No 1979 Canadian Pro Series ride but timely phone call changes everything
I'd really enjoyed photographing and reporting on the 1978 Canadian Pro Series of karting, as well as being involved with the administration. It...
Goodyear crush at 1978 Canadian Pro Series finale
(Cover photo): Paul Mason leads Bill Packham in the MRD (Mason Racing Developments) Deavinson karts during the International heats. Paul took pole from eventual...
Pro Series Picton wins for Fugère, Serravalle
These are the stories of the first Canadian Pro Series championship karting series that toured several tracks in Ontario and one in Quebec in...
Snadden, Patuelli score Pro Series wins
These are the stories of the first Canadian Pro championship karting series that toured several tracks in Ontario and one in Quebec in 1978....
Ottawa stars race in Pro Series, OKRA
In 1978 I didn't race too much myself, but I was involved with the organization and publicity for the first Canadian Pro Series for...
1978: a chaotic start to a new year
1978 was the year that Jimmy Carter led Israel and Egypt to sign a lasting peace accord, the first test-tube baby was born...
All things must pass: the championship that decided everything
All photos in this post are available for purchase in the photo gallery.
October-November, 1977 — The winds were kicking up and a storm was...
Finally racing on our own track
September, 1977 — For me, our very first race weekend on our new track at Quyon, Quebec, was pretty close to perfect -- I...
On the road as the home club crumbles
After staging a very successful public race at the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa, you’d think that our local Ottawa-Hull Kart and...
Showdown at the science museum
Black-and-white photographs in this story are by Dirk Van Battum.
June, 1977 — The expected showdown between Jon Snadden and I materialized at a very...
