1970 Can-Am season

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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.

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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

RndRaceCircuitDate
1 Labatt's Blue Trophy Mosport Park June 14
2Mont-Tremblant 50 Circuit Mont-Tremblant June 28
3Watkins Glen Can-Am Watkins Glen International July 12
4Klondike Trail 200 Edmonton Speedway Park July 26
5Buckeye Can-Am Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course August 23
6Road America Can-Am Road America August 30
7Road Atlanta Can-Am Road Atlanta September 13
8 Minneapolis Tribune Grand Prix Donnybrooke International Raceway September 27
9Monterey Castrol Grand Prix Laguna Seca Raceway October 18
10 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix Riverside International Raceway November 1

Season results

RndCircuitWinning TeamResults
Winning Driver
1 Mosport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #48 McLaren Cars Results
Flag of the United States.svg Dan Gurney
2 Mont-Tremblant Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #48 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results
Flag of the United States.svg Dan Gurney
3 Watkins Glen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme
4 Edmonton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme
5 Mid-Ohio Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme
6 Road America Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #7 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin
7 Road Atlanta Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #8 A.G. Dean Ltd. Results
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Dean
8 Donnybrooke Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme
9 Laguna Seca Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme
10 Riverside Flag of the United Kingdom.svg #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results
Flag of New Zealand.svg 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.

PosDriverTeamCarEngineRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Rd10Total
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bruce McLaren Racing McLaren M8D Chevrolet 12202020202020132
2 Flag of the United States.svg Lothar Motschenbacher Flag of the United States.svg Motschenbacher Racing McLaren M8B
McLaren M12
McLaren M8C
Chevrolet 15
 
 
12
 
 
12
 
 
 
12
 
 
6
 
 
 
8
65
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Gethin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bruce McLaren Racing McLaren M8B Chevrolet 1222041556
4 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Causey Flag of the United States.svg Dave Causey Lola T163 Chevrolet 42812153(2)347
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Oliver Flag of the United States.svg Autocoast Titanium Racing Autocoast Ti22 Chevrolet 15151545
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Dean Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A.G. Dean Ltd. Porsche 908/02 Porsche 108204244
7 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Gurney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bruce McLaren Racing McLaren M8D Chevrolet 2020242
8 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Revson Flag of the United States.svg Carl Haas Racing Lola T220 Chevrolet 15121239
9 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Brown Flag of the United States.svg Bob Brown Racing
Flag of the United States.svg Eno de Pasquale
McLaren M6B
Lola T163
Chevrolet 10
 
3
 
10
 
6
 
6
 
35
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roger McCaig Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Roger McCaig McLaren M8C Chevrolet 88368134
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Amon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg March Engineering March 707 Chevrolet 8101028
12 Flag of the United States.svg Gary Wilson Flag of the United States.svg Gary Wilson Lola T163 Chevrolet 6810327
13 Flag of Mexico.svg Pedro Rodríguez Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J.W. Automotive
Flag of the United States.svg North American Racing Team
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Castrol Team BRM
Porsche 917K
Ferrari 512S
BRM P154
Porsche
Ferrari
Chevrolet
 
 
2
 
 
8
 
 
12
26
14 Flag of the United States.svg Chuck Parsons Flag of the United States.svg Chuck Parsons Lola T160/3 Chevrolet 310619
15= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vic Elford Flag of the United States.svg Porsche-Audi USA
Flag of the United States.svg Advanced Vehicle Systems
Flag of the United States.svg Vic Nelli
Flag of the United States.svg Chaparral Cars Inc.
Flag of the United States.svg Frank Kahlich
Flag of the United States.svg Agapiou Brothers Racing
Porsche 917K
AVS Shadow
Lola T70 Mk.3
Chaparral 2J
McLaren M6B
Ford G7A
Porsche
Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Ford
Ford
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
 
 
16
15= Flag of the United States.svg Oscar Koveleski Flag of the United States.svg Oscar Koveleski McLaren M8B Chevrolet 61016
17= Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jo Siffert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J.W. Automotive Porsche 917K Porsche 1515
17= Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bondurant Flag of the United States.svg Smith-Oeser Racing Lola T160 Chevrolet 1515
19 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Adams Flag of the United States.svg Earle-Cord Racing Ferrari 512S
Ferrari 512S
Ferrari 4
 
 
10
14
20= Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg George Eaton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Castrol Team BRM BRM P154 Chevrolet 1212
20= Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Attwood Flag of the United States.svg Porsche-Audi USA Porsche 917K Porsche 1212
22 Flag of the United States.svg Dick Durant Flag of the United States.svg Dick Durant Lola T163 Chevrolet 342312
23 Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti Flag of Italy.svg SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 712P Ferrari 88
24 Flag of the United States.svg Tony Adamowicz Flag of the United States.svg Vic Nelli
Flag of the United States.svg Motschenbacher Racing
Lola T70 Mk.3
McLaren M12
Chevrolet  
4
 
4
8
25= Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gordon Dewar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gordon Dewar McLaren M6B Chevrolet 66
25= Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gijs van Lennep Flag of Germany.svg Martini Racing Porsche 917K Porsche 66
27 Flag of New Zealand.svg Graeme Lawrence Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian Can-Am Racing McLaren M12 Chevrolet 3216
28 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Redman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J.W. Automotive Porsche 917K Porsche 44
29= Flag of the United States.svg Brooke Doran Flag of the United States.svg Marshall Brooke Doran Lola T163 Chevrolet 22
29= Flag of the United States.svg Leonard Janke Flag of the United States.svg Janke Auto Inc. McLaren M1C Chevrolet 22
31= Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rainer Brezinka Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rainer Brezinka McLaren M1C Chevrolet 11
31= Flag of the United States.svg Cliff Apel Flag of the United States.svg Cliff Apel McLaren M6B Chevrolet 11
31= Flag of France.svg Gérard Larrousse Flag of Germany.svg Martini Racing Porsche 908/02 Porsche 11
31= Flag of the United States.svg Chuck Frederick Flag of the United States.svg C.E. Frederick McKee Mk.6B Oldsmobile 11
31= Flag of the United States.svg Bob Nagel Flag of the United States.svg Bob Nagel Lola T70 Mk.3 Ford 11
31= Flag of the United States.svg Ron Goldleaf Flag of the United States.svg Ron Goldleaf McLaren M6B Chevrolet 11
31= Flag of the United States.svg George Drolsom Flag of the United States.svg George Drolsom Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet 11
31= Flag of the United States.svg Peter Gregg Flag of the United States.svg Peter Gregg Lola T165 Chevrolet 11

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