I was talking to the Vintage Racing Club organizers ( http://www.vrcbc.ca ) at the BC Historic Motor Races at Mission Raceway this past weekend. For the past 2 seasons they hold a session called the Westwood 50 class at the races in July which is a group of cars that have a past connection with the old Westwood Race Track and drivers with little or no prior experience race car driving. It is a great event for someone who has a Players car to come out and feel the excitement of running your car at speeds in front of crowds but without the real dangers or pressures or racing. It comes with a 3 day event (this year they had eight 20 minute sessions over the 3 day weekend) with professional driving instruction included from "Morrisport Advanced Driving". The cost of the 3 days this year was $375.00 or less if you become a member of the VRCBC. It is well worth the time and money to come out. Your Players car doesn’t need all the safety gear and you don't need anything either as helmets are supplied if you don't have one. All cars must be in working order and in good condition without leaking fluids, new brake pads as the track is hard on brakes and good tires are a plus. Safety is a major concern of course. Cars must be able to pass a tech inspection at the track before you race.

Anyway, the reason I am giving you this speech is that the organizers have stated that if we can get at least 10 or more GM Motorsports Players car owners and operators to confirm before next year's event we will be able to have our own lapping sessions at next year's Historic Motor Races in Mission BC. I ran the event with no experience last year with my Players car and it was a highly professional event with instruction by "Morrisport Advanced Driving" (http://www.morrisport.com ) with Tony Morris Jr. lead instructor. He still races in select event and even raced in the GM Motorsports Players Series with his dad Tony Morris. The whole race weekend was first class as the organizers do a great job with everything about these races. It is a great event to mingle with the owners and drivers from the original GM Motorsports series.

I am posting this now to generate interest in next year's races and to give the organizers enough time to work out a schedule to include the GM Motorsports Players cars in next year's races and to give car owners the opportunity to get their cars up and running. I have also started a facebook page for GM Motorsports Players car owners and operators to discuss this event. http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gi ... 8540033814

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks for reading.

Darrin

We have 6 Players Camaro's confirmed. 4 more and we have ourselves a series. It is a great way to generate interest & showcase our cars once again the way they were meant to be... on the track. We have 2 1988 & 4 1991 camaro's. It seems like the 1991 year cars are the most popular and still the most active Players cars still running in the Vancouver area. Again, no experience necessary and no special equipment needed for this event. Hope you can all join us or at least come out and watch next year.