1966 Canadian Grand Prix

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.

1966 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 3 of 6 in 1966 Can-Am season
Race details
Date September 24, 1966
Location Mosport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.95 km ( miles)
Distance 88 laps, 336 km ( miles)
Weather Cold with temperatures approaching 13.9 °C (57.0 °F); wind speeds up to 18.1 kilometres per hour (11.2 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver Lola-Ford
Time 1:50.7
Fastest lap
Driver United States Dan Gurney Lola-Ford
Time 1:23.1
Podium
First Lola-Chevrolet
Second Chaparral-Chevrolet
Third
  • United States Chuck Parsons
McLaren-Chevrolet

Classification

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Results as follows:[2][3][4]

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
DNF 30   Dan Gurney All American Racers Lola T70 / Ford 75 Ignition
DNF 5   Chris Amon Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd. McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 66 Suspension
DNF 61   Bud Morley McLaren M1B / Ford 63 Engine
DNF 38   Dick Brown Ecurie Green Inc. McLaren M1B / Ford 60
DNF 81   Denny Hulme Sidney Taylor Racing Lola T70 / Chevrolet 56 Transmission
DNF 39   Ludwig Heimrath McLaren M1B / Ford 54 Suspension
DNF 4   Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd. McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 41 Suspension
DNF 77   Mak Kronn John W. Fritsch McKee Mk.6 / Chevrolet 40
DNF 33   Sam Posey Autodynamics Corporation McLaren M1B / Ford 28
DNF 66   Jim Hall Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2E / Chevrolet 13 Engine
DNF 29   Bob Bucher Young B.A.R.F. Inc. Racing Team Lola T70 / Ford 10 Transmission
DNF 97   Charlie Hayes Nickey Chevrolet McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 10 Accident
DNF 60   Ed Hamill Hamill Cars Inc. Hamill SR3 / Chevrolet 8
DNF 62   John Cannon Ecurie Carabine McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 5 Fuel leak
DNF 57   John Cordts David Billes McLaren M1A / Chevrolet 3
DNF 96   Lothar Motschenbacher Dan Blocker Motor Racing Genie Vinegaroon / Oldsmobile 1 Accident
DNF 7   John Surtees Team Surtees Lola T70 Mk.II / Chevrolet 1 Accident
DNF 19   Skip Scott Drummond Racing Organisation McLaren M1B / Ford 1 Accident
DNF 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 / Ford Accident

References

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  1. ^ "Weather information for the "1966 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  2. ^ "Can-Am 1966". classicscars.com. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  3. ^ "Can-Am Mosport". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  4. ^ "Challenge 1966 Epreuve 3 6th Canadian Grand Prix for the Pepsi-Cola Trophy, Mosport Park" (in French). canamcircus.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
Preceded by Canadian Grand Prix
1966
Succeeded by