[caption id="attachment_12038" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Tony Morris rounds the Westwood Hairpin in his 'Heavy Chevy' Camaro. - photo courtesy Ted Wilkinson Collection[/caption] Posted: July 17, 2016 The BC motorsports community lost one of its most familiar figures this past week when Tony Morris passed away. Originally from Scotland,...
The VRCBC's Karlo Flores leads a group in 'Bonnie', his 1959 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite. - Brent Martin photo[/caption]
Posted: July 5, 2016
SOVREN, our good friends south of the border, held their annual Pacific Northwest Historics races at Pacific Raceway over the July 1-3 weekend. Several VRCBC racers and friends made the trip, and Brent Martin was there to capture them 'on film' (see below). Brent will have many more of his photos on his web site (here) soon.
[caption id="attachment_11998" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Two classics in a typical Italian village during the 2016 Mille Miglia. - Ann Peters photo[/caption] Posted: June 23, 2016 Another of the VRCBC's many globe-trotting correspondents has just filed their latest report. Ann Peters was in an Italian village in May, just in time...
The VRCBC's Phil Pidcock accelerates his '65 Triumph Spitfire across the finish line at the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit's Grand Opening. - Paul Bonner photo[/caption]
Posted: June 22, 2016
Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit held its official grand opening on June 6th. The Circuit invited some VRCBC members - and others - to bring their racing cars to do some demonstration laps as part of the ceremonies. Paul Bonner was there and sent us these photos - thanks Paul. See how many cars, motorcycles and famous personalities you recognize.
VRCBC member Geoff Tupholme lifts a rear wheel en route to a new personal best and Vintage Class win in his very fast Austin Mini. - Brent Martin photo[/caption]
Posted: June 4, 2016
The May long weekend saw the 59th(!) annual running of the Knox Mountain Hillclimb in Kelowna. Our 'travelling correspondent', Brent Martin has forwarded some of his photos of VRCBC members, old friends of the Club plus some other interesting 'older' racing cars. You can see all of Brent's event photos on his web site here.
The final results are available on the Knox Mountain Hillclimb site (here) or directly here and here.