...and I'm OK with that.
This past weekend was the BCHMR: The British Columbia Historic Motor
Races. And it is easily the best weekend to come as a spectator with a
car corral of interesting vintage machines from sports cars to muscle
cars. Lots of machines you don't see on track every weekend were out,
and there were demonstration sessions for a McLaren M8F Can-Am car
making more noise than you can possibly imagine.
But as I had suspected, if I had come out as a competitor, I would have
been running around all by myself except perhaps for Marty in his 1975
JM3 Formula Atlantic, who could have slowed down just to play with me.
And as there were no points toward the club or CACC championships, I
didn't see a lot of point in what would be something of a lapping day
given the size of the field.
So I volunteered.
I got to watch the racing from less than 10 feet away, and enjoyed
talking with everyone during lunches and at the Saturday night banquet.
We honoured the late, great Greg Moore by installing a plaque in turn 2 which has always been called the "Greg Moore corner" in the presence of
his father and friends.
And now there are just under three weeks until CACC #5, when I'll put on
a decent set of tires and see if I can't win a race or two.
:-)
...and I'm OK with that.
...and I'm OK with that.
This past weekend was the BCHMR: The British Columbia Historic Motor
Races. And it is easily the best weekend to come as a spectator with a
car corral of interesting vintage machines from sports cars to muscle
cars. Lots of machines you don't see on track every weekend were out,
and there were demonstration sessions for a McLaren M8F Can-Am car
making more noise than you can possibly imagine.
But as I had suspected, if I had come out as a competitor, I would have
been running around all by myself except perhaps for Marty in his 1975
JM3 Formula Atlantic, who could have slowed down just to play with me.
And as there were no points toward the club or CACC championships, I
didn't see a lot of point in what would be something of a lapping day
given the size of the field.
So I volunteered.
I got to watch the racing from less than 10 feet away, and enjoyed
talking with everyone during lunches and at the Saturday night banquet.
We honoured the late, great Greg Moore by installing a plaque in turn 2 which has always been called the "Greg Moore corner" in the presence of
his father and friends.
And now there are just under three weeks until CACC #5, when I'll put on
a decent set of tires and see if I can't win a race or two.
:-)
all by myself
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