Author: vrcbcadmin

16 Oct

Posted at 17:13h in Racing Related by
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[caption id="attachment_5117" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Nick Woodhouse in his beautiful Austin Healey 100-4 - Paul Bonner photo"][/caption]

Thanks to Paul Bonner we have a great selection of photos of VRCBC members 'chasing the gobblers along The River's Edge' in the Vintage races during the SCCBC's Turkey Chase Weekend at Mission Raceway Park Road Course. The photos below have been compressed for the web site. If you are a big fan of one of these 'star' drivers or (more likely) are one of the Turkey Chasers yourself, you can get larger, high quality versions by contacting Paul Bonner directly by email at: phbonner@shaw"dot"ca

15 Oct

Posted at 14:28h in General News, Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers Society by
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[caption id="attachment_5188" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Mike Gee (Cooper Climax) chases Tom Johnston (Lola Climax) at Westwood in 1967 - Courtesy M. Gee Collection"][/caption] Mike Gee, a long time member of the west coast road racing fraternity, passed away on October 5th. Tom Johnston has written the following about someone...

14 Oct

Posted at 10:00h in Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers Society by
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[caption id="attachment_5155" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Kevin and Leslie Skinner with their sponsor, GVMPS member John Randall - Gerry Frechette photo"][/caption] Everyone involved in road racing in the Pacific Northwest knows the 'dynamic duo' of Leslie and Kevin Skinner. They have both been actively involved in all aspects of racing...

14 Oct

Posted at 09:18h in General News by
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[caption id="attachment_5165" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="1956 Avia Mk 3 Monoposto Streamliner - Jim Moody photo"][/caption] Contrary to some recent rumours floating around on the internet, this is not VRCBC Vice President Dennis Repel's "Heavy Chevy" 1974 Camaro in a clever new disguise for Vintage racing in 2012! It is actually...