Vintage Racing Club of BC

The Spirit of Westwood Lives On!

May 5, 2020

Posted: May 5, 2020

It is with regret that due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Club executive and the BCHMR Chairman have decided that there is no alternative but to cancel the BCHMR for 2020.  There are still far too many uncertainties and risks for the VRCBC to be able to make the early financial and other commitments that are required to organize this event. We are now putting all of our efforts and  concentration into the organizing of the 2021 BCHMR.

All of the VRCBC members would like to sincerely thank all of you who have loyally supported our event in the past and we look forward to being able to host you again in the very near future.

If the situation should improve enough later in the summer, it may (just) be possible to schedule a small scale event of some sort on those dates. We will keep you informed.

March 18, 2020

 


Updated: March 18, 2020

Unfortunately, our KartFest has to be postponed due to the current situation. We have tentatively re-scheduled it for Tuesday, October 20th at TBC. Hopefully, it will be possible to run it. Take care and stay tuned.

October 17, 2019

George Holt takes his ‘Big Healey’ (a 1959 Mk1) into a soggy Turn 5 ahead of Robin Liu (1976 Datsun 280Z) and Larry Sandham (1978 Mini Vauxhall). George is a real ‘Vintage traditionalist’ – he drove his Healey to the track, raced it and then drove it back home again – just like the good old days! – Brent Martin photo

Posted: October 17, 2019

The final race event of the CACC 2019 season at the Mission Raceway Road Course was the SCCBC’s Wet Leaf Classic over the October 13th-14th weekend. Well, they certainly picked an appropriate name this time! It was damp and windy.

The results are posted on the SCCBC Results web page (here). As always, a big thank you to Brent Martin for his photos (see below). You can see all of Brent’s motorsport photo albums on his web site (here).

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September 16, 2019

The VRCBC’s version of ‘Brothers in Arms’ or should that be ‘Brothers in Porsches’? Steve Gunner (#945) and Nick Gunner (#944) surf their Porsche 944’s down the main straight at the Mission Raceway Road Course. – Brent Martin photo

Posted: October 13, 2019

Somebody should make a movie at Mission about racing in the rain!  😉

The SCCBC should have renamed their September 14-15 race weekend ‘September Drizzle‘ instead of ‘September Sizzle‘! It was wet! The VRCBC Vintage REVS races were held on the Sunday as usual. The results are posted on the SCCBC web site (here) and Brent Martin has provided some photos of the soggy action below. You can see all of Brent’s great motorsport photos on his web site (here).

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August 21, 2019

Probably some of the least exciting moments at Westwood ‘back in the day’ were watching the new Chevrolet station wagons go in the main gate! This image is taken from the opening scenes of David Kincaid’s excellent new video commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Westwood track.

Posted: August 21, 2019

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Westwood track in 1959. The BC Historic Motor Races were ‘subtitled’ Westwood60 in recognition of this historic moment in Canadian motorsport.

David Kincaid, one of our excellent BCHMR commentators was heavily involved at Westwood. As a special personal project for the Westwood60, David produced a video compilation of early ‘home movies’, later on-track action videos, plus recent interviews with some of our own ‘local legends’ as well as famous drivers who raced at Westwood.(You’ll have to watch it to find out who they all are!)

David’s excellent Westwood60 video is available on three different platforms:

David is very appreciative of everybody who helped him with this project. In turn, the VRCBC and all local motorsport enthusiasts very much appreciate David taking the initiative to produce this for the BCHMR, and for now making it widely available.