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Dale Armstrong (1995)
One of the most innovative drag racers in the sport- and always under financed- Dale Armstrong still won 12 NHRA Nationals and 14 IHRA races. But his true genius came to light as crew of Kenny Bernstein's Budweiser King Team. He directed his boss to four Winston Funny Car Titles in the 80's, and, after a move to the top fuelers in 1990, engineered the cars in which Bernstein broke the 300-MPH barrier and set drag racing world records.
More about this member :: Back to top Francis Bradley (1995)
Sportswriters called Francis Bradley "Canada's fastest bus driver". Bradley, however, was not driving like a bus jockey in 1962 when he won the Canadian Driving Championship in a Lotus 19. Bradley started racing in 1955 and moved up very quickly from racing his own Volkswagen to sponsored rides, in the Eglinton / Caledonia Motors Porsche 550 Spyder and then the Miss Whiz Lola-Climax, the car he raced in the first Player's 200 in 1961
More about this member :: Back to top Trevor Deeley (1995)
A good motorcycle racer himself, Trevor Deeley's real claim to fame was having the foresight to see the motorcycle revolution in the early 1960's. Deeley publicized the Hondas he sold by hiring some of the best young riders in Canada including Canadian champions Jim Allen, Jim Duncan and Yvon Duhamel. As a Yamaha distributor, Deeley put together a team that won the world superbike championship in 1976.
More about this member :: Back to top Brad Francis (1995)
For 35 years, Brad Francis has built winning cars for every major form of racing in North America. A self-taught racing engineer, he was for 20 years an integral part of the successes of Performance Engineering of Thornhill, Ont. (Indy, Can-Am, NHRA, short-track stock cars, Trans-Am). He built championship-winning IMSA and Trans-Am cars for General Motors before becoming manager of special projects for Richard Childress' NASCAR Winston Cup Team (Dale Earnhardt) and director of R&D for Bill Davis Racing (Wade Burton, Dave Blaney).
More about this member :: Back to top Norm Lelliott (1995)
Stormin Norm Lelliot's racing career spanned 23 years and included everything from go-karts and formula fords to super modifieds and even top fuel dragsters. But Lelliott really made his name in stock cars, starting in 1954 at the CNE and later at Pinecrest Speedway. In 1971 he joined the Performance Engineering team and won the Export "A" Championship in 1974. He died in 1991 in a tragic snowmobile accident.
More about this member :: Back to top Harvey Lennox (1995)
Harvey Lennox amassed an almost unbelievable winning record of 182 feature victories at stock car tracks in Ontario and Michigan in the fifties and sixties. From London, Ont., Harvey was a huge crowd favourite at CNE Stadium, driving his legendary Tammy10 modified. He won five international stock car championships and three Canadian titles, and won track championships at the CNE, Bridgeport, Nilestown and Delaware Speedway. In 1961, he won a 5-mile feature at Harewood Acres, the first time super modifieds had ever competed on a road course in Canada.
More about this member :: Back to top Dizzy Dean Murray (1995)
No one who ever saw 'Dizzy' Dean Murray in his gold cowboy boots and 10-gallon hat, hawking copies of Wheel Spin News in the grandstands, will never forget it. Murray founded Wheel Spin with $15 in his pocket in 1965. It covered all forms of auto racing, becoming a resounding success and won several media awards. 'Diz' also ran the Motion Car Shows, was a motorsport consultant and sponsored races and racecars.
More about this member :: Back to top Derek Oland (1995)
Moosehead Breweries has been sponsoring auto racing in the Maritimes since 1970, contributing greatly to motorsport in Atlantic Canada. The Brewery helped to build Atlantic Motorsport Park and has sponsored the Moosehead Grand Prix on the streets of downtown Halifax. As President of Moosehead, Derek Oland has been the spark behind the breweries huge interest in motorsport.
More about this member :: Back to top Kay Petre (1995)
Kay Petre raced huge Delages, Alfa Romeos and Austins in Europe before World War II. She was dubbed "Queen of Brooklands" for her daring and speed on the famed British oval. Born Kay Defries in Toronto, but educated and married in England, she regularly drove in the 24-hours of LeMans from 1934 until 1938. She was the first woman ever to become a regular 'works driver' when she signed to race for the Austin factory team in 1937.
More about this member :: Back to top 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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