1972 Can-Am season

1972 Can-Am season
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The 1972 Canadian-American Challenge Cup season was the seventh season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It consisted of FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began June 11, 1972 and ended October 29, 1972 after nine rounds.

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Schedule

Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 Labatt's Blue Trophy Mosport Park June 11
2 Road Atlanta Can-Am Road Atlanta July 9
3 Watkins Glen Can-Am Watkins Glen International July 23
4 Buckeye Can-Am Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course August 6
5 Road America Can-Am Road America August 27
6 Minneapolis Tribune Grand Prix Donnybrooke International Raceway September 17
7 Klondike 200 Edmonton Speedway Park October 1
8 Monterey Castrol GTX Grand Prix Laguna Seca Raceway October 15
9 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix Riverside International Raceway October 29

Season results

Rnd Circuit Winning Team Results
Winning Driver
1 Mosport #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results
Denny Hulme
2 Road Atlanta #6 Penske Racing Results
George Follmer
3 Watkins Glen #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results
Denny Hulme
4 Mid-Ohio #6 Penske Racing Results
George Follmer
5 Road America #6 Penske Racing Results
George Follmer
6 Donnybrooke #22 Young American Racing Results
François Cevert
7 Edmonton #6 Penske Racing Results
Mark Donohue
8 Laguna Seca #7 Penske Racing Results
George Follmer
9 Riverside #7 Penske Racing Results
George Follmer

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 Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total
1 George Follmer Penske Racing Porsche 917/10 Porsche 20 8 20 20 10 12 20 20 130
2 Denny Hulme Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M20 Chevrolet 20 20 10 15 65
3 Milt Minter Vasek Polak Racing Team Porsche 917/10 Porsche 10 12 6 12 15 10 65
4 Mark Donohue Penske Racing Porsche 917/10 Porsche 15 20 15 12 62
5 François Cevert Young American Racing Team McLaren M8F Chevrolet 12 15 20 12 59
6 Peter Revson Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M20 Chevrolet 12 15 6 15 48
7 David Hobbs Carl Haas Lola T310 Chevrolet 4 10 6 8 3 8 39
8 Jackie Oliver Advanced Vehicle Systems Shadow Mk.3 Chevrolet 15 12 10 37
9 Peter Gregg Peter Gregg Porsche 917/10 Porsche 8 8 12 6 34
10 Charlie Kemp Bobby Rinzler Lola T222 Chevrolet 2 10 8 1 6 27
11 Lothar Motschenbacher Motschenbacher Racing McLaren M8D Chevrolet 6 6 4 6 4 26
12 Gregg Young Young American Racing Team McLaren M8F Chevrolet 15 8 23
13 Jean-Pierre Jarier North American Racing Team Ferrari 712M Ferrari 1 10 11
14 Bob Nagel Bob Nagel Lola T222 Chevrolet 1 3 1 3 3 11
15 José Carlos Pace Advanced Vehicle Systems Shadow Mk.3 Chevrolet 10 10
16 Gary Wilson Gary Wilson McLaren M8E Chevrolet 3 6 1 10
17= John Cordts William Overhauser Racing Lola T163
McLaren M8D		 Chevrolet  
8		 8
17= Sam Posey Vasek Polak Racing Team Porsche 917PA Porsche 8 8
19 Scooter Patrick Otto Zipper Alfa Racing Alfa Romeo T33/4 Alfa Romeo 2 4 2 8
20 Gordon Dewar JNO Racing McLaren M8C Chevrolet 3 4 7
21 Tom Heyser Albert Heyser Lola T260 Chevrolet 1 2 2 5
22= Steve Durst Steve Durst McLaren M8E/D Chevrolet 4 4
22= Ed Felter Ed Felter McLaren M8E Chevrolet 4 4
22= Mike Hiss Mike Hiss McLaren M8F Chevrolet 4 4
25 Warren Agor Warren Agor McLaren M8B
McLaren M8F		 Chevrolet 2
 		 2
 		 4
26= Chuck Parsons William Overhauser Racing
Robert McCaig		 Lola T163
McLaren M8FP		 Chevrolet 3
 		 3
26= Hans Wiedmer Wiedmer Racing Team McLaren M8F Chevrolet 3 3
26= Willi Kauhsen Willi Kauhsen Racing Team Porsche 917/10 Porsche 3 3
29= Tony Dean A.G. Dean Racing Porsche 908/02 Porsche 2 2
29= Pete Sherman Pete Sherman McLaren M12 Chevrolet 2 2
31 Roger McCaig Roger McCaig McLaren M8FP Chevrolet 1 1 2
32 Bob Peckham Peckham Racing McLaren M8C Chevrolet 1 1

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