1966 Canadian Grand Prix

  1966 Canadian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 6 in 1966 Can-Am season

Date September 24, 1966
Location Mosport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Course Permanent racing facility
3.95 km ( mi)
Distance 88 laps, 336 km ( mi)
Pole position
Driver Dan Gurney Lola-Ford
Time 1:50.7
Fastest lap
Driver Dan Gurney Lola-Ford
Time 1:23.1
Podium
First Mark Donohue Lola-Chevrolet
Second Phil Hill Chaparral-Chevrolet
Third Chuck Parsons McLaren-Chevrolet

The 1966 Canadian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Mosport Park on September 24, 1966 held for Sports cars eligible to Can-Am Series regulations and had 30 starters. It was the sixth Canadian Grand Prix and like all previous races was a sports car race. The race doubled as round three of the 1966 Can-Am Series. The race was won by Penske driver Mark Donohue by two laps over Chaparral driver Phil Hill.

Classification

Results as follows[1][2][3]:

Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time Points
1 6 Mark Donohue Roger Penske Racing Enterprises Lola T70 / Chevrolet 85 2h 03m 09.2s 9
2 65 Phil Hill Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2E / Chevrolet 83 6
3 10 Chuck Parsons Hilton Racing Team McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 82 4
4 99 Earl Jones Charles Hayes Racing McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 80 3
5 11 Paul Hawkins Epstein Enterprises Ltd. Lola T70 Mk.II / Chevrolet 79 2
6 94 Eppie Wietzes Comstock Racing Team Ford GT40 78 1
7 53 Hugh Dibley Racing Partners Lola T70 Mk.II / Chevrolet 77
8 00 Bobby Brown Lola T70 Mk.II / Chevrolet 74
9 52 Bill Eve Eve & Jones Racing Genie Mk.10 / Ford 70
10 88 Masten Gregory Pacesetter Homes McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 68
11 86 Mike Goth Mike Goth Racing McLaren Goth Special / Chevrolet 65
Ret 30 Dan Gurney All American Racers Lola T70 / Ford 75 Ignition
Ret 5 Chris Amon Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd. McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 66 Suspension
Ret 61 Bud Morley McLaren M1B / Ford 63 Engine
Ret 38 Dick Brown Ecurie Green Inc. McLaren M1B / Ford 60
Ret 81 Denny Hulme Sidney Taylor Racing Lola T70 / Chevrolet 56 Transmission
Ret 39 Ludwig Heimrath McLaren M1B / Ford 54 Suspension
Ret 4 Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd. McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 41 Suspension
Ret 77 Mak Kronn John W. Fritsch McKee Mk.6 / Chevrolet 40
Ret 33 Sam Posey Autodynamics Corporation McLaren M1B / Ford 28
Ret 66 Jim Hall Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2E / Chevrolet 13 Engine
Ret 29 Bob Bucher Young B.A.R.F. Inc. Racing Team Lola T70 / Ford 10 Transmission
Ret 97 Charlie Hayes Nickey Chevrolet McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 10 Accident
Ret 60 Ed Hamill Hamill Cars Inc. Hamill SR3 / Chevrolet 8
Ret 62 John Cannon Ecurie Carabine McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 5 Fuel leak
Ret 57 John Cordts David Billes McLaren M1A / Chevrolet 3
Ret 96 Lothar Motschenbacher Dan Blocker Motor Racing Genie Vinegaroon / Oldsmobile 1 Accident
Ret 7 John Surtees Team Surtees Lola T70 Mk.II / Chevrolet 1 Accident
Ret 19 Skip Scott Drummond Racing Organisation McLaren M1B / Ford 1 Accident
Ret 23 Brett Lunger Alderman Auto Service Lola T70 / Ford 1 Accident
DNS 16 George Follmer John W. Mecom, Jr. Lola T70 / Ford
DNS 8 Jerry Grant All American Racers Lola T70 / Chevrolet Accident

References

  1. ^ "Can-Am 1966". classicscars.com. http://www.wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/canam/canam1966.html. Retrieved 2010-04-02. 
  2. ^ "Can-Am Mosport". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Mosport-1966-09-24.html. Retrieved 2010-04-02. 
  3. ^ "Challenge 1966 Epreuve 3 6th Canadian Grand Prix for the Pepsi-Cola Trophy, Mosport Park" (in French). canamcircus.com. http://www.canamcircus.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38%3Amosport-1966&catid=12%3Acourses&Itemid=2. Retrieved 2010-04-02. 
Preceded by
1965 Canadian Grand Prix		 Canadian Grand Prix
1966		 Succeeded by
1967 Canadian Grand Prix