October 2011

17 Oct

Posted at 04:00h in Racing Related by
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[caption id="attachment_5045" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Glen Gibbons (Alfa Romeo GTV) leads Stanton Guy (in Al Reid's MGB) - Karen Gibbons photo"][/caption]

Update: The Final Results are now available here.

The Thanksgiving weekend 'Turkey Chase' was the Sports Car Club of BC's last event of the 2011 race season at Mission Raceway Park Road Course. The VRCBC's own Vintage racers were out on Sunday, doing their part to run down any stray gobblers that happened to also be 'racing along the River's Edge'.

It is very easy to see from these photos - a big thank you to Karen Gibbons - why Vintage road racing is popular with so many. Vintage racing cars cover the whole spectrum of type, size, age and potential performance on the track. It is this variety that makes it so much fun for everyone. The cars really are the stars.

The weather was perfect and the racing was excellent. It was a great way to end the VRCBC season. Thank you to our hosts - the SCCBC.

16 Oct

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[caption id="attachment_5117" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Nick Woodhouse in his beautiful Austin Healey 100-4 - Paul Bonner photo"][/caption]

Thanks to Paul Bonner we have a great selection of photos of VRCBC members 'chasing the gobblers along The River's Edge' in the Vintage races during the SCCBC's Turkey Chase Weekend at Mission Raceway Park Road Course. The photos below have been compressed for the web site. If you are a big fan of one of these 'star' drivers or (more likely) are one of the Turkey Chasers yourself, you can get larger, high quality versions by contacting Paul Bonner directly by email at: phbonner@shaw"dot"ca

15 Oct

Posted at 14:28h in General News, Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers Society by
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[caption id="attachment_5188" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Mike Gee (Cooper Climax) chases Tom Johnston (Lola Climax) at Westwood in 1967 - Courtesy M. Gee Collection"][/caption] Mike Gee, a long time member of the west coast road racing fraternity, passed away on October 5th. Tom Johnston has written the following about someone...

14 Oct

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[caption id="attachment_5155" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Kevin and Leslie Skinner with their sponsor, GVMPS member John Randall - Gerry Frechette photo"][/caption] Everyone involved in road racing in the Pacific Northwest knows the 'dynamic duo' of Leslie and Kevin Skinner. They have both been actively involved in all aspects of racing...

14 Oct

Posted at 09:18h in General News by
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[caption id="attachment_5165" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="1956 Avia Mk 3 Monoposto Streamliner - Jim Moody photo"][/caption] Contrary to some recent rumours floating around on the internet, this is not VRCBC Vice President Dennis Repel's "Heavy Chevy" 1974 Camaro in a clever new disguise for Vintage racing in 2012! It is actually...