GREETINGS, VINTAGE FANS

Welcome To The 43rd Varac Vintage Grand Prix Presented By Ebay Motors

Welcome

gals and guys and thank you for joining us for the 43rd running of the VARAC Vintage Grand Prix Presented by eBay Motors, one of the largest vintage race weekends in Canada. The Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada [VARAC) was founded back in 1976 and is still going strong in 2023.

Now that COVID is in the rearview mirror, we can get back to what we do best, and that’s racing, and meeting old friends we race with, and lying about how fast and good we are. So, let’s go racing.

This year we have race groups comprised of Vintage Historics, including cars built before 1973, Classic group cars that were built before 1999, a new Modern Classic group comprised of production cars built up to 2006, and Formula Classic also known as Monoposto. We are also happy to welcome back the Toyo Tires F1600 Championship series.

New for 2023, we are also pleased to welcome – for the first time – the Vintage Sports 2000 racers who primarily race in the US and have ventured north to Canada to participate in this year’s Grand Prix. VARAC would like to welcome them to our event, this year, and for years to come.

We have with us again Mini Meet North who will be on the grass at Corner 2, and also on track Saturday for parade laps during the lunch break. Please take a walk and see these beautiful cars. Sunday morning, the ‘Field of Dreams’ car show will take place at Corner 8. And at noon, these amazing vintage cars – including the Mazdas – will be doing parade laps, on the track.

We couldn’t hold this event without our partners at the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP). The VARAC Vintage Grand Prix is run as a joint effort by VARAC and CTMP. Without their expertise and efforts, as well as access to their world class facilities, we would be hard-pressed to make this event as large and successful as it has become.

We would also like to thank eBay Motors for their participation in this year’s event, as the new presenting sponsor of the VVGP.

On behalf of VARAC, we’d like to thank the staff at CTMP for making this a world class event. We would also like to thank the hundreds of volunteers who are working on our behalf, thereby allowing us to do something we love to do ... go racing! VVGP

Peter Lambrinos

VARAC VINTAGE GRAND PRIX DIRECTOR

Varac Board Of Directors

John Hawkes President

Dave Good Race Director

Tammy Moore Secretary

Gavin Ivory Treasurer

Ed Luce Membership

Del Bruce Vice President, Classic

Doug Switzer | Vice President, Formula Classic

Brian Thomas | Vice President, Vintage/Historic

Ivan Samila Conduct Chair

Chris Rupnik Eastern Director, Rules & Regulations

Martino Beretta Communications & IT Director

Peter Lambrinos VGP Director

Gord Ballantine Deputy Conduct Chair

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