The Italian/French car show at Waterfront Park in North Vancouver is one of many taking place on Sunday across the province in honour of dads.Cam Hutchins With Sunday being Father’s Day we certainly have a great selection of shows taking place across the province this weekend. Victoria, Trail, Qualicum, Prince George, Kelowna, Vernon, and even Radium, the car events make this one of the greatest weekends of the year. And as always, I’ll be at the KMS Tools show in Coquitlam, and on Father’s Day proper it will be out to the big show in Mission to take photos. I love shooting the cars in motion and the Old Car Sunday in the Park in Mission is an amazingly large show with a huge variety of vehicles. In addition to your camera (and a kid, of course) take sunscreen and comfortable shoes. Last weekend I was at the Centennial Show Shine at my old school and ended up parking beside the “Poster Child” for bring your kid to a car show. Gord Odolinski has been driving his very cool Chevy shortbox pickup for years and almost always has his two sons with him. He came up to me and gave me an incredibly nice chrome hubcap, era correct for my ’66 Chevy truck. He claimed to have found it in a ditch, but it was way too nice. Then his younger son Trevor came up with a matching hubcap upside down and said, “Please sir, may I have some water in my dog dish hubcap for my dog”. These type of hubcaps are often referred to as “Dog Dish” and are what went on plain Jane models of cars and truck in the 60’s. Then his wife and older son Brendan show up with two more perfect hubcaps. He had a friend who had bought a truck to restore, but sadly it was too far gone for restoration and Gord was able to get me the caps for free. Brenden had years ago told me I had a nice truck, but added the early 1970’s hubcaps I had on it were “so wrong”. Now thanks to the Odolinski’s my truck is perfect! On Saturday I went out to the Langley Loafers Old Time Drags at Mission Speedway Park and walked through the pits while waiting for the racing to fire up. Everyone relies on Barry and Shelley Siebert’s mini donuts to keep going while at the track and not only did the couple recently get a new mini donut machine — they got a new racecar too. Barry grinned ear to ear when he told me he had never gone so fast in his life; a great run of 9.98 seconds at 134.28 mph in his Mopar Monster. This afternoon at the Sheraton in Langford, just outside Victoria, is the book launch of “Billy Foster The Victoria Flash”, plus a walk through the history of motor racing in British Columbia. Author Bob Kehoe of Portland will be signing copies and a there will be a few speeches about the history of racing in and around our province’s capital city. Billy Foster started racing at the local Speedway, was the first Canadian to race in the Indy 500, raced USAC Stock Car Division and was a good friend of Mario Andretti. Foster died in a tragic crash testing at the Riverside Raceway in California in 1967. There will be two of Foster’s race cars on display, one used at the Mt. Doug Hill Climbs, and the other the Indy car Billy raced at the Indy 500, both restored by Gord Alberg, a friend of Billy Foster. I for one cannot think of a better Fathers Day present than this book. Other highlights of this weekend are the Italian and French Father’s Day show in North Vancouver and the Greater Vancouver Motorsport Society’s Father’s Day Car Show at the Burnaby Heritage Village. And don’t forget to bring a kid — and your father! SHOWS JUNE 14 What: Billy Foster- The Victoria Flash book launch party Where: Langford Sheraton, 829 McCallum Rd., Langford When: 1 p.m. Admission: Free Info: 250-216-6575, 250-818-4150 or trakside99@shaw.ca JUNE 14 16 What: Seaside Cruizers 25th Annual Father’s Day Show Shine Where, Qualicum Beach When: Friday Cruise Night. Parksville Beach staging at 5 p.m., cruise starts at 7 p.m.; Saturday Poker Run from Parksville Beach. Staging at 9 a.m., departure at 11 a.m. Saturday Street Dance, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. downtown Qualicum Beach; Sunday Show Shine, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Downtown Qualicum Beach Admission: Free Info: 250-752-0012 or info@seasidecruizers.com Website: http://www.seasidecruizers.com JUNE 15 What: KMS Tools 24th Annual Charity Show Shine Where: KMS Tools, 110 Woolridge St., Coquitlam When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission: Free Registration: 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. $15 and open to pre-‘72 or rare/unusual Info: 604-522-5599 or lori.pridham@kmstools.com Website: kmstools.com What: Driven Vancouver 2019 Where: PNE Forum, Vancouver When: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Admission: $20 Info: 780-910-6266 or info@repmedia.ca Website: drivenshow.ca What: BC Highland Games Scottish Festival British Car Show Where: Lafarge Lake Park, Coquitlam When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: Adults $15; Sir/students $12; Youth (6-12) $5 Info: simon.scott43@me.com Website: bchighlandgames.com What: Fraser Valley Motorcycle Show Shine Where: Highstreet Mall, Abbotsford
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