I was a little boy watching Bruce and all the greats of the era at Mosport Raceway. My Father took my brother and I to Mosport for every big race. I still manage to get there with my son once in awhile.
"And you'll see a lot of cars come in with the front wheels push straight ahead a little bit then they'll come out in the classic sort of sportscar powerslide - looks quite good in fact." Quite a lot of attention to detail. Shame he went so early as the man certainly had the nous. Professorial indeed.
@@fabianrocha9924 Bruce wanted to say that his McLaren, due to the incredible amount of power the Can-American series cars had (7-liters or over monsters), when he upshifted in the main straight of Mosport, the torque was still so strong that the rear wheels kept on spinning, even in 4th gear!
Well, considering the amount of power and more than all, torque, of these 7-liters monsters, I would not be so amazed if they kept wheelspinning even in the final gear.
Not sure what year they didn’t start at 7 litres but ended up over 8 litres . Those engines were using Aluminium Blocks supplied by Reynolds. Denny Hulme said that they were his favourite cars ever & he drove some great cars. He also mentioned that if running close to the other McLaren he had to leave space because the front wheels on the second car would lift off the ground . Unfortunately the Turbocharged Porsche was just too dominant & the Can Am series withered away.
I can't start to imagine how many times I saw Bruce execute every corner of this course to perfection. I can see him as if it were yesterday. We only wish.
Mosport would be absolutely ruined if F1 came back to it. It would be way too unsafe as is and they would kill it with tighter corners and acres of paved runoff.
My cat is named Bruce after this legend. I’ve met his daughter who is a sweetheart. This track is currently named Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, I like Mosport better.
Canada really has to dump the montreal local and come back to its roots on this amazing feels like a mini spa or green hell just needs to be be upgraded a bit and we would have a way better track
Mosport was an awful track for a GP. I remember 6 hours too get out after a race, no facilities, pits never updated from the 60s. It's a hobbyist track, but very few series will race there any more.
