Welcome to the 2011 Race Season!

As I enter my second year as president we are still facing an uncertain future at Race City. However, be assured that no matter what happens with Race City, vintage racing will continue in Alberta and the Calgary Vintage Racing Club will continue to be the focal point of vintage racing in the province. Recently Alderman Sean Keating has formed a committee on the future of motorsport in Calgary. The CVRC is and will continue to be providing input to this committee.

We do have race dates for 2011, at Race City in Calgary as well as other locations, and they are noted elsewhere on the website. In August we will have our 17^th annual Vintage On The Parries weekend complete with our fabulous BBQ, I encourage all of you to attend this great event. The BBQ is one of the best I have ever attended. Once again this year we will be looking for sponsors for the VOTP weekend. Please contact myself or Hal Hamilton if you know someone who may be interested in being a sponsor.

At our AGM this year a motion was put forward to change eligibility dates. At the time of this writing no agreement has been finalized on this topic. However it looks like vehicles newer than 1975 will be allowed at the discretion of the executive. Once a firm proposal is voted in at the monthly meeting, the regulations will be updated on the website. If you know someone with a 1976 or new car that they would like to race with us, please let them know about the changes and encourage them to check the website for details.

Last year’s photo that accompanied the president’s message showed me relaxing in the pits at Race City and I talked about this being one of the great aspects of vintage racing. This year’s photo shows the pre-grid at one of our morning races in July of 2010, the photographer is Shawn Bishop. Wide open blue sky’s typical of Alberta and everyone anticipating a good, clear, fair race. I’m not sure how I got onto the pole? But I did notice the absence of any of the big bore cars, maybe that’s how.

See you at the track.

Jim Crittenden, CVRC President