Dick Shannon....Hmmmm....I don't recall ever meeting Dick Shannon, but did once fly a combat match against Henry. Some playfield over in WS. He had a Voodoo with a .35GH on it, and didn't get it started. I only recall having two matches against .35GH's, and neither got started.
I flew speed around Seattle in the middle '60's...Rollie Hillesland, Keith Loutocky, Jerry Wagner, Chuck Stohlmeyer, Brian Mace, Chris Sackett, Bill Case, Glenn Holm, Bill Bradley, and some I have forgotten. Knew Jerry Thomas, but not Ted Fancher. Finally met Ted at NW CL Regionals about 8 years ago.
Were you the Shannon of Shannon & Delaney speed team? And was that Gordan Delaney, of Utah, by chance? If so, it's really a small world afterall!
Speaking of small worlds, Dan Rutherford hasn't recently told the story about running into you in a restaurant in Albany, OR. Let's just leave it that way...
I have a large framed picture of the original Seattle Skyraiders members from 1963, courtesy of Steve Stevenson's niece, Gem. I could be wrong, but I think you might be in it? There are some in the picture I remember very well, and don't remember the name to go with the face. I'd like to fix that. Maybe Homer Smith, or Al Likely, would remember the names. Welcome back!
Steve