Vintage Racing Club of BC

The Spirit of Westwood Lives On!

August 16, 2024

‘Get ready for the start!’ Gunther Ruppel (1960 Austin Healey ‘Bugeye’ Sprite), Paul Haym (1969 BMW 2002), Rich Newman (1960 Austin Healey Sebring Sprite) and the rest, during a pace lap at the BCHMR. – Brent Martin photo

Posted: August 16, 2024

The VRCBC held it’s big annual event, the British Columbia Historic Motor Races (BCHMR), over the August 10th-11th weekend at Speed Fanatics Motorsports Circuit, Mission Raceway Park. The weather was very good and there was some excellent close racing, plus a two day Field of Dreams car show. It was a lot of fun, which is really what Vintage racing is all about. A big thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters, and of course to the entrants and spectators. Go to the BCHMR’s own website (here) for the race results, plus some photos and stories about the weekend activities. We hope to see you all again next year for the 2025 edition of the BCHMR!

 

Our next Vintage racing will be during the Sunday of the SCCBC’s ‘Back to School‘ race event over the September 14th-15th weekend. Registration is open for both entrants (here) and volunteers (here). If you won’t be racing, please consider volunteering. Many hands make light work. See you at the track!

 

July 27, 2024

The Start! From left to right in the photo: Kees Nierop (white ’72 Datsun 280Z), Wynn Hollingshead (red ’92 Mazda Miata), Ian Wood (white ’69 Volvo 142S), Eric Hardman (white Mazda RX7), Byron Meston (blue ’69 Datsun 510), Jon Wright (red ’90 BMW E30 – almost hidden behind Corvette), Greg(Sr) Cavouras (white ’84 Chevrolet Corvette), Gayle Baird (white ’91 Honda Civic), Roger Flescher (black ’69 Sunbeam Tiger), Ian Mackie (white ’70 Datsun 510), Courtney Shaw (white ’96 Mazda Miata). Vintage means Variety! – Brent Martin photo

Posted: July 27, 2024

The third event of the VRCBC’s 2024 Vintage racing season was held on Sunday, July 21st during the SCCBC’s ‘Dog Days of Racing‘ weekend at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit at Mission Raceway Park. This was the third IWE-REVS points event for 2024 for VRCBC members.

The weather stayed great throughout the weekend and we had an excellent grid reperesenting a full cross-section of Vintage-eligible racing cars. The Vintage results are available on this website under Race Results (here) and the full weekend results are available on the SCCBC website (here). Brent Martin took his usual great photos of the on-track action. You can see some of them below and the rest on his website (here).

Our REVS Sunday Vintage races are part of the full weekends of road racing organized by the Sports Car Club of BC (SCCBC) and sanctioned by the Confederation of Autosport Car Clubs (CACC). Check out the full season schedule on the SCCBC website Schedule page (here).

The next Vintage races will be our very own BC Historic Motor Races held over the August 10-11 weekend.  Check out the separate BCHMR website (here) for all of the latest information, see who has already entered, and find the links – if you haven’t already – to register as a racer or volunteer (thanks!).

See you at the track on August 10th and 11th!

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July 4, 2024

VRCBC member Brett Payne of Cultus Lake, pressing on with his very fast 1972 Porsche 911 RSR at the PNW Historics. – Brent Martin photo

Posted: July 4, 2024

SOVREN, our Vintage racing ‘cousins’ from south of the border held a big race event over the June 29-30 weekend at Pacific Raceways in Seattle. This was their 36th running  of the Pacific Northwest Historics. You can read all about SOVREN (aka Society for Vintage Racing Enthusiasts) and their events on their website (here). A number of VRCBC members and other ‘northerners’ took part and did well. The full results are posted on Race Hero (here).

Our intrepid photographer Brent Martin was there also and provided us with the photos below. Thanks Brent! He has posted many more of his photos of all of the PNW Historics competitors on his website (here).

We look forward to welcoming many of the SOVREN racers and their crews to our BC Historic Motor Races in August.

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June 26, 2024

Hard on the Binders! Alex Zuccaro (’85 BMW 325is) on the left and Jon Wright (’90 BMW E30) trying hard to outbrake each other (but not themselves!) going into Turn One at the start of a Vintage race on June 23rd. – Brent Martin photo

Posted: June 26, 2024

The second event of the VRCBC’s 2024 Vintage racing season was held on Sunday, June 23rd during the SCCBC’s ‘Summer Classic‘ weekend at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit at Mission Raceway Park. This was the second IWE-REVS points event for 2024 for VRCBC members.

 

Thankfully, although the skies were mostly grey, it did stay dry, unlike our very wet first race weekend. The Vintage results are available on this website under Race Results (here) and the full weekend results are available on the SCCBC website (here) . Brent Martin took his usual great photos of the on-track action. You can see some of them below and the rest on his website (here).

 

Our Vintage races are part of full weekends of road racing organized by the Sports Car Club of BC (SCCBC) and sanctioned by the Confederation of Autosport Car Clubs (CACC). Check out the full season schedule on the SCCBC website Schedule page (here).  The next Vintage races will be on the Sunday of the SCCBC ‘Dog Days of Racing’ event during the July 20-21 weekend.  Registration is already open on MotorsportReg.com:

  • Driver Registration for the ‘Dog Days of Racing’ Race Weekend – July 20th & July 21st (here)
  • Volunteer and Crew Registration for the ‘Dog days of Racing’ Race Weekend – July 20th & July 21st (here)

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May 24, 2024

‘Coming right atcha!’ Veteran racer, VRCBC member (and BC Historic Motor Races Paddock Marshal) Keith Robinson, blasts up Knox Mountain in his 1997 Kodiak Fox JC1 Formula Ford. – Brent Martin photo

Posted: May 24, 2024

The May long weekend saw the 65th (yes the 65th!!) running of the Knox Mountain Hill Climb in Kelowna. Some of our members took on the challenge of the hill. The elapsed times and speeds through the trap for each competitor are available on the Leavitt Machinery Knox Mountain Hill Climb website (here).

Our big supporter and local motorsports’ leading photographer, Brent Martin was there as well and sent us some photos of the action (see below). Thansk Brent! You can find all of Brent’s photos of all forms of motorsport on his website (here).

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