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Wallie Branston (1997)
Wallie Branston of Scarborough, Ont., a pioneer stock car racer, was a consistent winner on Toronto-area tracks (Speedway Park, Oakwood Raceway and the CNE) in the '40s and '50s driving a series of Gorries and Bardahl sponsored stock cars. He later became the official starter for Mosport Park, waving the checkered flag for such stars as Jack Brabham, winner of the first Grand Prix of Canada in 1967.
More about this member :: Back to top Craig Fisher (1997)
Craig Fisher of Toronto was one of the top sedan drivers in North America in the '60s and early '70s, winning several CASC and SCCA class and overall sedan championships. . A former member of the Canadian Comstock Racing Team, Craig and the late Mark Donohue finished 1-2 in the 12 Hours of Sebring in Roger Penske Trans-Am Camaros in 1968. Craig Fisher became the first Canadian to win a Trans-Am when he teamed with Mark Donohue at Marlboro, Maryland in 1968. He was the first driver to score Trans-Am points for both Chevrolet and Pontiac divisions
More about this member :: Back to top Jim Gunn (1997)
No one in the history of Canadian motorsport is more deserving of the title Builder than Jim Gunn. In addition to organizing the Trans-Canada Rally (1960-61) and the Shell 4000 rallies (1962 to1968), Jim Gunn was a founder and the first secretary of the Canadian Automobile Sport Committee in 1951. Later renamed the Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs, CASC became the sanctioning body for all motorsport in Canada, and Gunn, now deceased, served as president from 1956 to 1961, when CASC grew from 40 member clubs to 92.
More about this member :: Back to top Bill Kydd (1997)
Bill Kydd won more than 80 per cent of the races in which he competed and set many National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) A-Altered and A-Comp world drag racing records from 1961 to 1974. Kydd's "Will's Fargo" roadster, built with the aid of his father, Bill Sr., became a familiar sight in the winner's circle at NHRA National events. It was the first gasoline-powered car to break the 8-second mark in a quarter mile.
More about this member :: Back to top Ed Leavens (1997)
Ed Leavens of London, Ont., an extremely successful sports car racer from 1955 to 1962, also competed with Stirling Moss, Bruce McLaren and other notables of the day at Sebring for the BMC factory team in 1959, '60 and '61. In 1959, he helped set two land speed records for Austin Healey at Bonneville. He was factory driver for both BMC Canada and for Gorries Chevrolet (Corvettes), driving the latter to victory in the first race ever at Green Acres in 1957.
More about this member :: Back to top Roger McCaig (1997)
Roger McCaig competed successfully in the Can-Am and Continental 5000 series in the late '60s and early '70s in a series of McLaren Group 7 and Formula 5000 cars. He became a full-time racing driver in 1969, the same year he was diagnosed with cancer. Despite the disease, he was top Canadian in the Can-Am series in 1970 as well as sharing successes with brother Maurice in major endurance races. Roger died in 1976, just 43 years old.
More about this member :: Back to top The Mehlenbacher Family (1997)
The Mehlenbacher family of Cayuga, Ont., built and maintained Cayuga Dragway for 36 years, providing a venue for local drag racers and attracting many big-time racing stars to Canada. Operating the track until 1984 was a family affair, starting with patriarch L.B.(Lawson Bruce) Mehlenbacher, son Bruce Andrew Jr. and his wife Joan, grandsons Bill, Andrew and Bruce III.
More about this member :: Back to top David Wildman (1997)
David Wildman of Coquitlam, B.C., a motorcycle racer and organizer, was responsible for establishing the Canadian Motorcycle Association (CMA) in British Columbia. He led the way for motorcycle racing at Abbotsford and Westwood. He raced for the CMA at the Isle of Man in England, helping to win the Junior T.T. trophy in 1961 and 62. He raced at Westwood from the day it opened in 1959 until it closed in1990, winning three Canadian sidecar championships.
More about this member :: Back to top Scott Wilson (1997)
A drag racer from London, Ont., Scott Wilson was the first Canadian to break the 200-mph barrier, driving a slingshot dragster, "The Time Machine". With car owner Alex Litt, Scott was a strong competitor in NHRA National events and match races in Canada and the U.S., eventually hitting 233 mph in the quarter-mile with an elapsed time of 6.89 seconds in "The Time Machine".
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