Howdy Boys & Girls..
We lost a good personal friend last week, Gary Watson of the Riverside Corvette Club here.
He was a 40 year member and a kingpin in the our Club And Corvette racing in Western Canada.
Gary & Pat(wife) were our resident Autocross & Racing instructors.
They also slalomed/taught in the local clubs, including the PORSCHE events. He started in 2018 in Time attack competition on full road road courses out this way. He loved to get FTD( fast time of day) and beat the youngsters!
And by the way Gary would have been 80 this coming Friday!
Cancer took him very quickly this past few months. Sad.
Here is a list of the Corvettes they have owned over the years....
1978 Silver Anniversary (gone)
1965 Red Convertible (gone) (autocross champion)
1988 Metallic Charcoal coupe (gone)
1992 Black convertible (gone) (autocross champion)
1967 Black convertible (gone)
2000 Black convertible (gone) (autocrosser, Road Racer)
2007 Black convertible (gone) (autocross champ, Road Racer)
2014 Black convertible (gone)
2008 Orange Z06 Coupe (gone)
2016 Long Beach Red Z06 Coupe (autocrosser)
He was a member on here as well Competing with his latest modified 2016 Z06.
His next dream car, a GEN8 Corvette convert on order, due in Spring next year.
He had already run thru the parts catalog and ordered some necessary GEN8 add-ons!
RIP GARY.
Graham & Bev
A local racing FB page made a video montage in his honour... VCMC Motorsports Club.
We lost a good personal friend last week, Gary Watson of the Riverside Corvette Club here.
He was a 40 year member and a kingpin in the our Club And Corvette racing in Western Canada.
Gary & Pat(wife) were our resident Autocross & Racing instructors.
They also slalomed/taught in the local clubs, including the PORSCHE events. He started in 2018 in Time attack competition on full road road courses out this way. He loved to get FTD( fast time of day) and beat the youngsters!
And by the way Gary would have been 80 this coming Friday!
Cancer took him very quickly this past few months. Sad.
Here is a list of the Corvettes they have owned over the years....
1978 Silver Anniversary (gone)
1965 Red Convertible (gone) (autocross champion)
1988 Metallic Charcoal coupe (gone)
1992 Black convertible (gone) (autocross champion)
1967 Black convertible (gone)
2000 Black convertible (gone) (autocrosser, Road Racer)
2007 Black convertible (gone) (autocross champ, Road Racer)
2014 Black convertible (gone)
2008 Orange Z06 Coupe (gone)
2016 Long Beach Red Z06 Coupe (autocrosser)
He was a member on here as well Competing with his latest modified 2016 Z06.
His next dream car, a GEN8 Corvette convert on order, due in Spring next year.
He had already run thru the parts catalog and ordered some necessary GEN8 add-ons!
RIP GARY.
Graham & Bev
A local racing FB page made a video montage in his honour... VCMC Motorsports Club.
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