One of Canadian motorsports pioneer racers who went on to become a famous race official and continued throughout his life to be an all-round booster of the sport, Wallie Branston, has died at age 90. An energetic and vigorous man until just a few years ago, Branston had been in ill health recently and that old heart the heart of a lion gave out on him Thursday morning. He was one of a half-dozen original stock car racers in the Toronto area. He was one of the first stock car racers in Canada to have major sponsorship. He raced on both dirt and pavement and on road courses as well as ovals. He was a performer in an automobile thrill show that scared the living daylights out of the people watching. He raced sports cars and was a rally driver. When Mosport opened in 1961, Branston was the flagman/starter and he did that job for 15 years.( Toronto Star ), Branston ran one Sprint Cup Series race, at Rochester, NY in 1954 .
