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Mystery Buggy

January 10, 2010

We’re on a hunt for details folks. Robert Barg has provided this photo of a Hunter Buggy at the 1970 Sundown Grand Prix. Looking at the pit boxes, I’m assuming this is Mosport but I know nothing else of this rather odd looking machine.
Who can tell us more?
Editor’s note: Robert has done some more digging [...]

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Motorsport marshalling in the early days

January 9, 2010

Mosport was a different place in the beginning. To start with it was 10 feet narrower. The top of 7 was ten feet higher and back flips were a real danger. Only run off, if you could call it that, was bottom of 2 where you might get stuck in the swamp. Single row guardrail [...]

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Elva Mk6 vs Porsche 904 at Mosport in 67

January 8, 2010

In 1967 in a race at Mosport in my 1100cc Elva Mk6 Climax I was gradually catching the Porsche 904 driven by either Ray Brezinka or Horst Peterman. I am not sure who was driving. Now there was no way the little Elva should be anywhere near that Porsche!
Anyway I caught up and made a [...]

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Turn Two: Mazda6i

January 7, 2010

What is Turn Two, you ask? A new feature here at The Garage, where another editor gives his take on a car previously reviewed here. It is our hope that you, the reader, enjoys and benefits from more than one point of view.
Our first look at the Mazda6 came last winter, when the car [...]

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Shutter Speed: More racing, new friends, better images and more death

January 7, 2010

I was encouraged by Harvey Hudes to show my images around to anyone that would look at them. I decided I’d blow up my favourites and build a portfolio. Naturally any mistakes never saw the light of day and there were many mistakes mostly in the exposure department. I decided to continue the poster business [...]

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Working, sort of, with Ron Dennis

January 7, 2010

It was 1967 and the first Canadian Grand Prix. At the time I was racing my Elva Mk 6 Climax. I had hoped to do some out of Province races but lack of money and vacation time stopped that.
However I was dominating my class in Ont. and seeing how far up I could get among [...]

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Officially official: Ken Block teams up with Ford

January 6, 2010

Back in October, we reported the rumour that Ken Block was planning a new jump. This one would be even more exciting than Travis Pastrana’s New Year’s jump. Block would launch his WRX off Subaru’s ship & transform the black & white bomb into a Ford Fiesta and land on Ford’s ship!
An exciting concept, [...]

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1976 Players Challenge Formula Atlantic at Gimli

January 5, 2010

Some of our sharp eyed readers may recognize these two guys. Both of them are Canadian and both went on to race in Formula 1. Of course one went much farther than the other and became a household name to this day.
CMHSG member Mike Adams came by this set from Gimli, Manitoba that was shot [...]

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F5000 at Harewood Acres in 1970

January 5, 2010

As the winter clean ups continue, more great vintage images are creeping out of the woodwork.
Todays shots were sent to The Garage by Mini racer Kent Smith via Robert Barg. The cars are Formula 5000 and the track is Harewood Acres, which has played a role in many of the other stories we’ve had [...]

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A towing tale…

January 4, 2010

Early Summer, 1965.
Citation Motors, Bathurst at Vaughn Road. Owner, Barry Rosenberg decides to convoy to Le Circuit for a regional event (can’t remember the organizing club in Quebec).
Barry loads up his Ginetta Mk whatever sports car… well maybe not Barry but his enthusiastic workers! Tow car is a ‘56 Ford four-door with a relatively solid [...]

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