A besutiful car with pure Power.What is the highest speed? What displacement has the engine?
@violentshemp7776Ай бұрын
"spectacular torque" that's a big block, mika
@oldieman730Ай бұрын
Great insight into the sport. Thanks.
@checkeredflagfilmsАй бұрын
Thanks for your reply
@jackmigge16242 ай бұрын
Had the pleasure of watching a little Can Am at Laguna Seca in the early 60's !! Love the sound !
@josh8173 ай бұрын
We picked the wrong car to watch. Not very exciting driving from 1 White.
@bridgeman113 ай бұрын
I loved watching and hearing that class at Riverside Raceway
@charlesdanenberger95843 ай бұрын
Road America or watkins glen is a true test
@charlesdanenberger95843 ай бұрын
Luguna Secca -whatever sucks
@charlesdanenberger95843 ай бұрын
what a SHIT race track
@DrVaticinator3 ай бұрын
I got to see that car race as a kid.
@explosivehotdogs3 ай бұрын
I don't understand why more supercar designs don't copy the centered driver position of the F1. It's the most ergonomically ideal... seriously, who would get into that cockpit and wish to be somewhere else?
@michaelslack52693 ай бұрын
Thank you Brian.
@gregcarson84223 ай бұрын
Great car, great era of racing. Porsche 917/30 still swamped McLaren and other cars, with over 300 to 500 horsepower more. McLaren had 800, Porsche had 1100 to 1500, depending on boost
@billkeller30833 ай бұрын
That has to be the most fun to drive!!! One of my favorite sounding motors !!!
@mikestevens55123 ай бұрын
Beautiful Driver!! Crazy Race Car! American Style!
@checkeredflagfilms3 ай бұрын
Hey Mike, thanks for your comment.
@mikestevens55123 ай бұрын
@@checkeredflagfilms Absolutely The best Can Am was so Raw , fast, so much more Enjoyable then F1. To me
@malcolmshaw26094 ай бұрын
The masterful Mr Redman at play.
@hilleryclifford13504 ай бұрын
You needed gale banks. The Porsche teams funded by …, well who else??? Penske. The turbo v12 finally overtook the N/A big block Chevrolet and ruined the series
@MrTylerStricker4 ай бұрын
This is an amazing video. Such beautiful cars, such a raw and primal era of racing.
@Dodger01035 ай бұрын
Laguna Seca
@jagitmax5 ай бұрын
Next time build a real rollbar
@rodsdmba15715 ай бұрын
Back in 1965, I lived in England and we'd go to Mallory Park to watch 2 and 4 wheel races. Mallory has a track option of using (or not using) a tight hairpin. A popular place at which to spectate. At one meeting there was a race that included Mustangs. Our first site of what was a much hyped car. It also included Minis. That hairpin was not kind to the Mustangs. By the mid 70's I lived in Southern California and owned both a K series Mustang and an early 1960's Mini. The Mustang was horrible on a rainy day. The heater core was in the dash, a nightmare to access, and mine leaked. It was therefore disconnected. If it rained it completely fogged up inside and anytime it rains in SoCal the roads were slicker than banana skins. So I'd drive the Mini on those days (with a plastic sheet over the distributor. My work commute was only a few miles but I'd have to drive thru a sunken tunnel below Van Nuys airport. During a typical California "cow on a flat rock" rain storm the tunnel would flood and traffic would be stop and go. The first time I drove the MIni to work I discovered that a prior owner had apparently mounted speakers on the front wheel wells using sheet metal screws. Got to work that morning with soggy socks . . . Weekends were spent working on one or the other . . . I sold the two of them in mid 1978 for something like $2200 (tops) and bought a used 1974 Saab 99 with the cash so that I'd have something 'reliable'.
@checkeredflagfilms5 ай бұрын
Thanks for your interesting comment. I'm certain many enthusiast here can relate. I once possessed a cooper s in France and every time I took it out on rain soaked autoroute, some fancy DS Citroen sped past followed by a tunnel of water forcing me to pull over and dry out the ignition! But what a fun go kart like ride in the city!
@jooppoojk23565 ай бұрын
How about a classic Porsche?
@donaldhenderson4295 ай бұрын
Unbelievable, one of the best cars from the can-am series with one of the best driver in the world. Worked as a pit marshall for the SCCA and was at the 71 race at Laguna Seca when Peter Revson won the 71 title .
@checkeredflagfilms5 ай бұрын
Thanks Donald for watching and commenting. Must have been amazing to witness the real deal.
@jerryeinstandig79965 ай бұрын
good driver and commentator
@JURacing5 ай бұрын
Really a great insight in your testing and prep-work. Thank you for sharing
@lukemaney6456 ай бұрын
The Ferrari's at the Long Beach GP in 1977 and 1979 sounded just like this T33.
@checkeredflagfilms6 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment. yes, similar but not quite. the Alfa has a certain harmonic flat 12 kicker that, in person, delivers a unique resonance.
@lukemaney6456 ай бұрын
He whooped those 917's...thats the difference between a race car driver and a race car owner 😂.
@checkeredflagfilms6 ай бұрын
absolutely. also, the difference between its nimble power to weight handling and the tight twisty bits at Laguna Seca where its much better suited than the 917.
@soyounoat6 ай бұрын
Strapping in to a Big Block Go Kart like this for the first time would be massively intimidating to a regular guy like me. Hakkinen does it and hammers the throttle with a smile.
@rynosraceroom666 ай бұрын
This was very cool to see $ Thx #Mika & #ZackBrown
@ricklarner92637 ай бұрын
what a pleasure to watch Mika in a McLaren! Such a great driver in such an iconic car!!
@taodej7 ай бұрын
What a privilege to get to see the Targa Florio winning car driven at speed.. Love it.
@larrycurrence6874Ай бұрын
Not the Targa Florio winning car but similar. The #12 non finned 903/3 won in 1970, driven by Siffert/Redman.
@antonyweisstock71677 ай бұрын
It would have been nice to see Mika's foot work too!
@kkuenzel568 ай бұрын
Way back in the 80s, I was into 1:12 scale electric RC car racing. We all ran clear Lexan bodies on our chassis, most of them being CanAm bodies because they had the best aerodynamics. My favorite was the Frisbee body. It was the coolest looking!
@JewelzTheEmeraldGod5 ай бұрын
The frisbees and lola t530's are my favorite looking cars
@cardinalRG8 ай бұрын
As a child in the late 60s and early 70s, I attended several Can-Am races at the late, great Riverside raceway. My enduring memory is the visceral sensing of those cars when underway, even before you could see them. You felt vibration in your gut while Dad was still looking for a parking spot. The roars of engines penetrated all other sounds, and you’d have sworn they were driving right up on you instead of being clear on the other side of the course. To a kid’s mind, it seemed like they were alive, not machines.
@henrymorgan39828 ай бұрын
A Legend driving a Legend.
@cackhandedwally79818 ай бұрын
This is such a great great group of historically important cars and wonderful people.
@964cuplove8 ай бұрын
Brian redman taking it much more seriously than anyone here 👍👍👍👍😀😀😀😀 Oh I would love to drive that car… it and the 906 are my favorite Porsche racers ! Small light nimble, Piechs first was the 906… Imagine an onboard of the temporary targa florio that this participated in !! Ahhh - through all the small villages, on the narrow Italian roads. Much more dangerous but so great !!
@mikegan738 ай бұрын
Always nice to see and hear these old race cars in action.
@jeffirwin11179 ай бұрын
Finally!!! After watching some of these videos as the owner of M8F -1-72 for several years its nice to hear someone actually drive one of these cars like it was meant to. You never forget the sound and its true what Mika said they just keep accelerating no matter what gear you have them in if your on the power band. The M8F had a 4sp Hewland gear box and the 5 spd would be better on such a tight course. Brings back so many wonderful memories, the challenge of going faster each and every lap listening to the what the engine rpm is telling you, sliding across the track on turn 9 under the bridge at Brainerd. Such an amazing experience that I could never share with anyone because today's small format camera's didn't exist back when I drove my car. You could feel the rubber peeling off the rear tires like someone was slipping a piece of paper under your ass, an experience only driving the actual car will give you. Great job on the camera and especially the sound.
@checkeredflagfilms8 ай бұрын
Thanks for tuning in Jeff and for your added perspective.
@donwest53879 ай бұрын
800 hp; fuel injected?
@chickiepetry34239 ай бұрын
😝 *Promo SM*
@ArmandoXGG9 ай бұрын
The most beautiful and fast car ever created
@jjhpor9 ай бұрын
One of my favorite cars at y favorite track
@bobclapham9 ай бұрын
Is that the same car as Jason White drove in the Baskerville Historics in Tasmania?
@checkeredflagfilms9 ай бұрын
I reached out to the owner and yes, he thinks around 2018 and subsequently the car went to England.
@bobclapham9 ай бұрын
@@checkeredflagfilms It set a new lap record only to be pipped by a Beneton F1 car buy a tiny margin. Fantastic to watch as they were on the track together.
@davidaarons248810 ай бұрын
Nice car, love the old Can-am cars. Have fun and stay safe.
@TedNemeth10 ай бұрын
Geoff this was cool to watch. I grew up next to the Bridgehampton NY race track in the 70s & 80s. LOVE vintage/classic racing. Now I’m a professional drone cinematographer in NYC. New subscriber to your channel. Thanks for sharing. -TED NEMETH
@amsterdamG2G10 ай бұрын
😍 just awesome!
@ricklarner926310 ай бұрын
Great footage!
@checkeredflagfilms10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching Rick
@davidaarons248811 ай бұрын
Ron Fellows was an awesome driver
@MosportRacingSchool11 ай бұрын
Thanks for uploading this interview. Graham McRae came over to the States in '72 and surprised everyone. He eventually drove in the Indy 500 and did at least one Grand Prix race.