Sunday morning is time for the drivers meeting.
The Poupard crew is working furiously on the car to get it ready.
No fancy dump tanks in 1960. Sherm Decker uses the good old 5 gallon can and a funnel.
Three MGA’s ready to go. Poupards twin cam #66next to Deckers twin cam with Ralph Barnard’s A #99.
The 3 twincams are away with Sherm Decker and Ross deSt Croix going at it for the second year but now Bob Poupard has a twin cam and is in the hunt.
The green flag has dropped and the under 1500cc race has started. The T series ran in their own races, not against the MGA’s.
Two Canadian MG’s fight it out. The MGA of Bill Hopkins and the T C of Al Manestar
Sherm Decker gets the checkered flag to win for a second straight year.
Sherm and Joan come in after their victory lap.
The Rebel Bobby Poupard is being given instructions to the winners circle for finishing 3rd. This was Poupards first trip and he was lost. It would not be his last trip to victory circle.
Bob Poupard is back in the paddock meeting with his crew and looking over the lap chart. Nicholas (straw hat) looks on.
The Canadian’s created some fantastic “improved” production MG T series and they were fast. #104 is Frank Mounts TC
The Canadian MG crew taking care of Bill Leper’s car. These great folks brought such fun to the event. Hard to imagine how it could happen today.
21 Year old Frank Mount tunes his TC #104.
Frank sits in his car, ready to head out and win the 1250cc class. Frank went on to race twincams but returned to vintage years later and made a replica of this TC he races today. It’s name is Clatter
Frank Mount in 2020 holding his silver bowl from the 1960 Watkins Glen MGCC races. Well done Frank.
Here is Frank and Connie waiting to head out at Mosport. The car is “Clatter”, the clone of his 1960 #104.
A great example of the Canadian Improved Production TC in the hands of Al Manestar.
One of the improved MG drivers from Ontario poses next to his TC. This is Joe Suessmuth who won the Western New Yorker race.
Being hardy Canadians, they pitched their tents and camped at the race track. No superlight, aluminum tube tents in those days.
Classic BARCboys. DAve Zych stares at the camera whild Nicholas (straw hat) and Tierno are more interested in Al Monestar’s TC
Bob Poupard drives his twincam under the Improved Production Canadian T type of Bill Lepper. The #102 was assigned to Frank Mount but he really drove #104.
Charley Fela’s TD sits on its trailer as good racers, as all good racers have done since one car battled another, drink beer.
It must be Friday or Lunch time. The Dave Nicholas TD drives down the false grid road. No doubt looking for free food.
Officials gather after the event waiting for awards. The staff all wore those funky pork-pie MG hats. We wanted one badly.
Awards time and Bob Poupard is center stage receiving his 3rd place silver dish.
Sherm has his silver trophy as he and son Greg smile up at the camera.
The winners chat with their awards. Joan Decker, polka dot shirt, Ross deSt Croix striped shirt
The day is done and cars are headed home. Bob Poupard fires up his twincam to put on the trailer.
Zych sits in his newly painted TD, Joe Tierno is in his competition prepared MGA and Nicholas poses for the camera as if he won the big race.
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