The 1970 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the fifth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It consisted of FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began June 14, 1970, and ended November 1, 1970, after ten rounds.
The 1970 season began only a few days after the death of defending champion Bruce McLaren. McLaren had been testing the new M8D for his Can-Am team when he was killed. Denny Hulme was joined by friend Dan Gurney in the second McLaren, but he was replaced by Peter Gethin following sponsorship conflicts. The team overcame the loss of their leader to win nine of ten races during the 1970 season.
Schedule
Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 Labatt's Blue Trophy Mosport Park June 14 2 Mont-Tremblant 50 Circuit Mont-Tremblant June 28 3 Watkins Glen Can-Am Watkins Glen International July 12 4 Klondike Trail 200 Edmonton Speedway Park July 26 5 Buckeye Can-Am Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course August 23 6 Road America Can-Am Road America August 30 7 Road Atlanta Can-Am Road Atlanta September 13 8 Minneapolis Tribune Grand Prix Donnybrooke International Raceway September 27 9 Monterey Castrol Grand Prix Laguna Seca Raceway October 18 10 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix Riverside International Raceway November 1
Entries Team Chassis Engine Tire Number Drivers Rounds J. W. Automotive Engineering, Ltd. Porsche 917K Porsche 4.9 L Flat-12 1 Jo Siffert 3 2 Pedro Rodríguez 3 6 Brian Redman 3 British Racing Motors BRM P154 Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 1 Pedro Rodríguez 8–10 98 George Eaton All Bob Brown Racing, Inc. McLaren M6B Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 3 Bob Brown 1–7, 9–10 McLaren Cars, Ltd. McLaren M8D Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 5 Denny Hulme All 48/7 Dan Gurney 1–3 Peter Gethin 4–10 William R. Cupp McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 6 Bill Cupp 9 Monte's Motors McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 7/58 Monte Shelton 4, 10 A. G. Dean Porsche 908/02K Porsche 3.0 L Flat-8 8 Tony Dean All Overhauser Racing Lola T163 Dodge 7.0 L V8 9 Ron Grable 6 Roy Woods 9–10 Douglas Shierson Racing Lola T163 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 10 Chuck Parsons 5–10 Motschenbacher Racing Enterprises McLaren M8BMcLaren M12McLaren M8C Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 11 Lothar Motschenbacher All McLaren M12 12 Tony Adamowicz 9–10 Dick Roe McKee Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 12 Dick Roe 8 TG Racing Tire, Ltd. Hasgo Auto Imports McLaren M12 Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 13/73 Jerry Titus 1–2 Peter Revson 2 David Hobbs 7, 9–10 Place Motor Supply Wolverine LD65 Chevrolet V8 13 James Place 6 Canadian Can-Am Racing Team McLaren M12 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 14 Graeme Lawrence All Agapiou Brothers Racing Ford G7AFord G7B Ford 7.0 L V8Mercury 8.1 L V8 15 John Cannon 3, 6, 9–10 David Hobbs 4 LeeRoy Yarbrough 7 Vic Elford 8 Nichols Advanced Vehicle Systems AVS Shadow Chevrolet 8.1 L V8 16/1 George Follmer 1–2 Vic Elford 5 Glen Racing, Ltd. McLaren M6B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 17 Ron Goldleaf 1–3, 5–7 Jerry Rosbach Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 18 Jerry Rosbach 6, 8, 10 Wilson Racing Lola T163 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 19 Gary Wilson All Lake Hill Gulf McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 20 Dick Losk 4, 9 North American Racing Team Ferrari 512 S Spyder Ferrari 5.0 L V12 20 Pedro Rodríguez 5–6 Smith-Oeser Racing Lola T160 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 21 Jerry Smith 1 Bob Bondurant 2–7, 9–10 John Cordts 8 McKee Mk. 10 25 Jerry Smith 10 Titanium Racing Components, Ltd. Autocoast Ti22Autocoast Ti22 Mk. II Chevrolet 8.1 L V8 22 Jackie Oliver 1–2, 9–10 Nagel Racing Lola T70 Mk. 3 Ford 7.0 L V8 24 Bob Nagel 1–3, 5–7, 10 Hodges Racing Team McKee Mk. 10 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 25 Jerry Hodges 7, 9 Carl A. Haas Racing Teams, Inc. Lola T220 Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 26 Peter Revson All Midwest Racing McLaren M6B Ford 7.0 L V8 27 Frank Kahlich 3, 5–6, 8 Vic Elford 8 Richard Brown McLaren M6B Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 28 Dick Brown 1 Jef Stevens Lola T163 Chevrolet V8 29 Jef Stevens 2 Don Jensen Burnett Mk. 2 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 30 Don Jensen 9 Porsche Audi Division Porsche 917K Porsche 4.5 L Flat-12 31 Vic Elford 3 32 Richard Attwood 3 Peck & Hills Wholesale Furniture McLaren M6B Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 31 Jay Hills 10 Nelli Racing Enterprises Lola T70 Mk. 3B Chevrolet 7.3 L V8 31/32 Tony Adamowicz 4, 7 Vic Elford 6 Dick Guldstrand 9–10 Gelo Racing Team Ferrari 512 S Ferrari 5.0 L V12 33 Georg Loos 3 F & H Racing McKee Mk. 6B Oldsmobile 7.0 L V8 33 Chuck Frederick 4, 6, 8–9 Warren Burmester Lola T70 Mk. 3B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 34 George Drolsom 6–7 International Martini & Rossi Racing Team Porsche 917K Porsche 4.5 L Flat-12 35 Gijs van Lennep 3 Porsche 908/02K Porsche 3.0 L Flat-8 36 Gérard Larrousse 3 Hopkins, Denner, Rupp Racing Enterprises Lola T160 Chevrolet 7.3 L V8 35 Danny Hopkins 10 Cliff Apel McLaren M6B Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 37 Cliff Apel 2–3, 6–7 Rainer Brezinka McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 39 Rainer Brezinka 1, 5, 7–8 Horst Petemann 2 Innovation Racing Mac's-It Special 4x Rotax 0.8 L Inline-2 41 Hiroshi Fushida 9 Lasiter & Chohlis Racing Lola T70 Mk. 3B Ford 7.0 L V8 42 Harvey Lasiter 9 Lou Sell 10 M. Brooke Doran Lola T163B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 43 Brooke Doran 1, 3 Jerry Hansen Lola T165 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 44 Jerry Hansen 6 Mike Koslosky Len Terry T10 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 45 Skeeter McKitterick 10 JNO Racing Enterprises, Ltd. McLaren M6B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 47 Gordon Dewar 1–2, 4–8 Ecurie Bonnier Lola T70 Mk. 3B GT Chevrolet 5.0 L V8 50 Jo Bonnier 3 David F. Causey Lola T163 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 51 Dave Causey All Auto World, Inc. McLaren M8B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 54 Oscar Koveleski 1–3, 5–8, 10 McCaig Racing Enterprises, Inc. McLaren M8C Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 55 Roger McCaig All Performance Engineering, Ltd. McLaren M8C Chevrolet 7.4 L V8 57 John Cordts 1–4 Sport World, Inc. Lola T165 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 59 Peter Gregg 8–10 Ric Moore Moore Mk. 2 Chevrolet V8 61 Ric Moore 4 Stan Burnett Burnett Mk. 4 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 64/28/38 Stan Burnett 8–10 Chaparral Cars, Inc. Chaparral 2J Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 66 Jackie Stewart 3 Vic Elford 7, 9–10 Eno de Pasquale Engineering, Inc. Lola T163 Chevrolet 8.1 L V8 67/3 Eno de Pasquale 1, 3, 7 Bob Brown 8 Mike Barbour Rattenbury Mk. 4B Oldsmobile 4.3 L V8 70 Mike Barbour 3–8 David R. Selway McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 5.7 L V8 70 Dave Selway 9 Tom Swindell Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 71 Tom Swindell 5–6, 8 Dick Smith & George Harm Racing McLaren M12 Ford 7.0 L V8 74 Dick Smith 7, 9–10 Fayer-Dini Enterprises Lola T162 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 75 Bob Dini 1–2 Professional Racing, Ltd. Earle-Cord Racing Ferrari 512 S SpyderFerrari 612 P Ferrari 5.0 L V12 76 Jim Adams 3–5, 9–10 Janke Auto Company McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 7.4 L V8 77 Leonard Janke 1, 4–5 March Engineering Ltd. March 707 Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 77 Chris Amon 8–10 Barrett Racing McLaren M6B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 79 Tom Dutton 5–7 Racing Associates, Inc. Lola T163 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 81 Dick Durant 1–2, 5–8 William M. Wonder McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet V8 84 William Wonder 1, 7 Chuck McConnell McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 88 Chuck McConnell 10 Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 512 S Spyder Ferrari 5.0 L V12 91 Jacky Ickx 3 92 Mario Andretti 3 O. A. Thornsjo Lola T160 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 91 Orly Thornsjo 5–6 David P. Hurley McLaren-Elva Mk. IIB Chevrolet V8 92 David Hurley 1 Newport Racers McLaren Special Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 92 Ed Leslie 9–10 Ted Peterson 10 Richard Kantrud Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 97 Dick Kantrud 6, 8
Season results Rnd Circuit Winning team Results Winning driver 1 Mosport #48 McLaren Cars Results Dan Gurney 2 Mont-Tremblant #48 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results Dan Gurney 3 Watkins Glen #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results Denny Hulme 4 Edmonton #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results Denny Hulme 5 Mid-Ohio #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results Denny Hulme 6 Road America #7 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results Peter Gethin 7 Road Atlanta #8 A.G. Dean Ltd. Results Tony Dean 8 Donnybrooke #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results Denny Hulme 9 Laguna Seca #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results Denny Hulme 10 Riverside #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results Denny Hulme
Drivers Championship Points are awarded to the top ten finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Only the best seven finishes out of ten rounds counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counting towards the championship are marked by parenthesis.
Pos Driver Team Car Engine Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd10 Total 1 Denny Hulme Bruce McLaren Racing McLaren M8D Chevrolet 12 20 20 20 20 20 20 132 2 Lothar Motschenbacher Motschenbacher Racing McLaren M8BMcLaren M12McLaren M8C Chevrolet 15 12 12 12 6 8 65 3 Peter Gethin Bruce McLaren Racing McLaren M8B Chevrolet 12 2 20 4 15 56 4 Dave Causey Dave Causey Lola T163 Chevrolet 4 2 8 12 15 3 (2) 3 47 5 Jackie Oliver Autocoast Titanium Racing Autocoast Ti22 Chevrolet 15 15 15 45 6 Tony Dean A.G. Dean Ltd. Porsche 908/02 Porsche 10 8 20 4 2 44 7 Dan Gurney Bruce McLaren Racing McLaren M8D Chevrolet 20 20 2 42 8 Peter Revson Carl Haas Racing Lola T220 Chevrolet 15 12 12 39 9 Bobby Brown Bob Brown Racing Eno de Pasquale McLaren M6BLola T163 Chevrolet 10 3 10 6 6 35 10 Roger McCaig Roger McCaig McLaren M8C Chevrolet 8 8 3 6 8 1 34 11 Chris Amon March Engineering March 707 Chevrolet 8 10 10 28 12 Gary Wilson Gary Wilson Lola T163 Chevrolet 6 8 10 3 27 13 Pedro Rodríguez J.W. Automotive North American Racing Team Castrol Team BRM Porsche 917KFerrari 512SBRM P154 PorscheFerrariChevrolet 2 8 12 26 14 Chuck Parsons Chuck Parsons Lola T160/3 Chevrolet 3 10 6 19 15= Vic Elford Porsche-Audi USA Advanced Vehicle Systems Vic Nelli Chaparral Cars Inc. Frank Kahlich Agapiou Brothers Racing Porsche 917KAVS ShadowLola T70 Mk.3Chaparral 2JMcLaren M6BFord G7A PorscheChevroletChevroletChevroletFordFord 10 6 16 15= Oscar Koveleski Oscar Koveleski McLaren M8B Chevrolet 6 10 16 17= Jo Siffert J.W. Automotive Porsche 917K Porsche 15 15 17= Bob Bondurant Smith-Oeser Racing Lola T160 Chevrolet 15 15 19 Jim Adams Earle-Cord Racing Ferrari 512SFerrari 512S Ferrari 4 10 14 20= George Eaton Castrol Team BRM BRM P154 Chevrolet 12 12 20= Richard Attwood Porsche-Audi USA Porsche 917K Porsche 12 12 22 Dick Durant Dick Durant Lola T163 Chevrolet 3 4 2 3 12 23 Mario Andretti SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 712P Ferrari 8 8 24 Tony Adamowicz Vic Nelli Motschenbacher Racing Lola T70 Mk.3McLaren M12 Chevrolet 4 4 8 25= Gordon Dewar Gordon Dewar McLaren M6B Chevrolet 6 6 25= Gijs van Lennep Martini Racing Porsche 917K Porsche 6 6 27 Graeme Lawrence Canadian Can-Am Racing McLaren M12 Chevrolet 3 2 1 6 28 Brian Redman J.W. Automotive Porsche 917K Porsche 4 4 29= Brooke Doran Marshall Brooke Doran Lola T163 Chevrolet 2 2 29= Leonard Janke Janke Auto Inc. McLaren M1C Chevrolet 2 2 31= Rainer Brezinka Rainer Brezinka McLaren M1C Chevrolet 1 1 31= Cliff Apel Cliff Apel McLaren M6B Chevrolet 1 1 31= Gérard Larrousse Martini Racing Porsche 908/02 Porsche 1 1 31= Chuck Frederick C.E. Frederick McKee Mk.6B Oldsmobile 1 1 31= Bob Nagel Bob Nagel Lola T70 Mk.3 Ford 1 1 31= Ron Goldleaf Ron Goldleaf McLaren M6B Chevrolet 1 1 31= George Drolsom George Drolsom Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet 1 1 31= Peter Gregg Peter Gregg Lola T165 Chevrolet 1 1
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