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VARAC Vintage GP Program Vinta VARAC ge GP TABLE OF CONTENTS JUNE 14-17, 2018 CANADIAN TIRE MOTORSPORT PARK PHOTOS BY RICHARD COBURN AND TIM MCGILL VARAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS 4 PRESIDENT’S WELCOME Ted Michalos I President, Vintage GP Chair & Race Director Dave Good I Vintage/Historic 6 EVENT SCHEDULE 8 VARAC CAR CLASSES Vice President Rob McCord I Classic Vice President 9 CTMP TRACK LAYOUT 10 WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS Gavin Ivory I Secretary Ivan Samila I Membership Director 14 BRIAN REDMAN / F5000 16 LEGENDS OF MOSPORT Julie Wildman I Treasurer Gord Ballantine I Conduct Chair 18 ENTRY LIST 22 GET INVOLVED WITH VARAC Brian Thomas I Director Andrew Celovsky I Director Chris Rupnik I Eastern Director Emily Atkins I Communications & IT Director Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada, 10539 Community Centre Rd, Baltimore, ON, K0K 1C0 INSIDE TRACK COMMUNICATIONS INC. James Neilson I Editor & Production Manager Grace Kang I Graphic Design J. Wally Nesbitt I Contributor Jeremy Sale I Contributor Richard Coburn I Photographer Tim McGill I Photographer David Weber I Sales Rob Morton I Sales Brad Hulton I Sales Lindsey Broad I Sales John Hopkins I President Greg MacPherson I Vice President David Weber I Treasurer Rob Morton I Secretary The 2018 VARAC Vintage Grand Prix program is proudly brought to you by Inside Track Communications Inc., 95 Trinity Street, Suite 101, Toronto, ON M5A 3C7 / 416-962-RACE (7223) / Fax: 416-962-7208 / www.insidetracknews.com COPYRIGHT All rights reserved. Reproduction without prior written permission of Inside Track Communications Inc. is strictly prohibited. 2018 VARAC VINTAGE GRAND PRIX 3 me t Welco o the 2018 VARAC VINTAGE GP GREETINGS, VINTAGE RACE FANS! STORY BY TED MICHALOS VARAC PRESIDENT, VINTAGE GP CHAIR AND RACE DIRECTOR PHOTOS BY RICHARD COBURN elcome to the 39th running of the VARAC Vintage the cars of yesteryear that are so dear to our members. WGrand Prix – we hope you enjoy the show. This year, MGs, Triumphs, Minis, Mustangs, Porsches, BMWs, Alfa we are proud to have the largest entry list in our club’s Romeos and a long list of other famous marques can been history, with over 250 vintage, historic and classic race cars seen on track racing this weekend. running in seven different groups. Vintage racing is unique in the world of motorsport as not We are very excited to have the F5000 50th Anniversary only do you have the fabulous activity on track, but you also Revival Series joining us. The 5000 comes from the upper have great access to the paddock areas where the cars are limit on their engines – five litres. Oh, the sound. The Series parked and worked on in between races. first ran in 1968 and continued into the late 1970s. or our Vintage racers love to talk about their cars – the ones Grand Marshal we have none other than Brian Redman, they are running this weekend, the ones they used to have, F5000 Champion in 1974, 1975 and 1976, not to mention and the ones they’d love to have – if money were no object. his many other victories during his illustrious racing career. Stop by for a chat. Once again, VARAC is proud to welcome the MG Vintage Racers Focus Event. These events are annual affairs providing a venue for all MG racers to gather and enjoy the company of their fellow competitors. There are several awards presented at the focus events, including the Bill Parish Master of Speed Deception, the John Targett Doff of the Cap Award for MGBs, the MG V-8 Award for the winner of the all-MG race and the MGVR Spirit Award, “The Big Copper Bucket,” which is voted upon by MGVR In addition to serving as VARAC’s President and Vintage racers at the Focus Event. GP Chair, Ted Michalos is an accomplished vintage racer. Joining us again are our friends in the Toyo Tires F1600 Championship. This series is for modern formula We race hard and we race fast, but the most important Ford single-seat open-wheel racing cars. things at a vintage racing event are the cars. Just to see It provides some of the closest and most exciting wheel- these beautiful works of art travelling at speed on a world to-wheel racing available anywhere. You have to watch famous racetrack is a treat for any car lover. these youngsters go! We can’t turn a wheel without the time and effort so freely Along a similar vein, we have the Royale Formula Ford given by the army of volunteers it takes to run an event Challenge Series joining us for the very first time this yea . of this size. On behalf of my fellow competitors, I’d like to The RFFCS also race formula Fords, but their cars date thank each and every one of you. back to the 1960s – when the formula was first created – Similarly, we have to thank the staff of the Canadian Tire and up through the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. Motorsport Park for providing us with such a wonderful Some argue that this is racing in its purest form – small facility in which to race. This is truly a world class track run single-seat race cars of very similar specifications battling by world class people. Thank you. for the podium. They put on a great show. And now it’s time to race. Please enjoy yourselves. If you Rounding out our schedule are race groups for vintage have any questions, stop any racer or volunteer – if they (pre-1962), historic (pre-1973) and classic cars (pre-1998), can’t help you they’ll find someone who can. It is going to as well as the Monoposto (single-seat) group. These are be a great weekend. Thanks for coming! VGP 4 VARAC.CA C Vintage VARA GP EVENT SCHEDULE GET UP TO SPEED ON ALL THE ACTION AT THE 2018 EVENT * SCHEDULE ACCURATE AT PRESS TIME PHOTOS BY RICHARD COBURN AND TIM McGILL FRIDAY, JUNE 15 7:45 a.m. Mandatory Drivers’ Meeting 8:30 a.m. Royale Formula Ford Championship Qualifying 9:00 a.m. VARAC Classic Practice 9:30 a.m. Formula 5000 Revival Practice 10:00 a.m. VARAC Vintage Big Bore Practice 10:30 a.m. VARAC Monoposto Practice 11:00 a.m. VARAC Vintage Small Bore Practice 11:30 a.m. Toyo Tires F1600 Championship Practice 12:00 p.m. Lunch Hour 1:00 p.m. Royale Formula Ford Championship Race 1:30 p.m. VARAC Classic Qualifying 2:00 p.m. Formula 5000 Revival Practice 2:30 p.m. VARAC Monoposto Qualifying 3:00 p.m. VARAC Vintage Big Bore Qualifying 3:30 p.m. Toyo Tires F1600 Championship Practice 4:00 p.m. VARAC Vintage Small Bore Qualifying 4:30 p.m. Open-Wheel Challenge Feature Race 6:00 p.m. Steam Whistle Paddock Tour SATURDAY, JUNE 16 VARAC Membership Director Ivan Samila (No. 64) races his 1970 Lotus Seven S4 at the 2017 Vintage GP. 7:45 a.m. Mandatory Drivers’ Meeting 8:30 a.m. Toyo Tires F1600 Championship Race 9:00 a.m. VARAC Classic Race SUNDAY, JUNE 17 9:30 a.m. VARAC Monoposto Race 8:30 a.m. Hard Luck Practice 10:00 a.m. VARAC Vintage Big Bore Race 9:00 a.m. All VARAC Vintage Classes Race 10:30 a.m. Formula 5000 Revival Qualifying 9:30 a.m. Royale Formula Ford Championship Race 11:00 a.m. VARAC Vintage Small Bore Race 10:00 a.m. Formula 5000 Revival Race 11:30 a.m. Royale Formula Ford Championship Race 10:30 a.m. Toyo Tires F1600 Championship Race 12:00 p.m. Lunch Hour 11:00 a.m. VARAC Classic Race 1:00 p.m. Toyo Tires F1600 Championship Race 11:30 a.m. VARAC Monoposto Race 1:30 p.m. VARAC Classic Race 12:00 p.m. Lunch Hour 2:00 p.m. VARAC Monoposto Race 1:00 p.m. Formula 5000 Revival Feature Race 2:30 p.m. VARAC Vintage Big Bore Race 1:30 p.m. Royale Formula Ford Champ. Feature Race 3:00 p.m. Formula 5000 Revival Race 2:00 p.m. All VARAC Vintage Classes Feature Race 3:30 p.m. VARAC Vintage Small Bore Race 2:30 p.m. VARAC Monoposto Feature Race 4:00 p.m. Royale Formula Ford Champ. Feature Race 3:00 p.m. VARAC Classic Feature Race 4:30 p.m. MG VS. Triumph Feature Race 3:30 p.m. Toyo Tires F1600 Championship Feature Race 6:00 p.m. CTMP Conference Centre Dinner 4:00 p.m. VARAC Vintage Grand Prix Feature Race VGP 6 VARAC.CA C M Y CM MY CY CMY K VARAC VINTAGE GP CAR CLASSES THE VARAC VINTAGE GP FEATURES PRE-WAR TO 1990S RACERS STORY BY TED MICHALS PHOTOS BY RICHARD COBURN AND TIM McGILL he Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada Twas founded in 1976 to provide a place for people who love racing vintage cars in a friendly – yet competi- tive – environment. With well over 200 members, VARAC is one of the founding clubs of the Vintage Motor Council, a collection of vintage racing organizations from across North America. The VARAC Vintage Grand Prix is in its 39th year and represents the largest event of its kind in Canada. Partnering with the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, we have run on the Mosport Grand Prix Circuit for many years and we hope to be able to do so for many more to come. VARAC Events feature a wide range of vintage racers, including small-bore race cars, sports racers and high-tech open-wheel machinery from the 1990s.
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