Driven by: Fred Hayes (CDN)/John Christy (USA)/John Colgate (USA)
Result: 38th (47 laps behind the winner)
Because I'm biased
Hi Gary,
To you: just a driver of a Sprite, to others just a name on an entry list. A founding fatjer of Mosport one of the greta tracks of the world.
As early as 1958 the British Empire Motor Club (BEMC) formed a development committee to investigate the possibility of selecting and buying a piece of property for a road racing course. By mid summer of that year the founding committee, whose members consisted of Dick Byatt, George Hill, Chuck Stockey, Fred Hayes and Ray Liddle, had found a 450-acre tract north of Bowmanville. Recognizing the enormity of the project, the committee members realized that one club (BEMC) could not undertake the entire task and so a separate entity, called "Mosport Limited" was born in the fall of 1958. The name Mosport (a contraction of Motor Sport) was coined and applied to the new business enterprise.
Canada Phil
