We suspect that that this 1963 XKE Lightweight was our photographer's favourite! - Gunter Pichler photo

Our ‘staff’ photographer’s favourite; a 1963 XKE Lightweight.- Gunter Pichler photo

Posted: March 19, 2016

The VRCBC ‘assigns’ (ahem) its ‘correspondents’ to race events all over the world! This weekend, Gunter Pichler left his well-known Vintage racing XKE at home and attended the HSR (Historic Sportscar Racing Ltd.) races supporting the Mobil1 12 Hours of Sebring in Florida. He sent us a few photos of the Vintage action. Thanks Gunter!

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Two well-known F1 talent scouts were in attendance. Rumour has it that several try-out contracts were signed later that evening. - VRCBC photo

Two well-known F1 talent scouts were in attendance. Rumour has it that several try-out contracts were signed later that evening. – VRCBC photo

Posted: March 17, 2016

The VRCBC held another of its very popular kart race events on March 15th at Fast Track Karting in Langley. A great time was had by all. Congratulations to the overall winners, Rod Kenyon and Daryl Armstrong, and to our youngest (by far) entrant, Max Inkpen, who set the fastest lap. Well done everybody; see you all next time.

Check out the full results and some photos (apologies for the fuzzy quality) below.

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The 2016 REVS Champion, Doug Floer proudly displays his trophy with VRCBC Vice President Paul Haym (L) and President Tedd McHenry (R). - Gerry Frechette photo

The 2016 REVS Champion, Doug Floer proudly displays his trophy with VRCBC Vice President Paul Haym (L) and President Tedd McHenry (R). – Gerry Frechette photo

Posted: November 27, 2015

The VRCBC held its always-popular Annual Gala & Banquet on Saturday, November 21st at the Delta Town & Country Inn. A good time was had by all. Gerry Frechette’s photos of some of the award recipients are shown below; thanks very much Gerry.

Planning for next season’s racing – and other fun stuff – has already started!

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A classic English moment at the Shuttleworth Collection's 'Best of British Airshow' captured by Linda and Manny Zumm

A classic English moment at the Shuttleworth Collection’s ‘Best of British Airshow’ captured by Linda and Manny Zumm

Posted: October 16, 2015

The VRCBC’s very own international ambassadors. Linda and Manny Zumm have been at it again! When they aren’t helping with racing at Mission, they are travelling somewhere interesting. In the past, they have provided us with photos of their visit to the famous Goodwood Revival (here) and of the fascinating ‘vintage’ cars of Havana (here). This past July they were back in England and some friends surprised them with tickets to the “Best of British Airshow” at The Shuttleworth Collection (here) located at the Old Warden Aerodrome near Biggleswade in Bedfordshire.

The event showcased aircraft designed and built by the best of the many historic British manufacturers from the earliest days. In addition, the TVR Car Club was invited to drop by and celebrate the 75th (!) anniversary of that famous British sports car.

The Shuttleworth pre-event promotional video (on You Tube here) describes the plans for the show and the post-event video (here) shows many of the historic aircraft in action. Two World War 1 era fighters – a Sopwith Snipe and an Albatros DVa – were brought all of the way from New Zealand for the show.

The weather was perfect as you can see from Linda and Manny’s photos below. Thanks for the trip report guys; we look forward to the next one!

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Gunter Pichler ('64 XKE) passes Ivan Lessner ('58 Austin Healey 100-6 BNG) on the inside with Ian Wood ('69 Volvo 142S) close on his tail. - Brent Martin photo

Gunter Pichler (’64 XKE) passes Ivan Lessner (’58 Austin Healey 100-6 BNG) on the inside with Ian Wood (’69 Volvo 142S) close on his tail. – Brent Martin photo

Posted: October 16, 2015

Sunday October 11th saw the final Vintage racing of the 2015 season at Mission Raceway’s Road Course during the Sports Car Club of BC (SCCBC) Turkey Triple Weekend. The Vintage – related results are now posted on this web site under the Race Results menu (here). The full results for all of the weekend racing are available on the Results page of the SCCBC web site (here). As always, our thanks to the SCCBC Timing & Scoring team for making this information available to us.

Brent Martin has again provided us with some photos (see below). Thanks Brent. You can find his full portfolio for the Turkey Triple Weekend plus a lot of other motorsport action on his own website (here). And remember, Brent is donating 50% of the revenue from the sale of photos from his web site during October to the E-Crew Firesuit Fund (here).

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