« Built by Petty: 1970s Mopars in NASCAR | Home Page | Austin Healey breaks 1000 km speed record at MIRA »
Chevrolet Camaro at Langley Speedway, Canada
By smgenglish SOCIAL MEDIA on 24 November 2009 | 
(0) Comments | Permalink
Langley Speedway, like Pinecrest in Ontario, is one of those legendary tracks that closed before its time and one that fans never forget. Bud Bussiere is a long-time Langley fan who visited the track in the spring of 2005 and sent these photos. The Camaros should not be missed. Here are a few great pictures of Chevrolet's popular sports car racing at Langley.
Langley opened in 1965, under original owner Craig Frazer. In 1969 the Vancouver-Fraser Park District (now the Greater Vancouver Regional District) bought up land with the intent to create a park. The land also included Langley Speedway. Frazer obtained a 10-year lease and continued to run the track until Gordon Hemrich took over in 1977. After the 10-year lease expired in 1979 the track came under increasing pressure from the City of Vancouver. The lease periods became shorter and shorter with each renewal and there were more restrictions on numbers of dates, hours of operation, etc. The Lower Mainland Oval Racing Association took over operation of the track in 1980 and changed the name to Action Raceway.
Text by Canadian Racer
