Can-Am series

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auto racing series motorsport series sports car racing championship

The Can-Am series was a North American sports car racing championship known for its powerful, unrestricted prototype cars and innovative engineering during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Surface form Occurrences
Can-Am 3
Can-Am Challenge Cup 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf auto racing series ⓘ
motorsport series ⓘ
sports car racing championship ⓘ
category prototype sports cars ⓘ
chassisType open-cockpit sports prototypes ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
discipline sports car racing ⓘ
dissolved 1974 ⓘ
engineTypeAllowed large-displacement naturally aspirated engines ⓘ
supercharged engines ⓘ
turbocharged engines ⓘ
finalEdition 1986 ⓘ
inception 1966 ⓘ
influenced aerodynamic development in motorsport ⓘ
later prototype sports car regulations ⓘ
knownFor Group 7 regulations ⓘ
innovative engineering ⓘ
powerful unrestricted prototype cars ⓘ
very high power-to-weight ratios ⓘ
legacy reputation as one of the most powerful racing series in history ⓘ
notableConstructor Chaparral Cars NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lola NERFINISHED ⓘ
McLaren NERFINISHED ⓘ
Porsche NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableDriver Bruce McLaren NERFINISHED ⓘ
Denny Hulme NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Follmer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jackie Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Donohue NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Revson NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizer Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sports Car Club of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakPopularityPeriod early 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
reasonForDecline competition from Formula 1 and other series ⓘ
oil crisis of the early 1970s ⓘ
rising costs ⓘ
regulationsBasedOn Group 7 sports car rules ⓘ
regulationStyle minimal technical restrictions ⓘ
revival 1977 ⓘ
safetyRegulations relatively limited in early years ⓘ
sport auto racing ⓘ
typicalRaceDuration approximately 200 miles ⓘ
typicalRaceFormat sprint races ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Trans-Am racing → relatedTo → Can-Am series ⓘ
Bruce McLaren → sportsDiscipline → Can-Am series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Can-Am
Bruce McLaren → competedInSeries → Can-Am series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Can-Am Challenge Cup
Bruce McLaren → teamDominatedSeries → Can-Am series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Can-Am
Team Penske → formerSeries → Can-Am series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Can-Am