The Spirit of Westwood Lives On!
Keith Robinson in his familiar #90 Van Diemen dives inside another Formula Ford at Indianapolis. – photo courtesy of Scuderia Robinson
Posted: August 25, 2017
Local racing ‘legend’ (ahem) Keith Robinson carried the VRCBC’s flag (well, our decals) into battle during the 50th anniversary of Formula Ford races at the Indianapolis Speedway in June. These Formula Ford races were part of the SVRA’s big Open Wheel World Challenge event.
Marty Knoll demonstrates how the new clear canopy complements the already excellent aerodynamic characteristics of the 1993 Reynard 93H Formula Atlantic that he chauffers for the Tom Johnston Racing Team – IWE photo
Posted: August 25, 2017
The VRCBC took advantage of the BC Historic Motor Races to carry out some initial testing of the new clear cockpit canopy being proposed for introduction with the 2018 Open Wheel Vintage Racing rules on April 1st. The design work was done by the (in)famous ‘Arold’s Engineering of Chipping Sodbury.
Further information will become available once Tom Johnston Racing completes final wind tunnel testing in North Vancouver.
And they’re off! Heading into Turn 1 after getting the green flag; Dennis Repel (Camaro), Ian Thomas (BMW 2002), Karlo Flores (Bugeye Sprite), Mark Westlake and Peter Valkenburg in their Porsche 911s, Paul Haym (BMW 2002) and the rest of the pack. – Brent Martin photo
Updated: July 18, 2017
The fourth road racing event of the season at the Mission Raceway Park Road Course – The Mission Hospice Charity Weekend – was held over the July 15-16 weekend. The VRCBC’s own Vintage racers took it to the track on the Sunday!
The complete results for the weekend are available on the SCCBC web site (here) and our own results are also posted on this web site under the Race Results menu (here).
As usual, Brent Martin has provided us with a sample of his photos of the Vintage racing – see below. (Thanks Brent.) The rest of his photos of all of the weekend’s action, including Vintage, will be on his web site (here) within a few days. Be sure to check them out.
Of course, our next Vintage racing will be the BC Historic Motor Races on August 19th and 20th, with an open practice day on Friday the 18th. Visit the BCHMR web site (here) regularly for the latest news.
The Battle of the VRCBC Alfa GTVs! Roger van der Marel (’67 Alfa Romeo GTV) leading Shelby Clark (’69 Alfa Romeo GTV) at SOVREN’s PNW Historics. – Brent Martin photo
Posted: July 6, 2017
Several of our VRCBC members went south over the July long weekend to compete in the Pacific Northwest Historics put on by our good friends at SOVREN at Pacific Raceways in Seattle.
Proudly showing ‘our flag’ (well actually our decals) were: Shelby Clark (#37 yellow Alfa), Steve Clark (#260 yellow Elva), Karlo Flores (#59 white Sprite), Paul Haym (#82 orange BMW), Tim Pickstone (#63 green Porsche), Phil Pidcock (#46 blue Spitfire), Gil Stuart (#29 red Volvo), Roger van der Marel (#40 green Alfa), Doug Yip (#782 red Mustang) and Ralph Zbarsky (#130 green MGB GT).
Brent Martin was there and has passed on some of his photos of the action.
Here they come! Peter Valkenburg (’69 Porsche 911), Phil Pidcock (’65 Triumph Spitfire), Paul Haym (’69 BMW 2002), Stanton Guy (’69 Datsun 510), Mike Zbarsky (’88 Chevrolet Camaro), Ian Thomas (’70 BMW 2002), and the rest of the field head into Turn 2. – Brent Martin photo
Posted: June 13, 2017
The SCCBC’s third race event of the season was held over the June 10-11 weekend at the Mission Raceway Park Road Course. Our Vintage racers took to the track on Sunday. The weather was perfect and the racing was great.
The full results for the weekend are available on the SCCBC web site (here). The Vintage Closed Wheel and the Open Wheel / Sports Racer results (for Sunday only) are also available under the Race Results menu on this web site (here).
Some of Brent Martin’s photos are shown below. There are many more on our VRCBC Facebook page (here) and on Brent’s own web site (here). Thanks Brent.
The next event at the Mission Road Course will be on the July 15-16 weekend. Mark your calendars now!