last update: April 6, 2012
The following section has pictures and newspaper clippings from Shepard Raceway.
Many of these are from the Randy McMahon Facebook collection available at the following site:
Facebook Calgary International Raceway/Shepard Raceway
When I get some time will put in chronological order by year.
Below are two video's from the early 1970's that were recorded by Dennis Heppner
They are in digital format (.flv)
Needs a little time to load
Shepard Racing in the early 70's Volume 1
Shepard Racing in the early 70's Volume 2
If you recall any info on any of the cars and drivers in the video, please send me an email at:
Each photo is numbered for easy reference to provide corrections or new captions to me via email
1
Calgary
International Raceway at Shepard
2
Doc
Liscombe TA/FC (crashed in Spokane and
restored by Ian Gellately of Medicine Hat and raced as 7.50 IBAA car
for five
years)
3
Burnout
box and tower
Bill
Knecht - "Knight Majic" - 1966 Dodge Coronet 426 Hemi
5 Don Pettit - 1933 Willy's
formerly
owned by Jack Coonrod of Washington state in the 60's and now back home
with Jack
6 Lindal Rinaldi - 1967 Chevelle
Later
on raced 1969 Camaro "Spaghetti Western" and mid 80's Camaro
in Super Gas
7
Bateman
and Reynolds “Showdown”
8
Quarter
Flash
9 Butch Kromery (Medicine Hat) at Calgary 1974
10 May 3, 1968 second race of season
11 "240" Gordie Bonin
12 Jerry "The King" Ruth made a lot of trips to Alberta
(King of the Northwest)
13 Jerry Ruth rear engine top fuel dragster
14 Doug Rose in the Green Mamba Jet Car
15 "TV" Tommy Ivo's legendary four engine dragster
16 Newsclipping May 3, 1968
17 Newsclipping
18 Newsclipping July 27, 1968
19 News clipping July 30, 1968
20 Gordie Bonin and Gordon Jenner with a body side panel from Roland Leongs "Hawaiian"
When funny cars looked like cars you could identify from the showroom
21 Terry Capp legendary Edmonton racer and top fuel champ at the 1980 US Nationals
22 Jerry Ruth campaigned cars in both fuel dragster and funny car classes
23 A very young Don "Snake" Prudhomme in his front engine top fuel car
24 Jerry Ruth in the Pay N Pak top fuel funny car
25 Herm Petersen in the Petersen/Fitz top fuel dragster
26 Jim Bell (JB's Auto) Anyone have any pictures of the pontiac wagon??
27 Caption
Bill Spevack from Montana in his nitro funny car, tuned by Gordon Jenner
29 Unknown Corvette
30 Lawrence Customs Brokers vs Gaines Markley top fueler
AA/FD's Larry Dixon Sr, in the Howards Cam car from California vs Maynard Garrity from Edmonton
32 Newsclipping
33 Austin/Grassi
34 crash newsclipping
35 newsclipping
36 newsclip
37
38 newsclip May 7, 1967
39 Chinook Chrysler newsclip
40 newsclip
41 Dale Armstrong "Canuck"
41A Dale Armstrong (old fertilizer plant in background)
42 Jack Fox front engine top fuel
43 May 23, 1966 Swinger II
44 Newsclip
45 Nick Kozak "Royal Canadian" newsclip
46 May 19 1970 newsclip
47 newsclip Snake picture
48 Jack Fox newsclip
49 newsclip
50 sherpard raceway tag........info
51 Gene McMahon news clip
52 newsclip
Brent Bramley from Calgary alcohol dragster vs Doug Moody in his alcohol funny car from Edmonton
54 Jerry Ruth Pay N Pak top fuel burnout
55 Pacemaker Automotive alcohol dragster from Edmonton
56 Doug Moody from Edmonton - Rentex alcohol funny car
57 Doug Rose "Green Mamba" jet car
58 AA/FD's - Jerry Ruth from Seattle vs Egbert and Seaman from Edmonton
59 Jerry Ruth front engine top fuel dragster getting pushed back
60 Daly and Johnson AA/FD from Seattle - Gentleman Hank driving - This car was run by Mike Bromme (Calgary) after then by Dawson and Doan as a A/FD and then as a B/D, and then by Mark Kaniwischer in S/C for many years
61 Don Kohut driving the Royal Canadian from Calgary - This car is currently being restored by Ron Hodges from Calgary
62 newsclip
63 newsclip
64 Garry Egbert newsclip
65 dragsters return news clip
66 6000 fans clip
67 Sept 3, 1963 news clip
68 Alberta Highways Minister Gordon Taylor opens Calgary racetrack
69 Eight Calgary drivers named top ten alberta
70 Oct 16, 1963 news clip
71 Royal Canadian of Jenner and Kozak from Calgary - This car was destroyed in a towing accident
72 Gord Jenner Royal Canadian vs the Jim Hodges Banzai Camaro from Minnesota
73 Don Kohut Royal Canadian (this was the last front engine Royal Canadian and held the Canadian Record at 6.68 seconds) vs the Digitizer of Woods and Garrow
74 Crosstown Motors sponsored AA/FD of George Sitko and Phil Broderick of Edmonton
75 Royal Canadian of Gord Jenner vs Hodges Banzai (injected nitro funny car)
76 August 23, 1965 Strip Operator fined for Lords Day Act violation
77 May 23, 1966
78 Chinook Chrysler ad 1966
79 top fuel news clip and photo
80 news clip drag season opens
81 May 22, 1967 news clip results
82 news clip photo A % W Special top fuel California
83 AW Special news clip
84 newsclip provincial drag championships
85 newsclip
86 newsclip Egbert triumphs
87 Usual cars newsclip
88 Kohut news clip
89 Jerry "The King" Ruth defeats "Big Daddy" Don Garlits
90 Big Daddy beaten news clip
91 May 22, 1967 new clip drags
92 Jerry Ruth still King clip
93 Gene McMahon 60th birthday (legendary Calgary track owner, promoter and operator)
94 Jeb Allen "Praying Mantis" rear engine top fuel
95 Ed "The Ace" McColloch with the legendary REVELLution Funny Car
96 Garry Beck top fuel
97 race advertisement poster
98 The Players tobaco company was a big motor sports supporter
99 April 23, 1974 Ron Hodgson and Gordon Jenner Edmonton Journal clip
100 newsclip
101 Dale Armstrong Clip
102 Drag Meeting clip
103 drag meeting clip
104 Caption
105 1968 drag season clip
106 200 racers to meeting clip
107 Dale Armstrong Prize Money cheques
108 Green Dragon of Foster MacIntyre and Rue from Seattle vs Larry Hendrickson's Gladiator AA/FD also from Seattle. The Gladiator was the national speed record holder at 224 mph.
Gladiator top fuel - Driver - Larry "Lash" Hendrickson, Crew Chief - Perry Brochner
Crew - Frank Cooper and Bob Packett
"We ran Foster Brothers and Rue in the second round, running the quickest and fastest side by side race ever run in Canada, we were told. We won the event. On the way home, Dean Rue was killed in Ritzville, Washington in a rollover accident" - Bob Packett
110 Don Prudhomme AA/FD, Swapper funny from California. Car in the background driven by Dale Armstrong
111 Nitro Express - Terry Capp driving, Bernie Fedderly tunning - from Edmonton
112 Terry Capp driving the Nitro Express
113 Egbert and Seaman AA/FD from Edmonton
114 Crosstown Motors sponsored AA/FD from Edmonton
115 S. V. Pick "Black Plague" from California with Frank Rupert driving
116 S. V. Pick "Black Plague"
117 Black Plague vs Don Garlits
118 A&W Root Beer Special
119 Green Dragon AA/FD from Seattle
120 Ron Dixon from Spokane - a well known North West chassis builder
121 Royal Canadian of Don Kohut vs Don Prudhomme. Don Kohut outran "The Snake" at this race
122 Green Dragon vs Ron Dixon from Spokane - There were quite a few real good AA/FD's from the northwest in those days
123 Shark AA/FD of Greg Fury and Joe Blaylock from Spokane vs the Jack Fox driven Mohawk Auto Special from Calgary - Mike Nilson owned Dixon chassis
124 Joe Winters AA/FD from Los Angeles vs Gary Egbert in the Outcast from Edmonton
If you have any pictures you would like to see posted here please let me know