Vintage Racing Club of BC

The Spirit of Westwood Lives On!

October 12, 2012

PI leads the grid to the Starter. – Jock Hobson photo

Veteran VRCBC MGB chauffer Pierce Isaacs – a.k.a. PI – was on the Pole for the second REVS Vintage race on October 6th. Just like all of his other fellow pole-sitters (i.e., the Vettels, Hamiltons and Alonsos of the racing world), Pierce was called upon to autograph countless (well, … maybe eight) photos for his sponsors and Fan Club (well, … maybe other team members and hangers-on). It can be tough at the top sometimes but Pierce came through like a champ.

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October 12, 2012

Smoke Screens ‘R Us – Jock Hobson photo

Everyone is familiar with the ‘Where’s Waldo?’ series of books for children. Well, this is the Vintage Racing Club’s adaption: ‘Where’s the Lotus Seven?’ Somewhere hidden in the smoke screen in the above photo are Mark Brown and his Lotus. (See the post below for all the action from an on-board video perspective.) It is understood that the first prize for finding Mark in all that smoke will be a slightly used fragment of a (previously) high performance Camaro connecting rod, generously donated by Heavy Chevy Enterprises  – Dennis Repel, prop.

Thanks to Quizmaster Jock Hobson for the photo.

October 10, 2012

Updated: October 16, 2012

The Pacific Forest Rally is over for another year.

The final results are available on the Canadian Rally Championship web site (here).

It’s that time of year again. Those ‘Gravel Road Racers’ – otherwise known as the Special Stage Rallyists – were back in town. This year’s edition of the Pacific Forest Rally hit the roads around Merritt on October 12th and 13th for the fifth round of the 2012 Canadian Rally Championship. There is only one event left after the Pacific Forest, so all of the teams were pushing really hard, including our local hero, Pat Richard of Squamish who drives for the national Subaru team.

You can download the event program here and the post-event report on the Western Driver web site (here).

We know it’s hard to believe but some folks actually think special stage rallying is almost as exciting as Vintage racing!

 

October 9, 2012

Double Race Winner Geoff Tupholme takes the Chequer – Brent Martin photo

Updated: October 12, 2012

The VRCBC’s Finest were in Fantastic Form during the SCCBC’s Flying Feathers Weekend on Saturday, October 6th. There were lots of entertaining battles throughout the field in both of the races. The weather was perfect and it was a great way to celebrate Thanksgiving and to finish off another great season of Vintage road racing at Mission Raceway Park Road Course.

The final results are available on the SCCBC web site (www.sccbc.net ) or just click here.

Thanks again to Brent Martin for providing (most of) the photos below.

Update: All of Brent’s photographs are now posted on his web site (here). Look for the ‘Mission Raceway (Vintage Group) Oct.6, 2012’ album.

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October 4, 2012

Six Formula Fords enter Turn 2 during the 2012 BCHMR: Alan McColl (1977 Tiga), Dave McKay (1984 Lola T644), Charlie Lyford (1970 Caldwell D9b), Keith Robinson (1979 Van Diemen RF79), Chris Schoap (1970 Titan FF Mark VI) and Jim Johnson (1972 March 729) – Jim Moody photo

Updated: October 9, 2012

Have you been thinking about getting into Vintage racing but aren’t sure whether you want to go with a sedan or sports car (called Closed Wheel) or with a single seater (called Open Wheel or ‘formula cars’)? There are pros and cons to both choices but if you have never tried a formula car, don’t rule it out until you check it out. They are great fun to drive and race, and easy to maintain. (And you also get to brag to the Closed Wheel racers that you drive a ‘real’ racing car, not some modified street car!)

Formula Fords have been one of the most popular forms of single seater road racing around the world since the class was first created in the 1960’s and it is no different in BC. If you would like to find out more about racing a Formula Ford (either Vintage or modern), then check out the Formula Ford BC web site (here) for more info.