Hazy day at Riverside

The 1969 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the fourth season of the Can-Am series. It consisted of FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. Eleven races were on the calendar, starting in Canada with Mosport and Mont-Tremblant in June, and finishing in Texas in November.

Picture above: Hazy day at Riverside in October 1969, Bruce McLaren (McLaren M8B-Chevrolet) is leading Denny Hulme early on, but Bruce will soon be forced to retire, letting his team mate win the event in front of Chuck Parsons in his Carl Haas-entered Lola T163-Chevrolet.

The season was dominated by the McLaren cars, whose founder Bruce McLaren won the championship over team mate and fellow New Zealander, the 1967 F1 World Champion, Denny Hulme. McLaren won six races to Hulme’s five, winning the championship by a mere five points.