Gilles died in the early '80's but his brother, Jacques' uncle is the snowmobile
racer and still active as far as I know. His first name escapes me right now.
A bit of trivia: Did you know that Gilles still holds the track record at the
Gimli track in Manitoba? I think it was a Formula Atlantic or something like
that.
Reijo
Dan Spalding wrote:
> Gilles Villeneuve, father of Jacques? He was (in)famous, so I hear, for his
> snowmobile racing (and street racing in/around Montreal), but I don't know
> if he was "F1" snowmobiling.
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mdmotorsprt@aol.com [mailto:Mdmotorsprt@aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 18:00
> To: washburn@dwave.net; rocky@tri.net
> Cc: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: F1 Snowmobile Trivia
>
> It's a Villinueve, but I can't think of his first name.
>
> Mike DIckerson
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