- He began his involvement in the sport of Auto Racing as a crew member on a 1951 Dodge Coupe stock car in 1964. The car was driven for four years by Fred Best and was crewed by Denny Rand, Lawrence Fox and Ken Holding. As the car was owned by the Checkmates Car Club, he even tried out as the part time driver of the car.
- In 1966, he gave up the pit activities and went to work for Reg Midgley in the promotional side of the sport. He assisted with the programme and did various duties around the racetrack.
- Commencing in 1967, his duties expanded substantially as he learned most of the tasks associated with the management and administration side of the sport. He was involved with programme sales, he worked in the concessions, did media reports on radio and newspaper and also handled some of the promotional tasks.
- He did the job of track recorder for two years and compiled statistics for all the classes of cars and drivers. He was also the track announcer on occasion, a duty he again assumed in the mid 80’s with Butch Behn.
- The logistics of organizing out of town shows into Victoria, obtaining newspaper, radio and T.V. coverages, arranging room bookings and managing special events with the various race teams all came under his direction.
- He became the assistant track manager in 1971. He was also on the Executive of the Western Auto Racing Promoter’s Association, a position he held for over ten years. When the International Driver’s Challenge (IDC) Race Series was organized, he worked on the statistics for both series (Super Stocks and Modified/Sprint Cars). He remained in this position for the duration of the series.
- As a fourteen year member of the Vancouver Island Track Racing Association (VITRA), he produced a Special Souvenir Programme for the club’s 22nd Awards Banquet in 1972. The following year, he was the editor of the VITRA and Western Speedway 1973 Yearbook titled “Oval trakin’ with V.I.T.R.A.” * He acted as Track Manager and Announcer at Western Speedway from 1981 to 1983.
