Old School Tacoma Car Scene
Sent to us by one of our readers, and an old school Tacoman, are a few photos from his shoebox – family photos that show us a side of Tacoma that simply isn’t around much anymore. More specifically, this is the Puyallup Raceway (Thun Field) circa early 1960s. Now these are cars…
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| Walt and Bucky Austin |
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| Northwest Frantic 4 – Lynn Welfringer, Terry Zatchovich, Mel Squires, Marshal Eaton |
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| Don Cope |
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| Meeting of the minds: Walt Austin, Lynn Welfringer, Rich Rogers |
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| Stormin’ Norm Morgan |
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| Frank Hall |
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| Puyallup starting line 1964 |
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| Puyallup aerial view 1961 |
Gone are the days when we could sit in the back of our Ranchero with a keg of nitro…
Send more photos. I’ve been getting grief from some readers about not having as much Tacoma history on the site as we used to. Well, history takes more work. Send photos. Send stories. That’ll give us more history to share.
3 comments
A Andy June 14, 2012
Here’s an idea: why not let the port be the port? Spend the money down where citizens can walk to other businesses. I wish they’d have a better plan for the new grant on Pacific Ave, road work on Stadium Way, and the development Point Ruston. It’s fairly obvious to see the direction (literally) where that is going. I get tired of all these regulations and stipulations when receiving a contract….why do we need public access in the busiest working area of Tacoma? Why not embrace the blue collar sector of the port while also embracing the atmosphere from Downtown, to Stadium, to Old Town, to Point Ruston? But, don’t go the opposite direction. Tacoma is so frustrating.
R Radar June 15, 2012
As an avid kayaker, I really like the launch site the port built on Marine View Drive. Tacoma has surprisingly few places to safely launch paddle powered craft, including canoes and SUPs, so the more the merrier. A place with a bit more parking would be nice.
J Jenny Jenkins June 19, 2012
I like the idea of preserving public access down there, but it seems they need to do a better job of getting the word out that there even is a way for the public to use space down there – no one’s just going to happen by.
Also, maybe they could partner with SAMI to let students have opportunities to learn about water quality and habitat issues, etc.