The Wine Country Racing Association was established in 2002 and was the brain child of retired RCMP Cpl. Dean Martin and his wife Joann, both of whom are devoted gear heads. The theory behind the association was to find a location to give automotive enthusiasts a legal outlet to race their cars as opposed to street racing, which is dangerous and illegal. Interested members of the local car club "The Coachmasters" enthusiastically joined in, and the group was formed. In preparation for their first race, the fledgling group sponsored two burnout contests hosted by Mr. JF Launier at his auto wrecking yard - Desert Auto Parts. Sufficient start up funds were obtained and the association was off and running. After planning over the Winter,the group held a combination "Show 'n Shine" and race on June 5th, 2004. A successful car show was featured at the local community park followed by the race on 89th street in the Oliver Industrial area. A crude lighting system consisting of a discarded traffic light was used as starting lights. Times were provided by stop watch and speed by police radar. While very rudimentary, the system worked well and we had a great day. With money raised from the initial event we purchased a professional Christmas Tree Starting System from Race America of California which is capable of displaying reaction time, red light starts and ET. Armed with the new lights, we hosted our second event on the 6th of September. Over 90 vehicles attended as well as 2 Junior Dragsters. We charged a nominal fee of $5 per car and drivers got an average of 10 runs throughout the day. All of the feedback was positive and the excitement is clearly growing. Proceeds from the Sept. 6th race were used to upgrade the light system to include printed time slips listing reaction time, elapsed time and trap speed.   June 25th, 2006 was the first 1/8 mile Drag Race held on the newly paved Osoyoos Airport. In 2006 three successful events were held at the new Richter Pass Motorplex (Osoyoos Airport). In 2007 the WCRA held five races at RPM, three in the spring and two in the fall. We have five race weekends scheduled for 2008; hope to see everyone at the races.