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He's back! It was great to see long time (and fast!) VRCBC racer Ian Thomas back on track. Here he is in his familiar 1970 BMW 2002 leading Jon Wright (1990 BMW E30), Gayle Baird (1991 Honda Civic) and Michael Hawthorne (1987 Porsche 944) at the Speed Fanatics Motorsport Circuit on Sunday, August 20th. - Brent Martin photo[/caption]
Posted: September 5, 2023
The August 19th-20th weekend saw the '
Race to Shade', the SCCBC's (CACC-sanctioned) fifth race event of the year at
Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit at Mission Raceway Park. As usual, the VRCBC's IWE/REVS Vintage series points races took place on the Sunday.
Thanks again to Brent Martin for his photos (see below) of the action. All of Brent’s photos of this and many other events are available on his website (
here). The complete results for the weekend, including those for Vintage, are available on the SCCBC web site (
here).
The VRCBC's next (and last for the season) Vintage races will be on Sunday, October 20th during the SCCBC's '
Turkey Chase' weekend. But before that, there will be the ICSCC ('Conference') race weekend at the track over the September 16th-17th weekend. There won't be any Vintage racing but there will lots of great closed and open wheel action! Check the SCCBC Schedule web page (
here) for the latest info on this event.
Spectators are always welcome! See you at the track!
Fan favourite Vintage racers Keith Robinson (1975 Van Diemen RF75 FFord) and Gayle Baird (1964 AD Mk111B Fox FVee) do their best impersonation of hydroplanes going into Turn 5 during Sunday's Open Wheel races. - Brent Martin photo[/caption]
Posted: May 5, 2024
The VRCBC's 2024 Vintage racing season kicked off on Sunday, April 27th during the SCCBC's 'Spring Fling' weekend at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit at Mission Raceway Park. This was the first IWE-REVS points event for 2024 for VRCBC members.
Road racers pride themselves on always racing in the rain, unlike some other forms of motorsport. But there was probably some (secret) questioning of that dedication by both racers and turnworkers this weekend; it was cold and it was wet; particularly on Saturday.
The results are available on the SCCBC website (here). Brent Martin braved the elements to take his usual great photos of the on-track action. You can see some of them below and the rest on his website (here).
Our Vintage races are part of full weekends of road racing organized by the Sports Car Club of BC (SCCBC) and sanctioned by the Confederation of Autosport Car Clubs (CACC). Check out the full season schedule on the SCCBC website Schedule page (here). There will be no Vintage races at the next event, the ICSCC ('Conference') weekend on May 25-26, but there will be lots of close racing.
The next Vintage races will be on the Sunday of the SCCBC 'Summer Classic' event during the June 22-23 weekend. (It HAS to be warmer!) Registration is already open on MotorsportReg.com:
See you at the track!
And they're off! The grid heads for the green flag led by Brett Payne ('72 Porsche 911 RSR), Kees Nierop ('72 Datsun 280Z), Alex Zuccaro ('84 BMW E30) and Ian Wood ('69 Volvo 142S). There is always lots of variety in a VRCBC grid! - Brent Martin photo[/caption]
Posted: October 16, 2023
The Thanksgiving weekend saw the final races of the 2023 road race season at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit at Mission Raceway. The VRCBC's IWE/REVS Seies vintage races were held on the Sunday of the CACC-sanctioned, SCCBC Turkey Chase event. The weather was excellent and their was lots of great racing.
Thanks again to Brent Martin for his photos (see below) of the action. All of Brent’s photos of this and many other events are available on his website (