1974 Kawartha Cup Gilles Villeneuve

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7 жыл бұрын

Wide World of Sports footage from the 74 Kawartha Cup in Peterborough Ontario Canada. Features some great scenes of the late, great Gillies Villeneuve taking his famed twin-track Alouette hard through the corners to win the 650cc Sno-Pro class AND some insights from Gillies himself on the design of the innovative sled.
650cc Sno-Pro Final
1st- Gillies Villeneuve (Alouette)
2nd- Ed Schubitzkie (Yamaha)
3rd- Dave Thompson (Arctic Cat)

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@TC-eo5eb 3 жыл бұрын

For the younger crowd who may not know, Gilles Villeneuve went from racing snowmobiles to becoming a Formula 1 racing legend driving for Ferrari. He was one of the best F-1 drivers of all time and sadly lost his life on the race track in Belgium in 1982. R.I.P. Gilles.

@moniquelee3623 Жыл бұрын

@@davidparker667 "Gilles was the best and the fastest racing driver in the world. And I liked him as a man even more than I admired him as a driver." Niki Lauda

@vvv70v 5 ай бұрын

Salut Gilles!

@moniquelee3623 Жыл бұрын

Forever, Villeneuve will remain the most complete and absolute incarnation of a racing driver. ''Individuals like Gilles only come to earth once. He was truly unique and I would have liked to see what career he would have had without this accident. He would have been crowned world champion, I am 100% convinced of that.'' Mario Andretti.

@georgemattar1182 2 жыл бұрын

I am blessed to see Gilles race on the awesome Alouette Super at Boonville in 1973. Great memories. Probably the baddest sled ever with that Sachs 650 screaming.

@deemagico Жыл бұрын

wow, never knew that Gilles was also talented constructor of snowmobiles. I mean.... that looked like Adrian Newey created back in those days. Thanks for precious upload of history.

@paullaberge9990 5 ай бұрын

I read somewhere that it was quite a spectacle to see young Gilles Villeneuve driving his Skoda every Saturday night from his home to Johanne's home, his girlfriend and future wife!

@dislikebutton4981 27 күн бұрын

Thats awesome! what a legend

@mellilore 5 ай бұрын

Damn! Gilles in huge sideburns!!!! Within three years he'll make it to F1, within four to Ferrari and within eight.... Salut Gilles....

@afenijmeijer9027 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Giles was a great driver. I saw him win the 1979 South African Grand Prix. One of his 6 GP wins.

@johnpatterson4272 3 ай бұрын

Those were great days in Peterborough, the Kawartha Cup was like Daytona or Indianapolis and the race track was ALL natural snow.

@Trackratz-zl9di 3 ай бұрын

The high bank years were the best.

@elisabethmontsalvy 2 ай бұрын

Grazie Rene' Arnoux, grazie Gilles Villenueve. Jacques un grande abbraccio, avevi un papa' con cuore d'oro. Non ho capito una parola...ma Rene' e Gilles sono persone speciali, leggendarie, sempre nel cuore di noi tofosi. 💯🇨🇦

@pietrogiannone68 2 жыл бұрын

Grande Gilles ,sarai sempre nei nostri cuori !👍👍👋👋👋

@jeanculot7095 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for sharing that piece of antology Salut Gilles!

@robertarseneault8279 6 жыл бұрын

Alouette super sno-pro 73-74 with 340.440.650 Sachs free air engine from Germany.. was powerful sled while back..Sachs 650 3 cyl f/a SA3 rx series 105 HP at 9500 r.p.m Alouette was made in Canada... very hard to find and very rare.. the Gilles Villeneuve museum Berthierville Q.C probably the only place you can see that twin track machine

@morfi3395 Ай бұрын

Legend and my F1 hero forever! I am sure the snowmobile racing honed his racing skills in the wet.

@paolopinto6973 Жыл бұрын

Gilles snowmobile looks like a spaceship compared to the others

@gregoryworth6644 Жыл бұрын

Saw him at Lancaster New Hampshire with the skiroules, won the 250-340 and 440 their first time out in late January 1976, Polaris race director bob eastman was in the stands and remarked how well they cornered, it always shocked me Polaris never signed him to drive and his ifs design after that. The 73 super, 74 twin track and the 76 ifs skiroules , all super competive low budget sleds,

@georgemattar1705 5 ай бұрын

Gilles was a true champion in every motorsport he tried. RIP.

@crusherbmx 6 жыл бұрын

This is gold!

@antoniociampo7698 2 жыл бұрын

Così ché tutto ebbe inizio... THE LEGEND....!!!! 👏1⃣🏅💫👍💯👌

@antoineagostini8329 2 жыл бұрын

Qu'il revienne de l'au delà Gilles Villeneuve 🏁🇮🇹🏁

@edithzak5869 2 жыл бұрын

François Cevert aussi et Senna

@markduchey8785 11 ай бұрын

First time I’ve heard his voice

@antoineagostini8329 2 жыл бұрын

Magnifique Gilles Villeneuve scuderia Ferrari 👍🙋

@southONON 2 жыл бұрын

Saw Villeneuve race at the Syracuse mile in 1973 snow pro with his twin trackers .. going into the turns had a few sleds ahead of him.... coming out always in the lead..a mile track a bit to long that day.

@andersonmuniz280 6 жыл бұрын

The soundtrack is "Theme from Shaft"!

@paoloboniardi7398 5 жыл бұрын

GILLES ANDAVA VELOCE CON QUALSIASI MEZZO ERA UN FENOMENO CHE NESSUNO HA MAI CAPITO FINO IN FONDO MA FORTUNATAMENTE C'È CHI NON LO HA MAI DIMENTICATO COME ME E TANTI ALTRI

@elisabethmontsalvy 2 ай бұрын

Condivido ogni tua parola, nessuno in Europa lo aveva capito chi era Gilles.

@tomjones2121 2 жыл бұрын

A legend with a need for speed ,

@fredthompson1279 3 ай бұрын

I was there.

@patrivard9229 7 жыл бұрын

Seen him and this sled in the early 70s. Beausajour MB. He kick ass in.that sled. Anyone know what happened to all his race sleds?

@wermach123 7 жыл бұрын

Pat Rivard The sleds were thought to be lost to history , nobody had heard from them since 1976 or so. They are the holy Grail of racing snowmobiles, so it was with alot of excitement that one day last year a gentleman from Quebec posted pictures of his barn find discovery , it was two out of the three original Alloette twin track sleds , in unrestored condition. Although

@wermach123 7 жыл бұрын

Pat Rivard Since that reveal I don't think much else has been said or released about the find other than rumors of them going to a few museums and whatnot.

@crusherbmx 6 жыл бұрын

I remember in 1995 when Jacques won the first Indycar race of the year I looked for an article in the local paper (Winnipeg Free Press) and all I found about the Indycar race was a list of the finishers...however there was a half page photo of his uncle, Jacques Sr. coming in second at the races in Beausejour that weekend.

@antoineagostini8329 3 жыл бұрын

Winner à vitæ Gilles 🙏

@cristinas7737 3 жыл бұрын

does anybody know the broadcaster for this footage? was it CTV? Thank you

@patpeterson2671 2 жыл бұрын

Fergie Olver ....... he was a sportscaster for CFTO-TV in Toronto , that covered the 1974 Kawartha Cup in Peterborough .....

@lucasdobie1399 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, Gilles beat the exotic, nearly untouchable Yamaha SnoPro 440!

@lesabrault1444 6 жыл бұрын

thats little donnie brault from peterborough at3.50

@smithjakecary2580 2 жыл бұрын

Has anyone got video of him winning Minnesota fair grounds race he broke a ski off going into turn 1 I finished 6th day on a artic 650 super mod fastest track ever up on the banking

@coreybrault9463 2 жыл бұрын

Thats my dad at 3:54! Don Brault!

@Trackratz-zl9di 3 ай бұрын

I remember seeing your dad race

@equinoxproject2284 2 жыл бұрын

I'm somewhere in that crowd!

@Trackratz-zl9di 3 ай бұрын

Me too

@equinoxproject2284 3 ай бұрын

@@Trackratz-zl9di did you grow up on Peterborough.

@Trackratz-zl9di 3 ай бұрын

@@equinoxproject2284 N o Toronto. My father and uncle both raced . My father was with the Ontario Ski Doo factory team 71 and 72 and my uncle Bud Lee was with a Rupp affiliate ream those years . They then both moved over to the Kohler/Speedway team for 73 and then the Kohler factory Sno Pro team for 74 .. I won the Jr Kawatha Cup (under 16) in 1973 on a 250 Arctic Cat 250 Eltigre free air , That I thought was a rocket lol

@Trackratz-zl9di 3 ай бұрын

@@equinoxproject2284 Here's a Pete connection for you . . In 73 Jim Adeema won the Kawartha Cup overall . Scott Hemming won Mens stock Cup his sister won the women's division Cup . They were both from Pete . I have several pics of all of us at the awards presentation held at the Pete Holiday Inn.

@equinoxproject2284 3 ай бұрын

@@Trackratz-zl9di That is so cool. In this video I’m somewhere to the right side of the grandstand.

@cristinas7737 3 жыл бұрын

Does anybody know the name of the reporter? Thank you

@billgardiner9305 2 жыл бұрын

Cristina i believe that is Fergie Oliver interviewing Gilles.

@cristinas7737 2 жыл бұрын

@@billgardiner9305 Thank you so much Bill! Much appreciated

@billgardiner9305 2 жыл бұрын

Cristina i misspelled his last name....its Fergie Olver.

@robertarseneault8279 6 жыл бұрын

And about 2 stroke Racing Engine the Germany and Austria they are the best engineering and technician ever no doubt about that .... just take Martin.Heinrich moved from Germany 1967 to Canada .. engineer I design the 2 stroke engine for Kohler 250..340..650..fan / free air / liquid cool racing 73 to 76... very powerful engine.. I don't really care about made in Japan

@ORMA1 6 жыл бұрын

Robert Arseneault Ehm, don't forget italian tecnicians: Gilera, Fantic, Aprilia, Piaggio, Lambretta.....etc

@d2haywar 5 жыл бұрын

That same gentleman developed the 500, 600, and 700 Liberty motors for Polaris!