Canadian Gilles Villeneuve started his racing career driving snowmobiles. After attending Jim Russell Driver’s School he hired one of the school’s Formula Fords and proceeded to win four of the six races he entered and a Canadian National title.
In 1974 Villeneuve won the international snowmobile championship and then signed for the Ecurie Canada Formula Atlantic team. During the winter he became snowmobile World Champion and the following season scored his first Formula Atlantic win, at Gimli, Manitoba.
