Vintage Racing Club of BC

The Spirit of Westwood Lives On!

November 22, 2017

Our MC for the evening, VRCBC Past President Tedd McHenry, valiantly attempts to maintain order! – Charlie Baird photo

Posted: November 22, 2017

The VRCBC held its always-popular Annual Gala & Banquet on Saturday, November 18th at the Delta Town & Country Inn. A good time was had by all. There was even some (semi) serious bench racing and planning for the 2018 season, in between the laughs!

Thank you to Past President Tedd McHenry for (most of the time) managing the evening and to Charlie Baird for taking the photographs.

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November 3, 2017

Karlo Flores and ‘Nina’, his Porsche 356B en route to a class win and 16th overall in the La Carrera Panamericana 2017. – photo courtesy Karlo Flores

Posted: November 4, 2017

The VRCBC’s very own ‘hombre‘, Karlo Flores has returned from the 2017 edition of La Carrera Panamericana with a class win and a sixteenth overall finish. In 2016, Karlo and his co-driver Juan Carlo Salgado were second in class by only four minutes (story here).

This year, they found a five minute advantage during the seven days, which was just enough because the second place car was only one minute behind them! The final results are available here.

The team’s video (here) provides an excellent idea of what an enjoyable event this is. Congratulations Karlo!

October 7, 2017

Vintage means Variety! Phil Pidcock (1965 Triumph Spitfire), Roger van der Marel (1985 Mazda RX-7), Trevor Sandham (1975 Austin Mini Cooper), Larry Sandham (1985 Mini Vauxhall), Leigh Anderson (1967 BMW 1600), Gunter Pichler (1964 Jaguar XKE)(hidden), and John Elliott (1969 MGB) charge out of Turn 1 at Mission. – Brent Martin photo

Updated: October 17, 2017

The SCCBC’s final event for 2017 was held over the October 14-15 weekend and our Vintage racers hit the track on the Sunday as usual. The weather was perfect for a good grid of Vintage cars plus one special guest, Larry Sandham in his Mini Vauxhall. The Vintage results are available under the Results menu (here). The full results for the weekend are available on the SCCBC web site (here).

Enjoy some of Brent Martin’s photos of the Vintage action below. Then go to his web site (here) and check out all of his photos for this weekend and the rest of the 2017 and previous seasons. Thanks Brent!

See you at the track in 2018!

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October 4, 2017

Tempting! Pierce Isaacs ponders racing the 1958 Sadler-Chevrolet Mk3 built by legendary Canadian racing car builder and fellow VRCBC member, Bill Sadler. – Al Reid photo

October 4, 2017

VRCBC members are always travelling the world of motorsports and sending back reports for our web site. Our most recent reporters were Al Reid and Pierce Isaacs, who took part in an excursion to England in September, culminating in a visit to the great Goodwood Revival Meeting. They were ably supported by Steve Jones, a retired Lotus Seven Vintage racer from Calgary.

During this trip they visited: the Morgan Motor Company factory, the Cotswold Motoring Museum, the new Jaguar factory where the F-Type is made, the British Motor Museum, Desmond J, Smail Limited (Aston Martin specialists), the Aston Martin Works, the Williams F1 Museum, the National Motor Museum and of course, the Goodwood Revival weekend.

That was a lot to do and see in only eight days but our intrepid correspondents came through heroically, selecting the following photos (from hundreds) to illustrate their adventure for us.

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August 23, 2017

The field rounds Turn 9 heading for the start. – Brent Martin photo

Posted: August 23, 2017

Our big annual event, the BC Historic Motor Races was held over the August 19-20 weekend! It was a lot of fun. Check out the BCHMR web site (here) for the results and lots of photos.