Egbert “Eppie” Wietzes (born in Assen – died 10 June 2020) was are a former racing driver from Canada.
Egbert "Eppie" Wietzes (– 10 June 2020) was a racing driver from Canada....
Eppie Wietzes
Eppie Wietzes is a former racing driver who was born in the Netherlands but competed for Canada.
He was Canadian Road Racing champion two times, in 1969 and 1970, but also the Trans-Am Series champion in 1981. He recorded two starts in the Formula One World Championship, both times at Canadian Grand Prix, in 1967 and 1974.
Wietzes is also remembered as a driver of the first ever Safety car in Formula One, during the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix.
Eppie Wietzes
Variety of race cars early in a career
Egbert 'Eppie' Wietzes was born in May 1938 in Assen, Netherlands.
Born: 28 May 1938.When he was 12, he emigrated with his family to Canada and later took Canadian citizenship. Wietzes started a racing career in the sports car races in the late 1950s, driving a Morris Minor Special. In the early 1960s, he raced in a Sunbeam Alpine.
His next race car was an AC Cobra.
In 1965, Wietzes raced in a Shelby GT350 which brings him one of the greatest successes of early career, a victor