On April 2nd the CVM/Hobby Club held their 50th Anniversary celebration event at the Legion in Dundas.
The Hobby’s, known as the Jalopies during their beginning, raced at the CNE when it opened in the early 50’s until it closed in 1966.
A group of men decided to preserve these nostalgic race cars forming a Chartered club called the O.A.R.C., the Ontario Amateur Racing Club in 1966.
When the CNE closed the Hobby club started racing full time at Flamboro Speedway.
There was a great turn out of drivers, including a few on hand who raced at Flamboro Speedway on their opening day in 1962.
I was honored to have raced 40 seasons in the CVM, 33 years consecutive. We hold the record for the driver with the most consecutive seasons, missing only 15 of over 800 nights in those 33 seasons. I miss racing with my friends, but very much enjoyed seeing many of them yesterday at the reunion.