Author: vrcbcadmin

08 Jul

Posted at 19:31h in Racing Related, SOVREN by
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[caption id="attachment_9910" align="aligncenter" width="450"]Long time VRCBC member Tim Pickstone in his beautiful 1963 Porsche 356C leads the pack in one of the Historic Small Bore races at the Pacific Northwest Historics. - Brent Martin photo Long time VRCBC member Tim Pickstone in his beautiful 1963 Porsche 356C leads the pack in one of the Historic Small Bore races at the Pacific Northwest Historics. - Brent Martin photo[/caption] Posted: July 8, 2014 SOVREN, our Vintage racing friends from just across the border held the 26th edition of their annual Pacific Northwest Historics event at Pacific Raceways over the July 4th-6th weekend. Our good friend Brent Martin was there and brought back some great photos of VRCBC members and friends in action (see gallery below). You can see lots more of Brent's excellent photos on his web site (here).

30 May

Posted at 10:40h in Racing Related, REVS by
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[caption id="attachment_9851" align="aligncenter" width="450"]Whoops! Even 'Detroit Iron' is spooked by a 'Big Healey'! Dennis Repel (1974 Chevrolet Camaro) does a graceful pirouette in front of Ivan Lessner (1958 Austin Healey 100-6) leaving Turn 1. Dennis eventually recovered to win the race. - Glen Gibbons photo Whoops! Even 'Detroit Iron' is spooked by a 'Big Healey'! Dennis Repel (1974 Chevrolet Camaro) does a graceful pirouette in front of Ivan Lessner (1958 Austin Healey 100-6) leaving Turn 1. Dennis eventually recovered to win the race. - Glen Gibbons photo[/caption] Posted: May 30, 2014 VRCBC stalwart, Glen Gibbons had transmission troubles with his familiar yellow Alfa Romeo GTV early on during the first race day of the season. So, he 'shifted gears' (ahem) and became a photo-journalist. He sent us these photos of the soggy goings-on. Thanks Glen; you're hired.

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.