C, D & V #295 - Tom Haubert / Mosport / Mike Salter's '60 "Bugeye" Sprite

[Otto Puzzell]

For one point: Identify this car, the driver, and the venue

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[Otto Puzzell]

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[Otto Puzzell]

...again

[woodinsight]

Looks like an Austin-Healey Sprite with a modified body?

[Otto Puzzell]

Looks like you will solve this one, with a bit more info 

[woodinsight]

The car is obviously racing in either the USA or Canada but I'm baffled by the high racing number.
Could it be Canadian as I don't think US cars had numbers this high?

[Otto Puzzell]

The car is obviously racing in either the USA or Canada but I'm baffled by the high racing number.
Could it be Canadian as I don't think US cars had numbers this high?

Well-spotted again. It is from Canada

[woodinsight]

Eventually found the same photo after googling for "Austin-Healey Sprite" "modified" "racing" "Canada".
It is apparently a 1960 Austin-Healey "bugeye" Sprite that had been modified with a fiberglass nose in the 1970s.
The photo shows the car being raced at Mosport in the 1970s driven by Tom Haubert.
I wonder if the "M" shown beside the number is for the racing class or stands for Mosport?

[Otto Puzzell]

That's it!

[D-type]

The 'M' will be for the racing class

[woodinsight]

The 'M' will be for the racing class

Thanks!