Sports Car Proxy Rounds 1 2 & 3

Two Kelowna cars entered the Sports Car Championship (SCCA) Proxy this year. This is a proxy race series for the cars that ran in SCCA events from 1951-1965. Those include cars that competed in the SCCA National Sports Car Championship (1951-64) and the first 3 years of the SCCA United States Road Racing Championship, which ran 1963-68. Randy entered a Cooper – Ford into the Modified Division and Leo entered a Ford Cobra into the Production Division … More Sports Car Proxy Rounds 1 2 & 3

Touring Car Proxy Round 3

Round 3 was ran in Australia at Steve’s Track on November 7th as the Touring Car Proxy continued it’s trek across Australia. The Kelowna cars both qualified very well – Lez in 3rd and Leo in 5th however the final race results were not so good to Lez where he finished in 11th place. Congrats to Leo for his second place finishing on the podium with his Opel where his car continues to race well. … More Touring Car Proxy Round 3

Touring Car Proxy Rounds 1 & 2

The 2018 – 19 Touring Car Proxy kicked off in Braidwood, Australia at Andrew’s Track on October 10th. The two Kelowna entrants finished a fantastic 2nd – Leo (Opel) and 4th – Lez (Mitsubishi). Well done guys!!

Round #2 The Touring Car Proxy continued in Australia and race #2 was held at Alvaro’s Track on October 24th. Again the Kelowna cars finished with excellent results Lez in 3rd and Leo in 5th. Nicely done!!

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2018 Group 5 Proxy Kelowna

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 2018 Group 5 Proxy Kelowna

Round #10 Touring Car 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

Group 5 Proxy Round #8 Calgary

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