Classic Car Adventures

On your marks. Get set. GO! The entry period for the 2012 Spring Thaw Classic Car Adventure is officially now open!

Snow is a four letter word. It was also the dominant factor that shaped the 2010 running of Totem Rally. While most crews arrived with modern all-wheel-drive Subarus or BMWs, a select group choose a different path, the Historic class.

Frantic flagmen, haybales for safety (kinda), and lots of excitement in this 8mm filmstrip from Northern Californian SCCA racing in 1965.

The Garage Blog recently posted a collection of Rob North’s contact sheet scans from the 1965 Grand Prix at Mosport, in Ontario. Names like Hobbs, Hall, and McLaren all pop up in these photos, and it is fascinating to compare the scenery and layout compared to today.

With the Westwood 50th Reunion coming up, I recently stumbled across this great video on YouTube featuring a lap of Westwood with Sterling Moss. Westwood Racing Circuit was Canada’s first purpose-built road race track, and was located in Coquitlam. Sadly, the track is long gone, but you can still see vintage cars in action, and [...]