VRRA plans 50th celebration for Mosport MotoGP
It’s been five decades since MotoGP visited what’s now Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
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VRRA races at Shannonville this weekend
Show up and watch the Summer Classic.
This weekend: More Ride for Dad, Quinte TT, other events
If you’re not busy this weekend – or even if you are – check these events out.
Vintage road racers schedule four rounds
Vintage racing season kicks off June 1-3 at Shannonville.
Mr. Tate goes for vintage glory, Part 2
I often wonder after competing in a race weekend, that if I had known ahead of time everything that would happen that weekend, would I still have gone out? I guess not knowing must be one of the draws …
Mr. Tate goes for vintage glory, Part 1
However, there are tracks to which I’d just as soon give a miss, and consequences I’d just as soon avoid (such as the inevitable family consequences of too many summer weekends not doing things around the house …) Therefore, my vintage racing is usually reserved for two events per year at the Shannonville Quinte TT and the Vintage Festival at Mosport .
CMG goes vintage racing, Part 2
CMG and racing have proven to be a somewhat unstable mix in the past. However, for some reason we feel the inexplicable urge to carry on. Things seemed to be looking up in 2005 when our racing efforts started off well enough with our Pascal Anctil coming up with a very unCMG-like podium finish in the first round of the 600cc National Amateur series.
CMG Builds a ZX7 Vintage Racer, Part 1
As with most things in life, you’re often better off not knowing what you’re really getting into prior to embarking on a new endeavour. This was definitely the case when we decided to get the CMG ZX-7 project bike up to snuff and ‘competitive’ for the VRRA Mosport Endurance Race earlier this year.
CMG goes vintage racing, Part 1
Still slightly bleary-eyed, the CMG “B” team made up of Ronn Moffatt, Editor ‘arris and myself converged at Mosport for the annual VRRA Endurance Race at the ungodly hour of 7:30am. As per usual, everything had come together at the last minute.
Mr. Tate goes vintage racing
The older you get, the faster you were: a pretty common joke among members of the racing group known as the Vintage Road Racing Association, or VRRA. Not always true, though, as anyone racing with the VRRA crowd for the first time will quickly learn. Just because you have a few years’ experience doesn’t mean you’re slowing down any.