Mosport 1962

There's nothing un-friendly about the atmosphere at MoSport today. With the odd exception of drunken hooligans at night (depending where you're camping lol). It's still very much all about the racing. Granted, the crowds there aren't nearly as large as they were for events like in this video, largely because MoSport doesn't host such famous events anymore. But you still see quite a lot of race fans out there for the ALMS "Grand Prix of Mosport".

I never said Mosport was unfriendly, I meant motorsports in general have become an unfriendly environment. There are exceptions, but by the looks of it the behaviour of team managers, sponsors, drivers, mechanics, etc. is nothing like back then.

Roger, I get ya now ;) and I totally agree.

Mosport no more. Thanks Canadian Tire. Just had to get your name in there.

Thank you for posting!

Thanks very much for sharing this video

Amazing! Thank you for posting this, Mosport Forever!!

16:57 "Dan, we eat" HAHAHa, shows an inside joke about a shoestring budget. Say what you want about cigarette companies, without their money, would a film like this have been made?

I was there, and I can say that this film is more accurate than most. One exception was the very underrated Canadian driver, Dan Shaw. Driving the powerful, but challenging Sadler Mark 5 [#166], he held fourth place against the best drivers of his era until his transmission began to fail. Gurney, Gregory, Hall and Penske were all driving cars that were more sophisticated, owned by teams that were much better funded than 'Ecurie Portland'. An amazing effort, entirely unnoticed by our press.

Great racing ,by  true gentleman,

Back in the day when racing was dangerous and sex was safe.

WTF? What is going on with the sand on the track in moss corner?

The only armco I saw was over the tunnel at One. That was racing

Great video. Nice to actually get to see Masten Gregory race. That Sadler Mk. 5 looked like a beast.

Great stuff!  Thanks for posting this.

This was a excellent video and these were the hay days of MOSPORT, The racing has really went down hill over the decades and I stopped attending after the American Lemans series ended, the proto types were absolutely horrible after Audi left. Now they call the track Chinese Tire Motorsports Park. What a disgrace to the Historic name of this track. Might as well be called Walmart Motorsport Park as it is a Dam Shame that corporations have to get their name on every thing these days. if example , The Rogers Center or the Budwieser Gardens.

Excellent, thanks for sharing.

Bradley wound up 4th. 3rd in the 2nd heat. Moss corner was quite messy at the start. Penske & Gurney’s Lotii had a synchromesh transmission whereas Bradley ‘s Lotus had the motorcycle type transmission. Better cars for the top 3.

Love it.
Thanks for saving history :)

This can't be Mosport, it's not raining.

Think my father was in a suport race this weekend -green bugeye sprite he was racing

Al Pease...??

THE HIPPIES DONT GIVE A SHIT

GO SUCK THAT TRUMMP ZIONIST JEW OFF

THESE FKS COULD NOT DRIVE A 1959 VOLKS BUG

NO BODDY CAME LMAO

production cars now can post laps( as equals to our childhood hero., :)

Great to see the Sadler MK 5. Sadler was the first to build an American V8 mid engine in a sports racing car, in 1960. Also great to see Roger Ward's Cooper-Buick, the first swap of an American V8 into an existing mid engine sports racer. Historic, by the next year, big American V8s in mid engine cars would be the winning combination.

Thanks for this!

Really enjoyed this!

Good show, old boys. Masten Gregory was famous for being thrown out of racing cars, and managing to stay alive...

Before I pass on I need to go Camping

A Dailu? "Someone get me a Porsche , will ya? "

'62 and a 3 year old car wins. Always liked Gregory. The most film I've seen of him. Onto LeMans.

Dad was exceptional at Mosport. A hell of a track!

Thank you for sharing this fantastic footage.

I see the track, fairly new at the time, was right up to date with all the latest safety precautions and devices in place.

I will never forget that race I saw so many Im from Oshawa

I miss the claustrophobic layout so much. Damn you JJ Lehto.
Great video, made so much better knowing my dad and his family were there.
Seeing the prism at the top of the control tower without any branding really threw me for a loop. I knew what it was but have never seen it like that.

What an exciting race.

so cool eh.

Masten Gregory underdog wins

Music to get cancer by. Nice.

PS Alas, Jo Bonnier was killed while at Le Mans (1972). His Lola collided with an amateur-driven Ferrari and, as a result, flew off-track into trees.

I was there and this film fills in the blanks in that I get to see the bits I missed that happened on the other side of the track. Liked Masten Gregory's work, and Dan Gurney was very quick. I think it was in practice, but it could have been in the race. We were up at the top of the straight and the cars were whizzing by, when we saw a golden flying saucer coming up over the straight and towards us. It crashed into the ground about 60 feet from us. It was a metal fire extinguisher that had 'escaped' from one of the cars. Lucky it never made it to the crowd.

My first race , My uncles took us there for the players 200

Maston Gregory, the best worst driver in racing history!

My First in the LOLA 1100. Great to be out with such incredible Company.