George Beatty Sterne: The Life, Racing Career, and ... - MogNW

Stirling Moss visits with Miss Westwood
and GB in 1965
In the pits at Westwood: GB is in pit #4 on the left (see
white box). In pit #1 is Jim Murray’s Plus 4 SS, car #10.
GB is in the lower left, almost out of the photo.
GB is in the second row beside the Corvette
1968
A page from the program at the
Edmonton Speedway in the summer of 1968
#4 George (‘GB’) Sterne—Burnaby, B.C.
The team of “GB” and Lydia Sterne are by no means
strangers on the Edmonton scene. Now residents of B.C.,
George was raised and educated here in Edmonton. He
served three years with the Edmonton Police Department
until the Second World War broke out. It was then “GB”
found his place in the Royal Canadian Navy.
After the war, the Sternes moved to the west coast and
took up residence in Burnaby. In 1952 George purchased
his first sports car, an MG TD, and started his career in the
art of sports car driving. Going full force into the racing
sport, he was granted the Western Canadian Distributorship
for the Morgan Motor Company of England. By 1957
he was the proud driver of a Morgan himself.
Since that time, “GB” has bagged 247 assorted racing
trophies and gained some of the most coveted titles in the
sport. Lydia, his wife, has handled the wrenches for the
operation while George does the driving, quite a dedicated
team you must agree!