Can-Am Road America 1970 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Road America Can-Am Championship			Date: 30.8.1970
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms		Organiser: unknown
Can-Am Road America
Canadian-American Challenge Cup (round 6)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason
1^st	7	Peter Gethin	McLaren M8D Chevrolet	McLaren Cars Ltd.	50	321.8688 kms	168.9972
2^nd	21	Bob Bondurant	Lola T160 Chevrolet	Smith Oeser Racing	49
3^rd	51	Dave Causey	Lola T163 Chevrolet	David F. Causey	48
4^th	19	Gary Wilson	Lola T163 Chevrolet	Wilson Racing	48
5^th	8	Tony Dean	Porsche 908/02	A. G. Dean	48
6^th	3	Bob Brown	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	Bob Brown Racing Inc.	47			Collision damage, puncture
7^th	20	Pedro Rodriguez	Ferrari 512 S	NART	47
8^th	14	Graeme Lawrence	McLaren M12 Chevrolet	Canadian Can-Am Racing	47
9^th	81	Dick Durant	Lola T163 Chevrolet	Racing Associates Inc.	46
10^th	17	Ron Goldleaf	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	Glenn Racing Ltd.	46
11^th	37	Clif Apel	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	Cliff Apel	45
12^th	91	Orly Thornsjo	Lola T160 Chevrolet	O. A. Thornsjo	41

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason
55	Roger McCaig	McLaren M8C Chevrolet	McCaig Racing Ent. Ltd.	40			Engine failure
97	Dick Kantrud	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Richard Kantrud	38			Engine failure
5	Denny Hulme	McLaren M8D Chevrolet	McLaren Cars Ltd.	37			DQ: illegal push start
10	Chuck Parsons	Lola T160/3 Chevrolet	Douglas Shierson Racing	37			Overheating
70	Mike Barbour	Rattenbury Mk.4B Chevrolet	Mike Barbour	37			Running, not classified
18	Jerry Rosbach	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Jerry Rosbach	36			Running, not classified
11	Lothar Motschenbacher	McLaren M8B Chevrolet	Motschenbacher Racing Ent.	25			Accident
24	Bob Nagel	Lola T70 Mk.3 Ford	Nagel Racing	25			Clutch failure
32	Vic Elford	Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet	Nelli Racing	23			Broken water hose
34	George Drolsom	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Warren Burmester	21			Broken fan belt
54	Oscar Koveleski	McLaren M8B Chevrolet	Autoworld Inc.	19			Gearbox
15	John Cannon	Ford G7A	Agapiou Bros. Racing	19			Overheating
73	David Hobbs	McLaren M12 Chevrolet	T. G. Racing Tire	19			Overheating
26	Peter Revson	Lola T220 Chevrolet	Carl A. Haas Racing Teams, Inc.	14			Puncture, broken drive shaft
44	Jerry Hansen	Lola T165 Chevrolet	Jerry Hansen	12			Puncture
79	Tom Dutton	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	Barrett Racing	11			Oil pump failure
27	Frank Kahlich	McLaren M6B Ford	Midwest Racing	9			Ignition
33	Chuck Frederick	McKee Mk.6B Oldsmobile	F & H Racing	8			Engine failure
71	Tom Swindell	Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet	Tom Swindell	2			Engine failure

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
98	George Eaton	BRM P154 Chevrolet	British Racing Motors	Overheating in practice
47	Gordon Dewar	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	JNO Racing Enterprises Ltd.	Oil pressure
13	James Place	Wolverine - Chevrolet	Place Motor Supply

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
9	Ron Grable	Lola T160 Chrysler	Overhauser Racing

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
1	Vic Elford	AVS Shadow No.701 Chevrolet	Nichols Advanced Vehicle Systems
25	Jerry Hodges	McKee Mk.10 Chevrolet	Hodges Racing Team
28	Stan Burnett	Burnett 1970 Chevrolet	Stan Burnett
74	Dick Smith	McLaren M12 Ford	Dick Smith & Geo. Harm
77	Leonard Janke	McLaren Elva Mark III Chevrolet	Janke Auto Co.
92	David Hurley	McLaren Elva Mark II B Chevrolet	David P. Hurley

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