The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited”...
Villeneuve won four races, including Indy, on his way to the 1995 CART Indycar crown. Photo: John Zimmermann Collection This...
Victory in the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport on September 26, 1964, fell to Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team, with Pedro Rodriguez and Lodovico Scarfiotti taking the top two places in Ferrari 330Ps, while Walt Hansgen, seen here in a 275P, completed the N.A.R.T. 1-2-4 finish. Become a Member...
Photo: Radu Repanovici Canada’s famed Mosport Park, now being called Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, will host an all-new “Celebration of...
Bahamas Half-Pint Dear Editor, Hugh Dibley’s splendid piece on racing a Formula Junior Lola at Bahamas Speed Week (Legends Speak, November 2013) is another example of why I enjoy your magazine so much. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
The Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada (VARAC) has announced that the 2014 running of the Canadian Historic Grand Prix...
When considering my greatest racecar, the question seems far too big for me to give a simple answer. I drove...
Pete Lyons There is no great genius without a trace of madness,” declared the Roman philosopher Seneca, and can we have any doubt he was looking ahead 1.9 millennia to designers of Can-Am racecars? The wonderful old Canadian-American Challenge Cup series of 1966 through 1974 is justly famed for many...
Phil Remington From hot rods on California’s dry lakes, to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One), to the...
Devin in the Details Photo: Jeff Mach Dear Casey, I would like to add a few things to my friend...
Two-time Canadian Formula B champion Craig Hill has died at the age of 78. Hill was an outgoing character who clearly enjoyed his life while making invaluable contributions to Canadian motorsports. After commencing his competition career on local oval tracks Hill eventually moved into road racing, first with production cars...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup, co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC, was essentially an “unlimited” series. Although there was...
Spiking interest in F3 Dear Editor, Your story on Spike Rhiando and the Trimax gave me the impetus needed to...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights, and various safety requirements. However, there...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although there was a basic set of rules, the cars had to be two-seaters with bodywork covering the wheels, have doors, a windscreen, brake lights, and various safety requirements. However, there...
The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal rejoined the FIA’s World Championship for Formula One calendar this year after a one-year...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series co-sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America and...
When you first meet Walt MacKay, you are struck by what a quiet, modest man he is. Currently, he runs a shop repairing, restoring, and preparing vintage racecars, usually Porsches. Once you dig a little deeper into his background, however, you find a more than merely competent racecar driver, one...
The Eagle Formula Ford that I won the SCCA Runoffs with in 1978 was a car I was involved with...
Canadian Bill Brack was running a Lotus 41 in 1968, as well as the “Hot Wheels” Mini Cooper, and I...
Eldon Rasmussen Eldon Rasmussen was the second Canadian (after Billy Foster) to race in the Indianapolis 500 in the modern era. Eldon and Billy were supermodified drivers who had competed in the Canadian American Modified Racing Association or CAMRA series, which promoted races in western Canada and the western United...