[Don_Lightfoot]

I was a very big Mark Donohue fan and used to go to Mosport on a regular basis to watch him race. I believe the first time I saw him he was driving the Sunoco Special which was competing in an "open wheeled" race along the lines of the F1 cars, this was probably around 1965 or 66. It was then on to the Trans Am Series for him which I loved. However, there was nothing like the sound, appearance and outright performance of those Aluminum blocked CanAm cars. I may be wrong, but I think Mark still holds the single lap record at Mosport to this date in that CanAm Car. I lived in Oshawa at the time and the teams used some local fenced yards to store their cars overnight. I remember pulling into a yard one night and saw Mark by himself leaning against a building at the opposite end to where all the other racers and reporters were. I said to my wife "That's mark Donohue way over at the other end" and we drove over there. Had a real long talk with him which definitely made my day. CanAm Racing was awesome to say the least.