1969 Can-Am season

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

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.

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[edit] Schedule

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

[edit] Season results

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

[edit] 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.

Pos Driver Team Car Engine R.1 R.2 R.3 R.4 R.5 R.6 R.7 R.8 R.9 R.10 R.11 Total
1 Flag of New Zealand Bruce McLaren Flag of the United Kingdom McLaren Cars McLaren M8B Chevrolet 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 20 20 165
2 Flag of New Zealand Denny Hulme Flag of the United Kingdom McLaren Cars McLaren M8B Chevrolet (15) 20 15 20 20 15 20 15 15 20 160
3 Flag of the United States Chuck Parsons Flag of the United States Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola T162
Lola T163
Chevrolet 8
 

 12

 8

 12

 4

 6

 12

 15

 8
85
4 Flag of Switzerland Jo Siffert Flag of Germany Porsche-Audi Porsche 908/02
Porsche 917PA
Porsche 6
 

 10

 12

 10

 8

 10
56
5 Flag of Canada George Eaton Flag of Canada George Eaton Racing McLaren M12 Chevrolet 2 4 10 12 6 3 15 52
6 Flag of New Zealand Chris Amon Flag of New Zealand Chris Amon
Flag of the United Kingdom McLaren Cars
Flag of New Zealand Formula 1 Enterprises
Ferrari 612P
McLaren M8B
Ferrari 712P
Ferrari
Chevrolet
Ferrari
12
 
 
15
 
 
12
 
 
39
7 Flag of the United States Lothar Motschenbacher Flag of the United States Motschenbacher Racing McLaren M12 Chevrolet 10 6 10 3 6 35
8 Flag of the United Kingdom Tony Dean Flag of Germany Porsche-Audi Porsche 908/02 Porsche 2 3 8 6 4 4 4 3 34
9 Flag of the United Kingdom John Surtees Flag of the United States Chaparral Cars Inc. McLaren M12
Chaparral 2H
Chevrolet 12
 
 
10
 
8
30
10 Flag of Canada John Cordts Flag of Canada McCaig Racing
Flag of the United States Young American Racers
McLaren M6B Chevrolet
Ford
10
 
8
 
 
6
24
11= Flag of the United States Dan Gurney Flag of the United States All American Racers
Flag of the United Kingdom McLaren Cars
McLaren M6B
McLaren M8B
Ford
Chevrolet
 
12
10
 
22
11= Flag of the United States Mario Andretti Flag of the United States Holman & Moody McLaren M6B Ford 10 12 22
13 Flag of the United States Peter Revson Flag of the United States Agapiou Brothers
Flag of the United States Robbins-Jeffries Racing
Ford G7A
Lola T163
Ford
Chevrolet
 
4
 
10
 
8
22
14 Flag of the United States Dick Brown Flag of the United States Ecurie Green McLaren M6B Chevrolet 2 4 3 1 3 13
15 Flag of Australia Jack Brabham Flag of the United States Agapiou Brothers
Flag of the United Kingdom Alan Mann Racing
Ford G7A
Open Sports
Ford 12 12
16= Flag of the United States Tom Dutton Flag of the United States Dutton Racing Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet 1 8 9
16= Flag of Mexico Pedro Rodríguez Flag of France Matra of France
Flag of the United States North American Racing Team
Matra MS630/650
Ferrari 312P
Matra
Ferrari
1
 
 
8
9
18 Flag of the United States Leonard Janke Flag of the United States Leonard Janke McLaren M1C
Lola T160
Chevrolet 1
 
 
4
2
 
2
 
9
19 Flag of Italy Andrea de Adamich Flag of the United States Chaparral Cars Inc. McLaren M12 Chevrolet 8 8
20 Flag of Canada Jacques Couture Flag of Canada Ecurie Soucy Racing McLaren M1B Chevrolet 6 2 8
21 Flag of Canada Kris Harrison Flag of Canada Ecurie Canada 1969 McLaren M1C Chevrolet 6 1 1 8
22 Flag of the United States Gary Wilson Flag of the United States Wilson Racing Lola T163 Chevrolet 1 6 7
23 Flag of the United States Oscar Koveleski Flag of the United States Auto-World, Inc. McLaren M6B Chevrolet 4 3 7
24 Flag of the United States Fred Baker Flag of the United States Fred Baker McLaren M6B
Lola T16
Chevrolet 6
 
6
25 Flag of the United States Dave Causey Flag of the United States Dave Causey McLaren M6A Chevrolet 2 4 6
26 Flag of the United States Richard Galloway Flag of the United States R.B. Galloway McLaren M6B Chevrolet 3 2 5
27 Flag of Sweden Jo Bonnier Flag of Switzerland Scuderia Filipinetti Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet 4 4
28= Flag of the United States Joe Leonard Flag of the United States Salyer Racing McKee Mk.10
McKee Mk.14
Oldsmobile 3 3
28= Flag of France Johnny Servoz-Gavin Flag of France Matra of France Matra MS650 Matra 3 3
30 Flag of Canada Roger McCaig Flag of Canada McCaig Racing McLaren M6B Chevrolet 2 1 3
31 Flag of the United States Brooke Doran Flag of the United States Marshall Brooke Doran Lola T160 Chevrolet 2 2
32= Flag of the United Kingdom David Hobbs Flag of the United States Young American Racers McLaren M6B Ford 1 1
32= Flag of the United States Spencer Stoddard Flag of the United States Northwest American Racing McLaren M1C Chevrolet 1 1

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