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[caption id="attachment_8477" align="aligncenter" width="450"]Ready to Rumble - VRCBC photo Ready to Rumble - VRCBC photo[/caption]

Updated: April 17, 2013

The SCCBC / CACC 'A Lap Ahead' weekend opened the race season at Mission Raceway Park Road Course on April 13-14. It was a little chilly and damp on the Saturday but just as ordered by the VRCBC's Vintage racers, the weather was beautiful on Sunday. The full weekend results are now available on the SCCBC web site (here) and will also be posted on this web site.

Check out the photos below. Thanks to Paul Bonner for the on-track shots.

[caption id="attachment_8410" align="aligncenter" width="450"]Long time racing partners - Gunter Pichler and his XKE - Paul Bonner photo Long time racing partners - Gunter Pichler and his XKE - Paul Bonner photo[/caption] Updated: April 10th The first race event of 2013 is only a few days away. It is the Sports Car Club of BC's 'A Lap Ahead' weekend on April 13-14 at the Mission Raceway Park Road Course. Our VRCBC Vintage racers will be out on the Sunday, April 14. (There is also a SCCBC Practice Day on Friday, April 12.) You can check out some photos of the early bird Vintage registrants below. Everybody will be warming up for the big British Columbia Historic Motor Races (better known as the BCHMR) weekend on May 25-26, also at Mission. Complete information on the 'A Lap Ahead' weekend is available on the SCCBC web site (here).  You can go directly to the MotorsportReg.com sites:
  • SCCBC - Practice Day, Friday, April 12th: here
  • SCCBC - 'A Lap Ahead Weekend', Saturday, April 13th - Sunday, April 14th: here
See you at the track!

[caption id="attachment_7679" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Smoke Screens 'R Us - Jock Hobson photo[/caption] Everyone is familiar with the 'Where's Waldo?' series of books for children. Well, this is the Vintage Racing Club's adaption: 'Where's the Lotus Seven?' Somewhere hidden in the smoke screen in the above photo are Mark...

[caption id="attachment_7471" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Dennis Repel (Chevy Camaro) lays down a smoke screen in Mission's Turn 2 in an (unsuccessful) attempt to confuse second place Mark Brown (Lotus Seven S3) - Michael Stanway photo[/caption]

Dennis Repel was leading the first race on September 23rd when his throttle stuck open entering Turn 2. Mike Stanway captured the moment as Dennis laid on the anchors big time while a startled Mark Brown, who was right behind, tried to figure out what to do. Mark said later: "My instincts told me to steer towards the air without tire smoke and it seemed to work."

With judicious use of the kill switch through the rest of the race, Dennis was able to recover back to second place. In the subsequent laps, it was Phil Roney who got to watch the display. (See the other photos below.) Great photos Mike; thanks.