# 1966 Canadian Grand Prix > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1966_Canadian_Grand_Prix > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1966_Canadian_Grand_Prix.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Canadian_Grand_Prix > Source revision: 1334339722 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1966 Canadian Formula One race held in Bowmanville, Ontario 1966 Canadian Grand Prix Race 3 of 6 in 1966 Can-Am season Race details Date September 24, 1966 Location Mosport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada Course Permanent racing facility Course length 3.95 km ( miles) Distance 88 laps, 336 km ( miles) Weather Cold with temperatures approaching 13.9 °C (57.0 °F); wind speeds up to 18.1 kilometres per hour (11.2 mph)[1] Pole position Driver Dan Gurney Lola-Ford Time 1:50.7 Fastest lap Driver Dan Gurney Lola-Ford Time 1:23.1 Podium First Mark Donohue Lola-Chevrolet Second Phil Hill Chaparral-Chevrolet Third Chuck Parsons McLaren-Chevrolet Motor car race The **1966 Canadian Grand Prix** was a motor race held at [Mosport Park](/source/Mosport_Park) on September 24, 1966, held for [sports cars](/source/Sports_cars) eligible to [Can-Am](/source/Can-Am) Series regulations and had 30 starters. It was the sixth [Canadian Grand Prix](/source/Canadian_Grand_Prix) and like all previous races was a sports car race. The race doubled as round three of the [1966 Can-Am Series](/source/1966_Can-Am_season). The race was won by [Penske](/source/Penske_Racing) driver [Mark Donohue](/source/Mark_Donohue) by two laps over [Chaparral](/source/Chaparral_Cars) driver [Phil Hill](/source/Phil_Hill). ## Classification Results as follows:[2][3][4] Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time Points 1 6 Mark Donohue Roger Penske Racing Enterprises Lola T70 / Chevrolet 85 2h 03m 09.2s 9 2 65 Phil Hill Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2E / Chevrolet 83 6 3 10 Chuck Parsons Hilton Racing Team McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 82 4 4 99 Earl Jones Charles Hayes Racing McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 80 3 5 11 Paul Hawkins Epstein Enterprises Ltd. Lola T70 Mk.II / Chevrolet 79 2 6 94 Eppie Wietzes Comstock Racing Team Ford GT40 78 1 7 53 Hugh Dibley Racing Partners Lola T70 Mk.II / Chevrolet 77 8 00 Bobby Brown Lola T70 Mk.II / Chevrolet 74 9 52 Bill Eve Eve & Jones Racing Genie Mk.10 / Ford 70 10 88 Masten Gregory Pacesetter Homes McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 68 11 86 Mike Goth Mike Goth Racing McLaren Goth Special / Chevrolet 65 DNF 30 Dan Gurney All American Racers Lola T70 / Ford 75 Ignition DNF 5 Chris Amon Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd. McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 66 Suspension DNF 61 Bud Morley McLaren M1B / Ford 63 Engine DNF 38 Dick Brown Ecurie Green Inc. McLaren M1B / Ford 60 DNF 81 Denny Hulme Sidney Taylor Racing Lola T70 / Chevrolet 56 Transmission DNF 39 Ludwig Heimrath McLaren M1B / Ford 54 Suspension DNF 4 Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd. McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 41 Suspension DNF 77 Mak Kronn John W. Fritsch McKee Mk.6 / Chevrolet 40 DNF 33 Sam Posey Autodynamics Corporation McLaren M1B / Ford 28 DNF 66 Jim Hall Chaparral Cars Chaparral 2E / Chevrolet 13 Engine DNF 29 Bob Bucher Young B.A.R.F. Inc. Racing Team Lola T70 / Ford 10 Transmission DNF 97 Charlie Hayes Nickey Chevrolet McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 10 Accident DNF 60 Ed Hamill Hamill Cars Inc. Hamill SR3 / Chevrolet 8 DNF 62 John Cannon Ecurie Carabine McLaren M1B / Chevrolet 5 Fuel leak DNF 57 John Cordts David Billes McLaren M1A / Chevrolet 3 DNF 96 Lothar Motschenbacher Dan Blocker Motor Racing Genie Vinegaroon / Oldsmobile 1 Accident DNF 7 John Surtees Team Surtees Lola T70 Mk.II / Chevrolet 1 Accident DNF 19 Skip Scott Drummond Racing Organisation McLaren M1B / Ford 1 Accident DNF 23 Brett Lunger Alderman Auto Service Lola T70 / Ford 1 Accident DNS 16 George Follmer John W. Mecom, Jr. Lola T70 / Ford DNS 8 Jerry Grant All American Racers Lola T70 / Ford Accident ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Weather information for the "1966 Canadian Grand Prix"](http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/ON/Bowmanville/1966-09-24). The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved June 26, 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Can-Am 1966"](http://www.wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/canam/canam1966.html). classicscars.com. Retrieved April 2, 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Can-Am Mosport"](http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Mosport-1966-09-24.html). Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved April 2, 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Challenge 1966 Epreuve 3 6th Canadian Grand Prix for the Pepsi-Cola Trophy, Mosport Park"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110708113948/http://www.canamcircus.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38:mosport-1966&catid=12:courses&Itemid=2) (in French). canamcircus.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.canamcircus.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38%3Amosport-1966&catid=12%3Acourses&Itemid=2) on July 8, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2010. Preceded by 1965 Canadian Grand Prix Canadian Grand Prix 1966 Succeeded by 1967 Canadian Grand Prix --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1966 Canadian Grand Prix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Canadian_Grand_Prix) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Canadian_Grand_Prix?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.