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The: Labatt' trophy and, a smile from Winer Jody Scheckter. Three cars coming off corner 9, heating into the sharp right turn just before the straightaway in front of the pits. 7 A ELT Ip oa ; EF ry a las Q" FFE la A 'Valvoline 5 Nal Jody Scheckter wins CRA sil ROYAL BA td Formula One cars on the first corner of the 2.5 mile Mosport circuit. in Canadian built Walter It was strictly a two-car race between Mario An- dretti in a John Player 'Special 3 and James Hunt in a McLaren M26 for 60 laps at the Labatt's Grand Prix of Canada Sunday afternoon at Mosport. But Hunt spun out while attempting to pass his Mc- Laren team-mate Jochen Mass, and Andretti blew an .engine with just two laps remaining. These misfortunes allow- ed Jody Scheckter in a Wolf Ford to capture the win less than a second ahead of - Patrick Depailler in an Elf Tyrre Mario Andretti's car, number 5, a black Lotus of the John Player Racing team. The victory pushed Scheckter ahead of Andretti in the Grand Prix points standing, and he now has an excellent chance of finishing second overall behind Nicki Lauda who did not race Sunday. Gilles Villeneuve, the only Canadian driver in the race, was getting the feel of the Ferrari he recently signed to race and he drove well until lap 76. On corner 9, the young French Canadian hit an oil slick, spun out and was forced to retire with transmission troubles. Corner 9 proved to be the nemesis of several drivers and at the end of the race, three badly damaged cars had to be towed away from the guardrails. The frustrations obviously James Hunt of Great Britain in "his Maribaro olf car got, to 'Britain James Hunt after his mishap with Mass on the 60th lap. He alleged- ly punched out a race offi- cial who was trying to re- strain him from walking on the track, and was fined $3000 immediately following the race for his indescre- tions. On the 59th lap Mario Andretti set a track record with a speed of 115 mph around the twisting 2.5 mile Mosport circuit, but it was little consolation when his engine blew with victory so close. It was the third Grand Prix of the year for the Wolf Ford backed by Montreal millionaire Walter Wolf who is in the process of building a racing team to be reckon- ed with. McLaren just before the race. « <r