HARVEY CHIPPER
1993 INDUCTEE
* Harvey's racing career began as a crew member on Jim Haslam's cars which were driven in 1961 and 1962 by Billy Foster.
* In 1967, he built a 1955 Chev Stock Car, and together with driver Roy Haslam, won the Western Speedway championship that year.
* The following year, he sold the winning 6 cylinder Chev engine to Gary Kershaw (who won the 1968 championship with it), and moved up a class to Super Stocks, again teaming up with Roy Haslam to win the championship.
* In 1969, Gary Kershaw joined Harvey and they combined to win another track championship.
* Harvey built a car to challenge the NASCAR tracks throughout the Northwest. Gary and Harvey did very well wherever they ran. He was also the Crew Chief for their first visit to the Riverside, California race.
* 1971 saw Harvey again take on the Crew Chief role at Riverside. They won the race, the first Canadians to do so.
* Harvey built two cars in 1972. Gary drove one to many wins locally, while the other was built for Hershel McGriff out of Portland, Oregon. In it's first outing at Portland, the "Olympia Express" won very handily.
* He built a new car for Gary to drive in 1973
and again in 1974. In the second year, this team had a banner year, winning
virtually everything. They won the Sponsor's Cup, the Billy Foster Stock
Car Trophy, The July Cup, the Corby Cup
and of course the season championship (recording a consecutive streak
of main event wins that will probably never be equalled).
* Harvey was awarded the Mechanic of the Year Award at Western Speedway in 1975.
* George Stewart drove Harvey's car in 1977 and won 7 out of 11 races entered.
* He joined forces with Roy Smith in 1978, where they won the Canada 200 race and had the Winston West Championship car (also in 1980).
* 1981 saw Harvey receive the NASCAR Mechanic of the Year award, a first for a Canadian.
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