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Ron and Eve White (1995)

Ron and Eve White were Mr. and Mrs. Motorcycle in Canada, the backbone of the Canadian Motorcycle Association (CMA). Ron was newsletter editor (1953-57), and then Eve took over. Ron was also CMA President (1963-66), and Eve was the CMA rep on the Federation Internationale Motorcyclists (FIM). Eve is credited with getting a FIM sanction for the 1967 Canadian Grand Prix for motorcycles at Mosport. Until their deaths in a plane crash in August 1971, Ron wrote for the Globe and Mail, while Eve covered motorsport for the Toronto Star and the Canadian Press.

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Eppie Wietzes (1993)

A two-time Canadian Driving Champion, Eppie Wietzes won in everything he drove, from a Sunbeam Alpine to Comstock Mustangs and GT-40s and finally to a flock of very quick Formula 5000 cars. He won back-to-back Canadian Championships in 1969 and 1970. Then headed south to star in the Continental (F5000) circuit where he did himself and his country proud.

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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.

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John Williams (1996)

John Williams has been world motorcycle hill climbing champion five times (72-77-79-80-81), 10 times Canadian champion, six times U.S. Champion and has won many state championships. Williams made the Guinness Book of Records in '82 after winning or placing second in 25 consecutive races. Since retiring in 1983, he has carried on the tradition, acting as team manager for his two hill-climbing sons.

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Harold Wilson (2005)

Harold Wilson, the first Canadian to win a world championship in any form of motorsport, won his first speedboat race when he was 15 in the 1926 Muskoka Lakes Regatta. In 1934, Wilson won his first world championship event. Driving the Muskoka-built Little Miss Canada III with his future wife, Lorna Reid, beside him as riding mechanic, he won the 225 c.i. Class race at the Canadian National Exhibition. He successfully defended his title

in 1935. In 1939, the International Motor Yachting Union organized a world championship race in Washington, D.C., for the 7 Litre Class. Wilson defeated the U.S. entry, Notre Dame, to win the President's Cup and become World Champion. After the war, the American Power Boat Association declared the Gold Cup Class for unlimited hydroplanes as its top class. Wilson installed a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine in Miss Canada III. In 1946, he set a class speed record of 119.009 mph at Picton, Ont., and won the Silver Cup at

Detroit. In 1947, Wilson set a North American speed record of 138.865 mph with his powerful Miss Canada IV. He retired from boat racing in 1950 and went rally driving - he finished second the first two years of the Canadian Winter Rally, and second-in-class in the Shell 4000 cross-Canada rally. He was president of the CASC from 1957-'59, and served on Mosport's founding Board of Directors.

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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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Walter Wolf (1996)

As a Formula 1 owner, Walter Wolf gave Canada a presence in Grand Prix and Can-Am racing in the late '70s. In 1977, Jody Scheckter drove a Wolf-Ford to a win in Argentine in its first race ever, then followed with wins at the Monaco and Mosport. Wolf's cars also competed in Can-Am with Gilles Villeneuve driving and in European Formula 1. Austrian-born Wolf became a Canadian citizen in 1967 and always carried the Canadian flag on his cars.

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