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Mosport
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Location Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Active from 1961 - present
Major events FIA Formula One
Canadian Grand Prix
(1961-1967,1969,1971-1974,1976-1977)

FIM Road Racing World Championship
Canadian Motorcycle Grand Prix
(1967)

Can-Am
Mosport Can-Am
(1966-1967,1969-1974,1977-1986)

USAC Championship Car
Telegraph Trophy 200 / Molson Diamond Indy
(1967-1968,1977-1978)

FIM World Superbike Championship
Mosport Superbike
(1989-1991)

United SportsCar Championship
Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix
(2014)

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
Victoria Day SpeedFest Weekend
Clarington 200
(2007–present)

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Chevrolet Silverado 250
(2013-present)

Surface Asphalt
Length 2.459 mi (3.957 km)
Turns 10
Lap record 1:05.823 (Marco Werner, Audi Sport North America R10 TDI, 2008, ALMS LMP1)

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly Mosport Park and Mosport International Raceway) is a multi-track facility located north of Bowmanville, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. The facility features a 2.459-mile (3.957 km), (length reduced through wider track re-surfacing done in 2003) 10-turn road course; a 2.4 km advance driver and race driver training facility with a quarter-mile skid pad (Mosport Driver Development Centre) and a 1.4 km kart track (Mosport International Karting). The name "Mosport" is a contraction of Motor Sport, came from the enterprise formed to build the track; it is pronounced as the two words actually sound, "Mose-Port" (as opposed to often incorrectly pronounced "Moss-Sport").

History[]

Moss Corner Turn 5a and 5b at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

Moss Corner - Turn 5a and 5b.

Event Centre and Tunnel at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

Tunnel, Whites Corner - Turn 10 and Event Centre.

The circuit was the second purpose-built road race course in Canada after Westwood Motorsport Park in Coquitlam, British Columbia,[1] succeeding Edenvale (Stayner, Ontario), Port Albert, Ontario's Green Acres (ex-British Commonwealth Air Training Plan), and Nanticoke, Ontario's Nanticoke Refinery (ex-British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Number One Bombing and Gunnery School), all airport circuits, as Ontario racing venues. It was designed and built in the late 1950s, and held its first major race on June 25, 1961, the Player's 200, a sports car race bringing drivers from the world over to rural Ontario. Stirling Moss won the two-heat event in a Lotus 19. Second was Joakim Bonnier with Olivier Gendebien third.[2] The proposed hairpin was expanded into two discrete corners, to be of greater challenge to the drivers and more interesting for the spectators, at his suggestion, and is named Moss Corner in his honour. This is a source of lingering confusion as many people call the track Mossport.

Mosport has had a succession of owners since the original public company created to build the track. Two of those prior owners, Norm Namerow (who owned the track through his publishing company, CanTrack, until his death) and Harvey Hudes, have both been inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame for their contribution to the sport in Canada. In 1998, the Panoz Motor Sports Group purchased the facility, and in 1999, the newly formed American Le Mans Series visited Mosport for the first time. For 2001, the entire circuit was repaved to meet FIA specifications, and is now 42 feet (12.8 m) wide. Drivers were consulted to ensure the character of the "old" track was kept; almost all the "racing lines" have been maintained.

Mosport achieved acclaim though a series of international sports car races under the title "Canadian Grand Prix" normally reserved for Formula 1 races. Many events were wildly popular, breaking Canadian sports attendance records with each successive race. The success of these races led Mosport to be seen as a key component in the founding of the Can Am Series. The CanAm first visited the track in its inaugural season in 1966, and Mosport hosted at least one event in every year of the series' history, except 1968. In 1967, Canada's centennial year, Mosport hosted Formula One, USAC, and a 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix. F1's Grand Prix of Canada remained at the track until 1977. Mosport has hosted a wide variety of series throughout its history. The circuit has held Formula One, USAC, World Sportscar Championship, Can-Am, Formula 5000, and many other sports car, open-wheel, and motorcycle series.

Mosport has had several fatalities, both track crew, drivers, and riders, the most recognized being German Manfred Winkelhock who was killed in 1985 when his Porsche 962C crashed into a concrete wall. [1] The most recent fatality at the track was in 2008 during the 29th annual Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada Racing Festival. Driver Dino Crescentini of Rochester Hills, MI - a ten-year veteran of vintage racing - lost control of his 1977 Wolf Dallara Can-Am car, which previously had been driven by the late Gilles Villeneuve.

Unlike many historic motorsport venues, Mosport's track layout has remained mostly unchanged from its original form.

The fastest ever recorded lap was taken by Rinaldo Capello, in an Audi R10 TDI, in qualifying for the 2008 Grand Prix of Mosport, with a time of 1:04.094. The lap record was set in the race for that meeting with Capello's Audi Sport North America team mate Marco Werner lapping in a time of 1:05.823.[3]

Canadian Motorsports Ventures (CMV) which includes Orlando Corp. Chairman Carlo Fidani and Canadian road racing legend Ron Fellows, purchased the facility in June 2011.[4]

In February 2012, a partnership between Mosport and Canadian Tire was announced. The partnership includes a renaming of the track to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The partnership will help to upgrade the facility, and improve the experience for spectators, participants, race teams, and corporate sponsors.[5]

Bridgestone Racing Academy conducts its programs at Mosport.

Mosport Speedway[]

Mosport Speedway was a one-half mile oval speedway located on the northwest corner of Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The track featured 800-foot long straightaways, 6-degree banked corners and two grandstands with seating for 8,500.

The oval was constructed in 1989 as a dirt track originally called Mosport’s Ascot North, named after the famous Ascot Park track in Gardena, California. The first event was scheduled in July 1989 and was to feature USAC Midgets and Sprint Cars and the World of Outlaws. The races were cancelled after the initial heat races caused deep ruts in the corners and dislodging stones hidden under the clay.[6]

The track was paved that summer and renamed Mosport International Speedway. The track hosted a weekly Saturday night stock car racing program from May to September for 24 years. The stock car divisions included pure stock, sportsman and late models. The oval also featured regular touring series including the ACT Series, ISMA Supermodifieds, OSCAAR, Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup, CASCAR Super Series and the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.[7]

The park announced the closing of the oval in July 2013 to accommodate the expansion of the Driver Development Track.[8]

Current series[]

Race 06

A motorcycle races at Mosport

United SportsCar Championship[]

Main article: Grand Prix of Mosport

It was announced in September 2013 that Canadian Tire Motorsports Park was chosen to host a round of the Tudor United SportsCar Championship in 2014.[9] The new series replaces the American Le Mans Series as the feature race during the tracks annual SportsCar Grand Prix, which is Canada's largest annual sportscar race.[10]

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series[]

Main article: Chevy Silverado 250 (Mosport)

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series raced at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in September 2013, marking the first time the series has raced in Canada.[11] Chevrolet was announced as the title sponsor and the race is known as the Chevrolet Silverado 250.[12]

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series[]

Main article: Mosport 200
Main article: Mosport Trans-Am

[13]

The track also hosts vintage racing series, motorcycle racing, and Canadian Automobile Sport Club (CASC) amateur events and lapping days.

Photo gallery[]

Former Series & Major Race Winners[]

FIA Formula One World Championship[]

Main article: Canadian Grand Prix
Year Race Driver Constructor Report
1967 Player's Canadian Grand Prix 25px Australia Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco Report
1969 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford Report
1971 25px UK Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford Report
1972 Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix 25px UK Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford Report
1973 25px United States Peter Revson McLaren-Ford Report
1974 25px Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford Report
1976 25px UK James Hunt McLaren-Ford Report
1977 25px South African flag after 1928 Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford Report

FIA World Sportscar Championship[]

Main article: Grand Prix of Mosport
Year Race Drivers Team Car Distance/
Duration
1976 Player's 200 Weekend 25px Great Britain Jackie Oliver 25px Great Britain Shadow Shadow DN4 Chevrolet 320 km
(200 mi)
1977 Molson Diamond Can-Am Trans-Am Weekend 25px Canada Ludwig Heimrath
25px USA Paul Miller 		25px Canada Heimrath Racing Porsche 934/5 6 hours
1980 Molson Canadian 1000 25px Great Britain John Fitzpatrick
25px Great Britain Brian Redman 		25px USA Dick Barbour Racing/Sachs USA Porsche 935 K3/80 6 hours
1981 Molson 1000 25px Germany Harald Grohs
25px Germany Rolf Stommelen 		25px Germany Andial Meister Racing Porsche 935 K3 6 hours
1984 Budweiser GT 25px Belgium Jacky Ickx
25px Germany Jochen Mass 		25px Germany Rothmans Porsche Porsche 956 1000 km
(621 mi)
1985 Budweiser GT 25px Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
25px Great Britain Derek Bell 		25px Germany Rothmans Porsche Porsche 962C 1000 km
(621 mi)

USAC Championship Car (IndyCar)[]

Main article: Honda Indy Toronto
Year Race Driver Team Chassis Engine
1967 Telegram Trophy 200 25px USA Bobby Unser Leader Cards Racing Eagle Ford
1968 Telegram Trophy 200 25px USA Dan Gurney Oscar Olson Eagle Weslake-Ford
1977 Molson Diamond Indy 25px USA A.J. Foyt A.J. Foyt Enterprises Coyote Foyt
1978 Molson Diamond Indy 25px USA Danny Ongais Interscope Racing Parnelli Cosworth

FIM Road Racing World Championship[]

Main article: Canadian motorcycle Grand Prix
Year Race 125 cc 250 cc 500 cc Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
1967 Canadian motorcycle Grand Prix 25px UK Bill Ivy Yamaha 25px UK Mike Hailwood Honda 25px UK Mike Hailwood Honda Report

FIM Formula 750 World Championship[]

Year Race Winning Rider Manufacturer
1977 Molson Diamond Motorcycle Grand Prix of Canada 25px Australia Gregg Hansford Kawasaki
1978 25px USA Michael Baldwin Yamaha
1979 25px France Patrick Pons Yamaha

FIM World Superbike Championship[]

Year Race Date Winning Rider Winning Team
1989 Race 1 Rothman's Superbike June 4 25px USA Fred Merkel Team Rumi RCM
Race 2 25px Italy Giancarlo Falappa Bimota SpA
1990 Race 1 Bud Superbike June 3 25px France Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
Race 2 25px France Raymond Roche Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
1991 Race 1 June 2 25px Canada Pascal Picotte Fast Yamaha/Sunoco
Race 2 25px USA Tom Kipp Wiseco Piston Yamaha

FIM Motocross World Championship[]

Year Class Driver Manufacturer
1976 500cc 25px Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink Suzuki
1977 125cc 25px Belgium André Massant Yamaha
1979 500cc 25px Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink Suzuki

American Le Mans Series[]

Main article: Grand Prix of Mosport

IMSA GT Championship[]

Main article: Grand Prix of Mosport

USAC Stock Car[]

Main article: Mosport 200

SCCA Can-Am Series[]

Main article: Mosport Can-Am

SCCA Formula 5000[]

Year Race Driver Chassis Engine
1968 Mosport Continental 25px USA Lou Sell Eagle Mk 5 Chevrolet V8
1969 Mac’s Mosport Continental 25px Canada John Cannon Eagle Mk 5 Chevrolet V8
1970 Mac’s Mosport Continental 25px USA Mark Donohue Lola T192 Chevrolet V8
1974 Labatt’s Blue 5000 Weekend 25px UK David Hobbs Lola T332 Chevrolet V8
1975 Labatt's Blue 5000 Weekend 25px USA Mario Andretti Lola T332 Chevrolet V8
1976 Labatt’s Blue 5000 Weekend 25px Australia Alan Jones Lola T332 Chevrolet V8

Atlantic Championship[]

Year Date Driver
1974 June 30 25px Canada Bill Brack [14]
1975 July 20 25px USA Elliott Forbes-Robinson [15]
1976 Aug 22 25px USA Bobby Rahal [16]
1977 May 22 25px USA Price Cobb [17]
1979 Aug 19 25px USA Kevin Cogan [18]
1981 June 13 25px Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sr. [19]
1982 June 5 25px USA Whitney Ganz [20]
1982 Sept 12 25px USA Whitney Ganz [20]
1983 Sept 11 25px Brazil Roberto Moreno [21]
1987 June 7 25px Great Britain Calvin Fish [22]
1988 June 19 25px New Zealand Colin Trueman [23]
1989 June 25 25px USA Jocko Cunningham [24]
1992 Sept 20 25px Canada David Empringham [25]
1993 June 20 25px Canada Claude Bourbonnais [26]
1994 May 22 25px USA Greg Ray [27]
2009 Aug 30 25px USA Jonathan Summerton [28]

Formula Super Vee Championship[]

Year Date Driver
1974 Sept 22 25px USA Elliott Forbes-Robinson [29]
1975 Sept 21 25px USA Eddie Miller [30]
1976 June 20 25px USA Bill Henderson [31]
1977 Oct 9 25px USA Bob Lazier [32]
1979 June 3 25px Australia Geoff Brabham [33]
1982 Sept 12 25px USA Michael Andretti [34]
1983 June 5 25px USA Price Cobb [35]

CASCAR Super Series[]

Main article: Mosport 200

ASA National Tour[]

Main article: Mosport 200

USAC National Sprint Car Series[]

Year Date Race Driver
1989 Sept 17 USAC Canadian Sprint Car Nationals 25px USA Gary Fedewa
Sept 17 25px USA Wayne Hammond [36]

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Music events[]

  • Strawberry Fields Festival, August 7–9, 1970
  • Canada Jam, August 26, 1978
  • Heatwave Festival, August 23, 1980
  • Edenfest, July 12–14, 1996
  • Boots and Hearts Music Festival, August 10–12, 2012, August 2–4, 2013, July 31 -August 3, 2014

Footnotes[]

  1. ↑ eTracks: Canada's Racing Pioneer Westwood
  2. ↑ The Globe and Mail, June 26, 1961, Page 15.
  3. ↑ "Mobil 1 Grand Prix of Mosport 2008 Official Results". IMSA. 2008-08-24. http://www.imsaracing.net/2008/events/mosport/2008%20Mosport%20Results.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-23. 
  4. ↑ "Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Overview". Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. http://www.canadiantiremotorsportpark.com/about-ctmp/overview. Retrieved 2013-03-26. 
  5. ↑ "Canadian Tire Partners With Mosport". Mosport.com. http://mosport.com/media-centre/news-a-archives/65-news/376-canadian-tire-partners-with-mosport. Retrieved 12 February 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Bowmanville speedway set to run its final lap". Durham Region.com. http://news.ca.msn.com/ontario/oshawa/bowmanville-speedway-set-to-run-its-final-lap. Retrieved 2013-09-11. 
  7. ↑ "Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Oval". Racing-Reference.info. http://racing-reference.info/tracks/Canadian_Tire_Motorsports_Park_Oval. Retrieved 2013-09-11. 
  8. ↑ "Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Closing Speedway July 27, 2013". Inside Track Motorsport News. http://www.insidetracknews.com/news/breaking-news/item/1841-canadian-tire-motorsport-park-closing-speedway-july-27-2013.html. Retrieved 2013-09-11. 
  9. ↑ "IMSA Announces 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship schedule". Autoweek. 2013-09-20. http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130920/grand_am/130929985. Retrieved 2013-10-25. 
  10. ↑ "News and info for the SportsCar Grand Prix at CTMP". PRN Ignition. 2013-07-03. http://www.prnmag.com/index.php/news/motorsport/1793-alms-news-and-info-for-the-sportscar-grand-prix-at-ctmp-mosport-july-18-21. Retrieved 2013-10-25. 
  11. ↑ "Canada to Host Truck Race in 2013". Motor Racing Network. 2012-11-16. http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Camping-World-Trucks/News/Articles/2012/11/Canada-to-Host-Truck-Race-in-2013.aspx. Retrieved 2012-12-22. 
  12. ↑ "Chevrolet To Sponsor NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race At Canadian Tire Motorsport Park". Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. 2013-04-29. http://www.mosport.com/news/65-news/592-chevrolet-to-sponsor-nascar-camping-world-truck-series-race-at-canadian-tire-motorsport-park. Retrieved 2013-04-29. 
  13. ↑ "Major Spectator Events". Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. http://www.canadiantiremotorsportpark.com/schedules-a-events/major-spectator-events. Retrieved 27 March 2013. 
  14. ↑ "1974 CASC Player's Challenge Series". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1974.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  15. ↑ "1975 CASC Player's Challenge Series". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1975.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  16. ↑ "1976 CASC Player's Challenge Series". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1976.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  17. ↑ "1977 CASC Labatt Challenge Series". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1977.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  18. ↑ "1979 CASC/SCCA North American Formula Atlantic Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1979.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  19. ↑ "1981 CASC/SCCA North American Formula Atlantic Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1981.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "1982 CASC/SCCA North American Formula Atlantic Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1982.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  21. ↑ "1983 FIA Formula Mondial North American Cup". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1983.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  22. ↑ "1987 ECAR HFC Pro Series Atlantic Challenge". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1987.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  23. ↑ "1988 ECAR/SCCA HFC Formula Atlantic Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1988e.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  24. ↑ "1989 SCCA Toyota Atlantic Championship - Atlantic Division". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1989e.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  25. ↑ "1992 SCCA Toyota Atlantic Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1992.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  26. ↑ "1993 Player's Toyota Atlantic Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1993.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  27. ↑ "1994 Player's Toyota Atlantic Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/1994.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  28. ↑ "2009 Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/atlantic/year/2009.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  29. ↑ "1974 SCCA/IMSA Formula Super Vee Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/year/1974.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  30. ↑ "1975 SCCA/IMSA U. S. Formula Super Vee Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/year/1975.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  31. ↑ "1976 SCCA U. S. Formula Super Vee Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/year/1976.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  32. ↑ "1977 SCCA U. S. Formula Super Vee Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/year/1977.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  33. ↑ "1979 SCCA Formula Super Vee Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/year/1979.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  34. ↑ "1982 SCCA Robert Bosch U. S. Formula Super Vee Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/year/1982.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  35. ↑ "1983 SCCA Robert Bosch Formula Super Vee Championship". champcarstats.com. http://www.champcarstats.com/vee/year/1983.htm. Retrieved 2013-04-24. 
  36. ↑ "1989 USAC National Sprint Car Schedule". scrafan.com. http://www.scrafan.com/usac/schedule/1989schedule.html. Retrieved 2013-09-06. 
  37. ↑ "Mosport International Raceway". Ultimate Racing History. http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist3.php?trackid=18. Retrieved 27 March 2013. 
  38. ↑ "Mosport - List of Races". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/track/archive/Mosport.html. Retrieved 27 March 2013. 

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