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1972 Can-Am season

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The 1972 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the seventh season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It was contested by FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. The series began June 11, 1972, and ended October 29, 1972, after nine rounds. It was jointly sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America and the Canadian Automobile Sports Club.[1]

The series was won by George Follmer driving a Porsche 917/10 for Penske Racing.

Schedule

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George Follmer won the series driving a Porsche 917/10 similar to the example pictured above
Denny Hulme placed second driving a McLaren M20
Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 Labatt's Blue Trophy Mosport Park June 11
2 Road Atlanta Can-Am Road Atlanta July 9
3 Watkins Glen Can-Am Watkins Glen International July 23
4 Buckeye Can-Am Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course August 6
5 Road America Can-Am Road America August 27
6 Minneapolis Tribune Grand Prix Donnybrooke International Raceway September 17
7 Klondike 200 Edmonton Speedway Park October 1
8 Monterey Castrol GTX Grand Prix Laguna Seca Raceway October 15
9 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix Riverside International Raceway October 29

Season results

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Rnd Circuit Winning Team Results
Winning Driver
1 Mosport United Kingdom #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results
New Zealand Denny Hulme
2 Road Atlanta United States #6 Penske Racing Results
United States George Follmer
3 Watkins Glen United Kingdom #5 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Results
New Zealand Denny Hulme
4 Mid-Ohio United States #6 Penske Racing Results
United States George Follmer
5 Road America United States #6 Penske Racing Results
United States George Follmer
6 Donnybrooke United States #22 Young American Racing Results
France François Cevert
7 Edmonton United States #6 Penske Racing Results
United States Mark Donohue
8 Laguna Seca United States #7 Penske Racing Results
United States George Follmer
9 Riverside United States #7 Penske Racing Results
United States George Follmer

Drivers Championship

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Points are awarded to the top ten finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.[1] For classification, the four best results of the first five races and all four results of the last four races were retained.[2]

Pos Driver Team Car Engine Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total
1 United States George Follmer United States Penske Racing Porsche 917/10 Porsche 20 8 20 20 10 12 20 20 130
2 New Zealand Denny Hulme United Kingdom Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M20 Chevrolet 20 20 10 15 65
3 United States Milt Minter United States Vasek Polak Racing Team Porsche 917/10 Porsche 10 12 6 12 (4) 15 10 65
4 United States Mark Donohue United States Penske Racing Porsche 917/10 Porsche 15 20 15 12 62
5 France François Cevert United States Young American Racing Team McLaren M8F Chevrolet 12 15 20 12 59
6 United States Peter Revson United Kingdom Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M20 Chevrolet 12 15 6 15 48
7 United Kingdom David Hobbs United States Carl Haas Lola T310 Chevrolet 4 10 6 8 3 8 39
8 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver United States Advanced Vehicle Systems Shadow Mk.3 Chevrolet 15 12 10 37
9 United States Peter Gregg United States Peter Gregg Porsche 917/10 Porsche 8 8 12 6 34
10 United States Charlie Kemp United States Bobby Rinzler Lola T222 Chevrolet 2 10 8 1 6 27
11 United States Lothar Motschenbacher United States Motschenbacher Racing McLaren M8D Chevrolet 6 6 4 6 4 26
12 United States Gregg Young United States Young American Racing Team McLaren M8F Chevrolet 15 8 23
13 France Jean-Pierre Jarier United States North American Racing Team Ferrari 712M Ferrari 1 10 11
14 United States Bob Nagel United States Bob Nagel Lola T222 Chevrolet 1 3 1 3 3 11
15 Brazil José Carlos Pace United States Advanced Vehicle Systems Shadow Mk.3 Chevrolet 10 10
16 United States Gary Wilson United States Gary Wilson McLaren M8E Chevrolet 3 6 1 10
17= Canada John Cordts United States William Overhauser Racing Lola T163
McLaren M8D
Chevrolet  
8
8
17= United States Sam Posey United States Vasek Polak Racing Team Porsche 917PA Porsche 8 8
19 United States Scooter Patrick United States Otto Zipper Alfa Racing Alfa Romeo T33/4 Alfa Romeo 2 4 2 8
20 Canada Gordon Dewar Canada JNO Racing McLaren M8C Chevrolet 3 4 7
21 United States Tom Heyser United States Albert Heyser Lola T260 Chevrolet 1 2 2 5
22= United States Steve Durst United States Steve Durst McLaren M8E/D Chevrolet 4 4
22= United States Ed Felter United States Ed Felter McLaren M8E Chevrolet 4 4
22= United States Mike Hiss United States Mike Hiss McLaren M8F Chevrolet 4 4
25 United States Warren Agor United States Warren Agor McLaren M8B
McLaren M8F
Chevrolet 2
 
2
 
4
26= United States Chuck Parsons United States William Overhauser Racing
Canada Robert McCaig
Lola T163
McLaren M8FP
Chevrolet 3
 
3
26= Germany Hans Wiedmer Germany Wiedmer Racing Team McLaren M8F Chevrolet 3 3
26= Germany Willi Kauhsen Germany Willi Kauhsen Racing Team Porsche 917/10 Porsche 3 3
29= United Kingdom Tony Dean United Kingdom A.G. Dean Racing Porsche 908/02 Porsche 2 2
29= United States Pete Sherman United States Pete Sherman McLaren M12 Chevrolet 2 2
31 Canada Roger McCaig Canada Roger McCaig McLaren M8FP Chevrolet 1 1 2
32 United States Bob Peckham United States Peckham Racing McLaren M8C Chevrolet 1 1

References

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  1. ^ a b Can-Am 72 - The begininning of another era?, Automobile Year 1972/73, pages 178 to 187
  2. ^ Can-Am Chmapionship, Automobile Year 1972/73, page 247
  • "Canadian-American Challenge Cup 1972". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  • "Can-Am - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2008-01-19.