Non-VRCBC News & Events

07 Jun

Posted at 02:00h in Area 27, Non-VRCBC News & Events by
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[caption id="attachment_12789" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Ian Wood unleashes his McLaren M12 - Jim Moody photo[/caption] Updated (again): December 17, 2017

The VRCBC was invited to participate in the Grand Opening of the fabulous new Area 27 track in Oliver on June 3rd. A group of our racers did some demonstration laps and had a very enjoyable time doing it!

Our long time friends Jim Moody and Brent Martin have provided us with a lot of photos, which you can see below. (Thanks guys).

There are other photos and videos on our VRCBC Facebook page and the Area 27 Facebook page (here). And Brent has posted many more on his personal web site (here).

Gerry Frechette has published over 800(!) of his Grand Opening photos in five albums on his web site (here). Check them out! Update: There is also an excellent video presentation of the Grand Opening on Vimeo (here).

It was a great day at a great new facility; our congratulations to everyone involved!

06 Jun

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[caption id="attachment_12822" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Chuck Lyford, Elva Mk 7 - photo credit[/caption] Posted: June 6, 2017 The west coast Vintage racing community is in mourning. Legendary racer Charles (Chuck) Lyford passed away from the injuries he suffered in a race accident at Spokane on June 4th. The...

25 May

Posted at 07:52h in Knox Mountain Hill Climb by
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[caption id="attachment_12762" align="aligncenter" width="450"] John Randall in his Brabham BT8 at the 1968 Knox Mountain Hillclimb. - Jim Moody photo[/caption] Posted: May 25, 2017

Long time VRCBC supporter Jim Moody was at this year's Knox Mountain Hillclimb and has sent us a few of his photos plus some others from 'back in the day' showing some of the 'heroes of yesteryear' in action. Thanks very much Jim.

Check the Knox Mountain website (here) in the next week or so for more of his photos from this year's event.

24 May

Posted at 10:16h in Knox Mountain Hill Climb by
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[caption id="attachment_12733" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Vintage Class winner Geoff Tupholme in his Mini. - Brent Martin photo[/caption] Updated: May 30, 2017

Several of the VRCBC's finest and some other Vintage racers made the trip to Kelowna over the May long weekend for the 60th(!) edition of the Knox Mountain Hillclimb, the only remaining hill climb in Canada.

Update: Vintage Class winner, Geoff Tupholme's last minute scramble to get his Mini ready plus an in-car video of a run up the hill is captured on video. (here).

Update: The results are available online here. Brent Martin was also there and passed on some his photos of the action (see below). He has posted a lot more on his Facebook site (here) and on his web site (here).

28 Apr

Posted at 16:56h in Car Shows by
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[caption id="attachment_12659" align="aligncenter" width="450"] The VRCBC display at the 2017 BC Classic & Custom Car Show - Brent Martin photo[/caption] Posted: April 28, 2017

The VRCBC returned to the BC Classic & Custom Car Show at the Tradex in Abbotsford over the April 21-23 weekend. We had two racing cars on display; Paul Haym's 1969 Datsun 510 and Phil Roney's 1987 Swift DB2. Both cars attracted a lot of attention and many show attendees were very interested to learn more about road racing at Mission Raceway in general and our own Vintage racing activities in particular.

The finishing touch for us was Paul's well-known 510 winning the award for best 'full-bodied race car'! Congratulations Paul!