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‘The π Man’ (aka Pierce Isaacs) leads Tim Pickstone. – Jim Moody photo

Several of the VRCBC’s racers attended SOVREN’s Pacific Northwest Historics event at Pacific Raceways over the July long weekend. Thanks to Jim Moody, we have some photos of ‘our heroes’ taking maximum advantage of some additional on-track warm up time before the BC Historic Motor Races that will be held over the August 4th-5th weekend at Mission Raceway Park Road Course. You can find more info on the BCHMR here and you can check out Jim’s photos below. (Thanks Jim.)

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Pacific Raceway in Kent, Washington has been a very significant and popular road racing facility in the Pacific Northwest for decades. Many VRCBC members have been racing there with our friends from SOVREN for a long time. In fact, one of our Historic Motor Races was actually held there back in 1991, as a joint promotion with SOVREN. That was during the lull between the closing of Westwood and the opening of Mission Raceway.  (see more at www.bchmr.ca )

On March 19th, the King County Council passed the Pacific Raceways legislation, setting in motion a process for the major redevelopment of the 51 year old facility. This is the first step in the long-anticipated expansion of the Raceway into a truly world class facility. You can check out the latest news at the Pacific Raceways web site here.

Martin Rudow, the Editor and Publisher of SOVREN’s excellent quarterly magazine, VINTAGE DRIFT has just released the February 2012 issue. It contains a preview of the upcoming season’s events (including our BCHMR in August – click here) as well as the second article in his very interesting, continuing series on the history of SOVREN.

Three of our VRCBC ‘heroes’ also get prominent mention. Gunter Pichler is on the cover (above) in acknowledgement of his 20(!) years of successfully racing the same E-Type. (You can ride with Gunter on a lap of Mission by watching the video on our home page. You can also watch and listen to his E-Type at our 2011 Dyno Day here.) Two other VRCBC stalwarts, Steve Clark (1960 Lola Mk1) and Gil Stuart (1958 Volvo PV444) are also profiled in this issue in recognition of their finishing first and second respectively in the 2011 SOVREN Division One – Vintage points chase. Congratulations guys!

You can get an annual subscription to VINTAGE DRIFT for only $20. Just contact Martin by phone at: (360) 678-7435 or by mail at: Vintage Drift Magazine, 2723 Van Dee Ave., Greenbank, WA 98253,  USA.

Three long time VRCBC racers are featured on the cover of the November issue of VINTAGE DRIFT, SOVREN’s quarterly magazine. Paul Bonner took the above six photos at the Columbia River Classic at Portland International Raceway over the Labour Day weekend. The three VRCBC members are: Gunter Pichler (1964 Jaguar XKE), Evan Williams (1963 TVR Grantura) and Tim Pickstone (1963 Porsche 356C). The other three drivers on the cover are: Tom Lee (1969 Brabham BT30), David Phillips (1957 Austin Healey 100-6) and Clayton Sturge (1970 Crossle 20F).

Thank you to Editor / Publisher Martin Rudow for permission to post this image. For subscription and other information, check out the VINTAGE DRIFT web site here.

Tim Pickstone, 1963 Porsche 356C - Paul Bonner photo

Nine of the VRCBC’s best racers made the trip across the border on the Labour Day weekend to take part in the 9th Annual Columbia River Classic put on by our friends, the Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts (SOVREN) at Portland International Raceway (PIR). Thanks to Paul Bonner we have these photos of them in action. Thanks Paul.

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The Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts (better known as SOVREN) has just published their great-looking poster for their Pacific Northwest Historics event at Pacific Raceways on the July 2-4 weekend. Click 2010 Pacific Northwest Historics to view the poster and check the SOVREN web site for more information on the event.