{"id":497681,"date":"2018-07-13T19:52:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T02:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=61904"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:04:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:04:22","slug":"walt-mckay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/walt-mckay\/","title":{"rendered":"Walt McKay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p><em>When you first meet Walt MacKay, you are struck by what a quiet, modest man he is. Currently, he runs a shop repairing, restoring and preparing vintage race cars usually Porsches, but once you dig a little deeper into his background, you find a more than merely competent racecar driver, one who not only drove for the famous Canadian team Comstock Racing but who also constructed and raced his own Group Seven racecar, the Chevrolet Astur. He still competes on the racetrack with various vintage racecars, ranging from the ex-Peter Ryan Lotus 19 to Porsche 911s and his current mount, a late model Mustang Trans-Am car. A graduate in mechanical engineering from Ryerson Polytechnic University, Walt early on displayed an aptitude for sports cars, and he raced his first car, a Ford V8-powered MGTC at hill climb events and from places like Harewood Acres to the fall event at Watkins Glen. John Wright caught up to this busy man at his home in the Caledon Hills area just north of Toronto, Ontario.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_613660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-613660\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MacKay_portrait-Gray-e1531534972909.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-613660 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MacKay_portrait-Gray-e1531534972909.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MacKay_portrait-Gray-e1531534972909.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MacKay_portrait-Gray-e1531534972909-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MacKay_portrait-Gray-e1531534972909-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MacKay_portrait-Gray-e1531534972909-293x389.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-613660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walt MacKay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>VR: So, Walt, tell me about the early days of your involvement in motorsport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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He still competes on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":613644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11272,18114],"tags":[18323,9906,4608,18435,16462,11471],"class_list":["post-497681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-members-only","category-people","tag-2010s-all","tag-canada","tag-mg","tag-people","tag-interview","tag-can-am"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Walt McKay<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Wright speaks with the Canadian racer about his time racing everything from MG TCs and Lotus 18s to the Astur in Can-Am.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/walt-mckay\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/walt-mckay\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Walt McKay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Wright speaks with the Canadian racer about his time racing everything from MG TCs and Lotus 18s to the Astur in Can-Am.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/walt-mckay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-14T02:52:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-02T14:04:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Left-hand-side-view-of-Walt-in-his-Astur-Chev-1-e1531534707423.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"975\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"502\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John R. 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