[caption id="attachment_16635" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Vintage means Variety! Don Benson ('74 Porsche RS), Larry Sandham ('85 Mini Vauxhall), Kees Nierop ('72 Datsun 280Z), Brett Payne ('72 Porsche 911 RSR), Robin Liu ('70 Datsun 240Z), Ian Wood ('69 Volvo 124S), John McCoy ('69 Ford Escort TC), Peter Strachan ('72 Datsun 510), Gayle Baird ('91 Honda Civic), Gunther Ruppel ('60 Austin Healey 'Bugeye' Sprite), and Fred Semple ( Mazda Miata) charge around Turn One.- Gerry Frechette photo[/caption]
Posted: October 19, 2022
That was quick! The race season is already over! The final CACC-sanctioned SCCBC race event of 2022 was held over the October 8th-9th weekend at the
Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit at Mission Raceway Park. The weather was perfect and there was a lot of competitive racing. It was an excellent wrap up for the season.
The full results for the weekend are posted on the SCCBC website
(here).
Unfortunately, our long time photo-journalist (and overall great supporter of the VRCBC), Brent Martin
(website) was unable to attend this weekend for health reasons. Two other good friends of the Club, Gerry Frechette and Sue Phypers stepped into the breach on very short notice to take photos of the action. (Thanks guys.) A few of these are posted below. You can find all of their photos of the Vintage action, plus those of their many other motoring-related activities on Gerry's
website.
It's probably OK to take a few days off but then be sure to get right back to preparing your Vintage racing car. The first race of the 2023 season will be here before you know it! See you at the track!
Robin Liu (1971 Datsun 240Z ) leads Ian Wood (1969 Volvo 142S), Greg Cavouras Snr (1991 Ford Mustang), Gayle Baird (1991 Honda Civic), Michael Hawthorne (1987 Porsche 944), Paul Haym (1969 BMW 2002) and the rest of the Vintage grid into Turn 1. - Brent Martin photo[/caption]
Updated: September 5, 2023
The July 22nd-23rd weekend saw 'July Grand Prix', the SCCBC's (CACC-sanctioned) fourth 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).
Update: Our friend Steve Frye has provided us with a link (here) to his photos of the Vintage races. A reminder that all of these photos are copyright and the property of the individual photographer. If you would like copies for your personal use, just contact them directly.
The complete results for the weekend, including those for Vintage, are available on the SCCBC web site (here).
The VRCBC's next Vintage races will be on Sunday, August 20th during the SCCBC's 'Race to Shade' weekend. Spectators are welcome! See you at the track!
Our answer to the famous orange (or papaya) McLaren Can Am 'Bruce & Denny Show' of the sixties. This is the VRCBC's very own 'Paul (Haym) & Peter (Valkenburg) Show' demonstrating how it's done at Speed Fanatics Motorsport Circuit at Mission Raceway Park 0n June 25th! - Brent Martin photo[/caption]
Posted: June 29, 2023
The June 24th-25th weekend saw 'Summer Sizzler', the SCCBC's (CACC-sanctioned) third 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 (
The VRCBC's Director at Large, Greg (Snr) Cavouras keeps his Mustang ahead of hard charging Byron Meston in his Datsun 510. That's SCCBC president Wynn Hollingshead in his Datsun 240Z in the background. - Brent Martin photo[/caption]
Posted: June 28, 2023
The last weekend in May saw 'May Madness', the SCCBC's second race event of the year at Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit at Mission Raceway Park. As usual, the VRCBC's IWE/REVS 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 (
Ian Wood, 'The Face of Rear Ends Only', leads Peter Strachan and the rest into Turn 2 in his trusty Swedish steed, Sven the Volvo. - Brent Martin photo[/caption]
Posted: June 28, 2023
The VRCBC's 2023 Vintage racing season kicked off on Sunday, April 30th during the SCCBC's 'Late Spring Fling' weekend at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit at Mission Raceway Park. This was also the first IWE-REVS points event for 2023.
The Vintage races were just part of a full weekend of road racing organized by the Sports Car Club of BC (