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1999 Grand Prix Of Mosport
The 1999 Grand Prix of Mosport was an American Le Mans Series professional sports car racing, sports car race held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Mosport International Raceway near Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from June 25 to the 27, 1999. The race was the third round of the 1999 American Le Mans Series season, inaugural American Le Mans Series season, replacing the former IMSA GT Championship, Professional SportsCar Racing Championship that previously held the Grand Prix beginning in 1975. The race marked the 14th International Motor Sports Association, IMSA / Professional SportsCar Racing sanctioned sports car race held at the facility. Race The race marked the maiden win for the Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S driven by Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen for Panoz, Panoz Motor Sports. It was the first front-engine sportscar overall win at a major event since the 1960s. Teammates David Brabham and Éric Bernard in the #1 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S, Panoz finished second, while Team Raf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosport
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly Mosport Park and Mosport International Raceway) is a multi-track motorsport venue located north of Bowmanville, in Ontario, Canada, east of Toronto. The facility features a , 10-turn road course; a advance driver and race driver training facility with a skid pad (Driver Development Centre) and a kart track (Mosport Karting Centre Inc., previously "Mosport Kartways"). The name "Mosport", a portmanteau of Motor Sport, came from the enterprise formed to build the track. History The circuit was the second purpose-built road race course in Canada after Westwood Motorsport Park in Coquitlam, British Columbia, succeeding Edenvale ( Stayner, Ontario), Port Albert, Ontario's Green Acres (ex-British Commonwealth Air Training Plan), and Nanticoke, Ontario's Harewood Acres (ex-British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Number One Bombing and Gunnery School), all airport circuits, as Ontario racing venues. The track was designed and built in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
