1970 Canadian Formula A/Formula B
Eppie Wietzes retained his title with some ease, winning five of the seven races. His closest rival was once again the consistent Horst Kroll who won at Harewood Acres in August and took three other second place finishes.
The Formula B class was won by Craig Hill with three class wins from Peter Broeker who had led the rankings until missing the last two races. Brian Robertson won FB at two of the last three races in a Fred Opert Racing Brabham BT29 to finish sixth overall.
Only three competitive Formula A cars had appeared regularly so it was no great surprise that CASC decided to focus on Formula B for 1971.
The races
10 May 1970 > Harewood Acres
31 May 1970 > Westwood
14 Jun 1970 > Edmonton
01 Jul 1970 > Rockcliffe Airfield
09 Aug 1970 > Harewood Acres
06 Sep 1970 > Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières
11 Oct 1970 > Mosport Park
1970 Gulf Canadian Road Racing Championship table
1 | Eppie Wietzes | (FA) McLaren M10B - Chevrolet V8 | 145 pts | 5 wins |
2 | Horst Kroll | (FA) Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 | 126 pts | 1 win |
3 | Craig Hill | (FB) Lotus 59-Ford twin cam | 103 pts | |
4 | Bill Brack | (FA) Lotus 70 - Chevrolet V8 | 90 pts | 1 win |
5 | Peter W. Broeker | (FB) Stebro-Chevron B9-Ford twin cam | 82 pts | |
6 | Brian Robertson | (FB) Brabham BT29 - Ford twin cam Vegantune | 50 pts | |
7 | Bruce Jensen | (FB) Brabham BT21C - Ford twin cam | 40 pts | |
8 | Dave Ogilvy | (FB) Lotus 35 - Ford twin cam | 29 pts | |
9= | Howard Cazaly | (FB) Lotus 41C - Ford twin cam | 22 pts | |
9= | Tony Simms | (FA) Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 (FA) Kiki Mk 6A - Chevrolet V8 | 22 pts | |
11 | Ludwig Heimrath | (FA) McLaren M10A - Chevrolet V8 | 19 pts | |
12 | Russ Murray | (FA) Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 | 14 pts | |
13= | Don Merriman | (FB) Lotus 59 - Ford twin cam | 12 pts | |
13= | Randy Fraser | (FB) Brabham BT29 - Ford twin cam | 12 pts | |
13= | Eligio Siconolfi | (FB) Lotus 41C - Ford twin cam | 12 pts | |
13= | Al Pease | (FA) 2.5-litre Brabham BT23B - Climax FPF 4 | 12 pts | |
17 | Gordon Green | (FB) Lotus 41C - Ford twin cam BRM | 11 pts | |
18 | Ken Huband | (FB) Brabham BT29 - Ford twin cam | 10 pts | |
19 | Craig Fisher | (FA) Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 | 9 pts | |
20 | Wayne Kelly | (FF) Titan - Ford | 8 pts |
The Gulf Canada Series for the Canadian Road Racing Championship was held over seven races and combined a 20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points system for overall positions with a 9-6-4-3-2-1 points system for class positions. Thus the overall race winner received 29pts (20 for overall win, 9 for the class win) and, for example, a Formula B car winning its class in third overall would receive 22 pts (13 plus 9).
See also: the 1970 Molson Quebec series.