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- ↑ Brown, Allen. "Can-Am 1984 « OldRacingCars.com". OldRacingCars.com.
- ↑ "The second-generation Can-Am racers that took the UK by storm". 14 January 2022.
- ↑ "SVRA Group 7" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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