic in Superior Wisconsin, the Dave Skari Memorial in Fargo,North Dakota and narrowly missed winning the Barry Kettering Memorial at Riverview in their hometown to Jerry Richert by 1 point. Lyn would also win the Russ Laursen Classic a second time in 1979. <br />
At the end of the 1979 season North Star Speedway closed leaving the Midwest Sprint Association without a home and the club folded as well after an abbreviated 1980 season.<br />
Lyn raced in area World of Outlaws races in the Midwest USA, at tracks in Sioux Fall SD ,Fargo ND ,Fairmont MN ,Lincoln NB ,and would haul his sprint car 650 miles each way ,to race weekly at the “Sprint Car Capitol of the World” ,the legendary Knoxville Speedway in Knoxville, Iowa in 1980. The fans appreciated his efforts and Lyn was popular with the Knoxville fans. During the Knoxville Nationals of 1980 Lyn would suffer the most gruelling crash of his career. After healing up ,Lyn was back racing in 1981,and after a hard crash in Fargo North Dakota a new 1981 Stanton was purchased. In a World of Outlaws race at Fargo Lyn had to run the "B" Main and proceeded to blow away the competition which included several World of Outlaws regulars. One person would watch that race and after the races came up to Lyn and said he was one hell of a racer ,that he made moves out there he couldn't think of and he wanted to meet him ,this guy’s name was Steve Kinser, voted the greatest sprint car racer of all time. <br />
Lyn and his partners put on the promoter hat .hosting the Barry Kettering Memorial in 1980 & 81 at Riverview Raceways when track officials chose not to run it. Lyn stated “Barry had given too much to the sport for him to be forgotten” so they chose to host it themselves. Ironic as it seems ,using the same point system as Knoxville uses for the Nationals Lyn would finally win the race he so badly wanted to win in 1981,the Barry Kettering Memorial by one point over Bob Hopp. In 1978 he missed winning it by one point to Jerry Richert ,using the same point system.<br />
Lyn would again race weekly at Knoxville in 1982 and in 1983 would move to Jamestown ,Indiana and race sprints in All Star Circuit of Champions ,and World of Outlaws shows in the area until 1985,son AJ would also start racing sprints as well but would only spend a couple years behind the wheel. In 1986 Lyn still in partnership with Pat Slivinski and Murray Robinson purchased a McPherson Dirt Champ car to campaign with USAC. Lyn raced the car until finally hanging up his helmet in July 1990. Lyn ,though retiring as a driver ,remained active in USAC as a Dirt Champ car owner with his partners. Lyn would go to work for Patrick Racing from 1997 to 2002 in the CART “Indy Car” series ,and worked as a spotter during Indy car races. Patrick Racing was a premier competitor on Indy cars ,having won the Indianapolis 500 twice. Lyn continues working on the Indy Racing circuit today as a Track Rep for XTRAC ,the exclusive suppliers of rear end assemblies in INDY Car Racing.<br />
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With future "Crazy Canuck" Dave Irwin<br />
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Lyn was inducted into Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Sept 24 2011</div>
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Lyn McIntosh started skiing around the age of ten and represented the Lake Superior Ski Division in the Canadian Junior Championships three times. Lyn then made his mark in skiing as a Coach, Lyn was a Ski Coach for the Lake Superior Ski Division in Thunder Bay from 1966 to 1968. Member’s of the ski team included Dave Irwin and John Ritchie. Dave Irwin, would be the second Canadian to win a Men’s World Cup Downhill race, and one of the legendary “Crazy Canucks” men’s ski team with John Ritchie later becoming the Coach of the “Crazy Canucks”.<br />
While the title was that of “Coach”, the role as coach was much more than just coaching the young skier’s. Dave Irwin tells of Lyn’s contribution to skiing.<br />
“Lyn was the first to develop a system for the ski team, focusing on the “team” concept where when one won, the team won, with all working in that direction. He says that concept, for him contributed to the creation of “The Crazy Canucks”. Lyn as coach, was responsible for virtually everything the team needed, organizing, budgets, etc. When the team travelled to competition’s, Lyn was “dad” to Irwin and the other skier’s making sure they had what they needed to compete.” He says that “ Lyn translated his sprint racing experience from the dirt track to the ski hill” and he found that to be quite brilliant. Irwin in closing said of Lyn McIntosh,” He was one of the coaches that set him in the right direction in his career and was very influential on his career. Lyn taught him how to be part of a team, made sure they had what they needed, organized it and made it work! Also that, Lyn never got the credit he deserved, nor did he seek it either, he really created something in Thunder Bay, and “Mac was the man in Thunder Bay!”<br />
From 1969 to 1972 Lyn would move up as a Coach of Canada’s Women’s Can Am Ski Team, this circuit later was renamed the Nor Am. The Can-Am team was to the National Ski Team what the American Hockey League is to the NHL. The series consisted of around fourty ski races across North America a season, with the travel being done almost exclusively by automobile. Pontiac provided station wagons for the team’s travel, with it being traded in every 5000 miles, one winter Lyn used up four of the station wagons in travel on the tour.<br />
In 1969 Lyn started off with a squad largely depleted with many of the top skier’s being taken on to the World Cup team leaving a thin talent pool. In the beginning the team struggled against the USA, but a strong platform was set to develop the new talent on the team. By the end of Lyn’s tenure with the Can-Am team, a strong foundation had been set with the Canadian skier’s, led by Betsy Clifford they began to dominate the circuit in 1972-73.<br />
In 1969 Lyn would leave a real legacy in Canadian Downhill Skiing being one of the five founding members of the Canadian Ski Coaches Federation. CSCF was/is responsible for establishing coaching standard’s for Canadian Ski coaches, with the goal of producing the best ski racer’s in the world. This goal was reached in the mid 1970’s with the success of both the men and women’s ski team’s winning on the World Cup Ski Circuit. The CSCF has become an organization of approximately 5500 members, providing 4 levels of coach certification, technical seminars, and professional development opportunities.<br />
In 1972-73 Lyn was Assistant Program Director with Canada’s National Ski Team participating in, setting ski team policy, selecting the ski team’s, guiding the team through training in South America and Europe, and helping develop the program that led to the “Crazy Canucks“.<br />
In 1973 to 1976 Lyn McIntosh was the Coach of Canada’s Woman’s National Ski Team. Success at the highest level was achieved in 1974 with Betsy Clifford’s World Championship Gold Medal at St Moritz ,and in 1976, at the Innsbrook Austria Olympic Games, with Kathy Kreiner winning the Gold Medal in the Women’s Giant Slalom, under Lyn’s coaching. Following the Olympics Lyn and the National Ski Team met with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in Ottawa.<br />
Kathy Kreiner say’s that Lyn “really gave you the feeling he knew what he was talking about, and had a level of trust with him that she never had with other coaches. Lyn also, “ knew the mind of an athlete, had a great awareness of the athlete’s need for attention or the need to be alone to focus.” He was “ very caring with you as a person, more than just as an athlete which gave you the environment to thrive as a young athlete.” Kathy also echoes Dave Irwin in Lyn’s ability to connect his experience on the race track with skiing ” which she also felt was brilliant.<br />
After spending upwards of nine months away from home and his family each year, at the end of the 1976 ski season Lyn retired from the National Ski Team and accepted an offer from Bill Irwin of Loch Lomond ski hill to operate the ski shop and the hill’s ski school. Though retired from the National Ski Team, Lyn stayed very involved in competitive skiing as a Tech Delegate in the International Ski Federation from 1976 to 1982 . As a Tech Delegate Lyn would be responsible to oversee all FIS regulations at the competition, with the final decision on all matters concerning the running of the event, and was the sole official with the power to cancel the event if deemed necessary. In this role he would also act as a liason between and race organizer’s , and competitor’s, assuming this role in many races in Europe and the USA ,as delegates cannot come from the host country.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-91369702947587196842011-07-10T17:55:00.002-04:002012-05-03T03:18:01.789-04:00Alex Delvechio Day June 14 1970<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><em>On June 14 1970, Thunder Bay was invaded by Detroit Red Wings,and the NHL. They were here to honor Fort William native, the Captain of the Red Wings, Alex Delvechio. "Mr Hockey" Gordie Howe,Sid Abel,Gary Bergman,Ned Harkness,Lefty Wilson,Doug Barkley were some of those attending the big day. Several NHL teams sent reps or sent telegrams, as did the Premier of Ontario and the Prime Minister. A parade took place Sunday afternoon,you were able to go right up to the cars as they slowly passed by along the route. As a kid turning 11,it was an incredible thrill to walk up and shake hands with Mr Hockey! I got his autograph for my neighbor who loved the Red Wings. Gordie had his hand in a cast but still signed and shook my hand. Really awesome! </em></strong></div>
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<strong><em>Delvechio played his first NHL game with Detroit in 1950-51, his only that season. He became a regular in the 1951-52 season through the 1973-74 season playing only 11 games that season. Alex played on the famed "Production Line" with Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay,taking over from Sid Abel. Delvechio was the Red Wings Captain for 12 years,the second longest,he played in 13 NHL All-Star games,1489 (Regular Season) games playing his entire career in Detroit. Scoring 404 goals,747 assists for 1151 career points. He was a three time Stanley Cup winner in 1952,54 & 55, three time winner of the Lady Byng award,and inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1977. After retiring from playing,he twice served as coach of the wings,then GM before leaving hockey in 1977.</em></strong></div>
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<strong>Returning to Thunder Bay for the first time since "Rockin the Fort" with Randy Bachman in June 2006, Burton played the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium and as usual delivered the goods. What a voice the man still has! Starting with a video of pictures to the tune of "Pretty Pictures" from his recent "Above the ground" Cd, Burton took the stage to "No SugarTonight/ New Mother Nature". Performing other classic's from The Guess Who, such as "Laughing" "Albert Flasher", "Runnin Back to Saskatoon", and dedicating "These Eyes" to the late Guess Who producer who recently passed away. Telling how Jack had showed great faith in four guys from Winnipeg, mortgaging his home to take them to NYC to record "Wheatfield Soul". Jack Richardson produced all of The Guess Who albums for RCA. Performing his solo classic's "Stand Tall", "I'm Scared" and an extended version of "Break it to them Gently" with its nostalgic homage to the music that inspired him. The show stealer was of course the extended version of "American Woman", where Burton proved again he can steal an audience at any time! Having played here numerous times through the years, Burton told how "The Guess Who" played here just before Christmas about seven years straight, then returned home to Winnipeg driving all night to spend Christmas at home, and flattered Paul Schafer mentioned in his book that he had attended all of them. My son's attened the show with me ages 11 & 13, great music crosses all age lines. Burton, you are truly a Canadian treasure, look forward to the next return to TB!</strong></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7pY6b_KWu2n1O3kM1pjC6eHzOpL0UhfIQLcsJiGRjj4bHPZSyhjCtxFIGRjImwY_IJcgO06N93-GXsGRNPB2TevP3Z1mDQwd5JgLZ6z0NzivkfY8JDKDpCiz0EU_UGvMJYUXrFmF_M9R/s1600/Bob+Hope+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7pY6b_KWu2n1O3kM1pjC6eHzOpL0UhfIQLcsJiGRjj4bHPZSyhjCtxFIGRjImwY_IJcgO06N93-GXsGRNPB2TevP3Z1mDQwd5JgLZ6z0NzivkfY8JDKDpCiz0EU_UGvMJYUXrFmF_M9R/s400/Bob+Hope+01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div>We grew up watching Bob Hope on tv as kids, all of his specials on NBC. On Sept 10th 1978 Bob Hope came to Thunder Bay, at age 75 to perform. Hope started the show saying "he was glad to be in Thunder Bay in our beautiful garage". The sold out show was special for me as I was able to treat my parents to the show. I truly enjoyed watching the legendary Bob Hope, and it was made even more special as my mom passed away that fall. Hey Bob, Thanks for the memory....</div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-32709234586018152452011-04-09T13:02:00.005-04:002011-04-09T13:28:06.871-04:00The SURF Ballroom Clear Lake Iowa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZJIauh29Iex3SZuIPg6ljgQBkD9B00BnvtaqnLsh4OoQJAeqbVPEtu4m9h6O45Yqt7EvrAmS448AuYkavEyF6Vu5s2RXLVrpdRRNky0EHNXks_Ul6UhbvfxjbLlnNhmXAXultWxdm8md/s1600/Surf+01.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593636441466527042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 309px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZJIauh29Iex3SZuIPg6ljgQBkD9B00BnvtaqnLsh4OoQJAeqbVPEtu4m9h6O45Yqt7EvrAmS448AuYkavEyF6Vu5s2RXLVrpdRRNky0EHNXks_Ul6UhbvfxjbLlnNhmXAXultWxdm8md/s400/Surf+01.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5W2bgzHRRm9mMcMuTLubiVHU4XG9v2Flw3_50LXTop89NOI3MZLZmNcRd0l6mFPGvVH57xxSTqcp_0TjFBwq8bzvQ4Lbba0bUt_Oo62bAlt_CUQHAR1qCW9lTrTcurccolochjhxRi52D/s1600/Surf+02.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593636433409410514" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 274px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnGNIC7RulAVhLUuYXEJB06HCEENxTDntCb2OvQckJlO04LDtUesUJn2-7kHxvA4EJvvIfqkH7l-9qguwlOIygxrUfEIeusgXrTX9ypza6q1nvvQUpHWQ_YCQqP5p5EZa_eMtmQakjkIg/s400/Surf+09.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpc4rOWuX6-84SEvNmG9T1YId7p_AGK_lyUMFWppj3_qwgwKxprt6BUf9GKr3cVv53S6HvLP2MPU3zR4H8PJEVLOvjiCNEsDaqWd2evxykgWzfKyBizz7L8NWv7A3f5pPFK-2ucgHpebwr/s1600/Surf+10.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593635065854274962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 279px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpc4rOWuX6-84SEvNmG9T1YId7p_AGK_lyUMFWppj3_qwgwKxprt6BUf9GKr3cVv53S6HvLP2MPU3zR4H8PJEVLOvjiCNEsDaqWd2evxykgWzfKyBizz7L8NWv7A3f5pPFK-2ucgHpebwr/s400/Surf+10.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBGXzqUP-tyCdhmlgpuAWi4Z_9ZJsbzMd_pSim9gL8a_s63zKCZnME6iuwG7bPJ8fyo2Kf_Z9Qcn4j1Fl3BQfiqvUPJLZ7MeFvTTggY0Wgz-evrVfIsVxNrTOMBYOjsuCXRPlcIeCt2lH/s1600/Surf+11.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593635060906287170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 271px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBGXzqUP-tyCdhmlgpuAWi4Z_9ZJsbzMd_pSim9gL8a_s63zKCZnME6iuwG7bPJ8fyo2Kf_Z9Qcn4j1Fl3BQfiqvUPJLZ7MeFvTTggY0Wgz-evrVfIsVxNrTOMBYOjsuCXRPlcIeCt2lH/s400/Surf+11.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div>“A long long time ago,I can still remember How that music used to make me smile…, But February made me shiver,with every paper I’d deliver BAD NEWS on the doorstep,I couldn’t take one more step. I can’t remember if I cried,when I read about his widowed bride But something touched me deep inside THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED” February 3, 1959</div><br /><div>Don McLean "American Pie" 1972</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This was ten months before I was born. I first recall being exposed to Buddy Holly. There was a commercial for a compilation of his music on tv, my ears perked up and I became a fan from that point on. I've always loved the early R&R, Buddy, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Everly Brothers.... Don McLean's fantastic epic "American Pie" nurtured that love of the music and made it grow further. </div><br /><div>Travelling to Knoxville Iowa for sprint car racing we'd pass by Clear Lake, where "the music died" that Feb night so long ago. We finally stopped to visit the SURF Ballroom in Clear Lake Iowa where that final concert was played. Dion was on that tour and talks of it on a 2003 DVD and a recent CD release. If you really want a good movie, watch "The Real Buddy Holly Story" that Paul McCartney did.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-48976933099564386322011-04-09T09:31:00.009-04:002011-04-09T11:58:09.280-04:00Brush with Greatness<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0krN7UJAAKzf1HJAw2Ms-LvIACXcErizTCIPw2YDr_qWw1gaILZA1ZkveW7QPWLDtEUGyb73oxeaOMQ_nYkIaDkvskmGhe9EU76p5h0g7HFqdTeW8dzBjGi8BMfWUrl-MrCpVvRtJiHC/s1600/IM000277.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593578522293226770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0krN7UJAAKzf1HJAw2Ms-LvIACXcErizTCIPw2YDr_qWw1gaILZA1ZkveW7QPWLDtEUGyb73oxeaOMQ_nYkIaDkvskmGhe9EU76p5h0g7HFqdTeW8dzBjGi8BMfWUrl-MrCpVvRtJiHC/s400/IM000277.JPG" border="0" /></a> Randy Bachman of The Guess Who & Bachman Turner Overdrive after "Rock the Fort" in 2006. Had my day of Rock & Roll" helping set up the BTO show at the Fort William Gardens in 1976. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwMXZWnuExmxMHmRV25QCdOTC-OcTgWiiwQweJZzP7Kw_27eD6Fa-aFvyfVKIuAq_YLbh3lQURn7kcoeTLLtmK5K-Elzjmt1J_Yn0hOc2iIssQY7yMf0w0IhqSQOvLs1W88omYPo0YgNz/s1600/DSCF0099.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593577443772971986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwMXZWnuExmxMHmRV25QCdOTC-OcTgWiiwQweJZzP7Kw_27eD6Fa-aFvyfVKIuAq_YLbh3lQURn7kcoeTLLtmK5K-Elzjmt1J_Yn0hOc2iIssQY7yMf0w0IhqSQOvLs1W88omYPo0YgNz/s400/DSCF0099.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sprint Car Legend Steve Kinser, voted the Greatest Sprint Car Racer of All Time. Have met Steve several times through the years of chasing sprint cars. In 1981 at the Knoxville Nationals I wandered through the stands after the Saturday show was in the books. I came across Steve and Gary Patterson there pulled out a couple of Coors from my case, and Steve told me how they went around that place. He would know, he had won his second Knoxville Nationals earlier that night.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbjUuX4pAavRYsuS6QLAXuw5F1dL6nGiv7T8eSXDk7NNdPFxoEuSK9zPGjOpWqvZLrD6NDh6byU37eDuRJlBSL-0C3yjpCf2CXTFt_wFCHWucBQtRLarsouH6Vgw2YRVaN66uOfXOYIsF/s1600/JC+Richard+Mich+90.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593577009308481890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbjUuX4pAavRYsuS6QLAXuw5F1dL6nGiv7T8eSXDk7NNdPFxoEuSK9zPGjOpWqvZLrD6NDh6byU37eDuRJlBSL-0C3yjpCf2CXTFt_wFCHWucBQtRLarsouH6Vgw2YRVaN66uOfXOYIsF/s400/JC+Richard+Mich+90.jpg" border="0" /></a>" King Richard" Petty at Richard Petty Fan Club meeting at Michigan in 1990. Richard signed every autograph request and posed for pictures with everyone that asked. The most gracious of all racers, if he charged for his autograph (like today's greedy SOB's) he'd be the richest man on earth.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPAduxppwFFGupwIGTiwVXL3C3eyBhJhHYKKlkEDwDrsdpZMIo-gR9wGsDhJCmMHOmfzSqFe8UprmQGZnrUm9kc4_sWPOX4GFLv_eoPNjVS7R0NejxyXYa2vf6QCLorJnh8OB7e82BHNq/s1600/JC+Mario+Indy+90.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593577000780123922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPAduxppwFFGupwIGTiwVXL3C3eyBhJhHYKKlkEDwDrsdpZMIo-gR9wGsDhJCmMHOmfzSqFe8UprmQGZnrUm9kc4_sWPOX4GFLv_eoPNjVS7R0NejxyXYa2vf6QCLorJnh8OB7e82BHNq/s400/JC+Mario+Indy+90.jpg" border="0" /></a> Mario Andretti at Indianapolis in 1990. A guy I was chatting with said he'd asked Mario for a picture, but he said he couldn't stop. A short period later, Mario came out of Gasoline Alley, walked up to the guy asking if he was the one who wanted the picture. I took the picture for him and got one with Mario as well. It shows the true greatness of Mario, after eveything he accomplished in his career, it was still important to him to pose for a picture with a fan. Think some of todat's spoiled brats could take a lesson from him?</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwmjvBNtwnnBpgK020KqQqltDx-hNgvZudXzygrSopqMsrFHxl6pdNtJHlbQsi0yAlWL1SB4b2I94h2fm65zuPXgSVERFAGTvXTugt34iPR_OB9bH3XDWzIVJFTCtL0ULVvfBKuD5ZtPr/s1600/JC+AJ.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593576997488421106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwmjvBNtwnnBpgK020KqQqltDx-hNgvZudXzygrSopqMsrFHxl6pdNtJHlbQsi0yAlWL1SB4b2I94h2fm65zuPXgSVERFAGTvXTugt34iPR_OB9bH3XDWzIVJFTCtL0ULVvfBKuD5ZtPr/s400/JC+AJ.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Greatest of them all, "Supertex" AJ Foyt, in his garage at Indianapolis in 1990. Sometimes you just get lucky, the security guard I'd been talking to let me into "Gasoline Alley", he said take your time and get your picture with AJ. Walking through Gasoline Alley on the fabled grounds of Indy was incredible, the stories that place has written. First pass by the Foyt garage had them working on the car,do not bother them! Second pass I saw AJ, asked if I could take a pic, then asked for one together. Put my arm on his shoulder like we were best of friends.</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">Through the years I've had the pleasure of meeting some that have achieved greatness. Above are are some pictures with some of them. I've also met Burton Cummings many times when he was in Thunder Bay, my older brother Bruce knew them from their visit's here, before "These Eyes". When in Las Vegas for the 1982 Formula 1 race, I was crossing the street by Caesar's Palace, standing next to me was former World Champion Niki Lauda, we said hello shook hands and crossed the street. I subscribed to National Speed Sport News for several years (before the internet), in 1989/90 I sent a couple of clippings to its editor, Chris Economaki. After each submittion I received a post card thanking me for the submittion from Chris. I had the ultimate honor of him mentioning my submittion in his "Editor's Notebook" column. These are a few I've been lucky enough to meet, some neat people who have accomplished far more than I, and have taken the time to say hi or shake my hand. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-89049273457150220952011-03-26T10:33:00.011-04:002012-04-19T19:35:27.049-04:00Fort William Gardens<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FGO3ZiqwFDTwpln9EfMneZvISV8u1RFJUsOrSx5qalglIaSFsR2M6xWgI0wV4sEoYCdQc1V6AiBxcJtjZfTCe4BFkdqcwO77-scIIG8FDGpd5tFWu7YTmz4Qxj7Uh6HpvuJkeaa0an0i/s1600/Fort+William+Gardens+SE+Corner.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588403743122838754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FGO3ZiqwFDTwpln9EfMneZvISV8u1RFJUsOrSx5qalglIaSFsR2M6xWgI0wV4sEoYCdQc1V6AiBxcJtjZfTCe4BFkdqcwO77-scIIG8FDGpd5tFWu7YTmz4Qxj7Uh6HpvuJkeaa0an0i/s400/Fort+William+Gardens+SE+Corner.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 220px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<div align="left">March 6 2011 marked the 60th anniversary of this Grand Old city landmark. Opened in 1951, the Fort William Garden's has hosted numerous memorable events. For myself I cannot think of a building in Thunder Bay that hold's so many memories. Through the year's,I've attended numerous hockey games,junior,senior, exhibition,and my son's minor hockey games. The Westfort Hurricane's, Fort William Canadian's, Port Arthur Marr's were the first game's I recall attending with kids being warned to keep their noses away from the board's. The Fort William Beaver's vs Port Arthur Bearcat's in their final year's. Thunder Bay Oldtimer's vs Montreal Canadian Oldtimer's circa 1970, Frank Selke Sr was here with the team. The Thunder Bay Vulcan's (featuring Bill Goldthorpe aka Ogie Oglethorpe in Slap Shot) whipping the OHA Jr team's in exhibition game's, Thunder Bay Twins being the dominant Sr hockey team in Canada. I recall attending the Christmas show in the 60's with "George the Porter" & "Suzy Snowflake", attending a Rodeo with my Dad sitting on the west side. Numerous version's of the annual Shrine Circus I attended as well as the Sportsman Show,World of Wheel's Car shows, Roller Skating, etc. Of course concerts were attended ,my first I believe was Lighthouse in 1974. I saw The Bee Gee's,The Stampeders ,Sha Na Na ,Dr Hook, Alabama ,Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Burton Cummings, and The Guess Who in 2000 (the last time FWG was sold out). When Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO) played the Fort William Gardens in June 1975 I had my "Day in Rock & Roll",working on the "Local Crew" helping set up the show. We started unloading the trucks around 11am working continuously right up to show time at 8 pm. Then it was security duty backstage after during the show,a unique experience. I took my parents to the Bob Hope show in Sept 1978, made even more memorable as Mom passed away that November. For the past four winters, my son's have played at the Fort William Gardens in the Northwood Hockey League. Remember how rare it was to get to skate there?<br />
Through the years many big names played in the Fort William Gardens,Liberace,The Bee Gee's,Lighthouse, The Who, Hermans Hermits, The Everly Brothers, AC/DC ,Kenny Rogers, Alabama, Willie Nelson and so many other's. Adding to the list of big name performers at FWG. Bryan Adams returns in May 2012, And John Mellencamp makes a trip to the Gardens June 26/2012 Senior,Junior,NHL Exhibition games featuring Minnesota North Stars,Winnipeg Jets & Calgary Flames. Allan Cup Victories of Thunder Bay Twins,travelling European teams,"All Kids Night" with the Sr Beavers vs the Bearcats,and so much more I recall attending there. While its days are getting numbered, memories at Fort William Gardens will live forever. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Dave Nicholson has put together a page chronicling all the events at the gardens. <a href="http://my.tbaytel.net/pafwinfo/FWG.htm">http://my.tbaytel.net/pafwinfo/FWG.htm</a> </div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-51868658363572796682011-03-26T09:40:00.005-04:002012-05-03T03:16:40.600-04:00CLE Fairgrounds<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktfqbvnEoyjkxlk8rZKopYVcs3nNBI_jPgEoHfz28d2RZeuqg_p5f3HA4AzqU-wOiWrKiAhlsDFk-moOnAqfLBYVJTEbL2cnQBkoq1mMi4DEY9ijjrM2pzQS8HnIMbX90ijADA1bsus-G/s1600/logo.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588386164178309618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktfqbvnEoyjkxlk8rZKopYVcs3nNBI_jPgEoHfz28d2RZeuqg_p5f3HA4AzqU-wOiWrKiAhlsDFk-moOnAqfLBYVJTEbL2cnQBkoq1mMi4DEY9ijjrM2pzQS8HnIMbX90ijADA1bsus-G/s400/logo.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 384px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">by Jeff Caldwell</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 130%;"></span>The fairgrounds was opened in 1890,located centrally between the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur Ontario. The fairgrounds was on both sides of the McIntyre River, with the race track being located on the Fort William side of the property. As with most fairgrounds, the highlight was the annual fair with a large agricultural focus, so it would be with the CLE as well, the first held in 1890 . Most fairgrounds also featured a race track varying in size of usually 1/2 to 1 mile in length, with horse racing during the annual fair(s) as a big attraction. While the 1/2 mile CLE track was originally intended for the horses, the automobile would take to the track as well, and become an added feature at annual fairs. The life of the CLE as an auto racing track would span a period of forty-seven years, from 1912 through the 1966 season, then it would return to the horses exclusively once again. Through that period there would be some great racing, stripped cars, speedsters, motorcycles, the IMCA sprints, through to stock cars and modifieds, they all tore up the CLE dirt. There would however be some down time as well, the great depression and second world war would shut down the racing for a time, but it always returned. All good things ,it is said must come to an end, the last races for the cars were the championship races in October of 1966,Jerry Lepinski took the final super modified race, John Asse took the late model race. In 1967 the horses returned with harness racing being the feature, the stock cars moved to Riverview and back to Murillo, the grandstand burned down and so ended racing at the CLE. The track is now but a memory of days gone by, but what a run it had!<br />
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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzpJajYImJrc5GDOovQz2UVXGvEMCRluNn90JHJiskp8kKBwm-cvFgeWOMrTFbVNVhveTnzDnc8dH6lbCzqTYYao7wYNFHq2Rbea-jvgWYakFh-7j6frjoIG7e5jwXjMWOpwPv4h4XLe0/s400/14-07-2010+3%253B25%253B47+PM.JPG" border="0" /></a> Photos courtesy of Russ Wanzuk <br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Murillo Speedway</span></strong></div><br /><div align="left">by Jeff Caldwell </div><br /><div align="left">The Murillo Speedway like the CLE Fairgrounds was originally built for horse racing at the Murillo Fairgrounds west of Thunder Bay. Murillo was opened in 1891 as a 1/2 mile horse track, and its operation as an auto racing track, though over a number of era's was mostly part time. The first auto races at Murillo were in the 1920's featuring the speedster's of the Twin Cities Motor Contest Association as they split their events between Murillo and the CLE Fairgrounds, racing into the late 1930's at both tracks. The track would remain idle until the early 1950's when Barry Kettering and Tom Dow raced one another there in 1950 and 1951. The Lakehead Stock Car Racing Association chose Murillo as the site for their first race on September 5,1952 during the Murillo Fair, and held another two races there before moving the racing to the CLE upon finding Murillo track conditions not to their desired standards. In 1953 a non Lakehead Stock Car Club event was scheduled for the August 1st & 3rd Civic Holiday long weekend with racing scheduled for Saturday and Monday featuring drivers from Duluth, Minnesota. A new 1/4 mile track was built inside the 1/2 mile track and held up poorly during Saturday's racing and forced the cancellation of Monday's events. Once again the track would remain idle until the 1960's when the CLE track closed, it opened for weekly racing on Saturday nights. The track would operate in 1967,1968 and 1969 running Late Models and Hobby Stocks, and in 1969 the track closed for good. A tentative schedule was drawn up for 1971,but the season never happened. Though the track remains, the only wheels that have turned on it since those race days in the 60's,were "Chariot racing" during the annual fall fair, and the track has returned to the horses. In its lifespan from the 1920's to 1969 Murillo had its moments but was never a regular track but for a couple of years in 1967,'68 & '69 when it closed, more so it was a place to race when a track was needed to race on. It is though a part of Thunder Bay racing history and many got their first taste of racing there, and like all tracks is missed and fondly remembered. During the annual Murillo Fair in Aygust 1987,there was one more auto race on the track. On the Monday of the Fair, August 3rd, the ice racers of the Thunder Bay Autosport Club took to the track for two 8 lap heats, and a 15 lap fearure.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-15956510668827649942011-03-26T08:20:00.043-04:002011-07-10T18:11:21.160-04:00Riverview in Y2KEver since Riverview closed in the summer of 1993 there would be rumour's of its re-opening. In the fall of 1999 there was actually some truth to it,a handshake deal was reached to purchase Riverview from Bowater with the words "it looks like you've bought yourself a racetrack" being spoken. There was objection to it by residents near the track calling themselves TBROAR,I found most of their objection's were (as usual) lacking fact and wrote the following letter to the Chronicle Journal refuting the claims. <br />
The Chronicle unfortunately did not run my letter,here it is in its entirety.<br />
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October 2/99 <strong>Another Point of View, Re: Riverview Raceway</strong> <br />
Having read the various letters on the re-opening of Riverview Raceways, I find the opposition is based more so on a “Not in my neighborhood ” attitude than on actual facts. In particular, reasons for opposition to the facility presented by Ken & Karen Cocks, and their group TBROAR, are misleading, inaccurate, and based without any presented fact(s). In their letter of September 11/99,the Cocks state, they are opposed for “obvious reasons - noise, dust, Increased traffic on Hwy 61,spillage of gasoline, oil and antifreeze into the bordering Kam River.Consider the following facts, 1/ Dust can be kept to an acceptable minimum through proper track preparation, with the track thoroughly watered for a night of racing. This not only keeps the dust down,but also makes for better racing. 2/The noise problem is probably the biggest concern, consider the following, the state of California has the strictest noise laws in the USA, through the use of mufflers, and enforced curfews of generally 11pm,several tracks exist in area’s close to residential areas. For example, tracks in San Jose CA, Chico CA, the former Ascot Park in Los Angeles, and the new Irwindale Speedway, both track and residents co-exist in harmony. Most nights, Riverview started with warm-ups at about 7:00 pm, with the races over by 10:30 pm, a 3 &1/2 hour period. This was not a steady period of on the throttle racing, there was breaks between races, as well as an intermission, is this time period too much to ask for in a week of 168 hours? 3/ The increased traffic on Hwy 61 was directed most race nights by a police officer, this made the exiting from the track orderly & efficient. Is the traffic flow from other local venues, such as the Auditorium, Ft. William Gardens etc handled in this fashion? While a tragedy did occur on Hwy 61,it is not the fault of the track that a fan chooses to drive recklessly after leaving the facility. 4/ Regarding the spillage of gasoline. Most race cars do not operate on gasoline, but use Methanol. Most race cars use very little, if any anti-freeze. As for motor oil it must be disposed of in proper containers provided at the track, this is enforced by the Ministry of the Environment. There is some spillage though, when an engine blows, though it would not be considered an environmental hazard. There has never in the years of the tracks operation been an environmental hazard that I am aware of. Can the Cocks present evidence of one? 5/ The Cocks state concern about disturbing the wildlife at the nature preserve, is the operation of motorboats down the river not disturbing? Is this to suggest that perhaps this activity should be outlawed also? 6/ The Cocks state that the re-opening of Riverview will lower proper values in surrounding developments. Most of these were being developed while Riverview was still operating. I find it quite a stretch that with two major industries (Bombardier & Bowater),two major rail lines, and an airport in close proximity that a race track operating less than 10 hours a week, over 3 1/2 to 4 months would actually affect any property values. This seems more like fear mongering than anything, if the Cocks can provide facts, please do. Their are many residents of these developments that are in favour of Riverview’s revival. Also, how many of the opposed purchased their homes while Riverview was in operation. If so opposed, why would you have bought in that location then? 7/ The Cocks also state that “It is not the big time racing, money drivers and fans you see on tv.” Is this to suggest that unless something is “big-time” that we should not support it? Is that not the attitude that sent the Thunder Cats and Whiskey Jacks packing? Through the years top USA drivers that have appeared include,1949 Indianapolis 500 winner Bill Holland, Four time IMCA National Champion Bobby Grimm, Jerry Richert who was also a Four time IMCA National Champion was a regular competitor at the CLE in the 60’s,as well as Riverview in the 70’s,Doug Wolfgang, arguably one of the greatest sprint car racers of all time raced at Riverview in 1976,these are just a few. Over the past 30 years Tom Nesbitt has dominated the upper mid-west US in the Late Model class winning over 30 track titles, Joel Cryderman is a top Late Model racer in this area today. Both Lyn McIntosh and the late Barry Kettering were champions in the sprint cars of the Midwest Sprint Association in the 70’s. Perhaps this is not “big-time” enough to the Cocks, but it sure is to those who enjoy and know racing. 8/ Despite the hard work of many, as well as good racing, Mosquito has not been the more practical location for racing that they suggest. As with any business, location is the most important factor, car counts as well as attendance has thus suffered with Mosquito’s location. The Cocks ask the question, ”Why should we as property owners bear the blunt discrimination of this so-called automotive opportunity?” Is this not a prime example of the “Not in my neighborhood ” attitude that has derailed so many other ventures that the city and area would have benefited from? Is the ”Not in my neighborhood” attitude of the Cocks and their group TBROAR not “Blatant discrimination” against those who enjoy racing? In the years of its operation, Riverview operated responsibly as a member of the community,and their are no indications that would suggest those re-opening it would operate otherwise. While the Cocks consider Riverview something they do not want in their neighborhood, have they ever attended events at Ft.William Gardens, the CLE, Community Auditorium, P.A. Stadium, etc. I’m certain that some residents in these neighborhood’ s wish these facilities were not in their neighborhood, but they live with them and do not try to deprive those who enjoy these facilities the pleasure they find there. Consider these other facts, 1/ Since first appearing on the local sport scene in the late teen’s, racing has paid its own way, never using taxpayer funds to aid in its operation. While the first few races were merely exhibitions as part of the local fair, racing has otherwise been ran and organizied, by clubs, such as the Twin Cities Motor Contest Association in the 20’s & 30’s , the Lakehead Stock Car Club in the 50’s & 60’s,Thunder Bay Dirt Track Association, or by private operators such as Riverview & Mosquito’s builders were. These groups were and have been responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the track(s) they used, without any use of taxpayers money. Certain cultural entities locally have received local or provincial tax dollars to aid them, racing never has, or will. 2/ Riverview is built on private property, thus paying property taxes, its rebuilding and maintenance will also be done with private money. Nearly all other local sports, as well as cultural entities operate in publicly owned and operated facilities, generating no property taxes, built by and maintained with public funds. Racing contributes to the community economically as well, consider the result of a 1985 study done by the state of Maryland. The study concluded that Hagerstown Speedway, a 1/2 mile dirt track, located near Baltimore, contributed $7,000,000 to the state economy. While this figure may be 15 years old, racing has increased in popularity since that time and it demonstrates the kind of impact such a track can have on the local economy. Hagerstown Speedway operates one night weekly with a couple of two day specials during the season. If you figure in inflation, and conversion into Canadian dollars the re-opening of Riverview would certainly have a very positive effect on the local economy even if its crowds were half of Hagerstown.. 3/ All of the competitors are essentially independent operators, funding their race car from their own pockets. Some may think that sponsors pay the costs, not true, sponsorship dollars help but the bulk of funds come from the racers own pockets and prize money won. 4/ Fall races at both the CLE and Riverview attracted competitors and fans from the US, bringing tourist dollars to Thunder Bay. According to Mr Hayward’s letter of Oct.2/99,many have told him they would like to return. With all the public money spent to attract tourist dollars to our area, is it not a bonus to have private money doing it? 5/ Racing takes place ,20% at the professional level,80% at the non-professional level. It is at tracks like Riverview where legends, AJ Foyt, Mario Andretti, Al & Bobby Unser, Richard Petty, etc started their careers. Today’s new stars, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart also started their careers on these tracks. 6/ From the local tracks to the professional level,racing is the last sport where true sportsmanship occurs. It is a very common site for competitors to help one another repair their car or lend parts so they can return to competition. There are many rumours to the proposed use of the Riverview property for non-racing activities, more along the lines of recreational use. If this is true, would it be wise to discourage private funding of such a facility, rather than depend on tax dollars to do the same. Names I’ve heard associated with Riverview are those of racing people, and I doubt that without the track running, any other recreational development on the site would take place. Certainly the Cocks & TBROAR are entitled to present their opinions, but please present facts. Better yet, come out to the races and see what good people racers are, and the great entertainment they provide. I am in full support of the re-opening of Riverview, and am certain that it will present the same or even better quality entertainment than it did in its previous existence. Hopefully it will come to fruition.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-50950447923688883922011-03-26T08:03:00.007-04:002011-03-26T08:58:25.611-04:00Riverview Raceways<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx07UaTjLjqKHlQDO8YPlk1flx_b6eU46L9i1MgRxVUvkwiiDU0ghwzMBls8arTkz6JHmCWeCsLpxT48_VTARNszX6ZTCT6juqFdSoQzPS2ibFoPsZRC3yYQUblxYpvDe7b7EEMh9qZ_9D/s1600/RVWDECAL.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588368157489138370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx07UaTjLjqKHlQDO8YPlk1flx_b6eU46L9i1MgRxVUvkwiiDU0ghwzMBls8arTkz6JHmCWeCsLpxT48_VTARNszX6ZTCT6juqFdSoQzPS2ibFoPsZRC3yYQUblxYpvDe7b7EEMh9qZ_9D/s400/RVWDECAL.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0WmH_iVnntJvbAL1op4rxl5imj8s0RgEwV3MhLPJyO7s16y9yztUSkvwclTdfquBQGpkgV3V54KuBLQ95NM-nX6I9Uh7-Jua4ImIHi43ymP3YP51c2Ci3pEFlqo4IgzPfbL_wxWkEQNL/s1600/RVRVIEW.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588368151580728050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0WmH_iVnntJvbAL1op4rxl5imj8s0RgEwV3MhLPJyO7s16y9yztUSkvwclTdfquBQGpkgV3V54KuBLQ95NM-nX6I9Uh7-Jua4ImIHi43ymP3YP51c2Ci3pEFlqo4IgzPfbL_wxWkEQNL/s400/RVRVIEW.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02P-alMu3X3AejkWvvMQsMrl8ASV2jAXqWOnJM4fJul1J2yjxUhbebIk4mQJca9B_7Vo1KTX2pewRc-G7ADC3hdhZymCUZA-Wf9W-wfHJjOcfB_qJEc1i-Xxq83hgJszKaAOiC8NBcJB8/s1600/1969LateModel.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588368146409773970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02P-alMu3X3AejkWvvMQsMrl8ASV2jAXqWOnJM4fJul1J2yjxUhbebIk4mQJca9B_7Vo1KTX2pewRc-G7ADC3hdhZymCUZA-Wf9W-wfHJjOcfB_qJEc1i-Xxq83hgJszKaAOiC8NBcJB8/s400/1969LateModel.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppWKF7NjcUP5EWAsCCelvKaqN072YE-F8hrDsoWIvaIkUBmb9k_Y1ylIxiD40KqgGNv6LtyqZ0lNcyhLLMzVohHuRWhexDgFQInI-rnAm7rxN9pm4A6Yf7AlZ_9U61kpCKhIJJWrJN6pO/s1600/hbyact1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588367266241554386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppWKF7NjcUP5EWAsCCelvKaqN072YE-F8hrDsoWIvaIkUBmb9k_Y1ylIxiD40KqgGNv6LtyqZ0lNcyhLLMzVohHuRWhexDgFQInI-rnAm7rxN9pm4A6Yf7AlZ_9U61kpCKhIJJWrJN6pO/s400/hbyact1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67CgrGhYgShXu0EC1C3y_ZE1awDZiChWYtmwsOmBzHh4LY6v21UuFTRK29uDtxYeuoyFjcgZbYQKGgb9hiPrPe3usbkDfWIVY2guepaQrVAEvIBlLPBILj_9O_6G9x5lKqIjjTZYD2Xqa/s1600/Bamford69.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588367262671612914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67CgrGhYgShXu0EC1C3y_ZE1awDZiChWYtmwsOmBzHh4LY6v21UuFTRK29uDtxYeuoyFjcgZbYQKGgb9hiPrPe3usbkDfWIVY2guepaQrVAEvIBlLPBILj_9O_6G9x5lKqIjjTZYD2Xqa/s400/Bamford69.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQFb2uGxs-PCiOh9T8NRGIqMxAjD6BEH9JQOedjcbsMgAtoUMh0DSsMp1gf0P-wUYsLpLB3CdfkJFIGY7I8JfVP5yNATvsHBksiYwJE9gfiqd2S-vWqq2dIvekJpGpO4QwgdnBy_DeGpR/s1600/reice68a.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588367250991680098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQFb2uGxs-PCiOh9T8NRGIqMxAjD6BEH9JQOedjcbsMgAtoUMh0DSsMp1gf0P-wUYsLpLB3CdfkJFIGY7I8JfVP5yNATvsHBksiYwJE9gfiqd2S-vWqq2dIvekJpGpO4QwgdnBy_DeGpR/s400/reice68a.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div> When racing ended at the CLE a new location was needed for racing locally. Riverview was opened in 1967 and ran until 1993. I did attend a few races at the CLE but it was really at Riverview where my love of racing formed. I loved the early years with the 55-57 Chevies and the Studebaker's the Nesbitt's and a few others raced and in the fall fell in love with the sprint cars! Remember the Hobby Stock Feature starting three abreast,and the Figure 8 season ending race,and of course the Demo Derbies?<br /></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Riverview Raceways</span></strong></div><div>by Jeff Caldwell</div><div><br /> Located on Highway 61 on the edge of Thunder Bay, Riverview was a 3/8 mile dirt oval that operated from 1967 to July 1994. The roots of Riverview Raceway can be traced back as early as 1956 when permits were approved by the Municipality of Neebing, Municiple Board of Ontario, Department of Highways and the approval by plebicite for Sunday sports in Neebing. EJ (Jim)Bernosky had tried to attract the Lakehead Stock Car Club to relocate to his location, attending their meetings annually,but had been unsuccessful. When weekly racing ceased at the CLE Fairgrounds in 1964,Club officials Al Massaro and Ed Colosimo approached Bernosky in the winter of 1965 in an attempt to kick start local racing. A tentative deal was reached, but fell through after the parties couldn’t agree on the length of the deal.. In the early sixties, a group of local hot-rodders formed a car club, calling themselves the Northern Ontario Timing Association. As their name would suggest, there were several drag racing enthusiasts, with one of the objective’s being the building of a local drag strip. Thus, in the fall of 1966 members of the approached EJ Bernosky and a mutual agreement to proceed with the building of a stock car track came after several meetings between the two parties. The club would build the track, Bernosky would build the seating and concessions. The club would then use its funds from the dirt track to build its drag strip on the same property at a later date. With the assistance of several local businesses and countless hours of volunteer labour Riverview Raceways became a reality and would have both property owner E.J. Bernosky and the Northern Ontario Timing Association as co-operators of the track. The initial track plan was patterned after the half mile CLE track, but during its construction was reduced to a three eighths mile, similar to Proctor Speedway in Duluth MN.<br /> Riverview would host Late Models and Hobby Stocks in 1967 Sunday afternoon’s on a weekly basis with the first race taking place July 10th 1967,with 24 cars competing, and a crowd of more than 2500 fans. Flagged by Pappy Fowler, feature wins were taken by CLE veteran Al Massaro in the Late Model's and Richard Foreman in the Hobby Stock's. The quick times for the day, though they would be broken almost every following week that season were. Al Massaro and Riece Stewart at 27.0 seconds in Late Model,Terry Cuff and Billy Rea at 32.0 seconds in the Hobby Stocks. As with most race tracks there were grumblings from neighbors about noise and dust though they had little effect as the proper channels were followed in its construction and racing would continue unimpeded. Though the track first opened on July 10th,the "official opening" was held July 17th with local dignitaries on hand,the track records would fall dramatically as well, with Don Young knocking 2 full seconds off the Late Model time with a lap at 25.0 seconds, three full seconds were knocked off the Hobby stock time by Bunny Massaro and Gary Young at 29.0 seconds. Tom Nesbitt would win his first Riverview feature that day in the Late Model class, this would of course be a very common occurance in the following years, Billy Rea won the Hobby Feature, and Riverview was officially on its way. With each race day, both car counts and the crowd size would increase, crowds would vary in size from 1500 fans to as high as 3,300 plus for a regular race day. Riverview would in late summer have to contend with the re-opening of the Murillo Speedway, headed by Al Massaro under the name, Lakehead Stock Car Racing Association, the two tracks would go head to head on Sunday afternoon's the rest of the season. In 1968 Murillo would switch to Saturday nights as it had tried on its first meet in '67. The premier season at Riverview was a resounding success with large crowds and high car counts, including some USA racers appearing for some weekly shows,a number of special features which included "Powder Puff" and "Media" races. Tom Nesbitt took the lions share of feature wins in the Late Models ,winning races , took the most wins in the Hobby Stock class. Through the season, the track got faster and faster as each week the fast time would be a new track record,at seasons end it would drop to 22.0 seconds, set by Johnny Asse of Duluth, MN a full 5 seconds faster than opening day! The track champions in that first year were Don Young in Late Model and Bill Rea in Hobby Stocks. In the fall Invitational Championships held on September 16 & 17th,the classes would be,Late Models, Super Modifieds/Sprints and Sportsman. The Invitationals were a huge sucess with an announced crowd of 7,000 fans present,fast times were, Ron Belland in a Late Model at 21.3,Jack Solinger in a Sportsman 22.2 and the fastest time was Bud Peterson and Russ Laursen in Super Modifieds at 20.9. Trophy Dash winners were Tom Nesbitt in Late Model, Bill Nelson in Sportsman and Barry Kettering in Super Modified. The 25 lap feature winners were Johnny Asse in Late Model, Bill Nelson in Sportsman and Russ Laursen in the 50 lap Super Modified feature, top local racers were Tom Nesbitt 3rd in Late Models and Lyn McIntosh 6th in Super Modifieds. Former local racer Barry Kettering now from Richfield, Minnesota finished in front of McIntosh in 5th and they would finish one behind the other an incredible amount through their careers. Riverview ran Sunday afternoon's from 1967 through 1972,with regular racing ending in mid 1972. The fall Invitational Sprint & LateModel races were run 1973 through 1976 when there was no weekly racing at the track. The track re-opened weekly racing in 1976 on Wednesday nights (a local race night previously at the CLE track) with Late Model Street Stock and Diamond classes,more to come.....</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-91131091805623908762011-03-20T16:16:00.013-04:002011-03-20T16:45:03.907-04:00The Short but Brilliant History of the Midwest Sprint Association<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunycKOAoUM-38V9KKa5yVv27SkMdCdg2WwbHdDBUpKEyQyMmI9FFeg7_-Jmdx5X-x5BRtfFMIXczFKJPI3Llka7-SdeIfb2k8T6yHhYCpPu9uk9VSYxnoqDeZqhTJFnRhpc_QvNSnQrEi/s1600/MIDSPRAN.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586264728903901586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 198px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunycKOAoUM-38V9KKa5yVv27SkMdCdg2WwbHdDBUpKEyQyMmI9FFeg7_-Jmdx5X-x5BRtfFMIXczFKJPI3Llka7-SdeIfb2k8T6yHhYCpPu9uk9VSYxnoqDeZqhTJFnRhpc_QvNSnQrEi/s400/MIDSPRAN.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZ4bwju6qUsfvxnTabQW79atyQhCNTprvvdsrjDntJGKkJeULW5OLu90fhDddPSaVhukIkf0ykeHo2_PGCVrIoay5UZJNcJ6BBwalID45RIXEpE_tNKaVQWsA5zYbGZFQ_JzJg_UOdh7o/s1600/MSA79RVD.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586264165051947922" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvbgE5st2qbrPJeWDzI97JlB8mVIFoqk926hn8G4ZZ85gMo049Ij7tVI0o3k5w6oIonzy1ZoP8QUPpJAvFUt3OCWGXWT9m89RNRqoNbMzvYNm2Fc5iOhNUPXeQszYkX1cx3tyMN3xv5Y3/s400/bk76a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutjyChvd7CynESWNWPV6W13kfhYaeJ1PupYjqCGN_rsbcqxygAh4vbEKgMw4eNZi7FWtJjJkfBo5hyWTaCrsNatnfYCQ7uji5PMTrd_Ktzye-tKkgJoiSNc6mIgXIv4AyzmeVEjkipc3F/s1600/barry74.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586260754857659026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 294px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutjyChvd7CynESWNWPV6W13kfhYaeJ1PupYjqCGN_rsbcqxygAh4vbEKgMw4eNZi7FWtJjJkfBo5hyWTaCrsNatnfYCQ7uji5PMTrd_Ktzye-tKkgJoiSNc6mIgXIv4AyzmeVEjkipc3F/s400/barry74.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">photos by Brian Skedgel,Jeff Caldwell,Phil Dullinger<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left">by Marsh Muirhead<br />from Open Wheel Magazine Oct 1982<br /><br /> Once upon a time not so very long ago,say 1973,a group calling itself the Midwest Sprint Association. Its dream was to be what CRA or WoO have become. It failed in its goal. In fact the MSA,if not nonexistent,is only an occasional heartbeat in the life of racing in the area now. For a few years,however,the fans and drivers and car owners had a hell of a good time as they went to any track that would have them in pursuit of the glory and the dream that is sprint racing.<br />Drivers under the MSA banner included locals Barry Kettering,John Stevenson Bob Hop and Jerry Richert. Invading talent like Don Mack,Dick Sutcliffe and Doug Wolfgang added not only to competition but also prestige to the organization. The machines were of Hill,Trostle,King and “backyard” mint with an occasional resurrected supermodified or stretched midget thrown in.<br />Twenty five tracks in five states and Canada hosted point meets for the group. Most of these were quarter mile ovals,five were half mile dirt circuits including those at Knoxville,Fargo and Fairmont,Minnesota. Contrasting these lightning fast bowls were Rice Lake,Wisconsin’s one-fifth mile flat dirt circle,a one third mile tri-angle course at Fountain City in the same state,and Minnesota Nationals three-eighth mile paved facility south of the Minneapolis suburbs.<br />At first the club’s premise was to race anywhere for anything. A reputation would be established by competitive racing,good looking cars and those little extras like flashy driver introductions and parade laps. Forty seven dates were booked in that first year. The men of the MSA were busy twisting the wheels of their mighty machines as often as five nights per week. seven races in eleven days in 1974 involved a towing distance of just under two thousand miles! Keep in mind that these men were basically amateurs-weekend races-and prize money those first years varied from good to almost nothing. A driver could pick up over a thousand dollars at some of Neil Larson’s show’s at North Star or Fairmont,but there were some cold nights at Princeton when the total purse was $600 and a win in the main paid $75! Princeton,a small farming community fifty miles north of Minneapolis,was the Friday night stop for the group in ‘73 and ‘74. The tight quarter mile oval at the fairgrounds had run stockers and supers for years and the latter had evolved into full sprints by the time the MSA was formed. The old covered grandstand there was only eight or ten rows high but it lined the track from turn four to a ways beyond turn one. If one chose,and many did,you could have sprint cars almost in your lap by sitting in the front row. A three foot high board fence and a roll of chicken wire were all that separated the breathless fan from the right rear wheels of as many as sixteen sprinters blurring by at ninety MPH. It was a unique place to watch racing-you could feel it and taste it and smell it as no where else. The sprinters rarely run there anymore. The management and the open-cockpit set parted ways after the ‘74 season-due to differences involving not only prize money, but also the question as to which class should dominate. There were some memorable incidents from those Friday nights,however,that must be recalled. Speed Chamberlain,a veteran from the glory days of IMCA,was hot lapping his pearl and chrome number 7 one night when he suddenly disappeared over the bank on the number three turn. The officials hadn’t noticed this but Speed’s crew did and scampered across the track at the first break in traffic. They found their driver hanging unconscious in the overturned racer. Untrained in rescue procedures,they enthusiastically righted the car-its pilots torso flopping about as the machine settled back on four wheels. Speed came to a few moments later,asked what the hell happened,and then insisted on running his scheduled heat. He finished second in a field of nine. The MSA’s efforts to attract outsiders paid off at Princeton’s opener in April of ’74. the early season date and lots of publicity drew a record crowd and number of cars to the pits. the crowd,already excited over the big field of sharp new cars,really started buzzing when a copper and orange number 18 sprinter bearing Missouri plates. It was Dick Sutcliffe. Until that night,an outlaw was someone who pulled in from Duluth or Fargo,and those who knew of Sutcliffe and his exploits at places like Knoxville were with anticipation. Dick was loaded with charisma. He was big and looked mean to those who didn’t know him. He sat high in the car and his shoulders stuck out both sides. He made the average sprint car look like a midget. He frequently draped one paw over the roll cage during slow warm-ups. It was said by some that certain male glands of his were as big grapefruits,and that he didn’t put his pants on one leg at a time. When the green went out during hot-laps Dick stood on it,and the Trostle racer jerked forward with an explosion of noise and spraying clay. The left front never touched the ground as the Missouri invader pitched himself around that little oval like no one had seen before. He ran away from the field in his heat and ran wheel to wheel with Dave Skari in the dash until the two collided on the white flag lap. Both men started the main but it was perennial track champion Barry Kettering who took the checker. Princeton had a way of getting glassy-hard by feature time and it was usually a track veteran who found the fast set-up. Nevertheless,Sutcliffe’s appearance spread racing fever to Minnesota race fans early that year. For most of its history,North Star Speedway,just north of the Twin cities of Minneapolis and St Paul,was the Sunday night home of the Midwest Sprint Association. It was wide,moderatley banked,and it was surfaced with clay and rocks. The rock situation improved a little each year but lots of heavy screen was still used into the ‘75 season. Several drivers were knocked silly or bloodied by flying stones and rock picking sessions became a regular Saturday afternoon event. Neil Larson promoted the place in ‘73 and ‘74 and put on some class shows. Fields of thirty to forty cars were not uncommon. Larson was the last of the big time spenders as far as sprint car racing in Minnesota is concerned. He also ran the fast half mile oval at Fairmont where weekly late model shows were supplemented by big sprint specials three or four times a year. Men like Goodwin,Opperman,Shuman and Ed French towed in for excellent purses.<br />Larson was publicity conscious and made a real effort to curry favor with local sportswriters who should have been covering his shows without coaxing. North Star’s greatest media event, however was unplanned and came on the opening night of the 1973 season. It was the most spectacular wreck in the track’s history. A couple of cars spun in the dust coming out of two in the feature. Darryl Dawley collided with Leonard McCarl and Dawley bounced end over end down the backstretch as McCarl’s rolling sprinter burst into flames and sent a sheet of fire fifty feet down the track. Amidst the fire and steam and pieces of chrome and fiberglass that filled the night sky,other cars spun and crunched. Amazingly only Bob Hop was injured with minor leg wounds. The story was all over town on Monday. People who had never heard of North Star were now aware that some big time dirt racing was going on north of the city. Larson,in a gesture of both thanks and sympathy,paid the five car owners who sustained the brunt of the damage in the crash each $200. It was a mistake. Others, whose machines had suffered blown engines and other expensive but unspectacular misfortunes,felt slighted. A tongue in cheek question in the pits the next week was, ”How high must one flip for the added allowance?” Larson was never again so generous. Buzz Beck took over the facility in ‘75 and the sprinters continued to run strong with Stevenson,Richert and Hop in torrid action. Its closure to commercial development after the ‘79 season was a major factor in the demise of MSA as a significant racing club. The “travelling” dates were really a kick - especially when the sprinters were in an area where such cars were rarely or never seen. Hot-laps were followed by open mouths,screaming children,and the hysterical babble of those who have seen a miracle.<br />The MSA group made stops at places like Rice Lake,Wisconsin,where the bellow and roar of 600 h.p. engines echoed back from the hills and big stands of pine that surrounded the one-fifth mile dirt oval. The field caught its tail in three laps and the main event was like a hoard of hornets in a tiny jar. Hutchinson,Minnesota’s McLeod County Fair hosted the car’s for three years in late August. Sprinters hadn’t churned the sandy dirt here since Frank Winkley pulled the IMCA set into town in the late fifties. The half mile was lined on the backstretch by willow trees and by cattle barns in three and four. Half buried tires lined the inside-the treacherous things put Pat Willis and Ron Shuman on their heads on a Sunday afternoon in 1974. Racing here was a photographer’s dream. The intense afternoon sun reflected off chrome and brightly painted racers as they emerged from billowing clouds of black dirt. The narrow turns kept the cars bunched and allowed lenseman close to the action. The MSA made no attempt to sign dates at Hutchinson after 1975. The fair board insisted on a $2.50 top ticket price and even with good crowds the purse wasn’t worth risking life and limb-if such risks can ever be given a dollar value.<br />Minnesota National,a three-eighths mile paved oval south of Minneapolis,invited the club down several times for “Speed Sport Spectaculars”. The sprints ran in conjunction with late models, hobby stocks,karts,cycles and whatever else the promoters could assemble. The term “spectacular” certainly applied to the open cockpit events. Many drivers found the switch from dirt to tar difficult and showers of sparks were common in the first few appearances of the MSA.<br />The track management there hyped the initial races with the entry of SCCA champion Jerry Hansen. His exotic Formula A rear-engined road racer was not only superior to even the finest sprint cars-it was a whole different realm of auto racing and the MSA men protested. The promoters insisted on Hansen’s entry for its publicity value but smoothed things over by paying Hansen from a separate fund. He would also start all events from the rear. That only made things more embarrassing. The low orange number 44 lapped the entire field after a dozen laps. He toyed with the cars in the second 20 lap heat but the ploy was obvious and the humiliation was even greater. Hansen was scheduled to run against the group yet another time on a different evening. Time has blurred the reason why the sprinters gave in again. Perhaps it had to do with the original premise of the club-to race anywhere for anything and apparently,against anything. This time,however Hansen didn’tmake it through the maze of scrambling sprinters. He got run over. It wasn’t intentional and he wasn’t injured,but the cheer from the dirt track contingent in the stands expressed a common feeling. Rear-engined cars are not sprint cars. They may run faster than the uprights but the image that is unique to sprints is not theirs and they do not belong. Further shows were run without the gimmick and Kettering,Richert,Ron Larson,Joe Demko and Bill Dollansky waged some good wars on the tar. The only other pavement date for the MSA was at the prestigious Minnesota State Fair in 1978. The whims of the powers that be and a concern over an adequate field prevented a return. Although visiting talent like Wolfgang,Goodwin,and Mack posted impressive wins at some big money dates in the first years of the MSA,the circuit became the property of Barry Kettering. He won close to forty main events and was after the club’s fourth season championship when he was killed at Fairmont in 1976. Barry was good on dirt or pavement-on short tracks or on big ones. He was smooth and professional and when the conditions were to his liking he could be a real charger. He rarely took unnecessary risks-unlike Dave Skari or Darryl Dawley, contemporaries of Ketterings who also died in sprinters. Perhaps that is why Kettering’s death was such a shock to many. His image as a suburban businessman with a family and his pipe in mouth friendly manner seemed to render him immune from the ever-present possibility of death. It is ironic that the end came to the careful, well prepared driver via an apparently broken seatbelt during a routine flip-the kind that a hundred drivers a season step out of unscathed. Few of the club’s members knew how influential Barry’s manner and style and devotion to the sport were in advancing the MSA’s image and reputation. Promoters, fair board members,and fans found it hard to believe that this intelligent,reasonable man with the pipe and three-piece suit was the suit was the same person who manhandled the famous red and white number 57. Barry once towed his washed and polished racer down to a small track near Austin,Minnesota on a free Saturday night to promote a series of upcoming MSA races. During the intermission of the stock car program he strapped himself in, rumbled out on to the track,and made a few reconnaissance laps. Then he stood on it,spraying clay into the darkness and terrifying the locals,many of whom had never seen the ultimate in dirt track machines. Going into three,Barry hit a rut and bicycled it up to the top before bringing it down and hitting the power again for a final pass in front of the grandstand. Barry’s fee for the advertisement was gas money,$20. When Barry went over the wall at Fairmont in his last race everyone,and racing in particular lost a great friend. Surely the MSA lost a great deal-much of its competitiveness,its professional image,its fun,its spirit. Bob Hop dominated the MSA points race after Kettering’s death. In fact he took four championships -sharing the ‘78 title in a controversial split with Steve Schweitzberger and Lyn McIntosh.<br />When North Star closed down after the ‘79 season the club was left without a home track. Enthusiasm among officials and competitors flagged and the last season title was won by Bill Dollansky in a schedule of less than two dozen dates. The fact that MSA is no longer active is neither a sad situation nor an important one. It served a function-organizing owners and drivers into action at a time when the thunder was dying off in the warm summer skies over Minnesota.<br />New promoters and clubs are already gearing up to fill the void left by the MSA. Sanctioning groups come and go as they always have,but the sprint car and its special kind of driver will persist here-doing what they have done for decades-quickening the heartbeats and tightening of the throats of those of us who watch-letting us in-if only as spectators-on the sound and fury of life on the ragged edge. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-571316110005023572011-03-20T15:37:00.009-04:002011-03-20T16:12:24.278-04:00The Thunder Bay Invader<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbHrU99MBqSp5BlZyf1gUNaitUQvWjVlXne7oMDrLsTLMIql93ij6niKUbLMW8aOgRsu69Yr-NsJnPMb1vQf3uYa_c7kGOCsatnWVb2K6iVfgnhtVmEOl1DbxQS75rWRNYD3D0JH6qyHZ/s1600/mac-5-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586255511786872562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbHrU99MBqSp5BlZyf1gUNaitUQvWjVlXne7oMDrLsTLMIql93ij6niKUbLMW8aOgRsu69Yr-NsJnPMb1vQf3uYa_c7kGOCsatnWVb2K6iVfgnhtVmEOl1DbxQS75rWRNYD3D0JH6qyHZ/s400/mac-5-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsy8VzOFlQW1Pfn_gxWwdTTan_pTOyJr9D9mCXowDWxsTGg1hPiXJnGFzaOT0eQpHnxrKgsB2JI6CF6JQ508yJ3yELi-ddLgLGSRpdU08Xmd0fMiJWu9wGERQiY90R3YtLbXnApuO0DePN/s1600/Lyn+78a.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586255354206548258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsy8VzOFlQW1Pfn_gxWwdTTan_pTOyJr9D9mCXowDWxsTGg1hPiXJnGFzaOT0eQpHnxrKgsB2JI6CF6JQ508yJ3yELi-ddLgLGSRpdU08Xmd0fMiJWu9wGERQiY90R3YtLbXnApuO0DePN/s400/Lyn+78a.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVnFlC4jmfv-q9dDdtuHjiFr4XE2Z5siTZnHKnY8lsAzHvQyec7TTWGjuueN4HPM-BsW45R7xNoP1_uZGxAx8r8g81Q3AuZFYrdFx26K_CIAIsgbVWsjqyE240pOokl4-YBV5Is9Ra-qN/s1600/Lyn+78.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586255138696204818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 177px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVnFlC4jmfv-q9dDdtuHjiFr4XE2Z5siTZnHKnY8lsAzHvQyec7TTWGjuueN4HPM-BsW45R7xNoP1_uZGxAx8r8g81Q3AuZFYrdFx26K_CIAIsgbVWsjqyE240pOokl4-YBV5Is9Ra-qN/s400/Lyn+78.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lvqzHHGyKIXm_9D0T_FLCFR6IBlVAh_T8e2Tb1ecqKhk9LkYFN-hZzhX_DoeNQO3LoE0MmvQ1FNA9OUkdP-ShMnBRHkd36VziBLolug3Zh6SjNoMWaWBuAN1-Lm3FJlMOvAtc_AjklLh/s1600/lyn812.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586254742285916098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 252px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lvqzHHGyKIXm_9D0T_FLCFR6IBlVAh_T8e2Tb1ecqKhk9LkYFN-hZzhX_DoeNQO3LoE0MmvQ1FNA9OUkdP-ShMnBRHkd36VziBLolug3Zh6SjNoMWaWBuAN1-Lm3FJlMOvAtc_AjklLh/s400/lyn812.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvnYiXjt4dHqqI5czPAqmArUIKHpAlhH8NXsbX7IcbswOmKtBcGrtWLUsd0By7sXgt7T6QV86Cg_NtN3E2mxAmRFfvvF5EDORRtpsPdRCulnRtx01flYEVZLG-3FYwF6OohmSEkj4OrWN/s1600/lyn78rvw.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586254540023158546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvnYiXjt4dHqqI5czPAqmArUIKHpAlhH8NXsbX7IcbswOmKtBcGrtWLUsd0By7sXgt7T6QV86Cg_NtN3E2mxAmRFfvvF5EDORRtpsPdRCulnRtx01flYEVZLG-3FYwF6OohmSEkj4OrWN/s400/lyn78rvw.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQQ3S771fq3OJUQugmCV6rt7ta5vFiQgenkBA2t33MjRT4T4tan5Y7zBECkJLL4GbcTlIh1J5ugbhF-iQAf_ebsXipNgrIuKi8-TEFNLVtuXbqZgWF8xbxzuGFjKIkceFUwhvu9g3T963/s1600/Lmcmsf78.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586253940200590082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 303px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQQ3S771fq3OJUQugmCV6rt7ta5vFiQgenkBA2t33MjRT4T4tan5Y7zBECkJLL4GbcTlIh1J5ugbhF-iQAf_ebsXipNgrIuKi8-TEFNLVtuXbqZgWF8xbxzuGFjKIkceFUwhvu9g3T963/s400/Lmcmsf78.jpg" border="0" /></a> Above photos by Brian Skedgel<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfqnjfv4wVKK9FSTU_YBpmiMLvHsbFVhh9SMzaTDPiBdKFskMOoWRMD21tA5-LK2O6G5FZ4SV1ijHJa78iS1-fPTghGx_kHSqh2j3MZRODUZZPLOZbGYdrCLqWHiX64roVDmRHHRhowOz/s1600/Jeff%2527s+Pictures+055.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586253293268840338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfqnjfv4wVKK9FSTU_YBpmiMLvHsbFVhh9SMzaTDPiBdKFskMOoWRMD21tA5-LK2O6G5FZ4SV1ijHJa78iS1-fPTghGx_kHSqh2j3MZRODUZZPLOZbGYdrCLqWHiX64roVDmRHHRhowOz/s400/Jeff%2527s+Pictures+055.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div align="left"><br />By Marsh Muirhead<br />from Open Wheel Magazine April 1983</div><div align="left"><br /> There are few real heroes. To be a hero,a man has to do exceptional things. He’s got to be an outstanding race car driver,or overcome a terrible disease,or shoot for the Olympics,or overcome a terrible injury from a crash or be absolutely fearless. Meet Lyn McIntosh. He’s done all that and more. If it seems that surviving a horrible crash and cancer and exploring a quest for Olympic Gold coupled with some great rides in the most unforgiving race cars on earth are too much for one man,perhaps its time to meet a true hero. Lyn McIntosh fits the head definition. He hails from Thunder Bay,Ontario on the northwest shore of Lake Superior. Thunder Bay,a place a racer ought to come from. There’s a catch though. Its a 700 mile tow from Thunder Bay to the nearest place Lyn can call a home track - Knoxville,Iowa. Things used to be closer to home. McIntosh raced the modifieds and the supers in Thunder Bay and at places like Superior and Rice Lake,Wisconsin. When fellow Canadian Barry Kettering moved to Minneapolis and got into sprinters,Lyn made the switch too and made regular forays into Minnesota for IMCA,MSA and other shows. He beat some of the best on the fast black banks at Fargo and took main event wins at Grand Forks and Princeton. He won an MSA championship in 1978 and took back to back victories in the Russ Laursen Classic in Superior,Wisconsin in 1978 & 79. In 1973 he ran second to Jerry Hansen’s SCCA formula car in the “Minnesota Golden 200”. When open-cockpit action practically dried up in the area in the late 70’s,Lyn went as far as he had to for the thrill of strapping himself into 600 horsepower of craziness-Knoxville. Round trip driving time to the weekly show: 28 hours! That terrifying oval repaid the loyal visitor by almost killing him at the 1980 Nationals. Lyn clipped a spinning Ronnie Daniels in Fridays Mystery Feature and went for the ride of his life-a hideous series of snap rolls that made his face turn black and swell like a balloon in the hours after the crash. He recollects it as a very bad deal. “I remember it (the crash) starting and then being in the Knoxville hospital. The people there told somebody to take me to Des Moines-there wasn’t anything they could do there. I guess I was semi-conscious and it scared the hell out of me. I didn’t know how bad I was hurt. They were afraid I had head injuries because my face and head had swollen so much. On the way to the Des Moines hospital it hurt so bad I couldn’t believe it. The guy in the ambulance kept trying to reassure me and then I guess I went out again. Then I don’t remember anything for a couple of days and it was February before I had my shit together.” Lyn spent two weeks recovering in the hospital and many more at home. Three vertebrae were fractured and his wrist and collarbone were broken.<br />In the spring after the Knoxville accident the bones had healed and The Thunder Bay Invader was ready again. Other men might have called it quits entirely or else hired another driver just to be near the action. Not this man. “I went to Knoxville in the spring. It was the first place I raced. We didn’t go too bad. I found it hard to get going fast there though. We went good at Hartford and Fargo-they’re fast and toward the end of the year I got going at Knoxville too. I think that out of the last five times we went there I won four heats. We usually broke in the feature. This year I went back too for the first race-when Gary Scott got killed. That took a lot of wind out of my sails. I don’t know why. I knew him fairly well but he wasn’t a friend-not like I knew Barry or Skari or Russ-they were good friends yet it bothered me more than they did-it just started to seem senseless.” Barry Kettering,Dave Skari and Russ Laursen were all good friends of Lyn McIntosh. They all drove sprinters and they were all killed in them. Lyn won the Russ Laursen Classic twice. He won the Skari Memorial in Fargo in 1978,and took the Barry Kettering Memorial in their hometown of Thunder Bay in 1981. The bizarre irony of all this requires no comment. It does ,however raise the frequent question posed to drivers as to whether they are either very brave or very stupid. “I think they’re a little of both. You can’t say driving isn’t dangerous-no way-but I don’t do it because its not safe. I’m not a martyr trying to kill myself but I’ve seen too many people killed or hurt bad to say its not dangerous. On a little track its not bad but when you stick em on Hartford or I-70 they’re going fast and they just come unglued when they tip over. But I’m a fatalist. I really believe that when my number is up its up. I’m not ready to go stick my head in the lion’s mouth but I’m actually more leery of being hurt than being killed because I’m going to get killed one way or another.” One way to die is of course in a race car. Another is disease-like cancer. Lyn beat that one too. “Four years ago I had cancer-in the fall of 1978 and winter of 1979. I had complications from it and I thought I was going to die. I really did. I had an operation for bladder cancer. They cut half of it out. But I had a bowel obstruction and it became a really serious deal. I was weighing 80 pounds and was so weak they couldn’t operate. Well I pulled that one off but I figure somebody’s got the numbers and when the cards run out they run out-whether you’re driving a sprint car or happen to get sick or you’re riding an airplane that crashes.” Lyn’s wife,Lenore and the kids-AJ,Trish and Doug-thought they’d lost him more than once during the whole ordeal. When he came through it Lenore felt it had been one of the best things that ever happened to them. She says,”It was really a positive experience-you wouldn’t believe all the love and support we got. Lyn got calls from all over the world when people heard he was sick. Our whole philosophy changed-you see that life’s too short-you really have to try what you have to try.” Since then Lyn has had a clearer vision-a mellow sort of boldness he didn’t have before. Lenore enjoys the racing more now too. She used to be quite nervous but now she takes it all in stride-laid back,one day at a time. McIntosh is a warrior with class. He knows about the excellence of the noble quest. He was assistant program director for the Canadian Ski Team in 1973 and 1974 and in the 1975-76 season he was the women’s coach. He guided the team in training and competition in South America,Japan and in Europe and he shared in the glow of Olympic Gold when Kathy Kreiner won the giant slalom at Innsbruck. The quest now is 100 %,foot to the floor.”I’ll tow anywhere” sprint car racing. Lyn makes no mention of USAC or champ cars on the Brickyard but he would really like to put in a big swing with the World of Outlaws. “I’d like a chance to do it right once. I think when you’ve raced as long as I have you like to be with the best guys and try that. Given proper financing I’d like to do it for one year. If I didn’t make any money I could say I tried and I’m not as good as they are. And if I made money I’d stay with them.” Lyn says his performance picks up just running with the Outlaws a few times a year. His coaching experience is evident when he talks about concentration,hand-eye coordination and going to the limit in competition. He has nothing but praise for the WoO bunch. “Guys like Doug Howells,Karl Kinser and Gary Stanton can stand in the infield and tell you more about a car than the driver can-they’re excellent people.” He feels that the drivers too are men of unusual talent backed by the most sophisticated machinery in the history of the sport. The dominant names are of course,Steve Kinser,Doug Wolfgang and Sammy Swindell. “Those guys have run together since the outlaws started and they race almost constantly. When one of them wins the others run a little bit harder. The next time they all push a bit harder yet. They move their limit up a little each time. They’ve really brought a high level of professionalism to sprint car racing. Whether that’s good or not I’m not sure. They have really put a lot of guys out to lunch. There’s no room for the weekend racer anymore.” Co-owners of the Invader,Murray Robinson and Pat Slivinski in addition to McIntosh are ready and willing to follow the outlaw dream. A group of Thunder Bay businessmen each kick in a few hundred dollars every year and they represent the Invader name. for an all-out run in 1983,however McIntosh is putting together a formal presentation for major sponsorship. It is necessary for a serious effort. “You have to remember the Canadian dollar is worth only $ .75 down here-you cross the line and you’ve got three-quarters of what you thought you had. And living way up where we do it costs us three hundred bucks just for gas to Iowa. We have one motor. We might go down to Knoxville or an NSCA race and if we break the motor we don’t have another to put in. The $500 or so it takes just to get us down there is out the window and we still have to replace the motor.” Lyn McIntosh is forty years old. This man with a dream -this special man among special men -has to consider that someday that helmet comes off for good. “Its a high when you do well. You can never explain it to anybody for all the frustration there is to it,but the highs make it a worthwhile deal. “ “ I couldn’t be a race fan or just stand around and haunt everybody. I went to the Nationals this year just to watch and I ended up helping Tim Gee-he’s another Canadian. It made me feel a part of it rather than standin’around with my hands in my pocket going for coffee. Watching just doesn’t turn me on. Neither does fishing or anything else for that matter. Maybe that’s my problem. I don’t have anything else to turn to. I’ve been hooked on racing so long its hard for me to think that sometime it will be enough. I don’t know when enough will be.” Lyn’s last race of the 1982 season was at the Proctor Speedway near Duluth in late August. Lyn had his heart and foot in it but the Invader was tired and ill-handling and rode just behind the leaders, inconspicuously, working hard at what was possible. In the feature somebody spun in the first turn and Lyn couldn’t avoid him and his car vaulted onto its side after the impact. The motionless driver was not hurt. He yelled something about “getting this damn thing back on its wheels” to his crew and they waved the safety people away.He was pushed off to a sixth place finish-with a battered wing and a fresh determination for the 1983 season. Heroes are like that.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095435259764812496.post-68050750598382180482010-10-24T14:29:00.008-04:002011-04-10T21:18:40.764-04:00Burton Cummings<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxjLlvTghUFzQpUgp-jkcviEOCOhQkREAY2w7P_mBFmS_RQt1zJxE97ubuN5ZXgV5otQSsYgcLY9HlHO0aL0KODdZwnc5BGSk-itKZJdWXoMUQpQxy8dJhvaTnZ0MY_blggaD7K6UagC5/s1600/Burton+Cummings+Wpg+Jets.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594129202746875586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxjLlvTghUFzQpUgp-jkcviEOCOhQkREAY2w7P_mBFmS_RQt1zJxE97ubuN5ZXgV5otQSsYgcLY9HlHO0aL0KODdZwnc5BGSk-itKZJdWXoMUQpQxy8dJhvaTnZ0MY_blggaD7K6UagC5/s400/Burton+Cummings+Wpg+Jets.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMASBarzn4-z6GBHWQOhnnJINivoSw4-mp56Y5bW7kpcCY0s-jDfpN_0f_bpZsrf51aIK887Ve36iREBPFffZ4MjJgbhaVS5FoDVgDyYVJ10zbmvdVLeAitDHKEn3rKjXyGskE1IXmNVR/s1600/Burton+01.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593619211565751378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMASBarzn4-z6GBHWQOhnnJINivoSw4-mp56Y5bW7kpcCY0s-jDfpN_0f_bpZsrf51aIK887Ve36iREBPFffZ4MjJgbhaVS5FoDVgDyYVJ10zbmvdVLeAitDHKEn3rKjXyGskE1IXmNVR/s400/Burton+01.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJelN8Gm2xAWKW83ssf77XPxcU-qOKj4T7c8i87KEl-C5ja9DDwHQ4zrjz_whZuYv5OIvdPQ-MVwSz6aYqh_eiYZ7sUOA9mTHi8smRjLnMImUjUjjrBHBstpZkfT-7Z2WJ40IkdkU0UkC/s1600/Burton+02.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593619206930102322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJelN8Gm2xAWKW83ssf77XPxcU-qOKj4T7c8i87KEl-C5ja9DDwHQ4zrjz_whZuYv5OIvdPQ-MVwSz6aYqh_eiYZ7sUOA9mTHi8smRjLnMImUjUjjrBHBstpZkfT-7Z2WJ40IkdkU0UkC/s400/Burton+02.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBjy-tyo7VoDxX4XOttYbxRgl9GDqw6fL9YQ2y1Wei34ENWRxmoH2hIkdon8hRkM5DpwCIJeqOP2Svb_9G6zndRaCwZPbO54blW67g7w07dRJIzdpAqCN_wDJLAvXRuCtzntFUDH8eKFi/s1600/Burton+03.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593619198440863826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 282px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBjy-tyo7VoDxX4XOttYbxRgl9GDqw6fL9YQ2y1Wei34ENWRxmoH2hIkdon8hRkM5DpwCIJeqOP2Svb_9G6zndRaCwZPbO54blW67g7w07dRJIzdpAqCN_wDJLAvXRuCtzntFUDH8eKFi/s400/Burton+03.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbVs5IPQr54W4_vIWaJawaOBEEwMwllEKClX_DO47Qeg214-Sk8CQlmj5Is8v9oHN8EQtbWQP03RdQb7mwpySEifIZRND4Xz4T739rnGmYiZ1o1sE25ZnGlkmSOCaEiT8hPhwccv89Htx/s1600/Burton+04.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593619196885066258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbVs5IPQr54W4_vIWaJawaOBEEwMwllEKClX_DO47Qeg214-Sk8CQlmj5Is8v9oHN8EQtbWQP03RdQb7mwpySEifIZRND4Xz4T739rnGmYiZ1o1sE25ZnGlkmSOCaEiT8hPhwccv89Htx/s400/Burton+04.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolMiTwwvbnPMCftTkvQZzMoicvrKvgBRDy8RhDxmlTxT6YZZyAAt_b-lFBdQxL9Ke9OqzSvWA3XTJEBUpsWfiLXLy09c_Ye4leJEHZyHN2MZC_5FsLbQPNGkBpWcrKHZUB3J-5B-Dd96z/s1600/Burton+05.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593619189448484274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolMiTwwvbnPMCftTkvQZzMoicvrKvgBRDy8RhDxmlTxT6YZZyAAt_b-lFBdQxL9Ke9OqzSvWA3XTJEBUpsWfiLXLy09c_Ye4leJEHZyHN2MZC_5FsLbQPNGkBpWcrKHZUB3J-5B-Dd96z/s400/Burton+05.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div align="center">I took the above photos at FW Gardens around 1980 </div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">As most know,Burton Cummings was the lead singer of The Guess Who,writing most of their hits or co-writting with Randy Bachman or Kurt Winter. Born New Years Eve 1947 in Winnipeg, Burton started his musical journey with his first band "The Deverons". In Winnipeg Burton became a local music rebel of sorts,one of his more notorious performances was as the opening act for a British band. Cummings stole the show as he danced on the piano outshining the main act. "The Deverons" recorded a few records,though in Winnipeg they remained in the shadow of "The Guess Who" who hit the USA Top 40 with "Shakin All Over" in 1965. When keyboard player Bob Ashley left "The Guess Who",Randy Bachman has said there was no other choice than to get Burton Cummings to join "The Guess Who". Burton arrived at the bands manager's office to meet with them and when offered the position replied "I'd like to guys,but The Beatles asked me last week" then left the room figuring it was a cruel joke. Re-entering the room Cummings asked and when told they were serious,accepted immediately. Burton remained with The Guess Who until 1975, then embarked on a very successful solo career. Burton's "I'd like to but The Beatles asked me to" remark would somewhat come to fruition years later when a "Beatle" Ringo Starr asked Burton to join the second version of his "All Star" band. Burton's greatest attribute has been his incredible singing voice. Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin called Burton's voice the best in R&R, and in liner notes Ringo referred to Burton as a singer with "a set of golden pipes", high praise indeed! </div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1