Non-VRCBC News & Events | Vintage Racing Club of BC - Part 6

Non-VRCBC News & Events

25 May

Posted at 07:52h in Knox Mountain Hill Climb by
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[caption id="attachment_12762" align="aligncenter" width="450"] John Randall in his Brabham BT8 at the 1968 Knox Mountain Hillclimb. - Jim Moody photo[/caption] Posted: May 25, 2017

Long time VRCBC supporter Jim Moody was at this year's Knox Mountain Hillclimb and has sent us a few of his photos plus some others from 'back in the day' showing some of the 'heroes of yesteryear' in action. Thanks very much Jim.

Check the Knox Mountain website (here) in the next week or so for more of his photos from this year's event.

24 May

Posted at 10:16h in Knox Mountain Hill Climb by
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[caption id="attachment_12733" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Vintage Class winner Geoff Tupholme in his Mini. - Brent Martin photo[/caption] Updated: May 30, 2017

Several of the VRCBC's finest and some other Vintage racers made the trip to Kelowna over the May long weekend for the 60th(!) edition of the Knox Mountain Hillclimb, the only remaining hill climb in Canada.

Update: Vintage Class winner, Geoff Tupholme's last minute scramble to get his Mini ready plus an in-car video of a run up the hill is captured on video. (here).

Update: The results are available online here. Brent Martin was also there and passed on some his photos of the action (see below). He has posted a lot more on his Facebook site (here) and on his web site (here).

28 Apr

Posted at 16:56h in Car Shows by
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[caption id="attachment_12659" align="aligncenter" width="450"] The VRCBC display at the 2017 BC Classic & Custom Car Show - Brent Martin photo[/caption] Posted: April 28, 2017

The VRCBC returned to the BC Classic & Custom Car Show at the Tradex in Abbotsford over the April 21-23 weekend. We had two racing cars on display; Paul Haym's 1969 Datsun 510 and Phil Roney's 1987 Swift DB2. Both cars attracted a lot of attention and many show attendees were very interested to learn more about road racing at Mission Raceway in general and our own Vintage racing activities in particular.

The finishing touch for us was Paul's well-known 510 winning the award for best 'full-bodied race car'! Congratulations Paul!

10 Mar

Posted at 14:25h in Sebring by
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[caption id="attachment_12548" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Not something you see on the track very often, this 1955 Mercedes Benz 190SL is being raced by Doug Radix. - Gunter Pichler photo[/caption] Posted: March 10, 2017

Another of the VRCBC's many intrepid, jet-setting reporters has just submitted his latest race report. Gunter Pichler attended the SVRA (Sportscar Vintage Racing Association) Sebring Vintage Classic at historic Sebring International Raceway over the March 2-5 weekend, and sent us some of his photographs of the great cars that were in action.

Thanks Gunter!

05 Jan

Posted at 12:17h in La Carrera Panamericana by
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[caption id="attachment_12372" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Karlo Flores' 1960 Porsche 356-B is proudly carrying our VRCBC decals in this year's La Carrera Panamericana. - K. Flores photo[/caption] Updated (again): March 9, 2017 VRCBC member and Vintage racer, Karlo Flores blasted his 1960 Porsche 356-B ('Nina') through the winding roads...