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Motorsports History – 1997

  • Campaigned four cars in three North American professional championships with six drivers
  • Finished fourth in Sports Car GTS1 Team Championship despite missing both Daytona and Sebring races and the arrival of numerous FIA GT1 cars (Lotus, Porsche, Panoz etc.). In his first year of driving purpose built, high horsepower GT cars, Jason Priestley won Sports Car’s most improved driver award and finished sixth in the driver’s championship. His partner, Scott Maxwell finished fifth in the driver’s points
  • Continued development of the Multimatic GTS1 car with versions of the proprietary Suspension Module used on all corners of the vehicle
  • Campaigned both 4.6 litre SVT Cobra and 5.8 litre Cobra R Mustangs in Canadian and US national championships with a best series finish of sixth in the Enduroseries. Numerous pole positions and podium finishes maintained Multimatic’s reputation as a front running showroom stock competitor