“Behind the wheel of a racing car he was fearfully quick, never stopped trying, and could extricate himself from the most precarious situations with deft brilliance.”

— Gilles Villeneuve

Alan Henry, Motorsport journalist - Henry, pg. ii

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Canadian racecar driver 1950–1982

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