Canadian Formula Atlantic
CASC made two significant changes to their national championship for 1974, opening it to non-Canadian drivers and adopting the name and regulations of the British Formula Atlantic series. It was felt that Formula B was not a good name for Canada's main national championship as it raised the obvious question of where was Formula A. The cars would be the same, coming as before from the English constructors March, Chevron, Brabham and Lola but the new rules introduced Ford BDA engines which were available from Brian Hart, Nicholson McLaren and Alan Smith.
Although CASC remained involved throughout, the series expanded into the USA in 1978 and was marketed as the North American Formula Atlantic Championship and as the FIA Formula Mondial Championship for 1983. After the Mondial fiasco CASC were unable to continue and the focus of Formula Atlantic in North America moved to the US-based WCAR/ECAR series.
The seasons
The 1974 CASC season: Westwood, Edmonton, Gimli, Mosport Park, Sanair, St Johns, Halifax, (Trois-Rivières)
The 1975 CASC season: Edmonton, Westwood, Gimli, Mont-Tremblant, Mosport Park, Halifax, (Trois-Rivières), (Brainerd)
The 1976 CASC season: Edmonton, Westwood, Gimli, Mont-Tremblant, Halifax, Mosport Park, (Trois-Rivières)
The 1976 IMSA season: Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca, Ontario Motor Speedway, Mid-Ohio, Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca
The 1977 CASC season: Mosport Park, Gimli, Edmonton, Westwood, Halifax, St-Félicien, (Trois-Rivières), Québec City
The 1978 season: Long Beach, Westwood, Québec City, Lime Rock, Road America, Hamilton, (Trois-Rivières), Montréal
The 1979 season: Long Beach, Mexico City, Westwood, Québec City, Halifax, Road America, Mosport Park, Trois-Rivières, Bridgehampton, Montréal
The 1980 season: Long Beach, Sears Point, Westwood, Brainerd, Lime Rock, Road America, Trois-Rivières, Bridgehampton, Montréal, Mexico City
The 1981 season: Long Beach, Mexico City, Mosport Park, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Edmonton, Westwood, Trois-Rivières, Montréal
The 1982 season: Long Beach, Mexico City, Mosport Park, Montréal, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Westwood, Trois-Rivières, Mosport Park
The 1983 Formula Mondial season: Willow Springs, Riverside, Sears Point, Westwood, Detroit, Montréal, Road America, Trois-Rivières, Mosport Park
Non-championship races are shown in brackets.
For the period after 1983, see WCAR and ECAR.
Wins by Constructor 1974-1983
Including CASC championship, IMSA championship and Trois-Rivières.
| 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 4 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 41 | |||
| Ralt | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 34 | ||||
| Chevron | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| Lola | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Lotus | 3 | 3 |
Race starts by Constructor 1974-1983
Including CASC championship, IMSA championship and Trois-Rivières.
| 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 67 | 99 | 140 | 105 | 135 | 128 | 117 | 88 | 45 | 22 | 946 |
| Ralt | 1 | 18 | 33 | 60 | 99 | 103 | 100 | 120 | 118 | 652 | |
| Chevron | 60 | 74 | 133 | 34 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 358 | ||
| Lola | 14 | 64 | 81 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 171 | ||
| Brabham | 31 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 62 | ||||
| Tui | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 35 | ||||||
| Rondel | 20 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||
| Tiga | 11 | 9 | 20 | ||||||||
| Lotus | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |||||||
| Excalibur | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||
| LM Special | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| Johnston | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Dart | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Modus | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| Merlyn | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Motul | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Hayashi | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Argo | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bobsy | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Crosslé | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Elden | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| ERD | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| GRD | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Magnum | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| McLaren | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| NARC | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Race Research | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Stebro | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Toleman | 1 | 1 |