Checkerboard Tavern car, 1954

Kenney McLaughlin

Smokey Blake

Logan Harter

Aurora Speedway, Seattle. June 30, 1958

Logan Harter & Rod Davis.

Car through fence, Aurora Speedway, Seattle. 1953 or 1954

Aurora Speedway, Seattle. July 3, 1958.

Cliff Spaulding, Mike Ogden,Don Budwick

1955

1955, A Main: 16 Don Ballmes, 50 Linne Rose, 5 El Schilling, 1 Jack Conner

Aurora Speedway, 1954. Jack Conner

Kenny Peterson, WMRA President presents a trophy to Jack Conner.
Gene "Moose' Steier,on the right.

May 1954, Bremerton Washington

Jack Conner in #65.

Starting Line, June 1955

Aurora Speedway, Seattle

June 1955, # 18 John Ellis

Pit Pass, Portland Speedway

Aurora Speedway program cover

Dodge, Aurora Speedway, Seattle

Linne Rose

Estes Special, Aurora Speedway, Seattle

May 27, 1958

Action at Aurora Speedway

Aurora Speedway, Seattle. 1953

Finish Line, Aurora Speedway, April 10, 1955

Aurora Speedway, Seattle. June 11, 1955

Winner's Circle, Aurora Speedway

July 8,1955. Tom Wallace, winner of Trophy Dash.

Kenny McLaughlin, Aurora Speedway, 1955

The top photo is from June 11, 1955 and shows Fred Maser in the number 7 car and Kenny McLaughlin in the number 10 car. The other photo of Kenny McLaughlin is from July 1, 1955. McLaughlin died in 1960 during a race in Vacaville, California. Holding the trophy is Jens Kloster.

Allen Heath

Allen Heath (January 3, 1918-March 6, 1981) began his racing career in Seattle in 1938 and became a successful driver in many parts of the U.S.
Heath appeared in the 1949 MGM movie "The Big Wheel" in which he did the driving scenes of the character played by Mickey Rooney.
Heath's left hand was amputated at the wrist after a 1953 accident at the Illiana Speedway in Indiana. He resumed his racing career in 1955. In 2000 Heath was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.

Newspaper ads for races at Aurora Speedway

Logan Harter, Aurora Speedway

Logan Harter (also known as "Lovely Logan") with his car at the Aurora Speedway, 1952.
Harter died in 1989 at the age of 71.

Finish Line, May 1955

May 22, 1955. The flagger was Don Perry, car 54 was driven by Tom Wallace.

Shorty Templeman

Here's a photo of driver Shorty Templeman in July 1953. In addition to driving in the Northwest, Shorty raced in the Indianapolis 500 five times, finishing as high as 4th in 1961. Here is the Wikipedia entry for Shorty.

Northwest Auto Racing Group membership card, 1958

My dad's NARG membership card for the 1958 season.

Jack Conner, 1954 Northwest Champion

Aurora Speedway, Seattle, 1954

Three cars in action at the Aurora Speedway in 1954.

Aurora Speedway, Seattle, 1950

My dad took this photo at Seattle’s Aurora Speedway in 1950. It's one of only 2 color photos from the Speedway in his collection. I don't have any other information about the photo.

Aurora Speedway, Seattle, 1953

This photo was taken at Seattle's Aurora Speedway in 1953. The man in front of the car is Jack Conner the owner & driver of number 65. The tall guy on the right in the racing jacket is my dad, George Cronn who was the mechanic for the car. The Aurora Speedway opened in 1932 and shared space at the Playland amusement park on Aurora Avenue North (Highway 99) at North 130th Street. Playland and the Speedway closed in 1961.