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[caption id="attachment_16895" align="aligncenter" width="800"] 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[/caption] 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).

[caption id="attachment_16884" align="aligncenter" width="712"] 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[/caption] 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.

[caption id="attachment_16635" align="aligncenter" width="800"] 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[/caption] 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!

[caption id="attachment_16596" align="aligncenter" width="800"] A 'Big Datsun Train"! 1983 Sebring winner Kees Nierop ('72 Datsun 280Z) leads Pat Hall ('72 Datsun 240Z) and Robin Liu ('70 Datsun 240Z) into Turn 1 during their battle at the August 27th Vintage races.[/caption] Posted: September 1, 2022 The fifth races of the 2022 VRCBC’s Vintage racing season took place on Sunday, August 27th at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit at Mission Raceway Park. This was also the sixth event of the VRCBC’s IWE-REVS points series for 2022. Our Vintage races were just one 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 for his photos (see below) of the action. They are available on Brent’s website (here), along with the many others he has taken over the years. Make sure to check them out and order at least one of yourself (or your favourite ‘hero’ driver if that’s not you) in action! The complete results for the weekend, including those for Vintage, are available on the SCCBC web site (here). The next Vintage races at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit are on the Sunday of the final SCCBC / CACC race weekend of the season - October 8th-9th. Registration is already open (here). We look forward to seeing you there! There is another big race event at the track before that however; the ICSCC ('Conference') weekend on September 17th-18th. There won't be any (our favourite - but we're biased!) Vintage races but there will be lots of exciting action. There will be many entrants from south of the border in addition to our local stars, with everybody after Conference championship points as the season draws to a close. You can find the latest entry list here. It promises to be great fun! See you at the track!