Vintage Racing Club of BC

Marty Knoll in Tom Johnston’s JM3 at the 2012 BCHMR – Paul Bonner photo

The VRCBC’s British Columbia Historic Motor Races, on the May 25-26 weekend are the first big event of the 2013 season at Mission Raceway Park Road Course. That’s only a few short weeks away now. Find out all of the latest info on the races and other activities by going to the BCHMR web site (here).

See you at the track!

Al Harvey’s MGB at Mission Raceway – Paul Bonner photo

……  or an original ‘Canada Class’, or another full-race MGB, or dry storage in Langley, or a street MG Midget, or a Lotus XI replica, or trailer ramps, or a DKW-engined Formula Junior, or if you have a Kent cross-flow head or a Triumph GT6 for sale, or you are looking for a Spitfire gearset, or a Stewart Warner gauge set, or a LeGrand Formula Ford chassis ’project’, or driver-signed Jaguar racing prints by well-known motorsports artists, or a choice of other Vintage racing sports cars, or … whatever?

Check out the items in our Classifieds page under the Pit Shop menu by clicking here.

Ian Wood’s new ride, a 1965 Fournier-M​arcadier Barquette sports racer – VRCBC photo

Updated: April 22, 2013

The VRCBC teamed up with our friends at META (the Motorsport Emergency & Turnworkers Association) for a display at the big BC Classic and Custom Car Show at the TRADEX Exhibition Centre in Abbotsford. The Show was open from Friday April 19th to Sunday April 21st.

The booth featured three all-out racing cars: the former Speedvision World Challenge Corvette C5 of Tom Johnston Racing, the beautifully prepared and very fast Vintage Formula Ford Tiga of Alan McColl and a newcomer on the local scene, the 1965 Fournier-M​arcadier Barquette 1.6 litre sports racer of Ian Wood. (These photos were taken late at night before the setup was completed.)

Thank you to the many show-goers who dropped by the booth and said hello; we hope to see you again next year. And a very big ‘Thank You’ from the VRCBC to the many META folks who showed up (in race day uniform) to help us promote road racing at the Mission Raceway Park Road Course. The next big event is of course, our BC Historic Motor Races (here) on the May 25th – 26th weekend.

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Ready to Rumble – VRCBC photo

Updated: April 17, 2013

The SCCBC / CACC ‘A Lap Ahead’ weekend opened the race season at Mission Raceway Park Road Course on April 13-14. It was a little chilly and damp on the Saturday but just as ordered by the VRCBC’s Vintage racers, the weather was beautiful on Sunday. The full weekend results are now available on the SCCBC web site (here) and will also be posted on this web site.

Check out the photos below. Thanks to Paul Bonner for the on-track shots.

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VRCBC members and guests gathered at TBC Indoor Kart Racing in Richmond on Tuesday, March 12th for the Third Annual VRCBC One Hour Enduro. There was some great racing throughout, with just enough ”bump drafting” to entertain the ‘hundreds of screaming’ (well, maybe not) fans.

After a full hour of racing, Team Tiger (Doug Yip, Trevor Yip and Steve Hodge) had completed 106 laps, taking first place by 2 laps from Big Bull Racing (Keith Robinson, Paul Higgins and Ian Wood). The battle for third place was really intense with Team CPR – not the Railroad (Gunter Pichler, Greg Campbell and Phil Roney) only beating Team Turn Worker (Roger Salmonon, Thomas Leisner and Angus Glass) by 16 seconds. They in turn only held onto fourth place by one (!) second from Team Zoom Zoom (Al Harvey, Brian Harvey and Rod Davison). The complete results are here.

And special congratulations to the drivers with the two fastest laps; Trevor Yip (at 30.330 seconds) and Roger Salomon (at 30.781 seconds). Trevor is a kart racer who switched to Formula Vee last season. Roger began as an Assistant Starter at Westwood in 1969 and has been contributing his time and expertise as a race official ever since. It is very fitting that he showed all of the ‘regular racers’ how to turn a fast lap!

Apologies for the poor quality of the photos below; the photographer was overcome with excitement!

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And they’re off!! Frank Winterlik (1971 Porsche 911) and John McCoy (1969 Ford Escort Twin Cam) – Paul Bonner photo

The full schedule for the VRCBC Vintage races at Mission Raceway Road Course during 2013 is now available on the 2103 Race Schedules page under the Calendar menu. (here)

Many of those who attended the VRCBC’s special ’Westwood Mural Unveiling’ meeting at Mark’s Auto Body in Port Coquitlam or our Annual Banquet asked about one of the DVD’s we were showing.

This was ‘The Last Race’, a DVD produced by Hans Sipma about the very last Vintage race event, ‘The Tenth Annual Historics Weekend’, held at Westwood over an early July weekend in 1990.

The entry list of almost 100 cars that is included with the DVD contains many familiar names, quite a few of whom are still Vintage racing today. And you will recognize a lot of the faces too (although they are considerably younger!) when you watch it.

The DVD captures a lot of the activity and fun in the Paddock as well as having some great video of the on-track action, which features everything from classic Morgans to ‘Vettes and XKE’s, and from Formula Vees and Fords, to the beautiful 1948 Talbot Lago Grand Prix car, captured by Kane Rogers in his cover illustration.

Click here to download Hans’ info sheet for his DVD.

Long time racing partners – Gunter Pichler and his XKE – Paul Bonner photo

Updated: April 10th

The first race event of 2013 is only a few days away. It is the Sports Car Club of BC’s ‘A Lap Ahead’ weekend on April 13-14 at the Mission Raceway Park Road Course. Our VRCBC Vintage racers will be out on the Sunday, April 14. (There is also a SCCBC Practice Day on Friday, April 12.)

You can check out some photos of the early bird Vintage registrants below. Everybody will be warming up for the big British Columbia Historic Motor Races (better known as the BCHMR) weekend on May 25-26, also at Mission.

Complete information on the ‘A Lap Ahead’ weekend is available on the SCCBC web site (here).  You can go directly to the MotorsportReg.com sites:

• SCCBC - Practice Day, Friday, April 12th: here
• SCCBC – ‘A Lap Ahead Weekend’, Saturday, April 13th - Sunday, April 14th: here

See you at the track!

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Updated: April 1, 2013

Brent Martin has posted some of his photos of the ‘Brit Car Drive Up’on the VRCBC Facebook page here. They are great examples of the wide cross-section of cars that will be on display at the All British Field Meet at the Van Dusen Gardens on Saturday, May 18th.

Posted: March 14, 2013

A press release from our friends at the All British Field Meet and Wilkinson’s Automobilia.

Announcing The ‘BRIT CAR’ DRIVE UP

The Olympic Torch Plaza at the Vancouver Convention Centre will come to life in a display of glorious British-built classic saloons and sports cars from the 1950′s and 1960′s as the Vancouver International Auto Show (VIAS) celebrates Brit Car Drive Up on Saturday March 30th, from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm.There will be two free Auto Show Passes for all registered Drive Up entrants courtesy of the Automotive Dealers of B.C., and  you could also win A $100 Gift Certificate from Wilkinson’s Automobilia. (web site)

The VRCBC Eligibility Rules for 2013 were passed at the February 19th General Meeting.  These rules apply to the Club’s own REVS races at Mission. (Note that the BCHMR usually uses different eligibility criteria, particulary regarding the minimum age of the cars in the different classes.)

These rules were presented by the Club’s Eligibility Committee and discussed at the January 15th Club meeting and then posted on this web site. They were then presented, discussed and voted on by current Club members present at the February 19th Club meeting.

The approved version was submitted to the CACC Vintage Discipline Director on February 22nd for presentation and acceptance at the Vintage Discipline meeting at the CACC Annual General Meeting on March 3rd, where they were accepted.

The significant changes from the 2012 version are the revisons with regard to the ‘Open Wheel Purpose-Built Racing Cars’. This section has been rewritten so that it is consistent with the existing eligibility rules for ‘Sports Racing Purpose-Built Racing Cars’. The 2013 rules are available on the Racing Car Eligibility page (here) under the Rules & Regs menu.

The same old URL ( www.sccbc.net ) but a whole new look and some great new features! It just went live – check it out. (Note: If you get the old site when you click the link, just click on Refresh and the new one will appear; like magic!)