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Images from the 1965 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport

February 3, 2010

While searching for a photo to accompany Leighton’s story about the early days of race control, I came across this great set of black and whites from the Canadian Grand Prix on September 25, 1965. These shots, added to the CMSHG galleries by Rob North, are actually scanned from a contact sheet. I love the [...]

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Red Bull Racing plays pond hockey in Quebec

January 26, 2010

With Formula 1’s return to Canada coming up on June 13th, the folks at Red Bull Racing are doing a bit of their own promotion for the Canadian round. What better way to promote F1 in Canada than to mount up some studded tires and take a Grand Prix car out for some fun on [...]

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Shutter Speed: Posters, dash plaques and a new mentor

December 18, 2009

In the spring of 1968 my wife and son and I moved to the real world away from the mountains and skiing. We chose Toronto. Jobs as now are often found through family and friends. This again proved to be true. Through the same man who got me the Dunlop job I applied for a [...]

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New 65,000 seat, 1 mile oval announced for Ontario

October 15, 2008

For many years, the Ontario racing scene has been overrun with rumours of a new racing facility to the west of the Toronto area. Tales of changed owners, possible potential locations and aborted attempts have all fanned the flames but nothing ever materialized. Yesterday, an announcement was made that puts all that conjecture to bed [...]

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Canada falls off 2009 Formula one schedule but…

October 7, 2008

Many major market media outlets have been reporting this morning that the Canadian Grand Prix has been dropped from the 2009 Formula 1 schedule.
The interesting thing about this is the revelation that the organizers seem to have been left out of the loop on the decision, having just released this very brief press release:
MONTREAL, Oct. [...]

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Video: Digital simulation of Kubica’s crash in Montreal

July 13, 2007

Digital technology and gaming have taken race car simulations to incredible new heights over the last couple of years and designers keep raising the bar. Now, thanks to Youtube user helsingPL, we have a digital recreation of the wild ride Robert Kubica took during this year’s Canadian Grand Prix. Interesting to note how the developer [...]

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1969 Canadian Grand Prix

June 24, 2006

Next up from the Ranta Collection is the 1969 Canadian Grand Prix. I know I was at this one, but at only 2 years old I don’t have any stories. The 90 lap race was won by Jacky Ickx, with Jack Brabham in second and Jochen Rindt taking third spot on the podium.
One of the [...]

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