1970 Can-Am season

North American auto racing season February 2025 1970 Can-Am season 1969 1971 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 GBR J. W. Automotive Engineering, Ltd. Porsche 917K Porsche 4.9 L Flat-12 Firestone 1 CHE Jo Siffert 3 2 MEX Pedro Rodríguez 3 6 GBR Brian Redman 3 GBR British Racing Motors BRM P154 Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 Goodyear 1 MEX Pedro Rodríguez 8–10 98 CAN George Eaton All USA Bob Brown Racing, Inc. McLaren M6B Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 Goodyear 3 USA Bob Brown 1–7, 9–10 GBR McLaren Cars, Ltd. McLaren M8D Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 Goodyear 5 NZL Denny Hulme All 48/7 USA Dan Gurney 1–3 GBR Peter Gethin 4–10 USA William R. Cupp McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 Firestone 6 USA Bill Cupp 9 USA Monte's Motors McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Firestone 7/58 USA Monte Shelton 4, 10 GBR A. G. Dean Porsche 908/02K Porsche 3.0 L Flat-8 Firestone 8 GBR Tony Dean All USA Overhauser Racing Lola T163 Dodge 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 9 USA Ron Grable 6 USA Roy Woods 9–10 USA Douglas Shierson Racing Lola T163 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 Goodyear 10 USA Chuck Parsons 5–10 USA Motschenbacher Racing Enterprises McLaren M8BMcLaren M12McLaren M8C Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 Goodyear 11 DEU Lothar Motschenbacher All McLaren M12 12 USA Tony Adamowicz 9–10 USA Dick Roe McKee Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 Goodyear 12 USA Dick Roe 8 CAN TG Racing Tire, Ltd.CAN Hasgo Auto Imports McLaren M12 Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 Goodyear 13/73 USA Jerry Titus 1–2 USA Peter Revson 2 GBR David Hobbs 7, 9–10 USA Place Motor Supply Wolverine LD65 Chevrolet V8 13 USA James Place 6 CAN Canadian Can-Am Racing Team McLaren M12 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 14 NZL Graeme Lawrence All USA Agapiou Brothers Racing Ford G7AFord G7B Ford 7.0 L V8Mercury 8.1 L V8 Goodyear 15 CAN John Cannon 3, 6, 9–10 GBR David Hobbs 4 USA LeeRoy Yarbrough 7 GBR Vic Elford 8 USA Nichols Advanced Vehicle Systems AVS Shadow Chevrolet 8.1 L V8 Firestone 16/1 USA George Follmer 1–2 GBR Vic Elford 5 USA Glen Racing, Ltd. McLaren M6B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 17 USA Ron Goldleaf 1–3, 5–7 USA Jerry Rosbach Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 18 USA Jerry Rosbach 6, 8, 10 USA Wilson Racing Lola T163 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 19 USA Gary Wilson All USA Lake Hill Gulf McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 Firestone 20 USA Dick Losk 4, 9 USA North American Racing Team Ferrari 512 S Spyder Ferrari 5.0 L V12 Goodyear 20 MEX Pedro Rodríguez 5–6 USA Smith-Oeser Racing Lola T160 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 21 USA Jerry Smith 1 USA Bob Bondurant 2–7, 9–10 CAN John Cordts 8 McKee Mk. 10 25 USA Jerry Smith 10 USA Titanium Racing Components, Ltd. Autocoast Ti22Autocoast Ti22 Mk. II Chevrolet 8.1 L V8 Goodyear 22 GBR Jackie Oliver 1–2, 9–10 USA Nagel Racing Lola T70 Mk. 3 Ford 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 24 USA Bob Nagel 1–3, 5–7, 10 USA Hodges Racing Team McKee Mk. 10 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 25 USA Jerry Hodges 7, 9 USA Carl A. Haas Racing Teams, Inc. Lola T220 Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 Goodyear 26 USA Peter Revson All USA Midwest Racing McLaren M6B Ford 7.0 L V8 27 USA Frank Kahlich 3, 5–6, 8 GBR Vic Elford 8 USA Richard Brown McLaren M6B Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 28 USA Dick Brown 1 USA Jef Stevens Lola T163 Chevrolet V8 Goodyear 29 USA Jef Stevens 2 USA Don Jensen Burnett Mk. 2 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 Goodyear 30 USA Don Jensen 9 USA Porsche Audi Division Porsche 917K Porsche 4.5 L Flat-12 Goodyear 31 GBR Vic Elford 3 32 GBR Richard Attwood 3 USA Peck & Hills Wholesale Furniture McLaren M6B Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 Goodyear 31 USA Jay Hills 10 USA Nelli Racing Enterprises Lola T70 Mk. 3B Chevrolet 7.3 L V8 Goodyear 31/32 USA Tony Adamowicz 4, 7 GBR Vic Elford 6 USA Dick Guldstrand 9–10 DEU Gelo Racing Team Ferrari 512 S Ferrari 5.0 L V12 33 DEU Georg Loos 3 USA F & H Racing McKee Mk. 6B Oldsmobile 7.0 L V8 33 USA Chuck Frederick 4, 6, 8–9 USA Warren Burmester Lola T70 Mk. 3B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Firestone 34 USA George Drolsom 6–7 DEU International Martini & Rossi Racing Team Porsche 917K Porsche 4.5 L Flat-12 Firestone 35 NLD Gijs van Lennep 3 Porsche 908/02K Porsche 3.0 L Flat-8 36 FRA Gérard Larrousse 3 USA Hopkins, Denner, Rupp Racing Enterprises Lola T160 Chevrolet 7.3 L V8 35 USA Danny Hopkins 10 USA Cliff Apel McLaren M6B Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 Goodyear 37 USA Cliff Apel 2–3, 6–7 CAN Rainer Brezinka McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 Firestone 39 CAN Rainer Brezinka 1, 5, 7–8 CAN Horst Petemann 2 USA Innovation Racing Mac's-It Special 4x Rotax 0.8 L Inline-2 Firestone 41 JPN Hiroshi Fushida 9 USA Lasiter & Chohlis Racing Lola T70 Mk. 3B Ford 7.0 L V8 Firestone 42 USA Harvey Lasiter 9 USA Lou Sell 10 USA M. Brooke Doran Lola T163B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Firestone 43 USA Brooke Doran 1, 3 USA Jerry Hansen Lola T165 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 44 USA Jerry Hansen 6 USA Mike Koslosky Len Terry T10 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 Goodyear 45 USA Skeeter McKitterick 10 CAN JNO Racing Enterprises, Ltd. McLaren M6B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 47 CAN Gordon Dewar 1–2, 4–8 CHE Ecurie Bonnier Lola T70 Mk. 3B GT Chevrolet 5.0 L V8 Goodyear 50 SWE Jo Bonnier 3 USA David F. Causey Lola T163 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Firestone 51 USA Dave Causey All USA Auto World, Inc. McLaren M8B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 54 USA Oscar Koveleski 1–3, 5–8, 10 CAN McCaig Racing Enterprises, Inc. McLaren M8C Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 55 CAN Roger McCaig All CAN Performance Engineering, Ltd. McLaren M8C Chevrolet 7.4 L V8 Firestone 57 CAN John Cordts 1–4 USA Sport World, Inc. Lola T165 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Firestone 59 USA Peter Gregg 8–10 CAN Ric Moore Moore Mk. 2 Chevrolet V8 61 CAN Ric Moore 4 USA Stan Burnett Burnett Mk. 4 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 64/28/38 USA Stan Burnett 8–10 USA Chaparral Cars, Inc. Chaparral 2J Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Firestone 66 GBR Jackie Stewart 3 GBR Vic Elford 7, 9–10 USA Eno de Pasquale Engineering, Inc. Lola T163 Chevrolet 8.1 L V8 Goodyear 67/3 USA Eno de Pasquale 1, 3, 7 USA Bob Brown 8 CAN Mike Barbour Rattenbury Mk. 4B Oldsmobile 4.3 L V8 Firestone 70 CAN Mike Barbour 3–8 USA David R. Selway McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 5.7 L V8 Goodyear 70 USA Dave Selway 9 USA Tom Swindell Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 71 USA Tom Swindell 5–6, 8 USA Dick Smith & George Harm Racing McLaren M12 Ford 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 74 USA Dick Smith 7, 9–10 USA Fayer-Dini Enterprises Lola T162 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 75 USA Bob Dini 1–2 USA Professional Racing, Ltd.USA Earle-Cord Racing Ferrari 512 S SpyderFerrari 612 P Ferrari 5.0 L V12 Firestone 76 USA Jim Adams 3–5, 9–10 USA Janke Auto Company McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 7.4 L V8 Firestone 77 USA Leonard Janke 1, 4–5 GBR March Engineering Ltd. March 707 Chevrolet 7.6 L V8 Firestone 77 NZL Chris Amon 8–10 USA Barrett Racing McLaren M6B Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 79 USA Tom Dutton 5–7 USA Racing Associates, Inc. Lola T163 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Firestone 81 USA Dick Durant 1–2, 5–8 USA William M. Wonder McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet V8 84 USA William Wonder 1, 7 USA Chuck McConnell McLaren-Elva Mk. III Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 88 USA Chuck McConnell 10 ITA Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 512 S Spyder Ferrari 5.0 L V12 Firestone 91 BEL Jacky Ickx 3 92 USA Mario Andretti 3 USA O. A. Thornsjo Lola T160 Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 91 USA Orly Thornsjo 5–6 USA David P. Hurley McLaren-Elva Mk. IIB Chevrolet V8 92 USA David Hurley 1 USA Newport Racers McLaren Special Chevrolet 6.0 L V8 Firestone 92 USA Ed Leslie 9–10 USA Ted Peterson 10 USA Richard Kantrud Lola T70 Mk. 3 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 Goodyear 97 USA Dick Kantrud 6, 8 Season results Rnd Circuit Winning team Results Winning driver 1 Mosport GBR #48 McLaren Cars Results USA Dan Gurney 2 Mont-Tremblant GBR #48 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results USA Dan Gurney 3 Watkins Glen GBR #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results NZL Denny Hulme 4 Edmonton GBR #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results NZL Denny Hulme 5 Mid-Ohio GBR #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results NZL Denny Hulme 6 Road America GBR #7 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results GBR Peter Gethin 7 Road Atlanta GBR #8 A.G. Dean Ltd. Results GBR Tony Dean 8 Donnybrooke GBR #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results NZL Denny Hulme 9 Laguna Seca GBR #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results NZL Denny Hulme 10 Riverside GBR #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results NZL 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 NZL Denny Hulme GBR Bruce McLaren Racing McLaren M8D Chevrolet 12 20 20 20 20 20 20 132 2 GER Lothar Motschenbacher USA Motschenbacher Racing McLaren M8BMcLaren M12McLaren M8C Chevrolet 15   12   12    12   6    8 65 3 GBR Peter Gethin GBR Bruce McLaren Racing McLaren M8B Chevrolet 12 2 20 4 15 56 4 USA Dave Causey USA Dave Causey Lola T163 Chevrolet 4 2 8 12 15 3 (2) 3 47 5 GBR Jackie Oliver USA Autocoast Titanium Racing Autocoast Ti22 Chevrolet 15 15 15 45 6 GBR Tony Dean GBR A.G. Dean Ltd. Porsche 908/02 Porsche 10 8 20 4 2 44 7 USA Dan Gurney GBR Bruce McLaren Racing McLaren M8D Chevrolet 20 20 2 42 8 USA Peter Revson USA Carl Haas Racing Lola T220 Chevrolet 15 12 12 39 9 USA Bobby Brown USA Bob Brown RacingUSA Eno de Pasquale McLaren M6BLola T163 Chevrolet 10  3  10  6  6  35 10 CAN Roger McCaig CAN Roger McCaig McLaren M8C Chevrolet 8 8 3 6 8 1 34 11 NZL Chris Amon GBR March Engineering March 707 Chevrolet 8 10 10 28 12 USA Gary Wilson USA Gary Wilson Lola T163 Chevrolet 6 8 10 3 27 13 MEX Pedro Rodríguez GBR J.W. AutomotiveUSA North American Racing TeamGBR Castrol Team BRM Porsche 917KFerrari 512SBRM P154 PorscheFerrariChevrolet   2   8   12 26 14 USA Chuck Parsons USA Chuck Parsons Lola T160/3 Chevrolet 3 10 6 19 15= GBR Vic Elford USA Porsche-Audi USAUSA Advanced Vehicle SystemsUSA Vic NelliUSA Chaparral Cars Inc.USA Frank KahlichUSA Agapiou Brothers Racing Porsche 917KAVS ShadowLola T70 Mk.3Chaparral 2JMcLaren M6BFord G7A PorscheChevroletChevroletChevroletFordFord 10         6   16 15= USA Oscar Koveleski USA Oscar Koveleski McLaren M8B Chevrolet 6 10 16 17= SUI Jo Siffert GBR J.W. Automotive Porsche 917K Porsche 15 15 17= USA Bob Bondurant USA Smith-Oeser Racing Lola T160 Chevrolet 15 15 19 USA Jim Adams USA Earle-Cord Racing Ferrari 512SFerrari 512S Ferrari 4   10 14 20= CAN George Eaton GBR Castrol Team BRM BRM P154 Chevrolet 12 12 20= GBR Richard Attwood USA Porsche-Audi USA Porsche 917K Porsche 12 12 22 USA Dick Durant USA Dick Durant Lola T163 Chevrolet 3 4 2 3 12 23 USA Mario Andretti ITA SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 712P Ferrari 8 8 24 USA Tony Adamowicz USA Vic NelliUSA Motschenbacher Racing Lola T70 Mk.3McLaren M12 Chevrolet  4  4 8 25= CAN Gordon Dewar CAN Gordon Dewar McLaren M6B Chevrolet 6 6 25= NED Gijs van Lennep DEU Martini Racing Porsche 917K Porsche 6 6 27 NZL Graeme Lawrence CAN Canadian Can-Am Racing McLaren M12 Chevrolet 3 2 1 6 28 GBR Brian Redman GBR J.W. Automotive Porsche 917K Porsche 4 4 29= USA Brooke Doran USA Marshall Brooke Doran Lola T163 Chevrolet 2 2 29= USA Leonard Janke USA Janke Auto Inc. McLaren M1C Chevrolet 2 2 31= CAN Rainer Brezinka CAN Rainer Brezinka McLaren M1C Chevrolet 1 1 31= USA Cliff Apel USA Cliff Apel McLaren M6B Chevrolet 1 1 31= FRA Gérard Larrousse DEU Martini Racing Porsche 908/02 Porsche 1 1 31= USA Chuck Frederick USA C.E. Frederick McKee Mk.6B Oldsmobile 1 1 31= USA Bob Nagel USA Bob Nagel Lola T70 Mk.3 Ford 1 1 31= USA Ron Goldleaf USA Ron Goldleaf McLaren M6B Chevrolet 1 1 31= USA George Drolsom USA George Drolsom Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet 1 1 31= USA Peter Gregg USA Peter Gregg Lola T165 Chevrolet 1 1 References http://wsrp.ic.cz/canam1970.html Canadian-American Challenge Cup 1970 World Sports Racing Prototypes 2 October 2005 2008-01-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130929153052/http://wsrp.ic.cz/canam1970.html September 29, 2013 http://wsrp.ic.cz/tablecanam.html Can-Am - final positions and tables World Sports Racing Prototypes 2 October 2005 2008-01-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080531191220/http://wsrp.ic.cz/tablecanam.html May 31, 2008 Category:Can-Am seasons Can-Am