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Event: Road America Can-Am			Date: 26.8.1973
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms		Organiser: unknown
Can-Am Road America
Canadian-American Challenge Cup (round 5)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason
1^st	6	Mark Donohue	Porsche 917/30 TC	Penske Racing, Inc.	25	52:37.3	160.9344 kms	183.4990
2^nd	0	Jody Scheckter	Porsche 917/10 TC	Vasek Polak Racing, Inc.	25	53:05.6
3^rd	16	George Follmer	Porsche 917/10 TC	Rinzler Motoracing Royal Crown	25	53:14.7
4^th	8	Scooter Patrick	McLaren M8F Chevrolet	U.S. Racing - Herb Caplan	24
5^th	97	Bob Brown	McLaren M8F Chevrolet	Commander Motor Homes	24
6^th	17	Bob Nagel	Lola T260 Chevrolet	Nagel Racing	23
7^th	2	Gary Wilson	McLaren M8E Chevrolet Turbo	Kansas Racing Association	23
8^th	13	Warren Agor	McLaren M8FP Chevrolet	Warren Agor Racing Ent., Inc.	23
9^th	98	Danny Hopkins	McLaren M8F Chevrolet	Commander Motor Homes	22				Transmission
10^th	14	Heyser	Lola T260 Chevrolet	Racing Specialties	22
11^th	45	David Saville-Peck	Costello SP7 Oldsmobile	Ennerdale Racing	21

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason
23	Charlie Kemp	Porsche 917/10 TC	Rinzler Motoracing Royal Crown	20				Broken wheel
91	Jigger Sirois	McLaren M6B Chevrolet	R-S Racing Ent.	10				Puncture
59	Hurley Haywood	Porsche 917/10 TC	Brumos Porsche Audi	9				Puncture
34	Tom Dutton	McLaren M8R Chevrolet	Burmester Racing	7				Rear suspension
47	Ed Felter	McLaren M8E Chevrolet	Blue Magic Corp.	0				Engine

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
11	Derek Bell	McLaren M8F Chevrolet	Motschenbacher Racing Ent.	Overheating in Sprint
3	Steve Durst	Porsche 917/10	Vasek Polak Racing, Inc.	Oil pressure in Sprint
101	James Hunt	Shadow DN2 Chevrolet	Don Nichols	Fuel metering unit gasket
64	Bob Peckham	McLaren M8C Chevrolet	Peckham Engineering	DNS Sprint
57	Dave Causey	McLaren M6A Chevrolet	Lodestar Enterprises	Clutch in Sprint
41	Dick Durant	McLaren M8C Chevrolet	Jim Butcher Racing	Accident in Sprint
9	John Cordts	McLaren M8D Chevrolet	W,. Overhauser Racing, Ltd.	Engine
73	David Hobbs	McLaren M20 Chevrolet	Roy Woods Racing, Inc.	DNS Sprint
74	Dan Kampo	Lola T220 Chevrolet	Kampo Enterprises	Fuel pump in Sprint
102	Jackie Oliver	Shadow DN2 Chevrolet Turbo	Don Nichols	Engine in Sprint

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
4	Hans Wiedmer	Porsche 917/10 TC	Hans Wiedmer
5	Willi Kauhsen	Porsche 917/10 TC	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team
7		Porsche 917/30 TC	Penske Racing, Inc.
15	William Wonder	McLaren M8C Chevrolet Turbo	William Wonder, Inc.
20		Lola T165 Chevrolet	Group 7 Race Developments, Inc.
30	Frank Kahlich	McLaren M8FP Chevrolet	Midwest Racing
51	Pete Sherman	McLaren M8F Chevrolet	Pete Sherman Racing
96	Danny Hopkins	McLaren M8F Chevrolet	Commander Motor Homes

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