1970 Road Atlanta Can-Am

Motor race February 2025 thumb|250px|Layout of the Road Atlanta (1970-1997) 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.Can-Am Road Atlanta https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Road_Atlanta-1970-09-13.html Racing Sports Cars 13 November 2022 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 (117.216 mph km/h on) Fastest lap: Peter Gethin (lap 7) & Peter Revson (lap 26), 1:18.05 (116.27 mph km/h on) Race distance: 189.06 mi km Winner's average speed: 103.472 mph km/h Pos No Driver Car Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 GBR Tony Dean Porsche 908/02 GBR A.G. Dean, Ltd. 75 1:49:45.880 10 20 2 51 USA Dave Causey Lola T163-Chevrolet USA Dave Causey 75 1:50:57.880 12 15 3 11 USA Lothar Motschenbacher McLaren M12-Chevrolet USA Motschenbacher Racing 72 -3 laps 9 12 4 54 USA Oscar Koveleski McLaren M8B-Chevrolet USA Oscar Koveleski 72 -3 laps 16 10 5 55 CAN Roger McCaig McLaren M8C-Chevrolet CAN Roger McCaig 72 -3 laps 18 8 6 66 GBR Vic Elford Chaparral 2J-Chevrolet USA Chaparral Cars Inc. 69 -6 laps 1 6 7 7 GBR Peter Gethin McLaren M8D-Chevrolet GBR Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 68 Gearbox 3 4 8 81 USA Dick Durant Lola T163-Chevrolet USA Dick Durant 66 -9 laps 20 3 9 14 NZL Graeme Lawrence McLaren M12-Chevrolet CAN Canadian Can-Am Racing Team 63 -12 laps 13 2 10 34 USA George Drolsom Lola T70 Mk.3-Chevrolet USA George Drolsom 54 -21 laps 25 1 11 39 CAN Rainer Brezinka McLaren M1C-Chevrolet CAN Rainer Brezinka 51 -24 laps 24 12 10 USA Chuck Parsons Lola T160/3-Chevrolet USA Chuck Parsons 50 Head gasket 8 DNF 98 CAN George Eaton BRM P154-Chevrolet GBR Castrol Team BRM 49 Blown engine 5 DNF 26 USA Peter Revson Lola T220-Chevrolet USA Carl Haas 29 Puncture, accident 4 DNF 3 USA Bobby Brown McLaren M6B-Chevrolet USA Bob Brown Racing Inc. 29 Accident 6 DNF 15 USA Lee Roy Yarbrough Ford G7A USA Agapiou Brothers 22 Engine 11 DNF 47 CAN Gordon Dewar McLaren M6B-Chevrolet CAN Gordon Dewar 20 Oil leak 14 DNF 21 USA Bob Bondurant Lola T160-Chevrolet USA Smith-Oeser Racing 18 Body damage, overheating 7 DNF 79 USA Tom Dutton McLaren M6B-Chevrolet Barrett Racing 16 Accident 15 DNF 37 USA Clif Apel McLaren M6B-Chevrolet USA Clif Apel 16 Accident 22 DNF 67 USA Eno de Pasquale Lola T163-Chevrolet USA Eno de Pasquale 11 Clutch 21 DNF 5 NZL Denny Hulme McLaren M8D-Chevrolet GBR Bruce McLaren Motor Racing 10 Accident body damage 2 DNF 19 USA Gary Wilson Lola T163-Chevrolet USA Gary Wilson 9 Accident 17 DNF 74 USA Dick Smith McLaren M12-Chevrolet USA Dick Smith/George Harm 2 Oil leak 26 DNF 70 Mike Barbour Rattenbury Mk.4B-Oldsmobile Mike Barbour 1 Connecting rod 27 DNF 17 USA Ron Goldleaf McLaren M6B-Chevrolet USA Ron Goldleaf 1 Accident 23 DNF 32 USA Tony Adamowicz Lola T70 Mk.3-Chevrolet USA Vic Nelli 0 Fuel starvation 19 DNS - USA William Wonder McLaren M1C-Chevrolet USA Bill Wonder DNS 24 USA Bob Nagel Lola T70 Mk.3-Ford USA Bob Nagel DNS 25 USA Jerry Hodges McKee Mk.10-Chevrolet USA Hodges Racing References External links Race results Road Atlanta Category:Road Atlanta Can-Am Category:1970 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)