Inducted 1997 – Competitor – Road Racing
Roger McCaig competed successfully in the Can-Am and Continental 5000 series in the late ’60s and early ’70s in a series of McLaren Group 7 and Formula 5000 cars. He became a full-time racing driver in 1969, the same year he was diagnosed with cancer. Despite the disease, he was top Canadian in the Can-Am series in 1970 as well as sharing successes with brother Maurice in major endurance races. Roger died in 1976, just 43 years old.