1969 Can-Am season

The 1969 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the fourth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It consisted of FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began June 1, 1969, and ended November 9, 1969, after eleven rounds.

1969 Can-Am season

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This was the first season of Can-Am following the demise of the similar United States Road Racing Championship. With several USRRC events choosing to continue on under Can-Am, the series schedule was greatly expanded beyond its normal six event season. This also meant that the season was run over a greater period of time, rather than just being run in the autumn.

The season was swept by McLaren, whose founder Bruce McLaren won the championship over teammate and fellow New Zealander Denny Hulme. McLaren won six races to Hulme's five, winning the championship by a mere five points.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Labatt's Blue Trophy	Mosport Park	June 1
2	Labatt's 50	Circuit Mont-Tremblant	June 15
3	Watkins Glen Can-Am	Watkins Glen International	July 13
4	Klondike 200	Edmonton Speedway Park	July 27
5	Buckeye Can-Am	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	August 17
6	Road America Can-Am	Road America	August 31
7	Bridgehampton Grand Prix	Bridgehampton Race Circuit	September 14
8	Michigan International Can-Am	Michigan International Speedway	September 28
9	Monterey Castrol Grand Prix	Laguna Seca Raceway	October 12
10	Los Angeles Times Grand Prix	Riverside International Raceway	October 26
11	Texas International Grand Prix	Texas World Speedway	November 9

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Winning Team	Results
		Winning Driver
1	Mosport	#4 McLaren Cars	Results
		Bruce McLaren
2	Mont-Tremblant	#5 McLaren Cars	Results
		Denny Hulme
3	Watkins Glen	#4 McLaren Cars	Results
		Bruce McLaren
4	Edmonton	#5 McLaren Cars	Results
		Denny Hulme
5	Mid-Ohio	#5 McLaren Cars	Results
		Denny Hulme
6	Road America	#4 McLaren Cars	Results
		Bruce McLaren
7	Bridgehampton	#5 McLaren Cars	Results
		Denny Hulme
8	Michigan	#4 McLaren Cars	Results
		Bruce McLaren
9	Laguna Seca	#4 McLaren Cars	Results
		Bruce McLaren
10	Riverside	#5 McLaren Cars	Results
		Denny Hulme
11	Texas	#4 McLaren Cars	Results
		Bruce McLaren

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	R.1	R.2	R.3	R.4	R.5	R.6	R.7	R.8	R.9	R.10	R.11	Total
1	Bruce McLaren	McLaren Cars	McLaren M8B	Chevrolet	20	15	20		15	20	15	20	20		20	165
2	Denny Hulme	McLaren Cars	McLaren M8B	Chevrolet	(15)	20	15	20	20	15	20	15	15	20		160
3	Chuck Parsons	Carl A. Haas Racing Team	Lola T162 Lola T163	Chevrolet	8	12	8			12	4	6	12	15	8	85
4	Jo Siffert	Porsche-Audi	Porsche 908/02 Porsche 917PA	Porsche			6		10		12	10	8		10	56
5	George Eaton	George Eaton Racing	McLaren M12	Chevrolet	2	4	10	12	6			3			15	52
6	Chris Amon	Chris Amon McLaren Cars Formula 1 Enterprises	Ferrari 612P McLaren M8B Ferrari 712P	Ferrari Chevrolet Ferrari			12	15	12							39
7	Lothar Motschenbacher	Motschenbacher Racing	McLaren M12	Chevrolet		10				6	10		3		6	35
8	Tony Dean	Porsche-Audi	Porsche 908/02	Porsche			2		3	8	6	4	4	4	3	34
9	John Surtees	Chaparral Cars Inc.	McLaren M12 Chaparral 2H	Chevrolet	12			10	8							30
10	John Cordts	McCaig Racing Young American Racers	McLaren M6B	Chevrolet Ford	10	8							6			24
11=	Dan Gurney	All American Racers McLaren Cars	McLaren M6B McLaren M8B	Ford Chevrolet								12		10		22
11=	Mario Andretti	Holman & Moody	McLaren M6B	Ford									10	12		22
13	Peter Revson	Agapiou Brothers Robbins-Jeffries Racing	Ford G7A Lola T163	Ford Chevrolet					4	10				8		22
14	Dick Brown	Ecurie Green	McLaren M6B	Chevrolet					2	4	3		1	3		13
15	Jack Brabham	Agapiou Brothers Alan Mann Racing	Ford G7A Open Sports	Ford											12	12
16=	Tom Dutton	Dutton Racing	Lola T70 Mk.3B	Chevrolet		1		8								9
16=	Pedro Rodríguez	Matra of France North American Racing Team	Matra MS630/650 Ferrari 312P	Matra Ferrari			1				8					9
18	Leonard Janke	Leonard Janke	McLaren M1C Lola T160	Chevrolet	1			4			2				2	9
19	Andrea de Adamich	Chaparral Cars Inc.	McLaren M12	Chevrolet								8				8
20	Jacques Couture	Ecurie Soucy Racing	McLaren M1B	Chevrolet	6	2										8
21	Kris Harrison	Ecurie Canada 1969	McLaren M1C	Chevrolet				6		1	1					8
22	Gary Wilson	Wilson Racing	Lola T163	Chevrolet					1					6		7
23	Oscar Koveleski	Auto-World, Inc.	McLaren M6B	Chevrolet	4					3						7
24	Fred Baker	Fred Baker	McLaren M6B Lola T160	Chevrolet		6										6
25	Dave Causey	Dave Causey	McLaren M6A	Chevrolet								2			4	6
26	Richard Galloway	R.B. Galloway	McLaren M6B	Chevrolet	3								2			5
27	Jo Bonnier	Scuderia Filipinetti	Lola T70 Mk.3B	Chevrolet			4									4
28=	Joe Leonard	Salyer Racing	McKee Mk.10 McKee Mk.14	Oldsmobile		3										3
28=	Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra of France	Matra MS650	Matra			3									3
30	Roger McCaig	McCaig Racing	McLaren M6B	Chevrolet										2	1	3
31	Brooke Doran	Marshall Brooke Doran	Lola T160	Chevrolet						2						2
32=	David Hobbs	Young American Racers	McLaren M6B	Ford								1				1
32=	Spencer Stoddard	Northwest American Racing	McLaren M1C	Chevrolet										1		1

References

• "Canadian-American Challenge Cup 1969". World Sports Racing Prototypes. October 2, 2005. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2008.
• "Can-Am - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. October 2, 2005. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved January 16, 2008.