The 1970 Road Atlanta Can-Am race was the seventh round of the 1970 Can-Am season. It was held September 13, 1970, at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The race of attrition was won, surprisingly, by Tony Dean in an underpowered 3-litre Porsche 908/02.
Results Pole position: Vic Elford, 1:17.420 () Fastest lap: Peter Gethin (lap 7) & Peter Revson (lap 26), 1:18.05 () Race distance: Winner's average speed:
Pos No Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Tony Dean Porsche 908/02 A.G. Dean, Ltd. 75 1:49:45.880 10 20 2 51 Dave Causey Lola T163-Chevrolet Dave Causey 75 1:50:57.880 12 15 3 11 Lothar Motschenbacher McLaren M12-Chevrolet Motschenbacher Racing 72 -3 laps 9 12 4 54 Oscar Koveleski McLaren M8B-Chevrolet Oscar Koveleski 72 -3 laps 16 10 5 55 Roger McCaig McLaren M8C-Chevrolet Roger McCaig 72 -3 laps 18 8 6 66 Vic Elford Chaparral 2J-Chevrolet Chaparral Cars Inc. 69 -6 laps 1 6 7 7 Peter Gethin McLaren M8D-Chevrolet Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 68 Gearbox 3 4 8 81 Dick Durant Lola T163-Chevrolet Dick Durant 66 -9 laps 20 3 9 14 Graeme Lawrence McLaren M12-Chevrolet Canadian Can-Am Racing Team 63 -12 laps 13 2 10 34 George Drolsom Lola T70 Mk.3-Chevrolet George Drolsom 54 -21 laps 25 1 11 39 Rainer Brezinka McLaren M1C-Chevrolet Rainer Brezinka 51 -24 laps 24 12 10 Chuck Parsons Lola T160/3-Chevrolet Chuck Parsons 50 Head gasket 8 DNF 98 George Eaton BRM P154-Chevrolet Castrol Team BRM 49 Blown engine 5 DNF 26 Peter Revson Lola T220-Chevrolet Carl Haas 29 Puncture, accident 4 DNF 3 Bobby Brown McLaren M6B-Chevrolet Bob Brown Racing Inc. 29 Accident 6 DNF 15 Lee Roy Yarbrough Ford G7A Agapiou Brothers 22 Engine 11 DNF 47 Gordon Dewar McLaren M6B-Chevrolet Gordon Dewar 20 Oil leak 14 DNF 21 Bob Bondurant Lola T160-Chevrolet Smith-Oeser Racing 18 Body damage, overheating 7 DNF 79 Tom Dutton McLaren M6B-Chevrolet Barrett Racing 16 Accident 15 DNF 37 Clif Apel McLaren M6B-Chevrolet Clif Apel 16 Accident 22 DNF 67 Eno de Pasquale Lola T163-Chevrolet Eno de Pasquale 11 Clutch 21 DNF 5 Denny Hulme McLaren M8D-Chevrolet Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 10 Accident body damage 2 DNF 19 Gary Wilson Lola T163-Chevrolet Gary Wilson 9 Accident 17 DNF 74 Dick Smith McLaren M12-Chevrolet Dick Smith/George Harm 2 Oil leak 26 DNF 70 Mike Barbour Rattenbury Mk.4B-Oldsmobile Mike Barbour 1 Connecting rod 27 DNF 17 Ron Goldleaf McLaren M6B-Chevrolet Ron Goldleaf 1 Accident 23 DNF 32 Tony Adamowicz Lola T70 Mk.3-Chevrolet Vic Nelli 0 Fuel starvation 19 DNS - William Wonder McLaren M1C-Chevrolet Bill Wonder DNS 24 Bob Nagel Lola T70 Mk.3-Ford Bob Nagel DNS 25 Jerry Hodges McKee Mk.10-Chevrolet Hodges Racing
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