Chaparral 2E In 1966 Chaparral introduced the 2E for the Can-Am series. With its high mounted wing it was the...
Chaparral 2H Looking back over the years you have to wonder how Jim Hall could have gotten it so wrong...
Chaparral 2J Legend “according to Jim Hall” has the idea for the Chaparral 2J came to him through a child’s drawing that was sent to him as part of the fan mail that made its way to Midland. Whether true or not it must be remembered that Hall, always self...
BRM P154 The car was designed and built in house to compete in the 1970 Can-Am series for Group 7...
Ferrari 612 Can-Am Chris Amon never felt that the Ferrari 612 Can-Am ever reached its full potential. he always felt there was a lot left in the car but the project always had a low priority at the factory and its results reflected that. Enzo Ferrari never really appreciated how...
Shadow DN4 “Don Nichols turned up in Can-Am in 1970 with that stupid car with tiny cotton-reel wheels, the first...
McLaren M20 From 1968 to 1971 the McLaren M8 and its derivatives had dominated the Canadian-American Challenge Cup Series but...
McLaren M8 Robin Herd had left and was replaced by Gordon Coppuck, who had worked earlier for the National Gas Turbine Establishment, as chief designer assisted by Swiss engineer, Jo Marquardt who had worked at Lotus. It was decided early on that Coppuck would concentrate on the rear portion of...
Autocoast TI22 Peter E. Bryant (1938-2009) was born in England, and at a young age he caught the racing bug....
Porsche 917/30 McLaren, seeing the futility of going up against the might of the Porsche Can-Am effort without a turb-charged...
McLaren M6 The first car, M6A-1, was completed and ready for testing at Goodwood on June 19, 1967, more that three months prior to the opening race in the Can-Am series. The car covered over 2000 miles of testing before its debut at Elkhart Lake. Team McLaren won its first...
Porsche 917/10 Porsche’s partnership with Roger Penske Racing which would blossom in 1972 actually had it’s beginning the year before...
The Monterey Historic event saw the return of racing action between the ultimate Can-Am machines that includes McLarens, Lolas, Huffakers, and other iconic cars. Enjoy five minutes of this remarkable race....