Sweet!

CanAm paid more prize money so drivers from many disciplines drove in it. However, it wasn't better than Indy or Formula One. It was great racing because of the allowance for big horse power and the variety of cars allowed to race. Unfortunately, it didn't last.

Canada has a British winner eh ? Excellent -

It’s very cool to see Roger Penske race shop in the 1960s ! Wow Top notch for the period ! Very impressive ---> The mechanics seem a bit laid back , like that time was . Professional !

They should have put turbos on those big block chevys. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

Bud Moore ‘s cars were built here in Spartanburg, S.C.!

Those Cleveland "4-V" heads had huge/canted valves and ports large enough to stand up inside, and maybe even do some jumping jacks...if the mood strikes. The Cleveland "2-V" heads were MUCH better suited to street driven cars. Those Boss Mustangs were supposed to be powered by Ford's 302 "Tunnel-Port" engine. They spared no expense developing and testing the Tunnel-Port because THAT was the engine that would dethrone the Chevy Z-28 and give Ford the Manufacturers Championship. The Tunnel-Port just wouldn't stay together, and Ford was out of time. If they were going to compete in Trans Am, it wasn't going to happen with the Tunnel Port 302. So they took the Tunnel-Port heads off and bolted on a set of Cleveland style heads and went racing in 1969. The very next year, Ford's Boss-302 with Cleveland heads won the 1970 Manufacturers Championship.

This makes a perfect compliment to the chapter on the 917 in Mark's "the unfair advantage". What's missing from the video is the significant amount of development work that Mark had to do with Porsche to even get the car to start, let alone be competitive.

Was at '72 Indy 500 and saw Penske/Donahue victory and Road America for Trans Am, but never a Can Am race. Such great drivers back in that era and sad so many of them lost their lives in F1, it was an awful period in F1 for fatalities.

With no driver controls. These were the most talented drivers of all time.

I drove mark around the track for the parade lap !

Can Am was insane..

Saw them at Watkins Glen a few years in a row TransAm CanAm weekends

My family,Young American Racing, ran a 2 car team that year with the 2 Mclarens from the previous year. My brother Gregg Young’s Car #2 is in the opening of the video. Our second car driven by Francois Cervert won the Downebrooke race that year. Cevert hounded the 917 the whole race forcing him to drive harder and on the last lap the Porshe ran out of gas, so we came in 1st. I ran into Roger Penske a few years ago and it still bugs him. Gregg passed away this year and Francois died in a Formula 1 crash.

Thank you for posting this.

I saw mark race at ontario speedway when i was a kid

Watched the end of this with a massive smile on my face ❤

If Andretti was smart he would secure the rights to this historic series and stick to North America his money would go a lot further and if succesful a solid F1 series rival that is unrestricted not heavily dictated to like F1 is.

Roger look sooo young in this vid

Man! That cobra. So sad. "I am all done Ray. I ain't going to race no more."

How come they never put the drag wing on that race car. I know that car wasn't a contender but still.

Incredible reaction time by the guys who saw that crash happen and still plowed into it without lifting 😂

Garner was just the cash cow for these cats. @ 5K an engine he kept it alive until the cashflow went dry or he decided it wasn't worth it.

Watched when canam raced at Bridgehampton. Great racing

That 917 was the beginning of the end of Can-Am.

I was there that weekend. Sat at the top of the stands on the start straight for a lot of the race. Still have the program.

I was there at the corkscrew for this race and as I recall the team M8F wrecked and split in two somewhere before the top of the hill.

Correct

Correto

stock block ????????

they f..ked canam

It was the starter… I was there for this. Starter pulled the green flag up, front half took off, starter put the green flag back down and waved o e more pace lap. Back half couldn’t see the front half slow down in time and drove into them.

1600 lbs. & 900 HP in 1972 = INSANE! The Penske guys were detailing the car!!!

I absolutely love ths distorted audio. Makes me think it could be from an NES game. RIP Rifus "Parnelli" Jones

Different size dry and wet tires seems like a rookie mistake.

Probably 275 hp to the wheels.

Parnelli Jones just might be the greatest race car driver ever.

What a pure engine sound..

If we only knew back then that this was the best it will ever be.......RP Parnelli Jones ....Godspeed

RIP the great Parnelli Jones.

Don White, Roger McCluskey, and Norm Nelson where outstanding in the Usac stock car series. I was fortunate enough to attend their races at Mid America raceway in Wentzville Missouri. As a kid it gave me a lifelong love of motorsports.

The names of these driver's are legendary, sadly some are no longer with us.

wtf? I wanted to know more about the Fuzuoku 9000..

Penske/Porsche out Mclarened mclaren, thats why they left. Fuel regs forced the 917/30 out, then Shadow took over winning with the DN4. Fabulous race series it must have been.

If this is the one that was never raced, and was sold a few years ago, it generated 545bhp, 9,000rpm redline.

AMC wasnt owned by chrsyler yet in 70 was it

Really cool i owned Cudas an Challengers an thats how i drove them....very predictable...better the faster they went which is rare

Thanks it was cool to see american muscle thrashing about ...

Well there to secrets about the boss 302 most dont know....BUD MOORE thats one the other is the boss 302 is fitted with 460 big block heads yes 460 2.25 intajes an 1.95 exhaust valve a monster 500 hp easy ...it was told carb changes added a 100 hp moore but was never needed...it waa so reliable as it was

I had a base 70 SE challenger an i put a AAR CUDA TRANS AN 14 TO 1 ALLUMINUM STEERING BOX an my challenger became super fun to drive i swear my base challnger tortion bar front end handled way better the all non dodge vehicles with shitty stock coil springs...the base formula for trans am cars was big block tortion bars small block motor the car would lean an it turned way better...dodge tortion bars could adjust front to rear weight just by raising the front end up or down just jack the car...my cudas an challengers were much better at 120 plus mph because they had aerodynamics from some NASA guy...but ford had the motor dodge didnt make a 302 v8 so they really were boinked over heating they tryed to destroke the 340 in 70 an wasnt great...its cool to see the cudas an challengers racing in second an in 4th....i think Swede savage won a race for dodge finally road america would be a good dodge track because the cuda body aero at over 120mph kicks in....Penskie was a force ..AMC beat dodge using mopar parts donahue won a title for AMC i always thought it was driving the boss 302 car...thanks