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Honda Indy Toronto: CCTCC starts the weekend

July 10, 2009

This morning started bright and early with the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship on the famed Toronto street circuit. I missed most of the session while attending the photographers meeting, but was able to make it out to catch a bit of pit lane action. As the weekend goes by, there will be many more [...]

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Castrol to support Judd Buchannan at Targa Newfoundland

August 1, 2007

There are few names in the history of Canadian motorsports that go back as far as Castrol, the oil company that has been involved with Canadian racing since the beginning. When the first Targa Newfoundland was run in 2003, Castrol was one of the main sponsors of the event. That year, Judd Buchannan finished 3rd [...]

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Castrol Canadian Touring Car Series at Steelback Grand Prix

July 17, 2007

Often, the most excitement of a pro race weekend is provided by the support series. That was definitely the case at the Steelback Grand Prix, where the Castrol Canadian Touring cars were every bit as exciting as the World Challenge cars and maybe more so than the Champ cars.
Lots of photos after the break

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Champ Car rolls into Toronto for the Steelback Grand Prix

July 5, 2007

If you’ve never been to a professional level race, you owe it to yourself to visit one. There really is nothing like the sights, sounds and smells of car racing. Maybe the best event of all time is the annual Champ Car World Series visit to the Toronto waterfront. While the event is easily the [...]

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Forget Booth Babes: We’ve got more of Castrol Katie

May 26, 2007

Everybody loved Castrol Katie, so why not brighten up a sunny Saturday morning with a few more shots!

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Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship Launch

May 25, 2007

Often, one expects a lot from a big event and less so from a smaller program. Sometimes though, the little guy blows the big guy out of the water! When I visited the launch of one of Toronto’s biggest racing events last month, I felt let down. No cars, no flash, no excitement. There has [...]

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Castrol Canadian Touring Car Advance Photos

May 24, 2007

Well, it’s been a busy day so this will be a quick tease. I took the new camera to Remy’s in Toronto’s ritzy Yorkville area for the launch of the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship. I took a ton of photos, which I’ll try to get posted tomorrow. For now, have a peak after the [...]

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Driving Force Season 2 Starts Tonight

March 27, 2007

Over the years, I’ve become a big suck. My kids find this funny as hell, as I’ll start to well up with tears at the stupidest thing. Nothing though sets me off like the death of a driver. As someone who has driven competitively and has lost friends to racing accidents, it always hits me [...]

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CCR TV Car Care Minute: Offering 20 year old how to’s!

March 26, 2007

The car freak in North America has more choice than ever before in shows aimed directly at them. In fact, it’s gotten to the point that any media putz with an interest in cars can put together a TV show. If they’ve got the bucks to produce it well, chances are that some network or [...]

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1967 Castrol book of Achievements

December 17, 2006

It’s been a while since we’ve delved into the archives here in The Garage, so for this pre Christmas weekend I thought it might be cool to spin back to 1967 with the Castrol Book of Acheivments. This nice little magazine covers all sorts of motorsports. Rallycross, Formula 1, Grand Prix motorcycles, jet airplanes and [...]

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