CANADIAN MOTOR SPORT ARCHIVE

Welcome to the Canadian Motor Sport Archive (CMSA).
Within this digital vault are collections of Images and stories that make up Canada’s rich motor racing history. Whether it is 2 wheels, 4 wheels, on water or in the air, humans will thrive on the need for speed.

The pursuit of perfection produces some amazing feats and the visual records of these accomplishments must be preserved – not always do the images of past events make it past the life of the maker.
CMSA endeavors to provide a digital library for these iconic collections.

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LATEST NEWS

2023 Canadian Motorcycle Hall of Fame Banquet

The Canadian Motorcycle Hall of Fame Induction Banquet and Reunion is one of the key social motorcycling events of the year. The Class of 2023 will be officially inducted on the evening of Saturday, November 4th at the Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale in Mississauga.

PICTURE OF THE MONTH

Road Racing, 1975

This stunning picture was captured in 1975 by Bill Petro while sitting backwards on a motorcycle at near race speeds.

COMPETITOR OF THE MONTH

Ross Pederson

Ross “Rollerball” Pederson was born October 7, 1960 in Medicine Hat, Alberta. He didn’t start riding dirt bikes until he was 15 years old, a relatively old age by today’s standards.

MACHINE OF THE MONTH

1954 Moto Rumi 125 Sport

This photo was first published in Cycle Canada as part of an Italian Motorcycle photo feature by Photographer Bill Petro in the 2011 May issue. The words below explain some of the Bike’s history; ...