1967 Can-Am season

1967 Can-Am season

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The 1967 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the second season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It involved FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began September 3, 1967, and ended November 12, 1967, after six rounds. The series was won by Bruce McLaren driving a McLaren M6A Chevrolet.

Schedule

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The series was won by Bruce McLaren driving a McLaren M6A Chevrolet. The car is pictured in 2017

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Road America Can-Am	Road America	September 3
2	Chevron Grand Prix	Bridgehampton Race Circuit	September 17
3	Player's 200	Mosport Park	September 23
4	Monterey Grand Prix	Laguna Seca Raceway	October 15
5	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix	Riverside International Raceway	October 29
6	Stardust Grand Prix	Stardust International Raceway	November 12

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Winning Team	Results
		Winning Driver
		Winning Car
1	Road America	#5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	Results
		Denny Hulme
		McLaren M6A-Chevrolet
2	Bridgehampton	#5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	Results
		Denny Hulme
		McLaren M6A-Chevrolet
3	Mosport	#5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	Results
		Denny Hulme
		McLaren M6A-Chevrolet
4	Laguna Seca	#4 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	Results
		Bruce McLaren
		McLaren M6A-Chevrolet
5	Riverside	#4 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	Results
		Bruce McLaren
		McLaren M6A-Chevrolet
6	Stardust	#7 Team Surtees	Results
		John Surtees
		Lola T70 Mk.2-Chevrolet

Drivers Championship

Points are awarded to the top six finishers in each race in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1.

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1	Bruce McLaren	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M6A	Chevrolet		6	6	9	9		30
2	Denny Hulme	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M6A	Chevrolet	9	9	9				27
3	John Surtees	Team Surtees	Lola T70 Mk.3B/Mk.2	Chevrolet	4	3				9	16
4	Mark Donohue	Roger Penske Racing	Lola T70 Mk.3B	Chevrolet	6				4	6	16
5	Jim Hall	Chaparral Cars Inc.	Chaparral 2G	Chevrolet	3			6	6		15
6	Mike Spence	Ecurie Soucy Racing	McLaren M1B	Chevrolet			4		2	4	10
7	George Follmer	Roger Penske Racing	Lola T70 Mk.3B	Chevrolet		4	1	4	1		10
8	Bud Morley	Bud Morley	McLaren-Elva Mk.II Lola T70 Mk.3B	Chevrolet				3		2	5
9=	Peter Revson	Dana Chevrolet Racing	Lola T70 Mk.3/Mk.3B	Chevrolet			3				3
9=	Parnelli Jones	George Bignotti	Lola T70 Mk.3	Ford					3		3
9=	Charlie Hayes	Ralph Salyer	McKee Mk.7	Chevrolet Oldsmobile						3	3
12=	Skip Scott	Drummond Racing	McLaren M1C	Chevrolet	2						2
12=	Lothar Motschenbacher	Dana Chevrolet Racing	Lola T70 Mk.3	Chevrolet		2					2
12=	Chris Amon	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 330 P4	Ferrari				2			2
15=	Jerry Hansen	Jerry Hansen	McLaren M1B	Chevrolet	1						1
15=	Chuck Parsons	Carl A. Haas Automobiles	McLaren M1C	Chevrolet		1					1
15=	Bill Eve	Marvin Webster	Lola T70 Mk.3 Lotus 19	Chevrolet Ford				1			1
15=	Rick Muther	Rick Muther	Lola T70 Mk.2	Chevrolet							1

References

• "Results: Canadian-American Challenge Cup 1967". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
• "Can-Am - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-01-14.