1986 Can-Am season

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1986 Can-Am season
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The 1986 Can-Am season was the nineteenth and final running of the Sports Car Club of Americas prototype series, and the tenth and final running of the revived series. The dominant manfuacturers were Cosworth, BMW, and Volkswagen for the first time with a third place finish at Summit Point.[1] The dominant chassis were Lola, March, Oscella, Yorkshire, Frissbee-Lola, and Frissbee. After 1986, Can Am would become the Can Am Teams championship, using modified CART March 86Cs.[2] In 1989, the name was again revied with a spec Shelby series.[3] However, these two attempts remained almost unnoticed and it was not until the United States Road Racing Championship, established in 1998, that the Can Am name would make a notable comeback (albeit only for two years). Horst Kroll was declared champion.

The season did, however, introduce a young Paul Tracy, who won the final round at Mosport at the age of seventeen.[4]

Results[5]

Round Circuit Winning driver Team Car
1 Mosport Canada Horst Kroll Canada Kroll Racing Frissbee-Chevrolet
2 Summit Point United States Bill Tempero United States Texas American Racing Team March-Chevrolet
3 St. Louis United States Lou Sell United States Sell Racing March-BMW
4 Mosport Canada Paul Tracy Canada Kroll Racing Frissbee-Chevrolet

References

  1. ↑ Summit Point, 5 Jul 1986 « Single-seater Can-Am « OldRacingCars.com
  2. ↑ Can-Am 1987 « OldRacingCars.com
  3. ↑ Shelby Can-Am « OldRacingCars
  4. ↑ Mosport Park, 14 Sep 1986 « Single-seater Can-Am « OldRacingCars.com
  5. ↑ Can-Am 1986
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