The Group 5 Proxy Series has wound down and is all complete for another season. The Kelowna cars all finished very well and in the top 16 so will not need to qualify for entry into next season’s proxy. Overall congrats to Cameron (Camber) from Australia for the dominating win in the world’s fastest … More Group 5 Proxy Final Standings
The Group 5 Proxy left Calgary and landed in our home town Kelowna at Quail Ridge Speedway. Six racers came to help marshal and race these speed demon rubber tired cars on race day. Earlier in the week Leo and Rob qualified the cars and a new record lap time of 5.516s was recorded by Camber’s BMW M1 car from Australia. Congrats to Chris Struwig “F1Fan” from Chilliwack for taking top spot, Cameron “Camber” from Australia taking second and Kelowna’s Rob “Cgyracer” finishing third. Lez finished 8th and Leo 9th…..fantastic having all three Kelowna cars race so well and finish in the top ten! … More Group 5 Proxy Kelowna
The Ford vs Porsche Proxy continued from South Africa travelling all the way to New Zealand’s Anaconda track. Congrats to the Kelowna cars for finishing 3rd – Rob #10 Ford GT40 and 21st – Lez #54 Ford GT40. … More Round #6 Ford vs Porsche Proxy
The Touring Car proxy ran round #10 in Portland Oregon at Al’s Rippin Ridin’ Raceway on April 5th, 2018. Radarek the frontrunner suffered a broken guide holder this round and could not finish the race but the car has been sent back to Edmonton for repairs to the guide holder.
The local Kelowna cars finished 1st – Rob (Cgyracer) and 18th – Lez. Congrats to all involved. … More Round #10 Touring Car Proxy
The Touring Car Proxy headed over to Oregon where Kidvoltage and his crew raced Round #9 at the 55 foot Penguin Point Raceway. The local Kelowna cars finished with mixed results…..Lez’s Opel is still experiencing mechanical issues finishing in 20th place while Rob’s Peugeot finished in 2nd place behind Edmonton’s Radarek who seems unbeatable … More Touring Car Proxy Round #9 Oregon
Round 8 was ran March 25th at the Circuits of Silverado by the Rocky Mountain Racers RMR. Things looked promising for Leo as he was the top qualifier but it turned out his car was a bit of a handful and Leo’s #62 BMW M1 finished 15th. Rob’s #10 BMW M1 finished on the podium in 2nd place and Lez’s #54 BMW M1 finished a very decent 8th. Onward to Round #9 in Kelowna next! … More Group 5 Proxy Round #8 Calgary
Edmonton was home to the Group 5 Proxy on March 8th at the GETCARS track. Kelowna’s car’s ended up with very mixed results on this fast running track. Rob’s #10 BMW M1 finished 10th, Lez’s #54 BMW M1 finished 19th, and Leo’s #62 BMW M1 finished 20th. … More Group 5 Proxy Round #7 Edmonton
The 2018 Trans Am proxy round #1 was ran in Colorado March 3rd at the Palmer Divide Raceway. A huge congratulations to local racer Randy for finishing first with his Dodge Challenger and to Lez for finishing 16th with his Camaro. Lez also received the Concourse award for his beautiful Alfa Romeo which finished 9th in the U2 class. Congratulations to both of you! … More Trans Am Proxy Round #1
The Touring car proxy continued on a second track in Edmonton belonging to Leon Luke. Leon’s track is a 110 foot Scalextric four lane track with a variety of corners and long straights. The race was ran as a single car race with a five minute time limit counting the total laps. The Kelowna cars finished 2nd – Rob (Peugeot) and 19th – Lez Opel). … More Touring Car Proxy Round #8
The Group 5 proxy stopped at Cornwall Ontario’s Autodrome track after running a few rounds in the USA. Lez did the best of the Kelowna cars finishing 14th but Leo and Rob’s cars finished in the last two positions. Congrats to Lez and hopefully the other two Kelowna cars have no issues. The next race in Edmonton should tell the story! … More Group 5 Proxy Round #6
