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by **graham donaldson** » Fri May 02, 2014 6:15 pm

qualified an excellent 6th against the lighter, more powerful Can-Am cars, and alongside Pedro Rodriguez in a similar car. The Ferrari was the car that reunited Adams with his good buddy Doane Spencer, as the pair had worked together previously at Hollywood Sport Cars running a Sunbeam Tiger and McLaren M1A, this being the car featured here

Chad Raynal put together a fascinating article on Doane Spencer and Jim Adams recently for Vintage Motorsport magazine. On this Mid Ohio race, he had Cris Vandagriff (Cris was crewing on the car) relate his version of events:

"Pedro Rodriguez drove a super trick NART 512 at the same race (Mid Ohio). Our car was basically stock. Pedro and Jim set the same lap time, and were 5th and 6th on the grid - with 5.0 litre engines. Jim got food poisoning and didn't tell anyone. He got so sick he passed out, came into the pits - unconscious! We had to grab the car as it rolled by to stop it. I pulled Jim out, I stayed with him until the ambulance arrived. He had a core temp of 105".

The team managed to get Bob Bondurant to jump in and finish the race in the Ferrari. This was chassis #1040, later sold to Penske Racing.

interesting story .I worked with Jim Adams at Hotchkis racing in IMSA.I wish I knew about that to ask him

by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:39 pm

Another great shot of the second Motschenbacher McLaren, driven by Bob Bondurant.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:33 pm

The Ferrari at speed.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:57 pm

Superb shot here of Roger McCaig leading Jim Adams. The elevation changes here at Mosport are perfectly demonstrated here. This track must have really given these cars a workout!

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by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:25 pm

Great shot here of Denny giving it heaps in the factory M8F. Look at how the suspension has bottomed out as he drops through this section of track. Mosport is an incredibly undulating circuit. These cars had to be built tough.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:13 am

Jackie Stewart, looking very cool!

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:11 am

Thats how these things always seem to work Michael.

by **Michael Clark** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:24 am

I know someone who would have loved to have discovered all these Denny photos when he was writing a book on our champion last year...

by **Steve Holmes** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:06 am

Denny Hulme looking relaxed in the pits.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:53 am

Another shot of the striking Jackie Stewart Lola T260.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:58 am

Here is Jim Adams in the Ferrari 612P formerly raced by Chris Amon in the 1969 Can-Am. The Ferrari underwent a major rebuild by Doane Spencer for its return, which included both body and tub changes. Most notable is the very squared lower edges of the tub, which are quite different to how it looked when raced by Amon, where it was more rounded.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:51 pm

Here is Roger McCaig in his McLaren M8E.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:45 am

Great shot here of Jackie Stewart's Lola T260 in the pits.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:06 am

Neat little high speed freight train here, being led by Frank Kahlich in his McLaren M6B. Frank's McLaren was a bit of a rare beast in the Can-Am, in that it was Ford powered, and not Chevy powered. Behind Frank is Roger McCaig in his McLaren M8E, while in behind McCaig is Jim Adams in the Ferrari 612P formerly driven by Chris Amon in the 1969 Can-Am. Then, bringing up the rear is Denny Hulme in the factory McLaren M8F.

Despite appearances, I would suggest Kahlich is about to be lapped by McCaig and Adams, with Hulme about to put a lap on all of them. Hulme started this race 2nd, next to Jackie Stewart's Lola T260, but went on to win, while Adams was 8th, McCaig 10th, and Kahlich blew his Ford motor on the 62nd lap.

Look at the crowd in this photo, and the neat amphi-theatre style view this corner provides. Really cool photo.

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by **bry3500** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:24 am

Thats a great pic Steve...the colours! Thanks for the link, I'm enjoying this thread a lot.

by **Steve Holmes** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:22 am

OK, this is John Cordts in the McLaren M8C. The M8C was created as a customer car, and you can differentiate it from the M8D and E by its more rounded lower tub, even if fitted with similar bodywork to D and E chassis'. The M8C was really the last customer chassis based on the earlier M6 tub, while later D, E, F etc chassis' were based on the much improved M8A.

Regardless, Cordts was very quick in this car, qualifying 4th at Mosport, behind Jackie Stewart in the Lola T260, and the two factory McLaren M8F's of Denny Hulme and Peter Revson. Cordts went on to finish 5th in the race.

Incidentally, one of our Roaring Season members, Tony Garmey (of Horizon Racing & Performance), race prepares and often drives this car in US Vintage racing events for its current owner Art Redford. More pics and info of this car can be found at Tony's website Here

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:50 pm

Great shot here of Milt Minter buzzing along at speed in the Vasek Polak Porsche 917.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:45 am

Here is Jackie Stewart in the Lola T260, run by Carl Haas. This is the Lola in its original guise, with no front wing and the rear wing mounted right behind the motor.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:58 pm

Another sad story the Can-Am was littered with, of 'what could have been'. Robin Herd designed the March 707 for new March signing Chris Amon to drive in the Can-Am in 1970. Its most notable features were the front wings which appeared similar in concept to the teams contemporary 701 F1 car, plus its width. It was wide! It arrived very late in the season, only taking in the final three rounds, but at the time it was announced 1970 was just a warm-up session for a full-on assault in 1971. And straight away the car showed it had potential, with Amon qualifying 3rd on debut at Donnebrook, though running out of fuel just before the end although it had completed enough laps to still be classified 5th.

Its next outing was at Laguna Seca, where Amon qualified 5th and finished 4th, while in the final at Riverside, he again qualified 5th and finished 4th.

Unfortunately, there was no assault on the 1971 Can-Am. March didn't return, although they did produce a small number of similar cars for the European Interseries. The Amon 707 did return to the Can-Am in '71 however, but in privateer hands, driven by Gordon Dewar. Dewar entered several rounds, usually qualifying around mid-pack, though struggled with a variety of reliability issues.

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by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:40 am

Very cool paint scheme this one. Bright orange on one side, metallic purple on the other, with helmet to match. This is Bill Wonder's McLaren M8C, a beautifully prepared car. Bill finished 16th at Mosport.

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