Congratulations to the Kelowna Gang for fantastic results in Round 4 of the Touring Car Proxy. Leo finished 1st with his Opel….his first ever Proxy win. It’s hard to get on a podium but to finish on top in first place well done! Lez finished fifth, another fantastic result for his Mitsubishi! Let’s keep it going guys! … More Touring Car Proxy Round 4
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
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
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!!
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 2018 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
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