1970 Can-Am season

The 1970 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the fifth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It consisted of FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began June 14, 1970, and ended November 1, 1970, after ten rounds.

The 1970 season began only a few days after the death of defending champion Bruce McLaren. McLaren had been testing the new M8D for his Can-Am team when he was killed. Denny Hulme was joined by friend Dan Gurney in the second McLaren, but he was replaced by Peter Gethin following sponsorship conflicts. The team overcame the loss of their leader to win nine of ten races during the 1970 season.

Schedule[]

Season results[]

Rnd	Circuit	Winning Team	Results
		Winning Driver
1	Mosport	#48 McLaren Cars
		Dan Gurney
2	Mont-Tremblant	#48 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
		Dan Gurney
3	Watkins Glen	#5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
		Denny Hulme
4	Edmonton	#5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
		Denny Hulme
5	Mid-Ohio	#5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
		Denny Hulme
6	Road America	#7 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
		Peter Gethin
7	Road Atlanta	#8 A.G. Dean Ltd.	Results
		Tony Dean
8	Donnybrooke	#5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
		Denny Hulme
9	Laguna Seca	#5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
		Denny Hulme
10	Riverside	#5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
		Denny Hulme

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 seven finishes out of ten rounds counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counting towards the championship are marked by parenthesis.

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd10	Total
1	Denny Hulme	Bruce McLaren Racing	McLaren M8D	Chevrolet	12		20	20	20			20	20	20	132
2			McLaren M8B McLaren M12 McLaren M8C	Chevrolet		15		12	12		12	6		8	65
3	Peter Gethin	Bruce McLaren Racing	McLaren M8B	Chevrolet				12	2	20	4	15			56
4			Lola	Chevrolet	4	2		8		12	15	3	(2)	3	47
5	Jackie Oliver			Chevrolet	15								15	15	45
6	Tony Dean		Porsche 908/02	Porsche	10					8	20	4		2	44
7	Dan Gurney	Bruce McLaren Racing	McLaren M8D	Chevrolet	20	20	2								42
8	Peter Revson	Carl Haas Racing	Lola	Chevrolet					15			12	12		39
9			McLaren M6B Lola	Chevrolet		10	3	10		6				6	35
10			McLaren M8C	Chevrolet	8	8		3	6		8			1	34
11	Chris Amon	March Engineering	March	Chevrolet								8	10	10	28
12			Lola	Chevrolet				6	8	10			3		27
13	Pedro Rodríguez	J.W. Automotive North American Racing Team Castrol Team BRM	Porsche 917K Ferrari 512S BRM	Porsche Ferrari Chevrolet								2	8	12	26
14	Chuck Parsons	Chuck Parsons	Lola	Chevrolet		3			10				6		19
15=	Vic Elford	Porsche-Audi USA Advanced Vehicle Systems Chaparral Cars Inc.	Porsche 917K Lola T70 Mk.3 Chaparral 2J McLaren M6B Ford G7A	Porsche Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet Ford Ford			10				6				16
15=			McLaren M8B	Chevrolet		6					10				16
17=	Jo Siffert	J.W. Automotive	Porsche 917K	Porsche			15								15
17=	Bob Bondurant		Lola	Chevrolet						15					15
19			Ferrari 512S Ferrari 512P	Ferrari				4				10			14
20=	George Eaton	Castrol Team BRM	BRM	Chevrolet		12									12
20=	Richard Attwood	Porsche-Audi USA	Porsche 917K	Porsche			12								12
22			Lola	Chevrolet	3				4	2	3				12
23	Mario Andretti	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 512S	Ferrari			8								8
24	Tony Adamowicz		Lola T70 Mk.3 McLaren M12	Chevrolet									4	4	8
25=			McLaren M6B	Chevrolet	6										6
25=	Gijs van Lennep	Martini Racing	Porsche 917K	Porsche			6								6
27	Graeme Lawrence		McLaren M12	Chevrolet						3	2		1		6
28	Brian Redman	J.W. Automotive	Porsche 917K	Porsche			4								4
29=			Lola	Chevrolet	2										2
29=			McLaren	Chevrolet				2							2
31=			McLaren	Chevrolet	1										1
31=			McLaren M6B	Chevrolet		1									1
31=	Gérard Larrousse	Martini Racing	Porsche 908/02	Porsche			1								1
31=				Oldsmobile				1							1
31=			Lola T70 Mk.3	Ford					1						1
31=			McLaren M6B	Chevrolet						1					1
31=			Lola T70 Mk.3	Chevrolet							1				1
31=	Peter Gregg	Peter Gregg	Lola	Chevrolet								1			1

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