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Gee, Michael and Thomas J West Automobile Racing The Canadian Encyclopedia Historica Toronto Canada 2006 web 7 February 2006.
Gee, M However, McLean died the following year at the wheel of a Ford GT-40 in Sebring.
The 1970s were a period of motor racing formula, the formula B, Ford, 5000, and Atlantic Gilles Villeneuve Formula One winner, ran in Westwood in 1974 Jacques Villeneuve, brother of Gilles, raced in Formula Atlantic competition Westwood Brian McLoughlin, Bob McGregor Graeme Cameron and Bill Melnikoff of Vancouver also a great success in the 1970s was the incorporation under the auspices of the sports Car club of America series Trans race -Am Westwood featured several of these that drew very large crowds at the difficult track Ludwig Heimrath Ontario has been a regular visitor in his Porsche Turbo and Gary Pullybank Vancouver, and the US pilot Bob Tullius his Jaguar, Peter Gregg in his Corvette, and Greg Pickett in his Monza offer exciting Canadian amateur international competition the very popular series, NASCAR races berlin e, also held in Westwood for many years.
During the 1980s Westwood continued to attract fans and, more sports racing cars and open-wheel speedsters, two new race types were introduced One was Honda Civic, Camaro and Firebird race groups identical cars that appealed to the crowd because these cars were available on the market the other was the reappearance of race cars early in the pre-war era and post-war, the 1960s and the years 1970 cars circle was now complete, but in 1990, Westwood will close the lease had expired and developers returned to erect a housing estate.
One of the first tracks in Ontario was established in Edenvale, near Stayner Winnipeg former Netley airport was the scene of a racing activity from 1955 Although similar spread in the western, central of Canada's road race was southern Ontario These first years of racing on the runways without much organization in 1951, the Motor Sport club of Canada was established as a federation of clubs motorsport Canada.
In 1959, a growing rift between those who run for fun and those who believed sport could be developed only by competition between well known drivers attracted substantial cash prize led to the formation of the Pilots Association Canadian race in May 1956, the British Empire Motor club opened Harewood Raceway near Jarvis, Ont Here are a lot of top 1960 Canadian drivers made their debut a major development was the construction of Mosport however, February 1, 46-mile Racing road circuit 4 km north of Bowmanville, Ontario, June 24, 1961, a crowd of 40 000 spectators gathered to s Stirling Moss Britain defeated an international field in the first race of player 200.
Other efforts have been made to develop the sport Edmonton International Speedway and the circuit of Saint-Jovite, Que, were opened in the following years In 1963, Don Hunt of Toronto developed the concept of a series of challenges Canada-US for unrestricted sports cars and, 3 years later, the first Can-Am race was held every year a series of races takes place over a number of the way in Canada and the United States of that American drivers have won the most races, in 1968 John Cannon of Montreal won the last race before Can -Am complete domination of the event until 1974 by the McLaren team for Britain.
On 27 August 1967, the first Canadian Grand Prix for Formula One cars took place before choosing the Montreal location Mosport Park, the site of the Grand Prix alternated between Mosport Park and Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant St. -Jovite the race was a highlight of the racing season since 1978, it was moved to Montreal, where he was won for the first time by a Canadian, Gilles Villeneuve - the price of which is now named the first Canada to participate in the Formula level was Peter Ryan Mount -Tremblant, Que a very promising young driver, his career ended tragically July 2, 1962, when he was killed in Europe during the race.
In 1969 and 1970, George Eaton of Toronto drove for BRM team in North America and selected European events as far Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve was successfully After a brilliant career in North America, he joined the Ferrari racing team in 1977. from then until his death in 1982, he won 6 races of the world championship, including, in 1981, the crown jewel of the sport, the grand Prix of Monaco.
Other Canadian drivers include Earl Ross, who was rookie of the year in NASCAR in 1974, and Gary Beck Edmonton, who won the 1974 Canadian World drag racing championship had the opportunity to develop their skills to Formula 2000 and Formula Atlantic series and several racing series in Canada, including the challenges and the Porsche series Rothman player.
Despite success at these levels, Canadian riders continue to remain a novelty on the major international circuits The high cost of running a race car limit Canadian opportunities at the highest level of the race is only over recent years that a Canadian racing team entered the CART-Indy racing circuit uncompetitive from the start, the team became regular, and in 1992, their car, driven by Scott Goodyear, was second in the prestigious Indianapolis 500, the leading racing event in North America later this year Goodyear won the Marlboro 500, with compatriot Paul Tracy finished second in Toronto, and was one of the best drivers in the overall championship circuit.
Tracy had the chance to drive for Penske Racing, the dominant team in the league, and won 8 races for the team before moving to another team in 1995. A third young Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve, son of the legendary Gilles Villeneuve , burst on the circuit in 1994, winning the race and finishing second at Indy during his rookie season Villeneuve became the first Canadian to win the Indianapolis 500 in his second attempt in 1995, cementing its position as one of the drivers brightest youth in international racing, he also received the Lou Marsh trophy as Canada's outstanding athlete in 1995, he then success in the much more difficult track Formula One in 1997, Villeneuve became the third in North America, behind American Phil Hill in 1961 and Mario Andretti in 1978 to win Formula championship Greg Moore of Maple Ridge, BC, was another pro Canadian Mass which was never fully realized enormous because of the potential of the tragedy in the sport Born in 1975, he showed great talent and enthusiasm to start in go-karts at an early age in 1996, he was the race of the series CART race, the highest level of motor racing type in North America the following season, he won his first race as well as four others before being killed in an accident high speed in the last race of the 1999 season out of respect for Moore, CART permanently retired his number, 99, more competition.
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