British Columbia Historic Motor Races

August 16, 2024

The Grand Opening ribbon cutting in front of our title sponsor Titanium Ford’s Mustang pace car! From left to right; Craig Larsen (SOVREN president), Pam Alexis (MLA for Abbotsford – Mission), Grand Marshal Ross Bentley (with the snips), Paul Horn (mayor of Mission) and Mike Bailey (VRCBC president) – Brent Martin photo

Posted: August 16, 2024

It is a VRCBC tradition to hold an opening ceremony during the Saturday lunch break at every BC Historic Motor Races. In keeping with the overall fun atmosphere of the BCHMR, this is always a very informal event.  We usually ask our special guest to snip a chequered flag ribbon, which is supported by the MLA for the area and the mayor of Mission, as well as the president of SOVREN, our ‘Vintage racing cousins’ from south of the border, plus our own president.

 

As you can see from the photo above, this year’s Grand Marshal Ross Bentley did the honours, with the help of local MLA Pam Alexis, Mission Mayor Paul Horn, SOVREN president Craig Larsen and our very own president, Mike Bailey.

 

We were very pleased to have well known local racer Ross Bentley as our Grand Marshal. You can read about Ross’s racing history and his more recent coaching activities in our 2024 program. Click the link to the right to download a PDF copy.

May 25, 2023

Our title sponsor, Titanium Ford’s Mustang Pace Car leads a ‘Faster’ Closed Wheel field around Turn 5 on the way to the Start / Finish Line and the green flag! – Brent Martin photo

Updated: May 29, 2023

We had a big surprise this year. The only time slot available to hold the 2023 BCHMR at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsports Circuit  turned out to be the May 13th-14th weekend. We had to scramble to get everything organized in time. The much earlier date than usual did impact our number of race entries, but (fortunately) the weather cooperated very well and a good time was had by all.

 

The results for all of the classes and groups are available online at MyLaps (here).

 

Our dedicated photographer Brent Martin has provided us with some of his photos of the action. Thanks Brent! Check them out below.

 

Remember, you can see all of Brent’s photos of the BCHMR weekend and for many, many other events at Mission Raceway Park, and elsewhere on Brent’s website (here).

 

Update: Our friend Steve Frye attended the BCHMR and also took some great photos. Here is a link to his album with some of the action in the two Closed Wheel groups. Photos of the other groups will be added soon! Thanks Steve!

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August 26, 2022

Traffic Jam in Turn One! Just two examples of the close competition during the 2022 BCHMR.

Updated: August 28, 2022

The weather was hot and so was the racing at the 2022 BC Historic Motor Races! There was action throughout the entire August 6th-7th weekend at the Speed-Fanatics Motorsports Circuit at Mission Raceway Park.  The results for all of the classes and groups are available online at MyLaps (here). More detailed results by race group in PDF can be downloaded from this website here:

Closed Wheel A          Closed Wheel B          Exhibition and Formula Ford          Formula Vee

Our dedicated photographer Brent Martin has provided us with some of his photos of the action. Thanks Brent! Check them out below.

And remember, you can see all of Brent’s photos of the BCHMR weekend and for many, many other events at Mission Raceway Park, and elsewhere on Brent’s website (here).

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August 11, 2022

L to R: Brad Shinn (SOVREN President), Pam Alexis (MLA for Abbotsford-Mission), Paul Horn (Mayor of Mission) and Mike Zbarsky (VRCBC President). _ Brent Martin photo

Posted: August 11, 2022

It is a tradition at the BC Historic Motor Races to hold the opening ceremonies half way through the second day of the weekend’s racing! Don’t ask; we just do it that way! This year we were honoured to have two special guests, Pam Alexis, the MLA for Abbotsford-Mission and Paul Horn, the Mayor of Mission. With majestic Mount Baker in the background, they jointly snipped the ‘ribbon’, which was held by fellow Vintage racers, Brad Shinn, the President of SOVREN and Mike Zbarsky, the President of the VRCBC.

Before and after the ceremony, they spoke with many racers in the Paddock. It was very enjoyable and we plan to welcome them back next year!

November 30, 2018

Posted: November 30, 2018

SOVREN, our Vintage racing friends from just south of the border publish an excellent magazine, Vintage Drift. Their current November issue features a report on the 2018 BCHMR from our favourite photo-journalist Brent Martin.

You can check out the story in ‘jpeg format’ here (page 1, page 2, page 3) or better yet contact SOVREN to see if you can get a hard copy when you order your subscription!

See you in August!