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Canadian Road Racing Championship

Rockcliffe Airfield, 1 Jul 1970

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Eppie Wietzes McLaren M10B - Chevrolet V8
#94 Formula Racing
25 43m 08.9s
76.480 mph
2 Craig Hill (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 59 [59-F2/XB-41] - Ford twin cam
#70 Bill Brack Racing Ent (see note 1)
25 43m 34.3s
3 Ludwig Heimrath McLaren M10A [300-02] - Chevrolet V8
#39 Ludwig Heimrath Racing (see note 2)
25 44m 56.0s
4 Horst Kroll Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#37 Altona Racing
25 45m 22.4s
5 Peter W. Broeker (FB) 1.6-litre Stebro-Chevron B17B - Ford twin cam
#21 Stebro Racing (see note 3)
24 43m 11.5s
6 Ken Huband (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT29 [34] - Ford twin cam
#15 Huband Motor Racing (see note 4)
24 43m 13.6s
7 Dave Ogilvy (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 35 - Ford twin cam
#9 Dave Ogilvy Racing Team
24 43m 17.9s
8 Wayne Kelly (FB) 1.6-litre Titan Formula Ford
#81 Hull-Ottawa Plating Ltd
24 44m 21.8s
9 Bill Bovenizer (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21C - Ford twin cam
#4 W.F. Bovenizer (see note 5)
24 44m 55.2s
10 Tony Simms Lola T142 [SL142/29] - Chevrolet V8
#53 Team Trillium (see note 6)
23 43m 49.4s
11 Brian McDonald (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 51 - Ford
#68 RBM Racing
23 44m 03.8s
12 Russ Murray Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#61 Russ Murray (see note 7)
21 44m 16.9s
R Al Pease (FA) 2.5-litre Brabham BT23B [3] - Climax FPF 4
#69 Seitz Racing
13 electrical
R Peter Morgan (FB) 1.6-litre Hawke
#67 Peter Morgan
11 mechanical
R Gordon Green (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 41C - Ford twin cam BRM
#110 Gordon Green
11 suspension
R Al Justason (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT23F [1] - Ford twin cam
#32 Al Justason (see note 8)
10 retired - unknown
R Bruce Jensen (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21C - Ford twin cam
#41 Jen-Mac Racing (see note 9)
6 retired - unknown
DNS Bill Brack Lotus 70 [04] - Chevrolet V8
#85 Bill Brack Racing
Did not start
(still changing tyres)
DNS Brian Robertson (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT29 - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#5 Fred Opert Racing (see note 10)
Did not start
(broken hub carrier in earlier Regional race)
DNS Howard Cazaly (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 41C - Ford twin cam
#19 [not on entry list]
Did not start
DNS Harvey Craig Chinook Formula A ['3'] - Chevrolet V8
#23 [not on entry list]
Did not start
DNS Hugh Cree (FF) 1.6-litre Lotus 61M - Ford
#16 Bill Brack Racing Ent
Did not start
DNS Doug Hoy (FF) 1.6-litre Royale RP3 [44] - Ford
#74 Douglas Hoy
Did not start
  Bill Eagles (FB) 1.6-litre Chevron B9/B15b - Ford twin cam
#46 Western Auto Parts and Inter-Circuit Racing Team
(see note 11)
On entry list

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Eppie Wietzes (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B - Chevrolet V8 1m 26.5s
2 Bill Brack * (F5000) 5-litre Lotus 70 [04] - Chevrolet V8 1m 27.5s
3 Horst Kroll (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 1m 29.5s
4 Brian Robertson * (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT29 - Ford twin cam Vegantune 1m 30.0s
5 Craig Hill (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 59 [59-F2/XB-41] - Ford twin cam 1m 30.1s
6 Peter W. Broeker (FB) 1.6-litre Stebro-Chevron B17B - Ford twin cam 1m 31.1s
7 Al Pease (FA) 2.5-litre Brabham BT23B [3] - Climax FPF 4 1m 32.0s
8 Tony Simms (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 [SL142/29] - Chevrolet V8 1m 32.8s
9 Russ Murray (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 1m 34.4s
10 Ken Huband (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT29 [34] - Ford twin cam 1m 34.5s
11 Dave Ogilvy (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 35 - Ford twin cam 1m 35.4s
12 Howard Cazaly * (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 41C - Ford twin cam 1m 36.0s
13 Al Justason (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT23F [1] - Ford twin cam 1m 36.5s
14 Ludwig Heimrath (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10A [300-02] - Chevrolet V8 1m 37.7s
15 Harvey Craig * (F5000) 5-litre Chinook Formula A ['3'] - Chevrolet V8 1m 37.8s
16 Bruce Jensen (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21C - Ford twin cam 1m 38.0s
17 Peter Morgan (FB) 1.6-litre Hawke 1m 38.9s
18 Wayne Kelly (FB) 1.6-litre Titan Formula Ford 1m 39.9s
19 Hugh Cree * (FF) 1.6-litre Lotus 61M - Ford 1m 41.3s
20 Bill Bovenizer (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21C - Ford twin cam 1m 42.0s
21 Brian McDonald (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 51 - Ford 1m 42.4s
22 Doug Hoy * (FF) 1.6-litre Royale RP3 [44] - Ford 1m 44.0s
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Lotus 59 [59-F2/XB-41] (Craig Hill): New to Craig Hill (Mississauga, Ontario) and run in the Canadian Road Racing Championship and the SCCA Continental Championship for Formula B, entered by Bill Brack Racing Enterprises. Hill ran in a team with Brack's Formula 5000 Lotus 70, with both cars in marching Castrol GTX livery. Unlike the two JRDS cars, which were entered as Lotus 69Bs, Hill's car first raced in Lotus 59 bodywork and was generally billed through the season as the "Castrol GTX Lotus 59". For 1971, the car was sold to Max Nerrière (Toronto, Ontario), who raced it in the Players Canadian Formula B series. Retained by Nerrière for 1972 and for 1973. Subsequent history unknown.
  2. McLaren M10A [300-02] (Ludwig Heimrath): See full history: McLaren M10A 300-02.
  3. Stebro-Chevron B17B (Peter W. Broeker): Peter Broeker (Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Quebec) raced a Chevron B17b in Canadian Formula B in 1970, often descibing it as a Stebro. It replaced Broeker's earlier B14, so the two cars were often confused. The B17b was raced by Craig Fisher and John Powell (both Toronto, Ontario) in 1971, entered by Penguin Racing Enterprise. The later history of the car is not known. Although it has been suggested that this was the car Broeker raced in 1974, when he returned to Formula Atlantic, that car appears to have been his older B14 updated.
  4. Brabham BT29 [34] (Ken Huband): Ken Huband (Ottawa, Ontario) ran a red/black #15 Brabham BT29 in Canadian and US Formula B in 1970, first appearing at Mont-Tremblant 24 May 1970. He retained the car in 1971 and in 1972. Huband advertised the BT29 in CP&A 21 Oct 1972 as "Brabham BT29/34", implying it was chassis 34. Several BT29 owners had mentioned the chassis numbers of the cars in adverts, presumably to emphasise the newer cars. Peter Nye arranged the sale of the car to Bill Wolfe, a dentist in Austin, Texas, but Wolfe later pulled out of a deal with Nye to assemble the car for him. Subsequent history unknown.
  5. Brabham BT21C (Bill Bovenizer): Bought from Fred Opert by Bill Bovenizer (Toronto, Ontario) and raced in Canadian Formula B events in 1970. Bill believes Horst Kwech may have raced it before he did. He sold it to Reg Forth for 1971 who continued to race it in Canadian events. Subsequent history unknown.
  6. Lola T142 [SL142/29] (Tony Simms): See full history: Lola T142 SL142/29.
  7. Lola T142 (Russ Murray): Ross Murray (Dorval, Quebec): entered at Mosport 23 August 1969 and St Jovite 7 Sep 1969, but there is no evidence that he was present at either. The car was entered as #61, but the colour is unknown. Ed Butt, who did the chassis set up for Murray, recalls that it was a brand new car. Murray made his first known appearance in the non-championship Oak Cup Trophy races at Mosport in May 1970, then at Rockcliffe Airfield, the fourth round of the 1970 Canadian series, and also appeared at Trois-Rivières, Lime Rock and Mosport later in the year. Subsequent history unknown.
  8. Brabham BT23F [1] (Al Justason): Sold to Bill Gubelmann (Oyster Bay, NY) and fitted with a Vegantune Ford twin cam engine for SCCA 'Pro' and NEDiv Formula B. Raced through 1968 and retained for a few races in 1969 as Gubelmann's BT29 was late arriving. Sold to Al Justason (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) who used it in both the Canadian and US Pro series in 1970 and again in the Canadian FB series in 1971. Sold to Michael Houselander who appeared at two Canadian national events in 1972, Later sold to ‘Dino Delousis’ who fitted a turbocharged 2-litre Ford Pinto engine for libre events but found the car to be undrivable and stored it from about 1974 to 2004 when sold to Dave Darrow (Mississauga, Ontario) and fully restored. Retained until 2007 when sold via race-cars.com to Murray Bryden (Melbourne, Australia). Sold to David Kloster (Kinglake, Victoria) September 2011.
  9. Brabham BT21C (Bruce Jensen): Bruce Jensen (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) raced a yellow #41 Brabham BT21C in Canadian and US Formula B events during 1970. He bought the car from Brabham dealer Fred Opert and it was yellow with a black stripe. It came with a Vegantune but that blew up and was replaced by a BRM twin cam. Jensen bought a Chevron B17 for 1971 and the Brabham is believed to have gone back to Fred Opert in that trade.
  10. Brabham BT29 (Brian Robertson): Brian Robertson (Brockville, Ontario) bought a Brabham BT29 late in 1969, debuting it at Sebring in December. He raced it extensively in 1970, taking in the Quebec and national Canadian series as well as rounds of the SCCA Pro series. He was entered by Fred Opert Racing Canada, a business in which he was a partner with Opert. Robertson upgraded to a BT35 for 1971 and his BT29 is likely to have been sold via the Opert operation. It does not appear in Opert's early 1971 advert so one possibility is that it was BT29/23, the car Evan Noyes took to the Tasman series.
  11. Chevron B9/B15b (Bill Eagles): Bill Eagles (Lasalle, Quebec) raced a Chevron "B9/B15B" in Molson events in 1970 and in the Players FB series in 1971. This may have been the ex-Wayne Kelly B9 but could also have been Peter Broeker's "B9/B14/B15" that he raced in 1969 and then retured to briefly in 1974. Nothing more known.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

Results for this series originally proved very difficult to complete, due in part to the poor coverage in Canadian magazines such as Track & Traffic. Wolfgang Klopfer provided Autoweek reports, Don Markle uncovered material in the archives then maintained by the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (CMHoF), Jim Ibey found what he could from Track & Traffic, Tom Johnston provided scans of entry lists and reports from a variety of sources, and Michael Gee transcribed motor sports news articles at Vancouver's main library.

Since those early efforts, Mike Adams and Dominic St-Jean have provided official results sheets uncovered in the CMHoF and Trois-Rivières archives, and complete results have now been found for R1 Mosport 18 May 1969 (official results), R2 St Jovite 25 May 1969 (Autoweek), R6 Harewood Acres 17 Aug 1969 (official results), R9 Mosport Park 13 Oct 1969 (official results), R2 Westwood 31 May 1970 (Autoweek), R3 Edmonton 14 Jun 1970 (Autoweek and also the official results), R4 Rockcliffe 1 Jul 1970 (Autoweek and the official results), R5 Harewood 9 Aug 1970 (Wheelspin 27 May 1970 edition and the official results), R6 Trois-Rivières 06 Sep 1970 (official results) and R7 Mosport Park 11 Oct 1970 (official results).

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