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1956 Dodge at Pinecrest Speedway THE OLD CAR DETECTIVE Bill Sherk Dennis Ransome of Mount Forest, Ontario, remembers Pinecrest Speedway northwest of Toronto: “Hi Bill. You mentioned in your article in the Nov 2/20 issue that a gentleman had his tachometer stolen in the parking lot at Pinecrest Speedway. Nothing like that ever happened to me but the
mention of it sure brought back a lot of memories for me. “My parents and I started going to the races there in 1961 and went every Saturday night until the end of the season in 1966. For a young guy like me, that was six years of heaven on earth of stock car racing. “That was back in the era of Jim Hallahan and Zippy Zimmerman as leading drivers and Jo Cresswell #49 ½ leading
the Powder Puff Division. As it turns out, Smitty, one of the owners, was organizing four Demolition Derbies that year of 1966 and I signed up for all four of them! I was only 17 at the time and you had to be 18 years old to enter, so my parents had to sign for me, which they did. “I was living in the Village of Meadowvale (between Streetsville and Brampton- now Mississauga) at the time and it was a bit of a drive to Pinecrest but my father always towed me there with his 1966 GMC pick-
up. Getting towed there by my Dad was scarier than the race itself. He did not know how to drive slow when towing a car. “I had four demolition cars. My first one was a 1956 Dodge, then a 1956
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Chrysler push-button automatic, then a 1955 Vauxhall and finally an old Hillman (don’t remember the year). When I think about it now, Bill, all I had was an Army Surplus green web lap belt fastened to a chain around the frame behind the driver’s seat, but we all survived. “I still have the crash helmet that I wore in
those races. For some reason it is still in the garage. There is also a Pinecrest seat cushion, the same as the one my Mother would have used to keep warm on chilly nights. “I never won any of those races but I still had a great time, bruises and all.” I’m always looking for stories. Email billtsherk@ sympatico.ca.
Sports flashbacks this week are from 1966
Woodstock shades Flyers The Leamington Flyers dropped a hard fought 5-4 decision to the Woodstock Navy Jets in Junior hockey exhibition play at the local arena. The Flyers carried the play for the most part but could not overcome a 5-2 deficit in the second period. The Flyers held the shot advantage by a count of 39-26. Neil Bradbury, Terry Rutherford, Mike Fitzgerald and Brad Selwood scored for the Flyers. Selwood leads the Bluewater league in scoring. Bantams beat Byron 5-2 The Leamington Pyramid Canners Bantam All-Stars advanced to the semi-finals of the Silver Stick Hockey Tournament in Watford over the weekend. They defeated the Byron Optimists by a 5-2 score. Leamington is the defending Silver Stick champions and will meet Wallaceburg in the semi-final game this Friday. Kirk Bowman had three goals in the game against Byron, with singles going to Armand Mastronardi and Rob Epplett. Peewees shutout Wallaceburg The Leamington Edwards TV Peewees beat Wallaceburg 6-0 on the weekend in their opening game of the annual Silver Stick Tournament at Watford. Morris
Elsley’s hat trick sparked the Leamington crew. Single goals went to Kris Manery, Tim Omstead and Dave Couture. Mic Macs and Indians tie The Blytheswood Mic Macs maintained their first place standing with a 5-5 tie with the second-place Leamington Indians on Monday night. Some 400 fans packed Leamington arena for this week’s action. Leamington scored three times in a two-minute span to salvage the tie. The Mic Macs got two goals from Jim Pickle, with singles going to Art Verhaeghe, Claire Sherk and Brian Harris. Brad Selwood, led the Indians with two, while George Sherman, Jim Gavey and Jim Banyai scored single goals. Wheatley edges Harrow
The Wheatley Omsteads came back from a two-goal defect to defeat the Harrow Sailors 5-4 in South Essex Hockey League play. Bob Shaw led the Omsteads with two goals, while John Gillespie, Terry Jackson and Lynn Foster added singles. Phil Abbott had two for Harrow, with singles going to Mike Doyle and Wally Pare. Paul Reid stood tall in the Wheatley net to thwart any Harrow comeback in the final minutes. Badminton players honoured Last week, three players from the Leamington Badminton Club played in the Patton Park Badminton tournament in Detroit. Irene Rosen, Doreen Bachmeier and Bryon Quick all competed, with Bachmeier winning the Ladies Singles round robin in the Novice Division.
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