1980 Westwood Trans Am - Brent Martin photoBrent Martin has just started a new photo website here . He has begun posting some of his scanned photos from the gone - but not forgotten - Westwood Motorsport Park plus many other west coast race tracks. Shown above...
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The folks hanging around Vintage Racing seem to be steadily aging, funnily enough, about one year older every twelve months. (In many cases, the cars seem to be doing much better.) If Vintage racing is to continue growing into the future, younger generations have to be recruited as the oldtimers hang up their wrenches and helmets.
Someone who understands this very well is Alan McColl, well known racer and the first winner of the Pete Lovely Memorial Award at this year's BC Historic Motor Races. There is no 'free ride' with Alan however! Seen above, working hard on grandpa's TIGA Formula Ford is Alan's grandson Jack, who has signed on as an apprentice race mechanic. (We understand he works for room and board.) The future of Vintage Racing will be assured if every racer gets their own 'Jack" started in racing as a member of their pit crew.
Of course, being a race mechanic is not all glory - it can be pretty tiring - but the dreams are great!
Winners Jack Nethercutt and Pete Lovely (foreground) - Five Hour Enduro - Westwood - October 1960 Well known Pacific Northwest racer Pete Lovely passed away on May 15th, at the age of 85. Among his many other accomplishments, Lovely won the first ever race at Laguna Seca Raceway in a...
[caption id="attachment_3221" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Maybe these ones will fit?"][/caption] Finding the right tires for a vintage racing car can be a real challenge. Several Club members have done a lot of research over the years and have a great deal of useful information on what is...
Ben Manning Sr. passed away on December 3rd. Ben was a past president of the Sports Car Club of British Columbia and was very instrumental in the building of the Westwood track in 1959. All those who attended the Westwood 50 Reunion Banquet in 2009 will...