1969 Can-Am season

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

1969 Can-Am season
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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.

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

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

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 Bruce McLaren McLaren Cars McLaren M8B Chevrolet 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 20 20 165
2 Denny Hulme McLaren Cars McLaren M8B Chevrolet (15) 20 15 20 20 15 20 15 15 20 160
3 Chuck Parsons Carl A. Haas Racing Team Lola T162
Lola T163		 Chevrolet 8
 
 12
 8
 12
 4
 6
 12
 15
 8		 85
4 Jo Siffert Porsche-Audi Porsche 908/02
Porsche 917PA		 Porsche 6
 
 10
 12
 10
 8
 10		 56
5 George Eaton George Eaton Racing McLaren M12 Chevrolet 2 4 10 12 6 3 15 52
6 Chris Amon Chris Amon
McLaren Cars
Formula 1 Enterprises		 Ferrari 612P
McLaren M8B
Ferrari 712P		 Ferrari
Chevrolet
Ferrari		 12
 
 		 15
 
 		 12
 
 		 39
7 Lothar Motschenbacher Motschenbacher Racing McLaren M12 Chevrolet 10 6 10 3 6 35
8 Tony Dean Porsche-Audi Porsche 908/02 Porsche 2 3 8 6 4 4 4 3 34
9 John Surtees Chaparral Cars Inc. McLaren M12
Chaparral 2H		 Chevrolet 12
 		  
10		  
8		 30
10 John Cordts McCaig Racing
Young American Racers		 McLaren M6B Chevrolet
Ford		 10
 		 8
 		  
6		 24
11= Dan Gurney All American Racers
McLaren Cars		 McLaren M6B
McLaren M8B		 Ford
Chevrolet		  
12		 10
 		 22
11= Mario Andretti Holman & Moody McLaren M6B Ford 10 12 22
13 Peter Revson Agapiou Brothers
Robbins-Jeffries Racing		 Ford G7A
Lola T163		 Ford
Chevrolet		  
4		  
10		  
8		 22
14 Dick Brown Ecurie Green McLaren M6B Chevrolet 2 4 3 1 3 13
15 Jack Brabham Agapiou Brothers
Alan Mann Racing		 Ford G7A
Open Sports		 Ford 12 12
16= Tom Dutton Dutton Racing Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet 1 8 9
16= Pedro Rodríguez Matra of France
North American Racing Team		 Matra MS630/650
Ferrari 312P		 Matra
Ferrari		 1
 		  
8		 9
18 Leonard Janke Leonard Janke McLaren M1C
Lola T160		 Chevrolet 1
 		  
4		 2
 		 2
 		 9
19 Andrea de Adamich Chaparral Cars Inc. McLaren M12 Chevrolet 8 8
20 Jacques Couture Ecurie Soucy Racing McLaren M1B Chevrolet 6 2 8
21 Kris Harrison Ecurie Canada 1969 McLaren M1C Chevrolet 6 1 1 8
22 Gary Wilson Wilson Racing Lola T163 Chevrolet 1 6 7
23 Oscar Koveleski Auto-World, Inc. McLaren M6B Chevrolet 4 3 7
24 Fred Baker Fred Baker McLaren M6B
Lola T160		 Chevrolet 6
 		 6
25 Dave Causey Dave Causey McLaren M6A Chevrolet 2 4 6
26 Richard Galloway R.B. Galloway McLaren M6B Chevrolet 3 2 5
27 Jo Bonnier Scuderia Filipinetti Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet 4 4
28= Joe Leonard Salyer Racing McKee Mk.10
McKee Mk.14		 Oldsmobile 3 3
28= Johnny Servoz-Gavin Matra of France Matra MS650 Matra 3 3
30 Roger McCaig McCaig Racing McLaren M6B Chevrolet 2 1 3
31 Brooke Doran Marshall Brooke Doran Lola T160 Chevrolet 2 2
32= David Hobbs Young American Racers McLaren M6B Ford 1 1
32= Spencer Stoddard Northwest American Racing McLaren M1C Chevrolet 1 1
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References
  • "Canadian-American Challenge Cup 1969". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
  • "Can-Am - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
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