Vintage Racing Club of BC

The Spirit of Westwood Lives On!

June 29, 2023

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

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 (here). 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, July 23rd during the SCCBC’s ‘July Grand Prix‘ weekend. Spectators are welcome!  See you at the track!

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June 28, 2023

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

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 (here). The complete results for the weekend, including those for Vintage, are available on the SCCBC web site (here).

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June 28, 2023

Porsche Thunder!!  Don Benson (’74 RS) leads Brett Payne (’72 911 RSR) heading for Turn 7. – Brent Martin photo

Posted: June 28, 2023

The VRCBC had to hold our BC Historic Motor Races in May this year, much earlier than our usual August date. Nevertheless, the weather (fortunately) cooperated and a good time was had by all. The BCHMR was the second race in our IWE/REVS points series for 2023.

The full story with Brent Martin’s photos, is on our dedicated BCHMR web site (here).

June 28, 2023

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

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 (SCCBC) and sanctioned by the Confederation of Autosport Car Clubs (CACC). Thanks (as always) to Brent Martin, we have some great photos (see below) of the action. All of Brent’s photos are available on his website (here).

The complete results for the weekend, including those for Vintage, are available on the SCCBC web site (here). Our British Columbia Historic Motor Races are next up over the May 13th – 14th weekend at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit.

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October 19, 2022

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

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!

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