Speed Odyssey Can Am

Film about the history of the Can Am series.

[@Fnorden]

These drivers were my heros growing up. I had a slot car track with the cars.

[@nudaveritas6322]

me too, Fleischmann Carrera Track Cars, Lola and Porsche 914, still in my possession as brand new......

[@amraceway]

@@nudaveritas6322 Vintage grand prix for these slots cars in Bordeaux , beginning of June.

[@Red-dg1kp]

Same here, K&B, COX All of the cars. Great days as a kid kid

[@Despiser25]

AFX or Tyco?

[@amraceway]

@@Despiser25 AFX sponsored real car races and cars, so their sets reflected that

[@zebop917]

This is absolute gold. An unrepeatable era of racing. You can’t help but be struck by all the trackside safety installations - like trees, poles, earth banks. 😊

[@jimrobcoyle]

Yeah. The track killed Mark Donahue. 😢

[@rodneycaupp5962]

@@jimrobcoyle Jimmy Clark Got a Tree, in a Greene open wheel F1 car, with bold white Racing stripes. RIP Jimmy Clark, and all other Motor sports heroes. I wish I could race all of you

[@user-bt6qd8it1d]

Hay Bails lol

[@NYCBluesTRio]

After much begging my dad finally agreed to take the 12 year old me to see the 1967 Bridgehampton race. The next couple of years I started taking the train to see the Can AM and Trans AM at Bridgehampton. I was still too young to drive and the adults really didn't want to be bothered. I loved those cars. I had slot cars of many of them.

[@rodneycaupp5962]

Slot car crashes were Epic in those days Brother slot Car Racer. I was killed in the final turn of that last Race when I grew up. It was Great when my Bad Ass BRM took out the Ferrary. I lost traction on my foam tires...... Bring Them Back....

[@RammYou2]

Can't believe I've never seen this before. Narrated by Sam Posey no less. I could listen to him call a game of checkers and have to hear every second. Really the best road racing series ever and done so well!

[@kimbella66]

In the Can Am days, winning the race meant receiving a bottle of champagne, a lei of flowers, and a kiss from a gorgeous woman on the podium-now that's something!

[@MrEpeeFencer]

What I wouldn't give to go back to this time. Manly men, womanly women, and awesome cars!

[@kimwarfield1587]

It also included the largest purse in racing, that's why those drivers all did it. Now F1 pays so much the don't need to drive in other series. Also their contract may prohibit them driving in other series.

[@user-qb1sm3rk9r]

@@MrEpeeFencer Plus the threat of daily nuclear war, more primitive health care and no KZbin or internet. You want the good things about those past years together with the good things of today. Not possible.

[@MrEpeeFencer]

@@user-qb1sm3rk9r At no point in history has everything been perfect. I'd take the negatives of yesteryear over the retardation of today in a heartbeat.

[@prinzeugen1220]

@@user-qb1sm3rk9r Nuclear threat today as well with everything going on around the world. Health care is more advanced, but less affordable. KZbin and internet... ok, fine; but life was just fine in the past without them and without cellphones

[@carlosbedoya1954]

Sam Posey sucha a great commentator, so intelligwnt and knowledgeable being a racer as well

[@carlosbedoya1954]

He was a class act

[@alistairmills7608]

A grid of utter legends. Gotta be the best grid of the world's best drivers in history.

[@anthonylathrop7251]

When I was a kid my father was deep in to SCCA racing and a family friend who drove FV and GT2 was asked to drive a Can-Am car (ASR, same thing) to pad the entry list and thus help keep the class alive. The friend was a very accomplished driver with an impressive win list - but the first time he drove the Can Am he lit up the rear tires and spun IN THE PITS. Those cars were a massive handful even for a very talented and experienced racing driver.

[@wjspade]

CanAm and Group B… 😣 they were both guilty of just being too damned awesome, and couldn’t be allowed to continue. I miss them both dearly.

[@alistairfannell6694]

Imagine if the CanAm series was here today.

[@eduardhenny5725]

Only a few would have the balls to drive it. Max, Ham will be in that category

[@alistairfannell6694]

@@eduardhenny5725 I agree

[@gangoffour6690]

​@@eduardhenny5725 Hamilton is all done. Lewis is on a 3 year losing streak and has no wins left in him.. What was Ferrari thinking giving a seat to Lewis for next year. Lewis should do the right thing and just retire. Sainz is twice the driver as Lewis right now. In any case nobody gonna beat King Max, the greatest driver since Senna.

[@wf1g]

Oh heavens above this was my childhood. I went to so many of these races. Thank you for this tremendous film.

[@roberthevern6169]

I was from the Monterey area which had Laguna Seca, but we moved so all I got to see live were Super Modifed at the local 1/4mi roundy round track.

[@spikespa5208]

Lived not far from Willow Springs. After my dad took the family to two Times Grand Prix, I was hooked on sports cars, to the derision of some of my drag racing fan friends. To this day, would still rather drive an MX-5 than a Hellcat and go to an IMSA or SCCA event over an NHRA.

[@jorbar7726]

It's laughable to me that Hamilton, Verstappen, Schumacher, Senna etc. are always in the GOAT conversation, these heroes would race F1, CanAm, Stock Cars, Midgets. Amazing and Versatile Drivers who there Bravery and Talent will never be equaled. This statement says it all: Dennys Hulme leading the F1 World Championship with 2 races to go is leading the CanAm race, I can't in my wildest dreams imagine that statement today.

[@denisdesieres9905]

The time they were not racing for money , not afraid by anything, not complaining about anything. That was racing. Nowdays it s a business circus especially in F1

[@delahayenator]

They were in Can-Am for the money as well, for sure. Can-Am paid more than F1 as I understood.

[@MichaelVLang]

And no driver aids and all the support drivers get today. Those cars must have been physical to drive.

[@jorbar7726]

I read that the year Jim Clark won the Indy 500 that prize was more money than what he earned for the entire F1 season.

[@jondrizzle4554]

Formula 1 drivers in my opinion are not the best That accolade has to go to rally drivers Colin mcrae was not human 😂

[@racerm50]

Can Am was one of my favorite type of racecars plus an amazing list of great drivers.

[@roberthevern6169]

Mine too! Inspired me to get a 1/24 scale plastic model, which I assembled and had glue spots all over it! I was 12!

[@SpaNT650]

Myself and two other drivers campaigned BMWs out of the garage at Sears Point behind T- 11 directly across from magee Motorsports. They were prepping one of the Shadow cars for the following weekend at Laguna Seca vintage races. When that shadow fired up it was like thunder ... Everyone dropped their wrenches whatever they were doing and walked out to turn 11 to watch the practice laps. It was like the pied Piper of sports cars possessed us!

[@jerryeinstandig7996]

nt650 gotta love a Hawk

[@A1FAHx]

Wow, that young lady in the thumbnail is absolutely gorgeous!

[@lotusman1974]

I lived through this area and before when the cars were called group 7 like the Lola T 70 and many custom cars came to Kent Pacific Raceways here in the Pacific NW. Road and track wrote that the 917/30 had 1,190 hp and at the end the shadows turboed a chevy 8 liter to a reported 1,250 hp. Stand next the the track when a dozen or so of these monsters thunder by and it gives one goosebumps. Like top fuel drag racing...you feel it in every bone of your body.

[@roberthevern6169]

I recall watching CanAm races when I was in Jr Hi. Our TV was a big Magnavox console, but was B/W. Loved the roar of all those Chevy engines, both small and big block. I my mom bought a 19" color the next year, and then it was glorious color. Also, watched the Star Trek series in color!

[@spikespa5208]

As a kid, watching from about 75 yds down from Riverside turn 7A, listening to those full throttle upshifts was amazing.

[@Slingshotgixxer]

What a fabulous documentation of the great Can Am races , totally enjoyed it , thank you , have there ever been better looking race cars ? I think not .

[@nudaveritas6322]

THE most fascinating and elegant Sportcars of all Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bruces3613]

FANTASTIC! When guts, skill and ingenuity ruled. The women are hot too. I want to go back to this time. I caught a percentage of this with 1980's IMSA but these cars are simply gorgeous.

[@kyle381000]

Starting in 1970, I attended all of the Can-Am races at Mosport. There was nothing like seeing and hearing a full field of Group 7 cars.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

What a great track that is, so much history. Cheers

[@amilton2128]

Must’ve been wild. Today people attend in the biggest motor homes. You probably slept in a pup tent with a cooler off Labatt’s Blue!

[@kyle381000]

@@amilton2128 Pretty close!

[@MrEpeeFencer]

Fantastic! So many legends in this.

[@Tubesmaney]

Man, I wish I could go back in time and hang around the pits getting photos of all the greats because they were all there!

[@OHW313]

Yes !! They were all there -- fantastic !!!😮😊

[@gothicpagan.666]

Truly great cars and drivers, clearly a golden period for sports racing cars. If the organiser had kept a lid on the costs of competing the series would have continued a lot, lot longer

[@stelladog7743]

Awesome video! Thanks for the credits to those of us whose Can Am videos were used as part of this documentary.

[@karl-heinzdettke7626]

Those where the days, the cars, the people - they dont make them like this no more.

[@AlejandroRamirez-vl8mr]

Thanks for uploading cam am bestows the imagination

[@treborif]

Open face helmets and goggles to full face helmets and fire gear over a couple of years - we'd always be watching McLaren, Hulme and Amon so we could do a show and tell in school the next day. Kiwis..

[@rogerp6903]

Very well restored and the audio is excellent as well.Thank you so much for producing and releasing this

[@vanduc996]

Thank you for posting. this fantastic film about an era of racing that was before my time, but after watching this i wish i had been around to witness

[@mikebeattie4346]

Great quality film, thank you

[@Fwr942]

Utterly fantastic. Should have 1 billion views by next week!

[@richardlawton1023]

Utterly Fantastic. Best racing ever.

[@twillis449]

I was at the first Can-Am race at St Jovite in 1966. We camped at a place overlooking the back straight with the 'hump' in the middle. I remember watching Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon practicing in tandem with their dark red McLaren M1Bs. Strangely I don't remember John Surtees at all, although he's one of my all-time favorite F1 drivers! The entry list was full of great drivers - Dan Gurney, Mario Andretti etc etc. Many of the drivers had trouble with the 'hump' as the almost non-existent aerodynamics of the time would cause the front ends of the cars to lose grip. Years later I saw a youtube interview with John Surtees where he said he used an old motorcycle trick to handle the 'hump' - just tap on the brakes before cresting it. To earn a living from racing at the time, drivers had to be out racing at every race meeting they could get to. Prize money from the Can-Am was bigger than that from F1 at the time - that's why so many F1 and USRRC stars from the era participated. Great for spectators - not too likely that Max Verstappen or Louis Hamilton would show up at St Jovite these days. Lance Stroll maybe as the Strolls own the facility!

[@barrycuda3769]

Really good , thank you.

[@greendogg83]

this film is awesome, can-am was like closed wheel f1, it was great

[@roberthevern6169]

Probably much bigger engines, however!

[@OHW313]

Yeah, the Chevs went from 6 to a whopping 9.3 liters and 900 horses !!!!!!!!!!!!😮😮😮😮😮😊😊😊❤❤

[@alistairfannell6694]

The series was very innovative with its ground effect

[@jerrykrueger2548]

Search YT for a movie about the 1981 CanAm series. Awesome scenes. Rahal, Fabi, Sullivan, Brahbam, Holbert among others. Follows Paul Newman's CanAm team. If you followed racing back then, then you'll recognize some other notables such as Carl Haas and Jim Trueman in some of the paddock scenes.

[@gregbennett4254]

There will never be such a great race series power and beauty all in one

[@-fuk57]

This is some racing that I wish I could share with my dad. Great video!

[@paullambert4445]

The pinnacle of unlimited racing. It will never happen again. 🎸🔪

[@runeglia]

The golden age of motor racing. Loved going to Riverside Raceway.

[@kyle381000]

I had completely forgotten about Jackie Oliver's flip at Ste. Jovite in 1970, and I didn't even know that there was film of it. He was lucky to survive it, much less walk away.

[@grover9559]

Shadow also did a similar flip on main straight at Road America during practice for a vintage race recently. Driver was unhurt but car was destroyed.

[@hyedenny]

Awesome video! I had the privilege' and pleasure of serving on a crew for one of these cars. Video and audio just doesn't do justice to being right there up close to -- or sitting in the cockpit of -- one of these incredible machines!

[@LaPabst]

Outstanding job... I live 35 minutes from Watkins Glen, you can bet i was there for this. I miss this series more than ever.

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

Can-Am is such a unique auto racing series!

[@chuckselvage3157]

Bruce McLaren guiding us through the track "accelerate full throttle through the gears wheelspin in 2nd,3rd,and 4th gear up to 140 mph" wow they had some power and torque and were quite light. Too bad i never got to see these beasts live,it's in Nth America and i'm in Australia and it was a bit before my time.

[@looveruk]

Just wow, What an excelent addition to KZbin

[@tangerinedream7211]

An awesome race series, some great photography and a fantastic range of cars over the years with innovative engineering, Porsche didn't kill the series, they out Mclarened McLaren. Thanks for the upload.

[@Rapiddrive1]

What a thorough compilation! Great to hear Posey’s voice so strong & clear. The crisp editing gives it a start punch! Very nice!

[@nikbear]

Thank you for putting up this wonderful video, it's sublime ❤ these are one of my favourite era's of cars, and what a fantastic roster of driver's! 👏🏁🍾

[@drdesmo8489]

Absolutely wicked racing from an amazing by gone era. Many thanks for this video

[@RickyJr46]

I was a teenaged Can-Am fanatic but only attended a single event, the '73 race at Laguna Seca. On a warm October afternoon, Mark Donohue won in the dazzling Sunoco Porsche 917/30 and clinched the 1973 championship.

[@markfarnon6742]

KZbin has done it again - sent me another diamond of a video!

[@aeolus75]

What a beautiful documentary ❤

[@andrewhunt3659]

Thank you! Such memories. I couldn't wait for my weekly Autosport magazine while at university so that I could read Pete Lyons' report on the race from the previous weekend. A magical film. The legends of Bruce McLaren and Jim Hall live on!

[@JKZK23]

Damn, that was quite the slight to Micheal May when Posey claims that Hall was the first person to effectively mount a wing to a car. Mays winged 550 Spyder was at least 10 years prior and immediately banned.

[@OHW313]

Very interesting !?! 😮😮😮

[@michaelmartinez1345]

Awesome footage of these amazing cars.... Jim Halls contributions of aerodynamics and ground effects really changed the basic designs of these and several other types of competition cars to enable them to better handle more aggressive cornering and high speed stability.... So much so that one of his designs was banned by the governing body of this 'unlimited' form of racing, because they feared his cars would render the other competitors as obsolete.... Their words, from the governing body of 'unlimited' Group 7 racecars

[@KrustyKlown]

Can Am cars were BEASTS of Innovation .. one of the best racing series of all time.

[@garneauweld1100]

I used to take Ortega Highway out to Riverside. A bit more time, but a lot more fun. Riverside used to get hot! We still raced hard and had a great time. Overall, probably my favorite track, ever, simply because of racer and team attitudes which were extremely good and hungry to win.

[@roberthevern6169]

Many thanks for this excellent post! Sam did a great job with narration, too. Too bad that Porsche went all out, and killed the series! And RP goes on to virtually own the Indy 500, finally buying IMS outright. Lots of rental trucks really paid off for RP! RIP to Mark, and Bruce. They paid the ultimate price! I subscribed!

[@richardmatatahi4563]

As a kiwi How proud of Bruce McClaren, Denny Holmes, Chris Amon even Roger Penske was there. The McClaren sounded the best, what a hum.

[@Slakass55]

Penske is from the land of walking and talking trees? For real? Always thought he was a yankee.

[@richardmatatahi4563]

@@Slakass55 Sounds Canadian Native "Walk and talking trees" may I ask where? from the land of the "Long white cloud" because I didn't know Roger Penske went back that far. my bad.

[@Slakass55]

@@richardmatatahi4563 I saw Mr. Penske in Canada as a matter of fact, your guess isn't far off. Sat across from his team's pit in a Cart race in Vancouver long ago. This during his really down and out days, not happy times for his team. We see NZ as the land of the walking and talking trees from that movie with the rings and ferries. Can't recall the name, I literally fell asleep while watching it.

[@DennisMerwood-xk8wp]

Denny Hulme - oh dear!

[@RichardNicholsonRTR]

What? Roger Penske is somehow a New Zealander? Might want to do your homework. BTW it's 'Hulme' not Holmes, 'McLaren' not McClaren

[@raftinkiwi]

Awesome production. Thanks stacks

[@rawbikes882]

Great to see the papaya McLarens in action, I've seen the cars here at historic race days but never seen footage of the actual Can Am races before. Makes you really appreciate the genius that Bruce McLaren was. Same goes for Jim Hall and his Chaparral cars, pity he didn't really get the results the car deserved. Great documentary, thanks for posting.

[@chrishay8385]

Wow ,this is a gem of a posting the best race cars ever! Driven by the best drivers with the biggest st off balls evere!! Jesus those circuits looked lethal the noise those monsters make Is awsome ,sod it im going to watch it again 😂😂

[@gangoffour6690]

Great upload. Never seen this before. Thanks

[@davidhepp1903]

"Decisively faster than [contemporary] Formula 1 cars..." Enuf said.

[@cars-slotsimulacio9338]

Awesome! Thank you!!

[@kennymcquinkiss8292]

I was at a couple of those races Watkins Glen in the early seventies. My dad was a security guard and I went to the races with him

[@Twongo]

Wheelspin to 140mph heading UP the back straight at Mosport! And there is nothing on earth cooler than the offset intake stacks.

[@richardgrant418]

Brilliant bit of history, thank you!

[@billygoat520]

I am not over awed by Sam Posey's prose, especially his spots before races on NBC.

[@danlove4270]

i love this it seems unreal

[@TougeSolo]

Just the names that raced in Can-Am alone make it legendary.

[@lamppostwillie]

Great stuff. Thanks for posting it.

[@user-er1ld4bq2u]

Excellent quailty - thank you for posting!!

[@gregbennett4254]

Can Am cars were the best cars evet

[@martinhiggs7027]

This was series created by drivers and constructor's not factory's as they showed up quickly , in the 2nd season the drivers list had every top pro in the world competing ! at the end of the series it was a FACTORY team that won everything, the original DNA of the event was crushed ! very sad !!!!

[@ITProjectManagerMan]

Fantastic!!!!! Bravo, Bravo

[@PippaPeerless]

The first race they show at Mosport, the Players 200, is part of the Canadian Sport's Car Championship. Not to be confused with the 1966 Can-Am race also called the Players 200 at San Jovite

[@Chris03121957]

This is wonderful and the quality is excellent. The best of the best going at it with few limits but the thickness of your wallet. How could it get any better?

[@mikeskidmore6754]

I saw Can Am cars race at Michigan International Speedway when I was a kid. I think it was 1974.. The year the price of gasoline jumped from 48 cents per gallon to $1.00 per gallon with the Oil Embargo going on .

[@ror312gallery19]

when real men with guts raced for glory, not gold, fame or to be famous., i no longer watch any sports, after a lifetime race fan, i prefer the historic Drags, Sports, Grand Prix, etc, which are more popular and more exciting than the corporate spec series running all big motor sport the last 30 years. i am not bitter, or whining, but i thankb you for sharing this brilliant historical racing, cheers Movracefan, cheers from Italy, Robert, racing artist and race fan,,,,!!

[@rynosraceroom66]

This is freakin' awesome

[@explosivehotdogs]

Those wings are absolutely wild.

[@randolphkummer2720]

Just wow!!!

[@antoniovillanueva308]

_"Ferrari in 11th place" - You gotta admit that is sounded very nice.

[@AtZero138]

Thank you... Cheers from Southern California 🇺🇸 New Sub...

[@ernestogasulla7763]

The 1966 Laguna Seca was the only race the CanAm Chaparral ever won. A car which fame largely exceeds its actual results.

[@Chris-th3iv]

These camera men had a good eye for the beauty in the sport!

[@jeffcoomer8680]

What a great series ballsy racinG!

[@user-wz2ot7lj3g]

Okay. That is probably the best sports car documentary I have ever seen, heard or read about. I have definitely subbed. I am a bit disappointed there was no mention of the Edmonton Speedway Park? As a boy I attended a few CAN AM races there, mostly in the 1960s. Cheers!

[@BobGeogeo]

Yes, great video. I had to dig out my TV remote to change to 4:3.

[@Slakass55]

I know huh? What a tard. I can't watch this. Would love to but the uploader ruined it.

[@kathysarmcandy1992]

Back when racin' was racin'. Miss those days.

[@marcelofernandes4677]

Spetacular movie!!

[@N1inSK]

Fascinating; not a single word about the Edmonton races.

[@whoisjohngalt2704]

Some of the best racing ever on earth... I mean whoever heard of a 327 all aluminum small block Chevrolet.. now I know about the 427cid ZL1 all aluminum Can-Am but never a 327cid...🤔 This is when racing was racing.... 15,000 horsepower total in today's racing environment that equals one top fuel car.😮

[@dankinnaird8702]

Watching this makes me proud to be a kiwi

[@scottl.1568]

Sweet 😮

[@disillusionedanglophile7680]

We all lived in an analogue world

[@Joe2328]

Thanks

[@GhostOfKiev2023]

The modern cars might be faster and safer but they will never be calander worthy like these beauties. These classics look like they were sculpted by a DeVinci.