VRCBC Tag

[caption id="attachment_14914" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Two of the VRCBC's finest battle it out at SOVREN's Pacific Northwest Historics. Phil Pidcock (1965 Triumph Spitfire) leads (just) Shelby Clark in her 1959 Elva Courier. - Brent Martin photo[/caption] Posted: July 10, 2019 The Pacific Northwest Historics put on by SOVREN, our good friends from south of the border, is one of Vintage racing's most anticipated annual events. Several VRCBC racers and friends went to Pacific Raceway over the July 5th to 7th weekend:
  • #11 - Karlo Flores, 1993 Mazda Spec Miata
  • #38 - Gunter Pichler, 1964 Jaguar E-Type
  • #46 - Phil Pidcock, 1965 Triumph Spitfire
  • #50 - Mike Zbarsky, 1967 MGB GT, Works Sebring
  • #73 - Ken Butler, 1967 Morris Mini
  • #84 - Steve Clark, 1960 Lola Mk1
  • #112 - Tom Sproule, 1976 Caldwell D13
  • #130 - Ralph Zbarsky, 1967 MGB GT Works
  • #260 - Shelby Clark, 1959 Elva Courier
  • #441 - Geoff Tupholme, 1973 Austin Mini
As usual, our heroic photo-journalist, Brent Martin was there to capture all of the action. (Thanks Brent.) Here are just a few of his photos; click on a photo for a bigger, clearer image. Check Brent's web site (here) for many more photos over the next while.

[caption id="attachment_14878" align="aligncenter" width="664"] A Vintage 'Teutonic Titanic Tussle'! Paul Haym in his 1969 BMW 2002 leads Peter Valkenburg in his 1969 Porsche 911 into Turn 5 at the Mission Road Course. - Brent Martin photo[/caption] Posted: June 19, 2019 The second VRCBC REVS races of the 2019 season took place at Mission Raceway Park on the Sunday, June 16th of the SCCBC’s ‘Dash for Dad's‘ weekend. The full results for the weekend are posted on the SCCBC web site Results page (here). Brent Martin has again provided us with some great photos (see below) of our Vintage drivers and their cars in action. Thanks Brent! You can find all of Brent’s photos on his web site (here). The next Vintage on-track action at Mission will be our very own British Columbia Historic Motor Races over the August 10th-11th weekend. Before that however, make sure to come out for the SCCBC's big Mission 25th Anniversary Grand Prix over the July 27th-28th weekend. Check the SCCBC web site (here) for more information. See you at the track!

[caption id="attachment_14762" align="aligncenter" width="770"] A Vintage Traffic Jam! From left to right, Peter Valkenburg (Porsche 911), Ian Thomas (BMW 2002) and Gunter Pichler (Jaguar E-Type) lead Paul Haym (BMW 2002), an almost hidden Steve Gunner (Porsche 944), Phil Linzey (Datsun 240Z) and Ivan Lessner (Austin Healey 100-6) into the Mission Raceway Road Course's Turn One. - Brent Martin photo[/caption] Posted: May 8, 2019 The first VRCBC REVS races of the 2019 season at Mission Raceway Park on the Sunday May 5th of the SCCBC's 'May Daze' weekend. The full results for the weekend are posted on the SCCBC web site Results page (here). As usual, Brent Martin has provided us with some great photos (see below) of our Vintage cars (and the drivers too of course!) in action. Thanks Brent! You can find all of Brent's photos on his web site (here). The next Vintage on-track action at Mission will be during the SCCBC's 'Dash for Dads' event over the June 15-16 weekend. See you at the track!