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===The 1960s – 1970s=== The first race was held August 3, 1964 on the original twelve-turn {{cvt|2.510|km|mi|abbr=on}} circuit and won by Ludwig Heimrath driving a [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper-Ford]]. The completion of the bridge, media/officials complex and the pit stalls were ready just prior to the next race that September featuring sports cars and prototypes. [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]] driving [[Luigi Chinetti]]’s ([[North American Racing Team|N.A.R.T.]]) [[Ferrari 330]] P would go on to win that race. The Player’s Quebec Sports Car race in September 1965 would be the first event on the newly-expanded {{cvt|4.265|km|mi|abbr=on}} track and was won by [[John Surtees]] driving a Lola T-70. On September 11, 1966 the track debuted the inaugural Canadian-American ([[Can-Am]]) Challenge Cup Series Race. [[John Surtees]] would win this event, followed by [[Bruce McLaren]] and [[Chris Amon]]. The following summer, on 6 August 1967, [[Mario Andretti]] would win both races of the twin 100-mile double header U.S.A.C. [[Indy Car Racing|Indy Car]] event ahead of [[A.J. Foyt]]. A year later, Andretti would the repeat the same achievement, this time beating out [[Bobby Unser]]. Circuit Mont-Tremblant hosted the [[Formula One]] [[Canadian Grand Prix]] on two occasions, in [[1968 Canadian Grand Prix|1968]] and [[1970 Canadian Grand Prix|1970]]. [[Jochen Rindt]] started the 1968 race from pole position, but [[Denny Hulme]] went on to win. The second race marked the debut of the [[Tyrrell Racing]] team as a constructor. [[Jackie Stewart]] set the pole time and a new track record in the new [[Tyrrell 001]]. The Ferraris of [[Jacky Ickx]] and [[Clay Regazzoni]] would finish 1st and 2nd ahead of Chris Amon in 3rd. Throughout the late 1960’s and 70’s many of North America’s other top tier race championships such as Can-Am, [[Trans-Am]], [[Formula 5000]] and [[Formula Atlantic]] made their championship stops to the track. Many now famous drivers such as Denny Hulme, Bruce McLaren, [[Dan Gurney]], Jackie Stewart, [[Bobby Rahal]], Chris Amon, [[Mark Donohue]], [[Roger Penske]], [[Parnelli Jones]], Al and Bobby Unser, [[Gordon Johncock]], [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]], [[Peter Revson]], John Cannon, Elliot Forbes-Robinson, George Follmer and [[Gilles Villeneuve]] all competed at Circuit Mont-Tremblant during these years.
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