Gord Stone’s first active involvement in racing came in 1972 when he crewed on his brother Dave’s Claimer car. The following year at the age of seventeen, he built his own Claimer, a 1953 Studebaker and finished thirty-seventh out of a field of fifty registered cars. He ran a 1956 Dodge the next season and then a ’57 Ford in 1975 which only lasted two months into the season due to a totalling crash.
For 1976, Gord and crew built a 1956 Ford for the new Hobby Stock class and finished in second spot in the year end points behind Bill Hitchcox whose winning ’56 Ford they bought for the ’77 season which was the start of the three track “Island Series”. Out of forty-two registered cars, Gord finished in eighth place and then moved up to a 1966 Ford Mustang in 1978’s renamed Stockcar division. Following the first two races he bettered the existing track record twice, the second time’s mark of 19.726 on May 17th remaining as the record for the rest of that season when he was crowned the Stock Car Points Champion out of a field of forty-six cars. His wins included nineteen trophies, four of which were perpetual including the newly-created Andy Cottyn Appreciation Trophy, the Northwest Insurance Agencies Trophy, the Billy Foster Stockcar trophy, the Corby Cup (for most main event wins) as well as finishing first in the Stockcar Championship race plus he and his crew also received the Best Looking Car award.
Gord repeated his number one placing in points in the Island Series the following year and in addition to repeat wins of the Corby and Championship race cups, he also won the Stockcar Benefit Race. The 1980 season saw yet another Stockcar number one points placing for him, now behind the wheel of a 1970 AMC Javelin. As well as once more taking home the Billy Foster, Corby and Championship race trophies, Gord was also voted VITRA’s Driver of the Year. He then moved up to the Late Model Stockcar class in 1982 with his Javelin Stockcar and finished that season eighth in points. For his ability at twisting wrenches, he received the VITRA Mechanic of the Year trophy in 1983.
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- 1975 – Gord Stone in his #45 1957 Ford Claimer during a heat race (Barrie Goodwin photo).
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- 1976 – Gord in his #56 1956 Ford Hobby Stock outside of #98 Dave Ireland during a heat race (Barrie Goodwin photo).
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- 1977 – Driver photo of Gord taken by track photographer Barrie Goodwin.
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- 1977 – The #56 1956 Ford Island Series Hobby Stock driven by Gord Stone (photographer unknown).
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- 1977 – Gord and crew with “Victoria Days” trophy girls in Victory Square following a main event win (Barrie Goodwin photo).
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- 1977 – VITRA awards banquet Island Series Hobby Stock top ten drivers with Gord Stone fourth from the right (Barrie Goodwin photo).
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- 1978 – The #56 1966 Ford Mustang Island Series Stockcar with Gord Stone (at left) and crew (Barrie Goodwin photo).
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- 1978 – Gord in Victory Square with Andy and Grace Cottyn following his inaugural win of the Andy Cotttyn Appreciation Trophy (Barrie Goodwin photo).
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- 1978 – Gord with trophy girl in Nanaimo’s Grandview Bowl Victory Square following an Island Series Stockcar trophy dash win (photographer unknown).
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- 1978 – Island Series Stockcar fast heat at Western with #54 Al Miller, #23 Jim Smith, #68 Dale Taylor, #56 Gord Stone, #11 Pete Yarmoluk and #16 Wayne Atkinson (possible Barrie Goodwin photo).
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- Possibly 1979 – Another trophy dash win for Gord at Nanaimo’s Grandview Bowl (photographer unknown).
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- 1980 – Gord and crew with their #56 1970 AMC Javelin Stockcar (photographer unknown).
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- Possibly taken in 2010; the year Gord was inducted – Gord Stone (second from the right) with former crew member Rob Scott (at far right) and friends at a Hall of Fame induction ceremony (photographer unknown).
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- 2010 Inductee Gord Stone – artist’s portrait.
