1976 Canadian Racing League Season

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Round Race Title Circuit Polesitter Team Winner Team
1 CRL Season Opener at Saint Pie Sanair Super Speedway Traci Waller Wilson Racing Brandon Rodriquez Clark Racing
2 200 Miles du Banque de Montreal Autodrome Chaudière Brandon Rodriquez Clark Racing Alfred Heap Plymouth Racing
3 Michigan 100 Michigan International Speedway Daniel McFadden Michel Motorsports George Duncan Henson Racing
4 Shaw Communications 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Steven Simpson Solberg Autosport Charles Woods Chess Enterprises
5 Porter Airlines 300K Canadian Tire Motorsport Park David Solberg Solberg Autosport Brian McGraw Kimball Motorsports
6 Nova Scotia 200 Scotia Speedway Paul Dove Henson Racing Steven Simpson Solberg Autosport
7 Canadian Tire 150K Circuit Mont-Tremblant Francis Estrada Baldwin Racing Francis Estrada Baldwin Racing
8 Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation 100 Edenvale Airport Beatrice Carr Keller Racing Brian McGraw Keller Racing
9 Boston Pizza 150 Cayuga Speedway Francis Estrada Baldwin Racing Garland Bellamy Young Motorsports
10 RBC 175 Riverside International Speedway Traci Waller Wilson Racing Theodore Simpson Baldwin Racing
11.1 Irving Oil 200 Laird International Raceway Kimberly Becker Patterson Motorsports Steven Lowe Plymouth Racing
11.2 Irving Oil 200 Laird International Raceway David Solberg Solberg Autosport Christian Marois Clark Racing
12 Tim Horton's 200 Capital City Speedway Edward Mendoza Wilson Racing Steven Lowe Plymouth Racing
13 Rogers 175 Race City Motorsport Park Brian Davilla Chess Enterprises Robert Gaier Michel Motorsports
14 A&W 200 Motoplex Speedway Steven Simpson Solberg Autosport Karl Dobbs Young Motorsports
15.1 Chapters 200 Sauble Beach Speedway
15.2 Chapters 200 Sauble Beach Speedway
16.1 Harvey's 300 Peterborough Speedway
16.2 Harvey's 300 Peterborough Speedway
17 Jean Coutu 250 Delaware Speedway
18 New York Fries 250K Circuit ICAR
19.1 Telus 200 Sunset Speedway
19.2 Telus 200 Sunset Speedway
20 Dollarama 300 Barrie Speedway
21 Pizza Pizza 200 Autodrome Montmagny
22 NAPA 200K Circuit Gilles-Villneuve
23.1 CIBC 200 Edmonton International Raceway
23.2 CIBC 200 Edmonton International Raceway
24 Leon's 200 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park
25 Chevy 100K at Edmonton Edmonton City Airport
26 Air Canada 200 Flamboro Speedway
27 Grand Prix Trois-Rivières Circuit Trois-Rivières
28 Buckley's 300 Kawartha Speedway
29.1 Sobeys 250 Autodrome Saint-Eustache
29.2 Sobeys 250 Autodrome Saint-Eustache
30 CRL Finale at NHIS, presented by Sal's Pizza New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Notes[edit | edit source]

Henson Racing, remains a 3-car team, maintaining drivers Real and Dove, Rodriquez is out. Duncan is the 3rd driver.

Patterson Motorsports, downgrades to a two car team, Charles Woods and George Duncan, are out, Becker stays and Pamela Young joins the team.

Solberg Autosport, stays the same.

Wilson Racing, remains a 2 car team, Waller returns, Foulk is out. Young in.

Baldwin Racing, stays the same.

Kimball Motorsports, downsizes to a single car operation, Brian McGraw is the driver.

Plymouth Racing, stays the same, expect a driver change in the 70, Snyden out = Alfred Heap in.

Michel Motorsports, adds two cars, Gaier and Daniel McFadden join.

Young Motorsports, Stays the same.

Chess Enterprises, adds a 3rd car, Woods joins.

Keller Racing fires Jose Gabriel, Beatrice Carr joins.

New team, Clark Racing, joins the frey, with a two car team. Rodriquez, Christian Marois join the upstart team.

Team Chart[edit | edit source]

Team Chassis No. Driver Sponsor Town,Province
Henson Racing Chevy 4 George Duncan CIBC Hauterive, Quebec
7 Paul Dove Canadian Tire Lethbridge, Alberta
10 Donald Real Pharmasave London, Ontario
Patterson Motorsports Pontiac 53 Kimberly Becker Swiss Chalet Toronto, Ontario
88 Pamula Young Harvey's Montreal, Quebec
Solberg Autosport Ford 35 Steven Simpson Wal-Mart Fredericton, New-Brunswick
40 David Solberg Ford Canada Toronto, Ontario
Wilson Racing Dodge 15 Edward Mendoza Telus Toronto, Ontario
64 Traci Waller Irving Oil Vernon, British Columbia
Baldwin Racing Chevy 74 Francis Estrada Porter Airlines Cudworth, Saskatchewan
77 Theodore Simpson Maple Leaf Foods Vancouver, British Columbia
Kimball Motorsports Pontiac 58 Brian McGraw New York Fries St. Catharines, Ontario
Plymouth Racing Plymouth 46 Steven Lowe Leon's Regina, Saskatchewan
70 Alfred Heap Boston Pizza Windsor, Ontario
Michel Motorsports Dodge 5 Don Darnell Tim Horton's Halifax, Nova Scotia
50 Larry Yanez NAPA Winnipeg, Manitoba
82 Robert Gaier Air Canada Brampton, Ontario
99 Daniel McFadden Jean Coutu Calgary, Alberta
Young Motorsports Chevy 65 Karl Dobbs Moosehead Brewery Ottawa, Ontario
75 Garland Bellamy Sobeys Banff, Alberta
Chess Enterprises Chrysler 37 Wallace Ward Burger King Halifax, Nova Scotia
66 Brian Davilla RBC Victoriaville, Quebec
95 Charles Woods Rogers Toronto, Ontario
Keller Racing Ford 26 Beatrice Carr Shell Oil Montreal, Quebec
93 Jack Haynes Budweiser Mattoon, Illinois
Clark Racing Chevy 27 Christian Marois Royal Banque de Montreal Ste Agathe, Quebec
32 Brandon Rodriquez Coca-Cola Calgary, Alberta


Standings[edit | edit source]

RANK +/- # DRIVER STARTS POINTS BEHIND WINS TOP5 TOP10 POLES LED

1 -- 40 D Solberg 30 1052 0 1 10 16 3 307

2 -- 66 B Danilla 30 1015 -37 2 7 19 3 418

3 +2 77 T Simpson 30 1008 -44 1 9 17 1 292

4 -- 70 A Reap 30 1002 -50 2 9 18 0 299

5 -2 15 E Mendoza 30 998 -54 2 11 19 4 570

6 -- 95 C Woods 30 993 -59 2 8 17 0 131

7 -- 4 G Duncan 30 979 -73 2 7 14 0 309

8 +3 10 D Real 30 976 -76 3 8 13 0 289

9 -- 50 L Yanez 30 976 -76 1 6 16 0 124

10 -2 88 P Young 30 975 -77 2 7 14 2 211

11 -1 27 C Marois 30 963 -89 3 6 11 1 362

12 -- 32 B Rodriguez 30 957 -95 1 7 14 2 48

13 -- 93 J Haynes 30 953 -99 2 7 14 1 370

14 +1 75 G Bellamy 30 951 -101 1 6 13 0 105

15 +4 64 T Walker 30 948 -104 0 6 12 3 224

16 -2 58 B McGraw 30 943 -109 3 7 13 0 269

17 +1 53 K Becker 30 937 -115 1 7 13 2 113

18 -2 99 D McFadden 30 936 -116 0 8 13 2 91

19 -2 65 K Dobbs 30 934 -118 1 5 11 1 175

20 -- 74 F Estrada 30 929 -123 1 7 8 4 312

21 +1 26 B Carr 30 927 -125 0 5 12 1 11

22 -1 35 S Simpson 30 918 -134 1 7 13 2 353

23 -- 46 S Love 30 911 -141 2 6 11 1 454

24 +1 5 D Darnell 30 901 -151 1 3 8 0 94

25 -1 7 P Dove 30 895 -157 0 2 10 2 111

26 -- 37 W Ward 30 891 -161 0 2 10 0 208

27 -- 82 R Gaier 30 869 -183 1 7 11 1 157