I'm started a thread where "old racers" can chat.

Vince H.

If you want to display the latest posts at the top of a discussion, then click on the User CP tab at the top, click on the Profile tab, then click on Options. Enable the checkbox beside Do you want to reverse the displayed order of posts in the topic?

This will make the change across all discussions.

Hey, Vince.... Thanks for starting this chat!.... Any chance you can ask the Admin. to "sticky" this thread at the top of the Vintage Car Racing page?.... It would make it easy to find....

Bob

Hey Bob !!!

You're the first one on.  Great !!!  Gio Coletta is registering too.  Should be fun.

Vince H.

One of the true greats of Formula 1, Sir Stirling Moss, has died at the age of 90.

Often referred to as the greatest driver never to win the world championship, Moss contested 66 Grands Prix from 1951 to 1961, driving for the likes of Vanwall, Maserati and Mercedes, where he famously formed a contented and ruthlessly effective partnership with lead driver Juan Manuel Fangio.

A great man and a delight to talk to.... Full of fabulous stories.... RIP, Stirling....

Bob

Thanks for the invite, Vince.... I think this is a GREAT idea.... Pity about Stirling....  :'(

Bob

I remember that night at the QET, where Stirling related his accounts of the Mille Miglia, and racing with Fangio....

https://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo221/rsterne/Moss%20Dad%20amp%20Marilyn_zpsrduws0f1.jpg

He was a class act, and such a pleasure to talk to.... soooooooooo knowledgeable, too....

Bob

If you want to display the latest posts at the top of a discussion, then click on the User CP tab at the top, click on the Profile tab, then click on Options. Enable the checkbox beside Do you want to reverse the displayed order of posts in the topic?

This will make the change across all discussions.

https://i.postimg.cc/wMRvcgT1/1965-Moss-Mclean-1.jpg

Moss with Bob McLean, Vancouver, 1965

We tried three consecutive years to get Bob inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame.  It never happened, despite Moss' endorsement (which I helped him draft) and others.

https://i.postimg.cc/bvvq9pmq/Moss-Mc-Lean-letter-3.jpg

Vince H.

Thanks for making this "Old Racers' Chat" thread a "sticky" at the top of the "Vintage Car Racing" page.... Much appreciated....  8-)

Bob

I'll try bumping this thread to see if we can get more people participating.  To bring folks up to date, we live in Langford, just outside of Victoria, BC.  I have been retired from teaching since 2004.  I have been back announcing all the races at Mission for the SCCBC, including the BC Historic races in August.  Of course, still waiting for racing to start this year.

What is everyone else up to ?

Vince H.

Hi, Darrin here. I own Frank Allers old Player’s GM Motorsports Camaro. Owned it since 2008. I don’t race but have done lapping sessions and parade laps. I try and make it out to the BCHMR every year with the car and also usually do car shows and show and shines with it. Hopefully we are able to have some events this year. I live in Vancouver and hopefully get out and about cruising sometime soon. Thanks for starting the thread.

It is good to stay connected at this time.  No racing to keep us entertained but I recommend Netflix movies like Racing in the Rain, Fangio The LIfe of Speed, GoKarts, and the RV series Formula1 Drive to Survive.  I've been retired for fifteen years but have kept my blood moving with autocross.  I have a 2020 Corvette on order and it was supposed to arrive in April.  However GM shut production down in March, and who knows when they will start up again.  Meanwhile let's stay safe.  Vic Nightscales

HEY, Vic.... There's a name I remember....

We live in Coalmont now, just outside of Princeton.... We run a little 3-unit Motel called the "Mozey-On-Inn".... or at least we did until COVID-19 hit.... I rather doubt if we will reopen, as it's a bit dangerous to be around the public right now when I'm 71 yo....  ::)

Darrin, I remember Frank as well....

Bob

If this video of a "new" track by Will Buxton doesn't get your blood boiling you aren't much of a racer!  It is a combination of at least one corner from each of the circuits that were on the 2020 Formula 1 calendar.  There are 24 segments, a total of 50 corners, with a lap time of 5 minutes.  Every corner is an exact replica of the original, from the mighty 130R, to Eau Rouge, to the Maggots, Beckets, Chapel complex, the Parabolica, and between the barriers through Tabac at Monaco, it is a thrilling ride, with each corner skillfully blended into the next, maintaining the entrance speed so critical to make the corner just like the original....

https://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo221/rsterne/Ultimate%20F1%20Track_zps4ygnktae.jpg

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.is-this-the-ultimate-grand-prix-track-will-buxton-builds-his-perfect-2020-f1.e5kjMWOWIRg7rLXskUyp8.html

I loved it, and I hope you do too....

Bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw5KQMXDiM4&feature=youtu.be

Hindsight is indeed 2020....

Bob

High Flight by
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
     
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air . . .

Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

To my Dad, who fought in WW2 with the RCNVR; my brother, Bill, who was a career officer in the RCAF; my son, Gord, who joined the Army after 9-11 and served in Afghanistan.... and to my Uncle, F/L John R. Sterne, D.F.C., who died in 1943, before his 21st birthday, while serving with the RCAF in England.... and to all Veterans everywhere.... thank you for your service and your sacrifice....

We Will Remember Them!

Bob

Will 'the world' learn from 2020, I doubt it; give us a year with a vaccine and we'll be back to destroying the planet  :'( !

My sincere condolences to the entire Howlett family on the passing of oldest brother Raie.... I remember his smiling face, and uncanny ability to be the first on the scene when an incident happened in the Carousel at Westwood.... He often knew a driver was in trouble before the driver did!....

One time I went in a bit too quick, and knew I was in trouble when I saw Raie running before I even "lost" it!.... I went over the top, turned right along a berm parallel to the track, regained control and came back onto the track, nearly hitting Raie who was running across the track to exactly where I "should" have ended up.... We had a good laugh about it afterwards, when he said "that's the first time I ever had somebody come BACK onto the track after disappearing over the top!".... There is a pic of Raie in action below....

I will always remember his dedication to Westwood, the SCCBC, and his family.... We will always remember him....

Bob

---