With over 50 years in the motorsport industry, Nigel Mortimer helped boost the grassroots road racing scene in Ontario. As a driver, Mortimer competed in Solo 2, Solo 1, four-stroke karts, shifter karts, stock cars, GT2, F1600, Formula Mazda, Formula Libre, Miata Challenge, F3000 and Targa Newfoundland. He won his class in the 2004 Targa Newfoundland. He’s also won multiple technical and achievement awards between F1600 and Motorsport Club of Ottawa (MCO), including the MCO Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995 and MCO Race Driver of the Year in 2004.

Mortimer started his own team in 1990, which at one point consisted of nine F1600 cars and four Formula Mazdas, making it the largest race team in Canada at the time. Mortimer Racing won the Ontario Formula Ford Championship in three straight seasons, from 2007 to 2009, winning both the overall and diamond class championships in 2007. The team has also competed in SCCA Formula Atlantic. Mortimer Racing is still active, most recently fielding six Formula Mazdas, four Miatas and two F2000 cars.

In addition to his race team, Mortimer has helped the next generation of drivers through multiple decades as an auto racing driving instructor and as a teacher at racing schools, high performance driving schools, slalom schools and winter driving schools. He’s also established new road racing divisions in the region. He started the Formula Libre Club, sanctioned by Quebec’s FSAQ, in 2010, created the Formula Libre Challenge Series and Miata Challenge Series at Calabogie Motorsports Park, and started the Formula Libre class at Calabogie and Mont-Tremblant. He currently serves as director of the Ottawa SportsCar Club and as a member of the Ontario Race Committee.