Vintage Racing Club of BC

The Spirit of Westwood Lives On!

May 17, 2022

It was definitely ‘Volvo-friendly’ weather on Sunday. Ian Wood (1969 Volvo 124S) and Robin Strachan (1968 Volvo 122S) shown negotiating a soggy Turn 5 in their Swedish Steel Specials. – Brent Martin photos

Posted: May 17, 2022

The second races of the 2022 VRCBC’s Vintage racing season took place on Sunday, May 15th at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit. (If you haven’t already heard, that is the brand new name for our long time home, the Road Course at Mission Raceway Park.) This was the second event of the VRCBC’s very own IWE-REVS points series for 2022.

The Vintage races were just part of a full weekend of road racing organized by the Sports Car Club of BC (SCCBC) and sanctioned by the Confederation of Autosport Car Clubs (CACC). The weather was not very cooperative (unless you enjoy ‘liquid sunshine’) but road racing goes ahead ‘rain or shine’!

Thanks (as always) to Brent Martin for some photos (see below) of the action during the morning practice session. All of Brent’s many photos are available on his website (here). Make sure to check them out and order at least one of yourself (or your favourite ‘hero’ driver if that’s not you) in action!

The complete results for the weekend, including those for Vintage, are available on the SCCBC web site (here). The next races at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit are scheduled for the June 11-12 weekend. See you there!

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April 26, 2022

Once again, Brent Martin captures the torrid Vintage action! John Elliott (’69 MGB) closes in on Ryan O’Connor (’85 Camaro) through Mission’s Turn 5, shrewdly setting him up for a pass – or perhaps just some bump-drafting – along the straight between Turns 6 and 7 …. or maybe not!

Posted: April 26, 2022

The 2022 VRCBC’s Vintage racing season got underway on Sunday, April 24th at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit. (If you haven’t already heard, that is the brand new name for our long time home, the Road Course at Mission Raceway Park.) This was the first event of the VRCBC’s very own IWE-REVS points series for 2022.

The Vintage races were just part of a full weekend of road racing organized by the Sports Car Club of BC (SCCBC) and sanctioned by the Confederation of Autosport Car Clubs (CACC). The weather was excellent for racing and thanks (as always) to Brent Martin, we have some great photos (see below) of the action. All of Brent’s photos of the full weekend will soon be available on his website (here). Make sure to check them out and order at least one of yourself (or your favourite ‘hero’ driver) in action!

The complete results for the weekend, including those for Vintage, are available on the SCCBC web site (here). The next races at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Circuit are scheduled for the May 14-15 weekend. See you there!

March 13, 2022

The pack enters Mission’s Turn 2 at the 2018 BCHMR. – Brent Martin photo

Posted: March 13, 2022

The VRCBC is very pleased to announce that entrant registration for the 2022 BCHMR has just been opened on MotorsportReg.com. Just click here to get your race entry in now!

We are now finalizing the plans for the return of this favourite motorsport event after being forced to cancel for two long years. The BCHMR has its own website (here). The most recent information and contacts will always be updated there. Check back often.

We look forward to seeing you at the track on the August 6th – 7th weekend!

January 21, 2022

Paul Haym is ALWAYS ready to go at the start of every season – are you? – Brent Martin photo

Posted: January 21, 2022

The race schedule for the 2022 season at the Road Course at Mission Raceway Park is now confirmed; at least it is as confirmed as possible in these days of pandemics and shutdowns at short notice. The VRCBC’s finest – plus some of our closest friends – expect to be racing on the Sundays of the SCCBC weekends as always, as well as at our very own BC Historic Motor Races during the August 6-7 weekend.

The current schedules are posted here. Everything is of course subject to change, so be sure to check back often. See you at the track!

October 13, 2021

Some of the action during the last Vintage races of the 2021 season. Note Dennis Repel (#79) attempting to use his Pace Car Driver expertise -waving an open door – to intimidate Ian Wood (white Volvo) and Bart Pickles (#769 Datsun), and the red hot discs on Robin Strachan’s Volvo (#122). – photos courtesy of Brent Martin

Posted: October 13, 2021

This past weekend saw the fifth – and final – CACC-sanctioned race meeting at the Mission Raceway Park Road Course for 2021.

The organizing club, the SCCBC had its usual full schedule of practice, qualifying and racing sessions for Open Wheel and Closed Wheel classes on both Saturday and Sunday. The Vintage racers were out on the Sunday for our REVS series. The full results are available on the SCCBC website (here).

Our thanks to Brent Martin for the photos in the above ‘collage’ and also below. All of his excellent (as always) photos of the full weekend will soon be available on his website (here). Make sure to check them out and order at least one of yourself (or your favourite ‘hero’ driver) in action! You can download a high resolution image for only $10.99!

See you at the track next season!

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