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Vintage Lotus fun at Mosport

November 5, 2009

What you see above is the 1962 Lotus Super Seven belonging to Jeremy Sale, just about at the apex of Mosport’s corner 10. This 1,500cc Ford powered Seven is an original car that has been racing for years. It lived with the Baker family for some time and was apparently bent up pretty well. It [...]

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Vinegaroon

September 6, 2009

After watching the video I posted yesterday, Gary Faules commented on the 1965 Huffaker Genie MK10 race car, nicknamed “Vinegaroon.” This car was owned by Dan Blocker, otherwise known as Hoss from the TV show Bonanza. It was driven by Bob Harris and Canadian John Cannon. Built by Huffaker Engineering in California, this Genie MK10 [...]

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Hooters girls invade the G70+ paddock

July 11, 2009

What happens when there is a monsoon at the Honda Indy Toronto? Easy: Everyone goes indoors, including the giant herd of Hooters girls. Always on the lookout for stuff our readers will enjoy, I managed to convince a couple of fun loving young ladies to join me on a tour of the G70+ paddock. Some [...]

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Gallery: VARAC Historics in a soggy pit lane

July 5, 2009

What is worse than sitting on pit lane in a soggy suit waiting for a session to start? Sitting in a open top car while the rain is still pissing down. After the break we’ve got a rather large gallery of rather uncomfortable looking cars and their pilots prior to a wet practice session at [...]

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Gallery: VARAC Historics on track

June 28, 2009

While Saturday was a rainy, nasty mess at Mosport for the 2009 VARAC Festival, Sunday was bright and beautiful. A perfect day to for vintage racing. Over the past few years, my racing galleries have been mostly pit lane and paddock stuff as I just couldn’t seem to get the knack for using the manual [...]

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Gallery: wandering the paddock at VARAC Festival

June 23, 2009

Perhaps the best part of a vintage festival, both for competitors and spectators is the incredible collection of wonderful cars and the people who own them. Just like any local cruise, car owners and drivers are always happy to talk about their cars. Not only do many tell stories, but often they learn more about [...]

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Group 70+ slips and slides at Mosport

June 20, 2009

VARAC’s Group 70+ class is basically a run what ya brung home for race cars from 1970 onwards that don’t meet the traditional classes that VARAC layed out oh so many years ago. It has also become home to some of the older traditional cars that don’t quite fit the profile of the other classes. [...]

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Cone down

June 20, 2009

I had nothing to do with the death of this poor little guy, but I just couldn’t help but take his photo to make all of you happy.

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A soggy day at Mosport for the VARAC Festival

June 20, 2009

I managed to grab 442 photos today during my rain soaked visit to the 2009 VARAC Festival at Mosport. It will take a while to edit all of those, but for now this shot pretty much sums up the day.

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VARAC Festival under way at Mosport

June 20, 2009

The 2009 VARAC Festival got under way at Mosport yesterday under sunny skies. Today promises to be rainy all day, but for tomorrow should be bright and sunny again. What better way to celebrate Father’s Day that to check out some beautiful scenery and wicked old race cars!
Warwick Patterson was at the track yesterday and [...]

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