1974 Can-Am season

The 1974 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the ninth and final season of the original Can-Am auto racing series. It consisted of FIA Group 7 racing cars running half hour Sprint races followed by hour-long Cup races. It began June 16, 1974, and was cancelled after the fifth round on August 25, 1974.

1974 Can-Am season
Previous: 1973 Next: 1977

Following the cancellation of the series, many teams turned to the new Camel GT Challenge, although the cars were not of the same type as had been used in Can-Am. The Can-Am name would return in 1977, although the formula used would vary greatly from the original series, concentrating instead on open-wheel-based chassis.

Schedule

All rounds had a Sprint qualifying heat first to determine the starting order for the Cup event. The results of the Sprint and Cup were not combined.

Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 Labatt's Blue Trophy Mosport Park June 16
2 WQXI Can-Am Road Atlanta July 7
3 Watkins Glen Can-Am Watkins Glen International July 14
4 Buckeye Cup Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course August 11
5 Road America Can-Am Road America August 25

Season results
Rnd Circuit Winning Team Results
Winning Driver
1 Mosport #101 Phoenix Racing Organizations Results
Jackie Oliver
2 Road Atlanta #101 Phoenix Racing Organizations Results
Jackie Oliver
3 Watkins Glen #101 Phoenix Racing Organisations Results
Jackie Oliver
4 Mid-Ohio #101 Phoenix Racing Organisations Results
Jackie Oliver
5 Road America #8 U.S. Racing Results
Scooter Patrick

Drivers Championship

Points are awarded to the top ten finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.

Pos Driver Team Car Engine Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Total
1 Jackie Oliver Phoenix Racing Organisations Shadow DN4 Chevrolet 8.1L V8 20 20 20 20 2 82
2 George Follmer Phoenix Racing Organisations Shadow DN4 Chevrolet 8.1L V8 15 15 15 45
3 Scooter Patrick U.S. Racing McLaren M20 Chevrolet 8.1L V8 12 12 20 44
4 Bob Nagel Nagel Racing Lola T260 Chevrolet 7.6L V8 10 10 10 10 40
5 John Gunn Racing Specialties Lola T260 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 8 2 1 12 23
6 Lothar Motschenbacher Motschenbacher Racing McLaren M8F Chevrolet 8.1L V8 8 12 1 21
7 Dick Durant Burmester Racing McLaren M8R Chevrolet 7.6L V8 4 6 8 18
8 Dennis Aase Dennis Aase Porsche 908/02 Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 4 6 4 3 17
9 Herbert Müller Herbert Müller Racing Ferrari 512M Ferrari 5.7L V12 10 6 16
10= Brian Redman North American Racing Team
Penske Racing		 Ferrari 512M
Porsche 917/30		 Ferrari5.7L V12
Porsche 5.4L Turbo Flat-12		  
15		 15
10= John Cordts Performance Engineering McLaren M8F Chevrolet 8.1L V8 15 15
12 Hurley Haywood Brumos Racing Porsche 917/10 Porsche 5.4L Turbo Flat-12 12 12
13= Monte Shelton Monte Shelton McLaren M8F Chevrolet 7.6L V8 8 8
13= Gary Wilson Sting Racing Team Sting GW1 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 8 8
15 David Saville-Peck Ennerdale Racing Costello SP8 Oldsmobile V8 2 3 2 7
16= Gene Fisher Bailey Speed Shop Lola T222 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 6 6
16= Roy Woods William Overhauser Racing McLaren M8D Chevrolet 7.6L V8 6 6
18 Bill Cuddy Bill Cuddy McLaren M8F Chevrolet 7.6L V8 1 4 5
19 Horst Petermann Horst Petermann Porsche 908/02 Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 4 4
20= Harry Bytzek Rainer Brezinka Porsche 908/02 Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 3 3
20= Arturo Merzario Autodelta Alfa Romeo 33TT12 Alfa Romeo 4.0L V8 3 3
20= Bob Lazier Page Racing McLaren M8E Chevrolet 7.6L V8 3 3
23 Mike Brockman Jim Butcher Racing McLaren M8C Chevrolet 7.2L V8 2 2
24= Tom Butz Lodestar Enterprises McLaren M8FP Chevrolet 7.6L V8 1 1
24= William Morrow Bill Morrow Lola T163 Chevrolet V8 1 1

References
  • "Canadian-American Challenge Cup 1974". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  • "Can-Am - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-01-19.


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