1969 Can-Am season

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The 1969 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the fourth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It consisted of FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began June 1, 1969, and ended November 9, 1969, after eleven rounds.

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This was the first season of Can-Am following the demise of the similar United States Road Racing Championship. With several USRRC events choosing to continue on under Can-Am, the series schedule was greatly expanded beyond its normal six event season. This also meant that the season was run over a greater period of time, rather than just being run in the autumn.

The season was swept by McLaren, whose founder Bruce McLaren won the championship over teammate and fellow New Zealander Denny Hulme. McLaren won six races to Hulme's five, winning the championship by a mere five points.

Schedule

RndRaceCircuitDate
1 Labatt's Blue Trophy Mosport Park June 1
2 Labatt's 50 Circuit Mont-Tremblant June 15
3Watkins Glen Can-Am Watkins Glen International July 13
4Klondike 200 Edmonton Speedway Park July 27
5Buckeye Can-Am Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course August 17
6Road America Can-Am Road America August 31
7 Bridgehampton Grand Prix Bridgehampton Race Circuit September 14
8Michigan International Can-Am Michigan International Speedway September 28
9Monterey Castrol Grand Prix Laguna Seca Raceway October 12
10 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix Riverside International Raceway October 26
11Texas International Grand Prix Texas World Speedway November 9

Season results

RndCircuitWinning TeamResults
Winning Driver
1 Mosport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #4 McLaren Cars Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren
2 Mont-Tremblant Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #5 McLaren Cars Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme
3 Watkins Glen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #4 McLaren Cars Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren
4 Edmonton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #5 McLaren Cars Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme
5 Mid-Ohio Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #5 McLaren Cars Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme
6 Road America Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #4 McLaren Cars Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren
7 Bridgehampton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #5 McLaren Cars Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme
8 Michigan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #4 McLaren Cars Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren
9 Laguna Seca Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #4 McLaren Cars Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren
10 Riverside Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #5 McLaren Cars Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme
11 Texas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #4 McLaren Cars Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren

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 nine finishes out of eleven rounds counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counting towards the championship are marked by parenthesis.

PosDriverTeamCarEngineR.1R.2R.3R.4R.5R.6R.7R.8R.9R.10R.11Total
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McLaren Cars McLaren M8B Chevrolet 201520152015202020165
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McLaren Cars McLaren M8B Chevrolet (15)201520201520151520160
3 Flag of the United States.svg Chuck Parsons Flag of the United States.svg Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola T162
Lola T163
Chevrolet 8
 

 12

 8

 12

 4

 6

 12

 15

 8
85
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jo Siffert Flag of Germany.svg Porsche-Audi Porsche 908/02
Porsche 917PA
Porsche 6
 

 10

 12

 10

 8

 10
56
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg George Eaton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg George Eaton Racing McLaren M12 Chevrolet 241012631552
6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McLaren Cars
Flag of New Zealand.svg Formula 1 Enterprises
Ferrari 612P
McLaren M8B
Ferrari 712P
Ferrari
Chevrolet
Ferrari
12
 
 
15
 
 
12
 
 
39
7 Flag of the United States.svg Lothar Motschenbacher Flag of the United States.svg Motschenbacher Racing McLaren M12 Chevrolet 106103635
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Dean Flag of Germany.svg Porsche-Audi Porsche 908/02 Porsche 2386444334
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Flag of the United States.svg Chaparral Cars Inc. McLaren M12
Chaparral 2H
Chevrolet 12
 
 
10
 
8
30
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Cordts Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg McCaig Racing
Flag of the United States.svg Young American Racers
McLaren M6B Chevrolet
Ford
10
 
8
 
 
6
24
11= Flag of the United States.svg Dan Gurney Flag of the United States.svg All American Racers
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McLaren Cars
McLaren M6B
McLaren M8B
Ford
Chevrolet
 
12
10
 
22
11= Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Flag of the United States.svg Holman & Moody McLaren M6B Ford 101222
13 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Revson Flag of the United States.svg Agapiou Brothers
Flag of the United States.svg Robbins-Jeffries Racing
Ford G7A
Lola T163
Ford
Chevrolet
 
4
 
10
 
8
22
14 Flag of the United States.svg Dick Brown Flag of the United States.svg Ecurie Green McLaren M6B Chevrolet 2431313
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Flag of the United States.svg Agapiou Brothers
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Mann Racing
Ford G7A
Open Sports
Ford 1212
16= Flag of the United States.svg Tom Dutton Flag of the United States.svg Dutton Racing Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet 189
16= Flag of Mexico.svg Pedro Rodríguez Flag of France.svg Matra of France
Flag of the United States.svg North American Racing Team
Matra MS630/650
Ferrari 312P
Matra
Ferrari
1
 
 
8
9
18 Flag of the United States.svg Leonard Janke Flag of the United States.svg Leonard Janke McLaren M1C
Lola T160
Chevrolet 1
 
 
4
2
 
2
 
9
19 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Adamich Flag of the United States.svg Chaparral Cars Inc. McLaren M12 Chevrolet 88
20 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Couture Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ecurie Soucy Racing McLaren M1B Chevrolet 628
21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kris Harrison Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ecurie Canada 1969 McLaren M1C Chevrolet 6118
22 Flag of the United States.svg Gary Wilson Flag of the United States.svg Wilson Racing Lola T163 Chevrolet 167
23 Flag of the United States.svg Oscar Koveleski Flag of the United States.svg Auto-World, Inc. McLaren M6B Chevrolet 437
24 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Baker Flag of the United States.svg Fred Baker McLaren M6B
Lola T160
Chevrolet 6
 
6
25 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Causey Flag of the United States.svg Dave Causey McLaren M6A Chevrolet 246
26 Flag of the United States.svg Richard Galloway Flag of the United States.svg R.B. Galloway McLaren M6B Chevrolet 325
27 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Scuderia Filipinetti Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet 44
28= Flag of the United States.svg Joe Leonard Flag of the United States.svg Salyer Racing McKee Mk.10
McKee Mk.14
Oldsmobile 33
28= Flag of France.svg Johnny Servoz-Gavin Flag of France.svg Matra of France Matra MS650 Matra 33
30 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roger McCaig Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg McCaig Racing McLaren M6B Chevrolet 213
31 Flag of the United States.svg Brooke Doran Flag of the United States.svg Marshall Brooke Doran Lola T160 Chevrolet 22
32= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Hobbs Flag of the United States.svg Young American Racers McLaren M6B Ford 11
32= Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Stoddard Flag of the United States.svg Northwest American Racing McLaren M1C Chevrolet 11

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