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14 Jul

Posted at 16:37h in Racing Related, REVS by
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[caption id="attachment_10062" align="aligncenter" width="450"]Leigh Anderson (1967 BMW 1600) and Paul Haym ( 1969 Datsun 510) lead Bernie Hamm (1966 MGB) and the rest of the pack into Turn 2. - Brent Martin photo Leigh Anderson (1967 BMW 1600) and Paul Haym ( 1969 Datsun 510) lead Bernie Hamm (1966 MGB) and the rest of the pack into Turn 2. - Brent Martin photo[/caption] Updated: July 15, 2013

The weather conditions for this season's second race weekend couldn't have been more different from those at the first. While it was soaking wet in May; it was baking hot for the SCCBC's 'Race for the House' event during the July 12th-13th weekend. The heat took its toll on both racing cars and drivers. (Of course, crew members, turn workers, safety crews and the other race officials and volunteers who are well-known to be much tougher, hardly noticed that the sky was cloudless!)

The results are posted under the 2014 Race Results menu (here). As always, thanks to the SCCBC for making them available.

New: Check out some of Brent Martin's photos below. More to follow soon. (Thanks Brent.)

28 May

Posted at 22:52h in Racing Related, REVS by
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[caption id="attachment_9821" align="aligncenter" width="450"]John Elliott (1969 MGB) splashes around the track. - Brent Martin photo John Elliott (1969 MGB) splashes around the track. - Brent Martin photo[/caption] Posted: May 28, 2014

The 2014 Vintage racing season at Mission Raceway Park Road Course got off to a very soggy start on May 25th. The weather was OK on the Saturday of the SCCBC's "May-niacs" Weekend, but the Sunday - when the Vintage races were run - was a real west coast-style soaker! Not all of the VRCBC racers had the ideal tires for the conditions but nevertheless 'a good time was had by all' - sort of. After all, being out on the race track - no matter the conditions - is always better than doing chores at home!

The results are posted under the 2014 Race Results menu (here). Thanks to the SCCBC for making them available.

Check out Brent Martin's photos below. As always, thanks Brent.

17 Apr

Posted at 14:00h in Annual Kart Race by
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[caption id="attachment_9710" align="aligncenter" width="450"]Team Cheatah makes another lightning-quick pit stop en route to sixth place. - Jock Hobson photo Team Cheatah makes a super-quick pit stop en route to sixth place. - Jock Hobson photo[/caption] Updated: April 19, 2014

The VRCBC racing season opened the evening of Tuesday, April 15th with the VRCBC - IWE Piston Cup Kart Race at our favourite venue, TBC Indoor Racing in Richmond. This time, the members of each team were selected by a random draw held just before the start. As a result, some former team mates became 'arch-enemies' and former enemies found themselves on the same team. Interesting!

The Final Results are available here.

Our sponsor, IWE-Rear Ends Only, donated some fabulous trophies and Western Driver (our annual host at the All British Field Meet) provided some other goodies. Thanks!

And thanks to Jock Hobson for the photos below.

08 Nov

Posted at 16:38h in Annual Banquet and Gala by
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[caption id="attachment_9247" align="aligncenter" width="490"]Ian Wood (L) presents BCHMR Event Chairman Tom Johnston (R) with a permanent memento of his (Ian's) infamous catch phrase: "It's all good!", which also summarized the evening.- Gerry Frechette photo Ian Wood (L) presents BCHMR Chairman Tom Johnston (R) with a permanent memento of his (Ian's) infamous catch phrase: "It's all good!", which also described the evening. - Gerry Frechette photo[/caption] Posted: November 8, 2013

This year’s Annual Gala & Banquet on Saturday, November 2 at the Delta Town & Country Inn was another big success with the usual potpourri of great food, ‘speeches’, serious (and not-so-serious) year-end awards, door prizes and dancing. Congratulations to Ivan Lessner, this year’s REVS Champ and to all of the other award recipients. We look forward to seeing everybody at the track in 2014.

Thanks to Gerry Frechette for the photos of the evening shown below. You can check out all of Gerry’s photos of this past year in motorsport on his web site (here).