Vintage racing Tag

02 Oct

Posted at 12:40h in Awards, BCHMR, Reports and Stories by
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[caption id="attachment_4246" align="aligncenter" width="450"] A proud(?) Tom Leeming poses shortly after being awarded the Battered Cup in recognition of his dismal luck at the 2017 BCHMR. The guilty party, Tom's beautiful 1973 Alfa Romeo GTV is trying unsuccessfully to hide behind him. - Roger van der Marel photo[/caption] Posted: October 2, 2017

At every BC Historic Motor Races, the VRCBC awards (probably not the best word for it) The Battered Cup to 'the driver, car or crew that has suffered the most battering or generally inhumane treatment from the evil spirits of motor racing'. We have had some very deserving recipients in the past but our 2017 'winner', Tom Leeming has probably set the threshold at a new height (or maybe it is depth?).

The 2017 BCHMR was to be Tom's first time at the Mission Raceway Park Road Course and he thought it would be a good idea to enter the Friday Practice Day to learn the track before the racing started on the weekend. So he drove the 1,260 km from his home in Ennis, Montana to Mission and was ready to go first thing Friday morning. However, after only a few laps, his Alfa's engine began overheating. A quick diagnosis identified a blown head gasket and possibly more serious issues that could not be fixed in time so Tom loaded up the trailer and headed back the 1,260 km to home, never even having had the chance to 'turn a lap in anger'.

22 Sep

Posted at 03:04h in BCHMR by
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[caption id="attachment_4149" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Look out, here they come! Turn One at the start of one of the very competitive races at the 2017 BCHMR. - Brent Martin photo[/caption] Updated: September 28, 2017

Well, that was a lot of fun! The weather was excellent, most of the grids were full and there were many competitive battles throughout the fields.

Here are the results by race group:

  • Vintage Closed Wheel A (Fast) Group (here)
  • Vintage Closed Wheel B (Faster) Group (here)
  • Vintage Open Wheel / Sports Racer / Exhibition (here)
  • All-Japanese Group (here)
The results are also available by individual race group and session on the 2017 Race Results page on this web site (here). Thanks very much to the SCCBC Timing & Scoring team and Marc Ramsay in particular. Update: See some of Brent Martin's photos below and his BCHMR report in the online edition of Vintage Racecar / Vintage Roadcar magazine (here). Thanks Brent!

25 Aug

Posted at 09:34h in BCHMR by
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[caption id="attachment_4176" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Our guest of honour at the 2017 BC Historic Motor Races was David Ousted, from our presenting sponsor Key West Ford. - Brent Martin photo[/caption] Posted: August 25, 2017 We were very pleased to have David Ousted, the very popular goalkeeper of the...

29 Aug

Posted at 13:34h in BCHMR by
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[caption id="attachment_3726" align="aligncenter" width="450"] This classic British sports car 'David and Goliath' battle perfectly illustrates why Vintage racing is so much fun. Karlo Flores and his 1959 Austin Healey 'Bugeye' Sprite chase Gunter Pichler and his 1964 Jaguar XKE during the 2016 BCHMR. - Brent...