Moosehead Grand Prix

Moosehead Grand Prix

AIS, British F2, IMSA GT
Location	Citadel Hill (Fort George), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 44°38′56″N63°34′48″W / 44.64889°N 63.58000°W / 44.64889; -63.58000
Corporate sponsor	Moosehead Breweries
First race	1990
Last race	1995
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.85 km (1.15 mi)
Turns	8
Lap record	0:45.357 ( Andrea Montermini, Reynard 91D, 1993, Formula 3000)

The Moosehead Grand Prix was an annual auto race held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The race took place on a 1.15 mile (1.851 km) street circuit next to Citadel Hill from 1990 until 1993. The race moved to a 1.45 mile (2.333 km) circuit on the runways of Canadian Forces Base Shearwater for 1994 and 1995. ^[1]

History

Following the success of the Labatt sponsored Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, the Molson sponsored IndyCar races in Toronto and Vancouver and the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivières, Moosehead Breweries wanted a high profile city street race in Atlantic Canada to promote their brand.

The Moosehead Grand Prix was launched in 1990 with an American Indycar Series race on the streets next to Citadel Hill in downtown Halifax attracting 30,000 fans the first year. The American IndyCar Series was replaced with the British Formula 2 Championship as the headliner in 1993 and 1994, with the IMSA GT Championship headlining the final year in 1995. ^[2]

Other support series races included the Player’s Toyota Atlantic Championship, Rothmans Porsche Turbo Cup, Player’s GM Motorsport Series and the Canadian Formula Ford Championship.

Lap records

The fastest official race lap records at the Moosehead Grand Prix are listed as:

Category	Time	Driver	Vehicle	Event
Grand Prix Circuit: 1.850 km (1990–1995)
Formula 3000	0:45.357 [3]	Andrea Montermini	Reynard 91D	1993 Moosehead Grand Prix
Formula Atlantic	0:47.625 [4]	Mark Dismore	Swift DB4	1993 Mooshead Grand Prix at Halifax
WSC	1:05.269 [5]	Wayne Taylor	Ferrari 333 SP	1995 Halifax 3 Hours
IMSA GTS-1	1:09.654 [5]	Irv Hoerr	Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme	1995 Halifax 3 Hours
IMSA GTS-2	1:14.005 [5]	Bill Auberlen	Porsche 911	1995 Halifax 3 Hours
Porsche Turbo Cup	1:16.306 [6]	Bill Adam	Porsche 944	1990 Moosehead Grand Prix

Winners

American Indycar Series

Year	Date	Driver
1990	Aug 10	Bill Tempero	[7]
1991	Sept 15	Jimmy Santos	[8]
1992	Sept 13	Ken Petrie	[9]

British F2 Championship

Season	Date	Laps	Winning Driver	Team	Chassis/Engine
1993	July 11	70	Andrea Montermini	Junior Team	Reynard 91D-Cosworth	[10]
1994	July 10	60	Gianfranco Cane	Fred Goddard Racing	Reynard 90D-Cosworth	[11]

IMSA Exxon World Sports Car Championship and Supreme GT Series

Year	Date	Laps	WSC Winning Team	GTS-1 Winning Team	GTS-2 Winning Team
			WSC Winning Drivers	GTS-1 Winning Drivers	GTS-2 Winning Drivers
1995	May 21	158 Laps	#3 Scandia Racing Team Ferrari 333 SP	#75 Cunningham Racing Nissan 300ZX V8	#55 Jorge Trejos Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	[12]
			Fermín Vélez Mauro Baldi	Johnny O'Connell	Jorge Trejos Danny Aase

Player's Toyota Atlantic Championship

Year	Date	Laps	Driver	Car
1993	July 11	60	Trevor Seibert	Swift DB-4/Toyota	[13]

Rothmans Porsche Turbo Cup

Year	Date	Laps	Driver	Car
1990	Oct 7	19	David Tennyson	Porsche 944 Turbo Cup	[14]

See also

• Atlantic Motorsport Park

References

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2. Charters, David A. (2007). The Chequered Past: Sports Car Racing & Rallying in Canada, 1951-1991. University of Toronto Press. pp. 239–241. ISBN   978-0-8020-9394-3.
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7. "A Record of the American IndyCar Series United States Speedway Series 1988 - 2012" (PDF). wegcircuits.nl. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
8. "A Record of the American IndyCar Series United States Speedway Series 1988 - 2012" (PDF). wegcircuits.nl. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
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11. "Moosehead Grand Prix, Halifax (CDN), July 10th 1994". Unofficial F3000. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
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13. "1993 Player's Toyota Atlantic Championship". champcarstats.com. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
14. "1990 Rothmans Porsche Turbo Cup". autocourse.ca. Retrieved 2013-11-21.