Speed Odyssey Can Am

The twisty open road in a two-seat sports car with the top down is the essence of driving and the essence of sports car racing is open track competition and a Quest For Speed ​​is the eighth annual Grand Prix of Los Angeles Times a race that attracts drivers from all over the world Carol Shelby, the creator of the Cobra sports car, is talking to American driver Dan Gurnie, the Californian Richie, in the pits after practice. Ginther won the Mexican Grand Prix last week here at Riverside Clark and others drive for Lotus Clark. has won this year's Formula 1 World Championship as well as the Indie 500 Dan Gurnie takes to the track New Zealand's Bruce McLaren with Jim Clark the McLaren team has designed and built a new sports car McLaren m1b Grand Prix driver Graham Hill is here Lola Cars of England has created a sports racing car, the T70, hand-built by Craftsman.

The semi monocoque chassis is a type most often found on airplanes. A variety of American V8 engines can power the t7. Jackie Stewart drives a Lola t7. Mario Andrey looks at chapparel Jim. Hall explains that we design and build our chaperel cars in Midland Texas, near the race shop, there is our test track called Rattlesnake Raceway, this is where we test and develop our new designs. We designed Chael 2 with a monocoque chassis. I've been working a lot on aerodynamics. Improving the

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of our car in fast corners The Chapel 2 has two rear aprons that I can select while the racing power is over 400 thanks to the lightweight aluminum 327 Chevy V8.

The group positions for the start. Bruce McLaren won the poll in Saturday's qualifying round. Jim Hall qualified second. but he was unable to start the race after his shaal experienced last-minute suspension issues. More than 880,000 spectators are here. The limits are being pushed. The wear is very strong. He leads but has brake problems and hits the guardrail in turn six. Unfortunately, he is driving the second rally. takes the lead Jim Clark is second pushing hard the innovative chapparel is first after the demanding 200m race fine tunes the chapparel takes the chip for a big win 1965 was an incredible year for Jim Hall and the chapperal team won 16 of the 22 races they participated in As summer begins and the racing teams head to the sportiest track, a circuit that winds through the Rolling Hills of Ontario County, about 150 miles northeast of Niagara Falls, dozens of Thousands of racing fans come throughout the weekend, camping at the track and watching the action.

Jackie Stewart is here again behind the wheel of the Alola T70, the McLaren team is at Mosport in full force. Placing two Immaculate M1 BS, one for Bruce McLaren and the second for his fellow New Zealander Chris Aon. Well, this is Mosport and I'm Bruce McLaren. Now the only problem is. You can't really see here how much this track goes up and down, it's like a very winding road that goes through a fairly hilly district. We start from the pit and Paddock area, here we dive downhill into turn one. It's an exciting corner that lasts quite a while as you accelerate down to turn two, which is one of the most difficult on the circuit.

You get to the top of a hill, you go down the turn and you get a good result. From there we would call a four wheel slide a little bir and then we hit the brakes hard for this turn three, then we have a reasonably fast straight down into another left turn which is once again downhill and then a very steep climb towards a pole. this corner here very appropriately called Mass Corner this section is reasonable but suddenly the corner becomes very tight and goes downhill, it's quite complicated from there we accelerate full throttle up to all gears now we would have wheels spinning with the rear wheel spinning.

Probably in second, third and fourth gear up to about 140mph and then at that point you'd be on Top Gear still accelerating, there's a hilltop that goes over the top, the car gets a little light, you have to have Be careful with it and then stop for turn eight here you will see that many cars come in with the front wheels tending to push forward a little and then they will come out in a sort of classic sports car slide, it looks pretty good, in fact behind the car security a record field of 39 cars rumbles down the final stretch race fans settle on the many slopes of M Sport the group receives the green flag American Charlie Hayes gets between the two McLarens in turn one McLaren leaning sliding the m1b through Moss corner Chris Aon spins, recovers and charges into our two moves Bo are battling with McLaren for the lead Bruce McLaren first in Players 200 team manager Teddy Mayor and crew chief Tyler Alexander join to Bruce for the victory lap sports racing cars now called group seven a racing class with virtually no restrictions on engine chassis or aerodynamics a counterculture of road racing the freedom to innovate a new series of races for the seven-car field the Canadian American Challenge Cup or Canam a six-race shootout in the fall ATT tracks across North America from Montreal the first Can-Am race at San in Monton Blan Quebec record crowds are here to watch this spectacle three red cars on the front row John Certies on pole Bruce McLaren second Chris Aon third group seven cars line up for the first Canan the peloton launches downhill CZ leads McLaren just behind aan has spun 15 corners a descent steep second lap in a row McLaren follows certainties as the two cars dive through the flickering autumn light the two Grands Prix their battle at sanvit enjoying the power of their group seven machines John C is from England, seven-time motorcycle world champion before switching to cars, then won the 1964 Formula 1 championship for Ferrari Bruce McLaren grand prix winner engineer his own race car builder his name on it his money bet on its performance and ctis misses out on a McLaren gear boat es of John Certis counterattacking from the outside regains the lead C's mirrors are filled with red McLaren John Certis wins the two-hour battle with Bruce McLaren and the first Canam race as the teams arrive for the second canm race in Bridgehampton, About 100 miles east of New York City, we designed Chael 2E for the Can-Am series.

The 2E includes many new race car ideas, it has a large rear wing mounted high up the airflow, Sid mounted the radiators, so I had more freedom for the front aerodynamic features. A small spoiler is hidden at the front. The new wing pedal controls the rear wing and front wing together when I drive. I can change the wing pitch to get downforce, forcing the tires in. the road to take corners and brake faster on the straight we put the wings flat for less drag and higher top

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the 2E is a very well balanced race car very fast and stable Phil Hill is my teammate in 1966 I qualified in the survey but I gave Phil my car after his car experienced problems prior to the ra Phil finishes fourth in the first two races Gurnie wins his first Canam on the bridge an airplane wing suddenly has a new meaning after the Bridgehampton am It's the first time a wing has been mounted on a car race in such a bold and effective way Jim Hall's understanding of race car aerodynamics is miles ahead of the rest Can-Am teams head west to through the Rocky Mountains on a misty morning along the Pacific coast of California drive 100 miles south of San Francisco through the hills that are the gateway to the Monteray Peninsula and you'll come to a race track called Laguna Sea.

The chaperal just arrived from Texas. The beautifully designed 2E, a radical racing car packed with innovations. John Certis warms up his big 490 horsepower Chevrolet 11 Yellow. Phil Hill, who became America's first world champion 5 years ago, and Jackie Stewart in the foreground, the companion that Phil will drive, Bruce McLaren is after pushing the limits of his car in practice, in the pits, tuning your car in search of more speed. Jim Hall goes out to practice. the Chapparel cars are setting the fastest times it's hot, hot in the cars, hot where the spectators are sitting on the wide slopes overlooking the track at the top of the hill, there is an exciting sequence of corners called the pitch screw , is entered with a sharp turn to the left.

Suddenly the road disappears beneath you, the car becomes impossible to steer and at that moment you accelerate hard, moving the car from left to right just when you are sure to turn, the road rises again beneath you, compressing the car against the pavement and giving you traction to continue downhill the exit is just a few minutes away the first Canam on the West Coast the Montere Grand Prix is ​​green flag the shaal lead their wings flying through the hills of Monterey a battle breaks loose McLaren wobbles into turn eight and Hall rises on the outside, the two squeeze into turn nine and then take off in a drag race.

The two Texas runners dominate. Monterey Grand Prix Phil Hill takes control. Jim Hall is right behind Phil Hill and takes the podium. It's September in Wisconsin and in scenic Kettle Marine country the first Can-Am race at Road America a large, expansive track more than 4 miles long John Certis won last year's inaugural Can-Am Championship with an updated version of the Lola T70 the Can-Am Challenge Cup trophy as unique as the racing series it represents, the McLaren team has built a completely new Can-Am car for 1967, it is the m6a designed by Robin Bird, an engineer who worked on the Concord supersonic plane.

Bruce McLaren's office, the chassis is a lightweight airplane-style suit. Bruce's new teammate. fellow New Zealander Dennis Hol is calm, friendly and bravely willing to win the floral-powered 6L Chevy V8 now with McLaren-design fuel injection, 525 horsepower plus tires that are 3 inches wider than last year to bring extra power to the road Jim Hall in the chaal 2G McLaren is putting up some really fast times and boy, it looks like there really is competition here. This year's chaperal is an evolution of the Sensational 2E. The engine is now a big block. Chevy 7L Aluminum V8. Horsepower is 600 plus Dan.

Gurnie is also back with a Lola T70 powered by a 6L Ford V8. Well I'm amazed at the overall excellence of the competition, everyone is going very very fast, we just made a mess of all the old records that Mario drives Andrey. The lavender Honker with a fuel-injected Ford V8 Ario won this year's big stock car race the Daytona 500 Peter Revson of the famous Revlon cosmetics family drives the Alola T70 team and Roger Pensky has a pair of Lolas impeccably prepared, one for George Fulmer and the other for Pensky. full-time driver Mark Donahue well, as always, it's to keep the car running for 200 miles and this is going to be difficult because we are all going to try very hard, the drivers get in their cars George Fulmer Mark Donahue John certies Jim Hall Dan gurnie Bruce McLaren on the pole and Denny Hol next to the front row the first Can-Am of the year about to take place the 200 m race is in Denny leads the owner of his team behind Gurny is third Donahue fourth Denny launches the m6a towards Canada in the corner, McLaren crew chief Tyler Alexander signals to Bruce who is 4 seconds ahead of Dan Gurnie.

Donahue goes to the next without a hold. He is in the Pips with accelerator problems. Gurnie rejoins the race. Dan Gurnie's power slides down the road. America Tru I stop by our new Caldwell D7. a dead engine and I'm not the only one in trouble Bruce McLaren slowing down McLaren now out of the race Denny Holmes pulls ahead leading Jim Hall tilts the chael's big wing while braking pushes the tires towards the road for more grip then flattens the wing in the straight for less dry gurnie back to the pits Bruce McLaren and Dan gurnie discuss their misfortunes Dan's gearbox breaks Bruce is out with an oil league both gurnie and McLaren are winners of Lama gurny won this year's race with AJ FY and McLaren winning the 1966 Lamar with Chris Aon on track, Certi continues to hold off Donahue until at the last moment CZ spins in oil and Mark passes Denny Holm wins his first Can-Am in the new McLaren m6a Mark donu is second for Pensky, defending champion CZ is third Jim Hall, forward, Denny heads to the Winner Circle Sterling Moss, Can-Am commissioner congratulates Denny and the McLaren team, elated to win the difficult 200 mile race .

The intimidating Bridge Hampton circuit begins with Fearsome Corner. It's a leap of faith under the bridge. heground drops completely at 150 you drive towards the first invisible Apex the second blind Apex the suspension compresses strongly at the exit commenting on the bridge Hampton circuit Mike Spence from England is a good circuit for drivers, of course it has all kinds of corn uh in In both directions and it doesn't have a long straight, so it doesn't give us much time to relax. We are working quite hard all the time and Danny Hol, in part, is the big waves on the circuit, from which it is possible to launch the car. from one side of the track to the other.

Blind corners after a while we get used to it and we know exactly where to be at the right time and John Ctis gives the car a kind of real physical hammering, but speed as such is very important in this. A long pass here, so engine performance and speed on that straight can make a considerable difference at the time, it's wet and windy as Hurricane Dor passes just offshore in the Atlantic Ocean. John returns after a victory at last week's Italian Grand Prix. Dan Gurnie winner. from last year's Hampton Bridge Canam Mario andred talks to his team the North American Racing team has entered the Ferrari P3 4 L V12 that will be driven by the Italian Grand Prix Ace ludico scariotti the team Pensky Fulmer and Donahue Bridge The unforgiving track of 2 .8 miles from Hampton puts a There is a lot of stress on Can-Am machines.

Suspensions get a lot of attention here. I prepare to leave in Calwell D7 Jim Hall chaperel 2G Bruce McLaren, a visionary of Can-Am, the home of Denny Holm, known as the Can-Am bear and Grand Prix Ace. winner of two PRI majors this year Denny now leads the Formula 1 World Championship with two races remaining Denny wins pole at the Hampton Canan Bridge Hurricane Doria has spent race day at the bridge it is sunny Jim Hall is onafter a morning practice doing final checks Before the race Bruce McLaren comments on this year's turnaround, well just briefly I guess, we worked really hard, getting beaten last year, was the best thing that could have happened to us along the way , because it got like everyone we had worked as hard as they could and uh, I guess this is the result, it's always uh, the further back you are, the harder you work and uh, I would say Jim Hall in particular is working very hard. right now and he's trapped.

We've come up a lot since Alhart Lake and it's us, now it's up to us to work as hard as we can to try to maintain our small lead. The drivers prepare for the start of the race. Dan Gurny gets on his Lola. Group seven car pack heads toward pace lap, 30-car field unleashes ground shaking 15,000 horsepower, babysitter takes lead Denny Holm darts through stunning turn one Bruce McLaren garu George Fulmer his smoking rear tire Jim Hall John certies Peter revson out with suspension failure John Cannon blows his engine on the long pit straight C spins with oil, but rejoins the race driver just behind the involved Hall drafting driver in a deafening explosion of Hall's Chevy diving in to pass Bud Moley suffers suspension failure, but is fine.

Scariotti 4 L Ferrari is in 11th place wins at home his second Canam McLaren is next Fulmer third Ceres begins the fourth practice session the group seven machines take to the track Bruce McBarron takes us on a tour of MOS as we climb quite a hill steep to the street almost peeling off with The top of the hill four weeks ago Mosport hosted the Canadian Grand Prix. This is the opportunity to compare Grand Prix cars with Can-Am cars in similar conditions. Jim Clark in a Lotus Ford cworth Formula 1 won pole position setting a new record time. the sportiest track this weekend Hol McLaren gurnie Spence and certies beat Clark's record time the European press is OD a Can-Am car is decisively faster than a Formula 1 car the McLaren team discovers a major fuel leak in Bruce's car 45 minutes earlier At the start of the race, the entire team rushes to replace the fuel cell, the drivers climb into their machines, the field behind the McLaren safety car bursts onto the track almost a lap behind when the group gets the green flag, leads home.

Gurnie Spence Certis revson Fulmer McLaren. Driving right on the edge, waving frantically at a slower car, home and Gurnie are setting a breakneck pace. CES in the beautiful Lola T70 through the fast and wide turn eight. I enter the shoot at Moss Corner in the Calwell. Denny Holmes spins at Moss Corner lights up again. the track and manages to stay in the lead, the American Brett Lunger loses him and destroys his car. They just started pushing too hard. I think we had problems. We had a little problem halfway through. I think it was the AE meeting and I was there.

I didn't get the revs at all to compensate for that. I was trying to slide too much. Mark Donah Hugh's engine failed and the sensational Bruce McLaren is fighting for second place. The two grand prize aces launch their group seven machines around the track. daunting Mossport track McLaren dives inside at turn three two wheels off track McLaren now in second Dan Gurnie out with a broken clutch crashes home at Moss Turn with two laps to go Denny returns to the track the front TIR leaving a long trail of burnt rubber around the 2.5m track a long last lap to the finish line the bear determined to incredibly maintain his lead in the race Denny holds on to win Bruce returns to make it a McLaren sensational one two I think all racing drivers like the opportunity now and then being able to come from the back of the field is a great way to forget about anything that's going wrong with the car and just stand in it.

And I have to say that I enjoyed the end of the season for a long time. position Bruce McLaren won the 1967 Can-Am Challenge Cup beating teammate Danny Hol by three points Sterling Moss presents the McLaren Race Shop trophy the team works with the quiet confidence of the best in the business they were winners last year and their new The car looks even better Bruce McLaren explains that we started modifying Dennis' car from last year. In March we put the 427 engine in it and started using different wheel sizes, etc. and we started cutting the body and that car was kind of the guinea pig for these cars these cars first raced in mid-July uh that's this car here and Dennis' number two car actually didn't run until the third week of August we are still juggling aerodynamics U just to get a good Bance um it will be a couple of races before we calm down and get everything right we haven't had as much time as we would have liked to run them uh I hope Let's gradually get faster during the series, last year we were as fast as we were going to be in the first race, but this time I think we will gradually get a little faster as time goes on in the first weekend of September in Road America and the first 1968.

Can-Am race teams prepare group seven machines this year Mario Andrey drives Alola T70 Jim Hall's winged hood this radical racing car refined during the winter at the driver's chael shop in Texas Mexican Grand Prix Pedro Rodríguez in a Ferrari P4 Pensky and Donahue this year drives a modified McLaren m6b and comments that this particular car is probably the most exciting to drive due to its fantastic quartering ability and acceleration capabilities. The Chevy 7L Aluminum V8. Peter rson comments on the brutal power that the cars just explode. tours much more than last year. I doubt the top speed either because the tires seem to get wider and the elapsed times go down, but the top speeds don't increase that much, it's just the elapsed time from the corner.

There are fewer and fewer corners and this is due to torque and tires. The McLaren race car, including its 630 horsepower engine, weighs only 1,400 lb. Race day brings late summer rains, it is the first Can-Am in the Rain Roger Pensky explains well if it's raining on Everybody on the Tracks, but we'll use a rain type tire, we won't risk it drying out. The good years developed them very well and found it actually just a couple of seconds slower, once it dries it's going down. a bit now and if the track stays wet, I think the European contingent has a definite advantage.

They run more in the rain, they are more used to it. They probably do a little better job. Roger Pensky and I talked about The Dangers of Running on a Wet Track Running in the rain comes with special challenges, like seeing through the spray and keeping your goggles clean. The group runs towards the green flag. The dew blinds all but the leaders. You keep your foot on the ground even if you can't. see later Denny Holm leads McLaren is second Donahue third Donahue spins and rejoins in last place the Canam cars have so much power that in the rain you can spin the rear wheels even at over 150 mph the leader Denny Holm Bruce McLaren Mario and Drey and behind a huge taale rooster Jim Hall Donahue laps at the same breakneck pace as leader Denny Holm lap times drop as the track drives revson gestures to Canadian George E with five laps to go Denny Holmes Chevy is dumping fuel down his shots Donahue now stalking and Mario's fearsome engine explodes his fears to avoid the oil and the flying engine.

Daybreak, the McLaren team raises their arms in celebration as Denny Holm takes the win and brce McLaren comes in second Mark Donahue is third Peter revson fourth Denny in the winner's circle Dan gurnie and John Certies have joined the series to round two at Bridge Hampton, race green flag, take turn one over 150 mph. Paul brushes past Donahue and begins to put pressure on the two leading McLarens. The spectators go crazy and an American challenges the Kiwis. Paul flies past the McLaren. a chapparel leads but the Chevy begins to lose power McLaren takes back the lead Holm's engine flies Donahue Powers passing Hall's alien car and puts pressure on McLaren Pedro Rodríguez and his Ferrari and I get together I stay on the road but Pedro makes a trip to the DS arena and now the McLaren engine fails Mark Donahue wins at Hampton Bridge it's Mark's second Can-Am victory a freak storm hits Laguna SE Bruce McLaren basically comments that the same people could be racing fast, apart from John Kennan, he seems to be doing particularly well in the Rain and I noticed a moment this morning and he looked like he was going quite fast.

I didn't see his lap time. I think I probably concentrate more in the rain than at any other time in motorsport because the moment it starts to lose it if you don't catch it right then you're in trouble. I have a feeling we could win. Jim Hall, who is so fast at Bridgehampton, starts on the front row next to the pole winner. McLaren Hall is classified 8.100 seconds behind Bruce Hall. The Chevy V8 fails to start breaking the starter motor Paul is unable to restart his engine and is ejected from the grid the race begins on the slippery Lagona sea track McLaren leads Revson is an excellent second home behind in third Donna Hue to sweep Savage turns ahead of John Canon Canon started 15th in the second lap, he is sixth.

Cannon moves to the front and now passes to Denny Hol. Canadian John Canon in the rain makes the most of a great opportunity. Incredibly, he moves on to McLaren against all odds. John Cannon emerges victorious in the wet lagoon. sea ​​from rain to sun south from Monteray down the California coast to the next round Can-Am the 11th annual Los Angeles Times Grand Prix at Riverside a large 35-car field is on the starting grid for Riverside Canan all three leading championship contenders charge into turn one Denny Holm Bruce McLaren and Mark Donahue Jim Hall dives into Donahue taking the third hole the mirrors are now full of white chaparral but Hall pits with great trouble to get back into the race with only front brakes Denny Holm pits for repairs after an excursion around the track to avoid a spinning car, well Bruce McLaren takes the checkered flag at Riverside the first 10 positions on the starting grid are Bruce McLaren on pole then Denny Holm Mark Donahue Jim Hall me driving alola Mario Andrey Dan gurny Peter revson and Chris aan inside the new Can-Am Ferrari I think maybe I'll try as hard as I can, we'll use as many revs, we've raised the engine to use more revs and we've tried everything we know to make the car. as quickly as possible if the other guys are faster, well there's nothing we can do at the moment, we have to finish and consequently we will have to be a little cautious, we won't want to do it either. risking blowing up the car or having people attack it, we are going to have to be a little careful in the decisive race for the Canam Championship, three drivers can gain a home advantage with 26 points.

McLaren and Donahue are tied for secondplace with 23 points each. with his head down in total disbelief as his car will not start the race. The group begins charging towards the first corner McLaren and andred touches McLaren turns the group of 30 cars climbs in all directions in the blinding cloud of dust H and Andrey takes the lead McLaren has to go to the pits for repairs, his championship hopes, like Mark Donahue, now gone, more spin, disaster strikes Jim Hall Rams and he dives over the back of a suddenly moving bocker. Cour workers rush to help. The Texan ball is extracted quickly.

He suffers two broken legs and a fracture. jaw and minor burns the racer is dazed but okay, the race continues Denny Holm leads from the start and wins Las Vegas, the victory secures the first Denny's Can-Am Championship the new champion Denny Holm receives the Can-Am trophy I hope Jim Hall don't take this too seriously and come back next year because he's really the one keeping us the most honest. The 1969 Can-Am series expanded to 11 rounds in North America. It was the year that defined Bruce McLaren Motor Racing from modest beginnings. McLaren now builds winning cars for Can-Am Formula 1 and Formula 5000 McLaren also supplies other teams here loar motion Boer takes delivery of red McLaren M12 Can-Am car for 1969 season McLaren Can-Am cars now have hood-style wings to look at The race of the McLaren team is to see a dynasty in motion The McLaren team wins all 11 Can-Am races in 1969 Denny Holm winner of five races and Bruce McLaren winner of six races and the 19 Can-Am Challenge Cup of 1969 in June two weeks Before the first Can-Am Bruce McLaren was testing his new car in England when tragedy struck without warning, the rear wing and bodywork were torn off his car, the car spun out of control at almost top speed and Bruce died. instantly Bruce McLaren, a champion, the creator of the team. which is named after him and for many of us a friend was gone.

The grieving McLaren team, now with a staff of 60, were told to take the next day off, instead they all turned up, the best tribute they knew being to continue the work he had done. The first race of the Can-Am season has begun, the McLaren team is here dedicated to winning in memory of their boss Dan Gurny, a close friend of Bruce has volunteered to drive the second McLaren. He joins Denny Holm, whose hands were badly burned during the tests. for the indd 500 against doctor's orders and with hands heavily bandaged Denny will get up 1970 brings several new Can-Am Challengers Peter revson driving the new Lola t220 Grand Prix driver Jackie Oliver driving the American ti22 and Canadian George Eaton driving the English brm 154 and the radical Shadow Can-Am car bravely driven by George Fulmer the low profile 7L Chevy powered Shadow is fast as on the main straight at over 190 mph, large crowds gather for the race Jackie Oliver challenges Gurny and comes home for the lead.

Dan, who wins Mosport, Oliver finishes second at home and third with the first Can-Am that was held in 1966. Denny Holm, with his hands still heavily bandaged from the fire at Indie. Oscar Kovaleski dressing Oliver in the ti22, he qualified third just a few Ts behind home.The race begins the McLaren front row leads the pth the Laurentian Mountains Echo with the sounds of the Can-Am Oliver takes to the air the package of cargo rushes two other cars collide in the chaos incredibly Oliver is able to drive away from the demolished car the race continues As track workers clear the track, Bernie drives home to Hill Crest for a split second, the nose of the car Oliver rises high enough for the car to turn into a wing.

He soars upward and then turns several hundred feet along the side of the runway. miraculously destroyed ti22 Oliver's only injury is minor Whiplash The Matador Flags winner Dan Gurnie Watkins Glenn a special weekend on the racing calendar a double header on Saturday a 6 hour drag race for the same cars that farted just a few weeks ago Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512 on Sunday at Watkins Glenn Canam with a huge field thanks to the addition of the Denny Hol long cars in the McLaren crazy about 1970 the Can-Am rules committee banned High suspension mounted Wings to accommodate to the new regulation that Mclaren has mounted its wing close to the car Dennis Jenkins reviews our new 2J chapparel this is our first race with the 2J at Glenn K&M Jackie Stewart drives Jackie is very excited about the design of the 2J and her performance jacket now beats Gurnie for second place the chapparel has tremendous grip a big Porsche 917 that spins and another 917 spins the wingless Porsche 9917s lack the downforce of the cars designed for the Canam Denny Holm wins the race, but Jackie Stewart and the new chaperel records the fastest lap in Georgia, the heart of the stock car country a new track has been built called Road Atlanta the first big race is a Can-Am Jim Hall brings the chapel 2J from Watkins Glenn Can-Am Hall has been testing the 2J at Rattlesnake Raceway refining its performance after Alfred drives the chapel Just drove brilliantly at Lon the Chaperel with distinctive sounds from its two engines, the ground-shaking Chevy and a faint hum from the small fan motor.

His cornering and braking abilities are beyond anything Vic or anyone else has ever experienced. The two rear fans of the Chael. suck the car on the track in every type of corner Peter revson and the Lola t220 Dan gurnie has left the Gulf Oil McLaren team at the request of his rival Gulf Oil sponsor Castro Oil Holmes' teammate becomes the Englishman Peter GTH Denny Holm pushing the limits of his McLaren and qualifying could not beat Alford's pole time at the chapel. Large crowds are here for George's first Canam. Here's my man with the car. Sterling Moss leads the pack in the safety car.

Hol and GTH take the lead from lap 10 of Alred. The house collides with another. Gethin, his teammate in the car, spins because of the oil and has to go to the pits to be repaired. For the first time, Peter Revson now leads a Canan. Revson has a rear tire failure and crashes heavily under the bridge. His chances of victory are gone. Peter is not heard. George Eaton now leads a Can-. I'm in his brm until his engine blows up the fastest cars break down under the hot Georgia sun Tony Dean driving a small Porsche 9008 built for long-distance racing inherits the lead Dean wins giving Porsche an unexpected first victory in Can-Am the shadow team is in Laguna sea trials the new brand two before the first Canam 1971 Jackie Oliver drives for the shadow team this year team owner Don Nichols with designer Peter Bryant The Lola cars have designed a new Can-Am Challenger the t260 and 1969 world champion driver Jackie Stewart Jackie here talking to 1967 world champion Denny Holm Denny, last year's Can-Am Challenge Cup winner, is now a two-time champion from the United States and Peter Revson joins the McLaren team for 1971.

Revson discusses the car's setup with McLaren crew chief Tyler Alexander, home to pole position for the race. Jackie Stewart's Lola breaks into quarter distance wins at home with new teammate Revson on second San the track where Jackie Oliver took an unplanned flight last year at the start Hol and Stewart are in the front row Jackie launching the powerful group 7 machine on the twisty track in the Laurentian Mountains Stewart and Lola Victorious in sanvi beating the mighty McLaren is Jackie's first win at Canam Road Atlanta In the heat of summer Sterling Moss jumps into the safety car to lead the pth el ground shakes St Peter revson leads Danny Holm Jackie Stewart Jackie Oliver and Miss Road Atlanta Peter revson wins at Road Atlanta it's Ron's first Can-Am victory two new Can-Am Challengers from Europe debut at Watkins Glenn the Ferrari 712m driven by Mario and Trey and Porsche's new Can-Am car, the 9917 driven by Spider by Swiss Grand Prix ace Joe Cfer Moss jokes with Paul Newman Jackie Stewart leads from pole Lama endurance cars are in the Can-Am race just as they were last year Jim Hall and the chapparel are not at Watkins Glenn this year for the 1971 season the Can-Am rules committee the FIA ​​has banned the Hall chapel citing the illegality of its moving aerodynamic devices the blades of the fan the hood fan car had the potential to make all other Can-Am cars obsolete rbson to the limit hitting Stewart fighting for the lead Andrey and the Ferrari run in fourth position powered by the largest engine in Ferrari, a 7L V12 with about 680 horsepower behind it and is the cargo cfer that drives the Porsche kicking up dirt and Drey spins the Ferrari's cfer and the Porsche is now in third place in the McLaren team laps.

Joe sier, rumors are circulating that next year Porsche will have a new Can-Am car with more power. I'm in the race driving the Ferrari 512m that I drove third a month ago, when the endurance cars need to pit. For fuel to finish the Canam 200m, the Ferrari 512m is an extraordinary car to drive with its balanced handling and fantastic V12 engine that you can push for 24 hours or more. I am currently in sixth place overall, but first among long distance cars. Peter Revson wins his second Canam Hol is the second Joe Sifford and the third Porsche heads to the Winner's Circle Peter rson has been racing since the early 1960s, he started in Europe and in 1966 Peter joined the Can-Am Series in his first year, a great talent with whom he competes. with the best Jackie Stewart Peter revson and Denny Holm battled throughout the 1971 Can-Am season Joe cfer and the Porsche spider were just behind the top three, it was Peter Ron's five wins that secured the Can- Challenge Cup 1971 Am Peter Revson was the first The American Can-Am champion, Mclaren, has designed and built an all-new Can-Am car for 1972.

It is the M20, which features high-downforce aerodynamics with an effect front wing. floor and a huge rear wing that puts the power to the road. Its engine, the increased alloy Chevy V8. In addition to a massive 8.3L and 750 horsepower, plus a look at Danny Holmes' cockpit, a new team is rumored to challenge the McLaren. Ander Porsche in last year's long-duration 24 hours. Porsche approached Roger Pensky and Mark Donahue to develop a new Can-Am car and this leads to a new partnership the Pensky Porsche Can-Am team Porsche had several ideas to explore. The first development was a huge 16-cylinder engine, but its designers decided to design a completely new engine.

Mark Donahue, driving for Team Pensky, won the Indie 500 in two weeks. Makes a McLaren here at mosport Donahue drives the new Porsche Mark is also an engineer and worked with the Porsche factory over the winter developing the new 9917 tan. The body, like that of the McLaren, is designed for high downforce. The engine is 5 liters air cooled. 12 cylinders with twin turbochargers generating around 900 horsepower, the immaculate Porsche Turbo hits the track. Reigning Can-Am champion Peter Revson returns with Denny Hol and the McLaren team for 1972. This year Revson and Hol also drive together on McClaren's Formula 1 team. shadow Mark III designed by Peter Bryant driven by Jackie Oliver as practice Begins Chevy men witness the speed of the Porsche Turbo Mark Donahue in the new Porsche Turbo has the fastest qualifying time large crowds and thousands of colorful tents cover the landscape sportier Mark D you You are the overall winner of this year's blue Canam and you have that mark.

Well, the pole position is the MAA and the feature is today and it's a 200 mile race and we'll have to see what happens. Donahue takes the lead. home and Oliver in Hot Pursuit donu the Porsche in a display of breakneck speed but now Peter Revson takes the lead donu is slow and heading to the pit he is moving can you re-prime it in the starter the team fixes a stuck valve in the Turbo system and mark rejoins the race three laps behind revson leads the race with two laps to go his engine breaks down Hol takes the lead the bear Denny Holm wins mosport and donu returns to second position there is the winner of the 1972 Canam Denny Hall good for I have it back and it looks good standing next to the team Pensky arrives a week early at Road Atlanta for pre-ra testing Mark Donahue explains how he immediately lowered the wing that produces a tremendous amount of downforce at high speeds uh came out of the back of the car and as a result the entire rear section of the car went flying and the car backed up to a pillar that didn't reach 90° and then it started pulling down on the back of the car. top of a railing.

Mark is injured and it will be weeks beforethat he can drive again the Porsche is completely destroyed with Mark Donahue out of several races Roger Pensky asks George Fulmer, who just won the Trans Am Championship, to drive the Porsche 91710 turbo the race starts at home and Fulmer leads the straight to the Denny Holmes McLaren Crest rises into the air at 175 mph, spins backward, and lies upside down for several hundred feet. Denny is not injured, but the McLaren M20 is destroyed. It's the same stretch that Mark Donahue crashed on a few days ago. Fulmer wins his first Can-Am and Porsche. achieves its first victory with the turbo Porsche has invited the German press to Watkins Glenn to show its overwhelming superiority Can-Am Dr.

Porsche has even come the McLaren team has built a new M20 at Denny's house in just 9 days that replaces to the car that was destroyed at Road Atlanta Porsche and the German press are surprised to see a front row exclusively of McLaren, since Revson won the pole and home is second. The race begins and Denny takes the lead. Fulmer and Porsche battle this weekend. Can-Am cars are faster again. that the formula one lap record David Hobbs and Alola and François SE and the McLaren both loaded by Fulmer and the Porsche Turbo win at home revson is second Fulmer finishes a distant fifth Porsche and the German press is visibly shaking up the practice for the Mid Ohio Can-Am is under sunny skies Mark Donu is still out of action on race day there is a threat of rain George Fulmer leads from the pole it starts to rain intermittently Denny turns sideways Roger Pensky makes a difficult decision that George explains Follow looking towards the pits every time I arrived Trying to get a signal from the captain to tell me to go in and get Rin tires, after four or five laps of scaring me to death every lap he gave me the signal to continue so I I set out to drive the turbocharged 917 in the rain on dry tires I must say it was a very challenging afternoon Jackie Oliver drives the entire race on dry tires and is rewarded with a second place George Fulmer wins Mid Ohio the Porsche Turbo regains its speed and returns to the top Laguna be the eighth Can- I'm marked in the round Donahue returns to the wheel joining Fulmer Porsche has tuned its turbo engine specifically for this narrow track Porsche's front row leads the pack McLaren, even in its best years, never enjoyed such a decisive speed advantage the Pensky Porsche team dominates the race George Fulmer wins Laguna Sea and takes the 1972 Can-Am Challenge Cup.

Porsche wins its first Can-Am Championship at Riverside in the final round of the season and there a rumor in the pits that this could be the last Can-Am race for the McLaren team. Saturday Qualifying Mclaren has installed a special engine in Holm's car: it is the largest Can-Am Chevy V8 of all time, 9.3 L, which produces around 800 horsepower and twice the torque of a Formula 1 engine, says Roger Pensky, and you can be sure that McLaren would try every trick to try to win the final Can-Am race, they even installed a special qualifying engine that knocked Mark off the front row by just a few hundreds of seconds on the fastest lap.

It is an almost surreal scenario. Bmer takes the lead with Danny off Peter. revson takes second Canam champion George Fulmer wins the 1972 final round the Pensky team and Porsche have created a new Can-Am car for 1973 the Porsche 9917 30 yes, the Porsche 12-cylinder Turbo engine has undergone further development and now makes 1,100 horsepower and in testing, Porsche engineers have recorded over 1,500 horsepower. It is the most powerful road racing machine in the world. 0 to 200 mph in approximately 10 seconds. Maximum speed of 250 mph. Team Pensky is now armed with the latest Group 7 Can-Am car, the Porsche. 91730 Mark Donah Hugh's competition includes new driving sensation Jod Sheer and last year's Can-Am champion George, because they are both equipped with an updated Porsche 91710.

There are eight races in the 1973 Can-Am season. Donahue and the Porsche 9730 are tremendously fast. Sher's spectacular car control. and Fulmer's virtuoso speed are no match for Mark Captures all eight polls and wins six of eight races and clinches the 1973 Can-Am Challenge Cup Large crowds attend race after race fascinated to see the most powerful road racing machine ever created 1973 is the essence of Canam, the spectacle that makes the ground shake, the extreme power, the extreme curves, the innovation competition and the endless search for speed, he is, yes.