[caption id="attachment_15009" align="aligncenter" width="811"] Probably some of the least exciting moments at Westwood 'back in the day' were watching the new Chevrolet station wagons go in the main gate! This image is taken from the opening scenes of David Kincaid's excellent new video commemorating the...
Updated: November 26, 2017 Many of those who attended the VRCBC's special 'Westwood Mural Unveiling' meeting at Mark's Auto Body in Port Coquitlam or our Annual Banquets have asked about one of the DVD's we have shown. This was 'The Last Race', a DVD produced by Hans Sipma...
[caption id="attachment_5945" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="George Keck's Main Event winning Ferrari 250 Testa Rosa at Westwood on Opening Day, July 26, 1959"][/caption] Sergio Scaglietti, the man who designed and built the bodies of the iconic Ferrari 250 Testa Rosa and 250 GT - among many others - passed away...
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Thanks to Robert Barg for providing a copy of the spectator program for the Province 500, which closed the Westwood racing season on Sunday, October 13th, 1974. The co-winners of the first "500" in 1960 were Bob Constabaris (of 'Mr. Mike's' restaurant fame) and Jerry Barbour. All of the winners from 1960 to 1973 were shown in the 1974 program. There are a lot of still-familiar names on that list.
See the complete 1974 Entry List below, with many more well-known names. Oh yes, the 1974 race took the typical 7 hours to complete. The winners (repeating from 1973) were local heroes Bert Laakmann and Charly Godecke (Porsche 911S), second went to Andy Barcheck and Loren St. Lawrence (Datsun 510) from Salem, and the podium was completed by Jim Robertson and John Holgate in a Lotus.