Australians of Canadian Descent - Allan Moffat, John Gilbert, Kimberley Joseph, Thomas Molloy, Gary Files, John Davison, Wendy Matthews (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 153. Not illustrated. Chapters: Allan Moffat, John Gilbert, Kimberley Joseph, Thomas Molloy, Gary Files, John Davison, Wendy Matthews, Dale Begg-Smith, Ian Lloyd, John Ryan, Luke Ford, James Pritchard, Karen Miller, Simon Whitfield, Jack Cowin, William Redfern, Simon Fraser, Tara Moss, Elli Overton, Jason Demetriou, Matt Dunning, Hugh Millikin, Lambton L. Mount, Henry Ross, Dyson Heydon, Bridget Neval, Casey Dunning, Douglas Smith Huyghue, Tom Burlinson, Sarah Lassez, Andy Quan, Jason Begg-Smith, Harry Messel, Pat Duignan, Stewart Heaney, Steven Welsh, Nikki Campbell, Matthew Schreuder, Todd Macdonald, Kyla Bremner, Cameron Johnston, Gerald Hay, Johnny Best, Ron Bramble. Excerpt: Allan George Moffat, OBE (born 10 November 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) is an Australian racing driver known for his success in the Australian Touring Car Championship and his four wins in the Bathurst 1000. Moffat was inducted into the V8 Supercar Hall of Fame in 1999. Born in Canada, Moffat moved to Australia as a college student with his parents in the early 1960s and in the latter part of that decade embarked on his record-setting motor racing career. He had already raced in the United States, his first race at the wheel of a Triumph TR3. Moffat first entered the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) in 1965, driving a Lotus Cortina. By 1969 he had become a regular competitor and his bright red Coca-Cola-sponsored Ford Boss 302 Mustang was unmistakable at circuits around Australia. He would go on to win 101 touring car races in this car between 1969 and 1972, yet his dream of winning the ATCC in the Mustang eluded him. Although Moffat and a number of other drivers raced Mustangs for ATCC competition - the five ATCC titles from 1965 to 1969 were all won by Mustang drivers - this car, modified to CAMS Improved Production Touring Car re...