CORRA Canadian Off Road Racing In Ontario Photos From 1972

Doug Sutton, who ran the first off road race series in Canada, recently posted some photos on his Facebook profile of the 1972 CORRA (Canadian Off Road Racing Association) race at Swiss Chalet park in Ontario. The photos were taken by Joe Dowbenka. 1972 was the first year for CORRA and the organization would continue to host short course off road racing across Ontario for many years. We will let the photos speak for themselves…

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  • Doug Jul 26, 2013 @ 16:34

    If you or anyone you know that raced Off Road in Canada anytime in the early 70’s till now please let them know about our 40th anniversary CORRA Reunion
    Saturday, August 17, 2013 1:00pm Dinsmore Racing,
    129 West River Rd Paris On.

    • Peggy Pedersen Dec 4, 2023 @ 13:45

      Wish we could have been there!

  • jim dunham Nov 5, 2015 @ 2:50

    Hey! if anything else ever pops up let me know…I’m still alive….
    Jim Dunham 8 Sykes st.N. Meaford Ont. N4L-1V6
    519-477-5557

  • Rob aldred Jul 20, 2018 @ 11:56

    My father raced off road buggies in the 60′ & 70’s.ive been looking for pictures for years I was wondering if anybody has any.
    Dave aldred ,a.c.e racing he ran corvair and Volkswagen his numbers were 80 180 and 181 c class.
    I see lots of pictures of people that were at alot of races we went to. I recognize the buggie numbers and know the names of these guys.great times.

    • Bob Moreth Dec 4, 2021 @ 8:07

      So did my Dad, John Moreth. We knew your Dad and sometimes visited his shop

  • Peggy Pedersen Dec 4, 2023 @ 13:34

    My Father was a VW mechanic and owned a business called Dane Motors. His name is Ove PEDERSEN and the races with CORRA are some of our families best memories. One of the pictures you posted is my Dad. His number was 928!

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