1974 Can-Am season

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1974 Can-Am season
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The 1974 Canadian-American Challenge Cup season was the ninth and final season of the original Can-Am auto racing series. It was comprised of FIA Group 7 racing cars running half hour Sprint races followed by hour long Cup races. It began June 16, 1974 and was cancelled after the fifth round on August 25, 1974.

Following the cancellation of the series, many teams turned to the new Camel GT Challenge, although the cars were not of the same type as had been used in Can-Am. The Can-Am name would return in 1977, although the formula used would vary greatly from the original series, concentrating instead on open-wheel-based chassis.

Contents 1 Schedule 2 Season results 3 Drivers Championship 4 References

[edit] Schedule

All rounds had a Sprint qualifying heat first to determine the starting order for the Cup event. The results of the Sprint and Cup were not combined.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Labatt's Blue Trophy	Mosport Park	June 16
2	Atlanta Can-Am	Road Atlanta	July 7
3	Watkins Glen Can-Am	Watkins Glen International	July 14
4	Buckeye Cup	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	August 11
5	Road America Can-Am	Road America	August 25

[edit] Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Winning Team	Results
		Winning Driver
1	Mosport	#101 Phoenix Racing Organizations	Results
		Jackie Oliver
2	Road Atlanta	#101 Phoenix Racing Organizations	Results
		Jackie Oliver
3	Watkins Glen	#101 Phoenix Racing Organisations	Results
		Jackie Oliver
4	Mid-Ohio	#101 Phoenix Racing Organisations	Results
		Jackie Oliver
5	Road America	#8 U.S. Racing	Results
		Scooter Patrick

[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.

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	Jackie Oliver	Phoenix Racing Organisations	Shadow DN4	Chevrolet	20	20	20	20	2	82
2	George Follmer	Phoenix Racing Organisations	Shadow DN4	Chevrolet	15	15	15			45
3	Scooter Patrick	U.S. Racing	McLaren M20	Chevrolet	12		12		20	44
4	Bob Nagel	Nagel Racing	Lola T260	Chevrolet	10		10	10	10	40
5	John Gunn	Racing Specialties	Lola T260	Chevrolet		8	2	1	12	23
6	Lothar Motschenbacher	Motschenbacher Racing	McLaren M8F	Chevrolet	8	12			1	21
7	Dick Durant	Burmester Racing	McLaren M8R	Chevrolet	4	6	8			18
8	Dennis Aase	Dennis Aase	Porsche 908/02	Porsche		4	6	4	3	17
9	Herbert Müller	Herbert Müller Racing	Ferrari 512M	Ferrari		10			6	16
10=	Brian Redman	North American Racing Team Penske Racing	Ferrari 512M Porsche 917/30	Ferrari Porsche				15		15
10=	John Cordts	Performance Engineering	McLaren M8F	Chevrolet					15	15
12	Hurley Haywood	Brumos Racing	Porsche 917/10	Porsche				12		12
13=	Monte Shelton	Monte Shelton	McLaren M8F	Chevrolet				8		8
13=	Gary Wilson	Sting Racing Team	Sting GW1	Chevrolet					8	8
15	David Saville-Peck	Ennerdale Racing	Costello SP8	Oldsmobile	2	3		2		7
16=	Gene Fisher	Bailey Speed Shop	Lola T222	Chevrolet	6					6
16=	Roy Woods	William Overhauser Racing	McLaren M8D	Chevrolet				6		6
18	Bill Cuddy	Bill Cuddy	McLaren M8F	Chevrolet			1		4	5
19	Horst Petermann	Horst Petermann	Porsche 908/02	Porsche			4			4
20=	Harry Bytzek	Rainer Brezinka	Porsche 908/02	Porsche	3					3
20=	Arturo Merzario	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	Alfa Romeo			3			3
20=	Bob Lazier	Page Racing	McLaren M8E	Chevrolet				3		3
23	Mike Brockman	Jim Butcher Racing	McLaren M8C	Chevrolet		2				2
24=	Tom Butz	Lodestar Enterprises	McLaren M8FP	Chevrolet	1					1
24=	William Morrow	Bill Morrow	Lola T163	Chevrolet		1				1

[edit] References