We're lucky to have lived through this Golden Era! There will never be another series like Can Am, or such great drivers

@beeemm2578

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely..the 'bring you damn best' anything goes "rules" made it unreal. All that speed with an iota of the safety of today. BALLS

@markdinkel-uh2je

28 күн бұрын

No doubt. They were the best. Donohue one of them. Did Jimmy Clark run?

Folks listen to the names in this race............and Phil Hill on the mic...................legends all over the place

@spikespa5208

4 жыл бұрын

A regular who's who of my childhood sports car racing heroes. Didn't go to this '67 race but did go to the '66 Times Grand Prix. Favorite spot: top of straight listening to the 2nd to 3rd shifts. Glorious noise.

@cinellixa

3 жыл бұрын

You got that right, met Dan Gurney in the early 90s. Mclaren ,Hall Surtees,,Hulme,Andretti,Amon,Revson,Donahue,Penske,Newman,Jones and on and on.

@beeemm2578

2 ай бұрын

@@cinellixa 😳🤯

Geez what fantastic footage, my fellow countryman Bruce McLaren taking the win....i only went to Riverside once myself in 81. These days Bruce and Denny are very much remenbered(as are others in this race) certainly was the dust and the glory back then.😊

Fortunate enough to be there. Great time for racing, maybe one of the best American racing series ever.

@richardrogerson2383

Жыл бұрын

As a nine year old I watched te entire series on the television. The greatest part of the series was minimal rules. Basic diminution, closed wheel wells. After that open season.

@pete5534

8 ай бұрын

That about says it… I’m happy to hear you were there - lucky you! Such a great field of cars and drivers.

@beeemm2578

2 ай бұрын

Thing that sucks is it'll never happen again, especially in this environment society wise. 'Too dangerous '. Pfft. You imagine all the top guys in all the racing series building unlimited cars and racing? Everyone is a......kitty now. LOL 😉

@markdinkel-uh2je

28 күн бұрын

Their running here in Indy right now. 6-16-2024.

@markdinkel-uh2je

28 күн бұрын

Is that course still there ?

I remember watching the Bruce & Denny Show at Mosport that year. From Moss corner, on the first lap, we saw Denny bursting out of Corner 4 down into the Chute, around Moss Corner and up the straight at a speed that made people gasp! He was already 2 sec. ahead of Bruce in 1/2 a lap. He went on to build a huge lead. On the penultimate lap, Denny came up out of the Chute and ran up the embankment at Moss corner, demolishing the entire front end of the car. The audience groaned in disappointment, expecting Denny to climb out of the car. Instead, he backed out on the the track and, with broken suspension, a flat tire and shattered bodywork, he headed up the straight. I wondered why he'd bother trying to get back to the pits in a wrecked car, but, a couple of minutes later, he came out of Corner 4, down into the Chute and around Moss Corner, car shuddering, tires smoking, wheels askew, bodywork flapping, and up the straight at over 100mph. He had such a lead that he finished and won the race in a wrecked car. When asked what it was like to drive it in that condition, he said, "Made the steering a bit heavy".

@ExSheriffFattyBoySkinnyArms

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Strutt they were driving Gods indeed

So sorry to see Riverside turn into a housing development. Loved NASCAR, TRANS AM and SCCA races out there years ago .

@ExSheriffFattyBoySkinnyArms

4 жыл бұрын

2098elk a housing development, of course ... .

Watching this makes me wish I was born 20 or 30 years earlier. California was racing heaven.

The golden age of racing with multiple series, great drivers and evolving technology

@johnnichols9056

3 жыл бұрын

Tech that was still "affordable" I miss points and condensers and magneto even early electronic. Had a few neighbors that ran those cars back in the day and would occasionally give us neighbors rides "around the block" for tests. I only rember being pulled over once and that was to be asked if he could be the next passanger, I got out and about 10 minutes later got back in.

Racing will never be like that again. What great days those were. Such a great series with so many hot shoes running in it. And the cars were beasts. Sad that Bruce McLaren died a few years later.

@oldsccaguyyah9901

8 жыл бұрын

+Shaun McGrath , One thing I noticed at worker parties for ALMS is that when old guys like me started talking about our mentors' Can-Am stories, the young guys would gather around and listen. And yeah, they still love it, even though it happened before they were born. But they always follow it up with questions about IMSA GTP! (and then we start telling our *own* stories, since we worked it) GTP was a great series, but you're right about the drivers. I miss the days when the greatest talent in the world could jump around from series to series and just go drive the damn thing. Seems like so many modern guys are restricted by their team or sponsor's contract. Of course, there are a lot of people that think the reason it happened is because no one paid a driver what they were worth back then - so they almost *had* to do it. Gotta admit, I think they have a point!

@shaunmcgrath983

8 жыл бұрын

+oldSCCAguy yah Yeah, too cooperate and controlled. Back then, like you said, they jumped all over. I believe for this reason they were overall better drivers as they competed more regularly and drove so many different types of cars. Like the old boxers that had hundreds of fights, the drivers of this era drove in so many more races. Plus, they had a ton of guts.

This race is full of legends and being called by legends!

Oh boy, all my heroes. I'm 60 now but it seems like last year.

Thanks for leaving Despain in the edit, beautiful upload. If they ever revived CanAm it would have to be a far weaker series. Quality nostalgia, heyo to all the fans of cirque racing.

I love watching these. Can't stand the fact that so many of the top drivers would be dead with a couple years. McLaren, Donahue, Spence. Some days I'm amazed that any survived.

What a driver line up WOW!

I'm so thankful for the footage saved by VCR of races like this. What a great era of racing and the technological advances that took place in the late 60's with aero and tires. It's sad that people like Bruce McClaren were killed while trying to advance the technology that has revolutionized all Automotive designs.

Hey "OldGuy", thanks for sharing this, very beautiful to us "OldGuys"

Brings back memories of watching the USRRC race at Pacific Raceways in 67 as a kid. The thunder of all those big blocks at the start made my insides feel like jelly. Donohue won easily, but I became fascinated by the Peter Gregg Porsche 906, the little two-liter car keeping pace with the big boys. When it downshifted into the uphill esses it said "oooooo, nooooo," a good ten years before Mr. Bill. ***** Good thing those weren't full windscreen cars or all the sandblasting could have stopped the race.

Absolutely fantastic footage! Thank you for sharing this! Can-Am was such a tremendous series, and I wish it had never died out.

@d.e.b.b5788

4 жыл бұрын

With the 917-30, no one else had a chance. It had gone from McLaren dominating, to Porsche. It was the end of an era, and soon the power and speed cutbacks were coming to all classes of racing.

Besides the obvious interest in the Can-Am series and the associated names, two things about this old show really struck me: 1. Jim McKay had the knowledge and talent to instill interest in anything, from sports cars to cross country-skiing to barrel jumping; 2. ESPN used to offer more watchable programming on two channels than it does on all it's forms now, and all for just a mere fraction of what today's cable bill totals.

@beyond_the_infinite2098

6 жыл бұрын

Amish15552 Agree. Always watched ESPN auto racing coverage back then. Haven't watched ESPN for years.

Cool to see that rear wing of the Chaparral moving up and down!

@Jason-gt2kx

5 жыл бұрын

DRS enabled! lol Way ahead of its time. They barely knew how aerodynamics worked but they knew it did somehow so they pioneered it. Awesome to see these cars.

@312KINGFISHER

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jason-gt2kx Jim Hall's idea was simply to enable greater cornering ability due to implementation of downforce created by the wing's angle of attack (later copied by the 1968 F1 teams --- and on and on ad nauseum). It was simply a 'no-brainer' that the wing reverted to level aspect for straightaways.

Great video. Thanks for posting. Those CanAm cars look gorgeous.

OOHH boy those memories of Bruce ,Denny and Chris Amon make me proud to be a flying KIWI,those brave guys that drove those wild cars really were the at the peak of there careers and talant.I think a lot of todays race car drivers would die in the arse,if they had to tame those wild cars nowdays.Big names driving Big cars.Kia Kaha

I've never seen the Chapparal's movable rear wing in action. Very cool!

When "sports cars" were faster than formula 1. Amazing with the only rules were "four fenders and two seats" no one was killed during a race. TK

@MrDowntownLA

4 жыл бұрын

John Surtees, with one mechanic, as the First CanAm Campion made made more money the Formula One that year. TK

My man, I am so glad u put this collection on your channel. Thank you

That was great!!! Highlight for the Chaparral mobile wing and the 80's adverts :)

I just finished watching over an hour interview with Jim Hall, here on You Tube as well. In the interview, he actually stands next to the car seen in this race. He explains how the wing worked and all... pretty ingenious. KZread in it's wisdom, pulled up the video next for me.

Thanks for your post Brother! I miss this stuff..REAL Motor Racing and a great camaraderie between all the competitors! I miss CanAm.

Total Respect for those guys!..200 miles in hot dusty weather, oil on your face and mouth....the racers these days really are nowhere near the calibre of these drivers, nice to see a fellow Brit, john Surtees battling, what a time it must have been! 😎👍🏻🏁

It's interesting to see that Paul Newman was at the race and actually sponsored the Honker in 1967. I've always thought that his interest in racing didn't start until he was in the movie "Winning", which was released in 1968.

Love that era and those Chaparrals

I never got to see this Can Am era but did get to see a lot of the cars at SCCA nationals, including the runoffs. I was mad for "A Sports Racers" as a boy!

9:00 holy mackerel is right!! that had to be 80 or 90 mph in reverse!! World Driving Champion is damn right. What amazing car control.

@gcrav

5 жыл бұрын

He would have made one helluva forklift driver!

Excellent! You digitized this from your own tape?!?!? Thank you thank you thankyou. I saw few of the races from Road America in WI.. and was a big McLaren fan.

Dahm... I mean I'm 18 years old and it shouldn't be normal to lust over this. But this is amazing.

@tommccallan8802

Жыл бұрын

Hey it's OK and a GOOD thing to list over big V8 american power..yes most of these cars were american V8s

I was there at turn 6 and down at turn 7 too. It was a great race. HOT! DUSTY! Crazy drunks in the infield.

@rahkinrah1963

4 жыл бұрын

I think we were at the end of the short straight just at turn 7.

my mom went to this race, the first time Ive seen footage of it, yayyy!!!

I was there, I was nine years old My dad had a formula B We would go there quite often

Must have been a wild series. Sorry I missed it.

I was there and I still think this was the best racing series . . . ever! SCCA made a huge mistake when they dropped this series to go with Formula 5000.

@MyJacksond

8 жыл бұрын

I was at this race also. I really liked this series. wish they had this back again.

@rahkinrah1963

6 жыл бұрын

+Mr.Ca - I was there also. At age 13. we lived just north of there and would go to every race RIR offered. We got there before gates opened, camped out, and usually parked at turn 7. That was racing!

@dqqb3762

6 жыл бұрын

I was there too!

@doowaditti

6 жыл бұрын

Saw those great race cars race at Laguna Seca...The 917 ended it in 1974.... the ptb's I guess didn't want to wait another year for Chevy's twin turbo big block

@ZombyWoof44

5 жыл бұрын

@@dqqb3762 One more for "I was there." Had just turned 11 and it was the first race of any kind I'd seen. My dad and I were in the grandstand right about there 3:29. I remember it was a hot Santa Ana wind October day but don't remember that much dust. We were living in Orange and had to take a 2 lane blacktop all the way in our 35 bhp '56 VW. No freeway at the time. We went every year after that.

this was my 1st time ever watching a can-am race. Awesome! thank you for posting it.

@doowaditti

6 жыл бұрын

You should have seen them in person...and they were awesome!!!!

I was at this race. I remember we were able to watch almost the entire race by walking around the outside of the pits. It's hard to believe the excitement of the Chaparrel with that gigantic wing. I remember after the race more people followed the Chaparrel into the pits than the McLaren. Jim Hall stepped out of the car, dropped his gloves and helmet unto the seat and climbed into the back seat of a big black limosine. Let the serfs deal with the car. I also remember how dismal that entire track and environs were, well displayed in the film.

@spikespa5208

4 жыл бұрын

A track for those who wanted to see *racing* , whatever the conditions.

@Americathebeautiful49

5 ай бұрын

You are right. The track was in the middle of nowhere but it was all we had in Southern California at the time so we were grateful. My Brothers and I were lucky enough to be in the Paddock and Pit area hanging around the Ferrari contingent. A friend of ours was an amateur photographer that made friends with many of the drivers and Stirling Moss himself. She went on to publish a book of the era titled “Road Racing Drivers of the 60’s and 70’s”, Linda Weldon was her name. It really captures the times and in particular the drivers.

The ABC Wide World of Sports that aired the auto races were a treat, indeed! Back then there were three TV networks in the US; with cable being limited to re-transmission of over-the-air TV to outlying residential areas in America. From what I recall in the 1960s into the '70s, live telecasts of motorsports events rarely happened. As racing fans, we had to settle for the week delay of the telecasts of races on Wide World of Sports.

Hey.. thanks for posting this Riverside race..!

Fantastic! Beautiful cars. Thanks for sharing, appreciate it a lot! Greets from the Netherlands 🌷, T.

I saw Jones win @ Lime Rock in the 1970 Boss 302 Trans Am. Dan Gurney, Mark Donahue, George Follmer, and Sam Posey all were racing. I was 10.

awesome footage! great job

Great film,thanks

Great footage with surprisingly good coverage for the period. Safety wasn't a major concern apparently....

I worked that race. When Denny backed up onto the grass, he came verrrry close to running my fellow worker and I into the ground. We were watching the track, not watching our backs. I heard a rising engine sound, from behind us! Looked back, pushed my friend, and jumped out of the way. Didn't need to be smacked by that big, flat, orange ass.

Amazing clip!

This race was recorded on film at Riverside, where @23:12 you can briefly see a guy carrying a motion-film camera as was used by the other team members that filmed this race; it required lots of changes of film magazines for those cameras, as this was a non-stop race that lasted one-hour, 46 minutes.

The first Can-Am race I got to see.

Also pretty funny that Parnelli gave Bruce such a surprise with the Indy Ford powered Lola - was that Bruces "Ah ha!"that led him to try that very same engine destroked in his F1 car?

This is really cool!

@oldsccaguyyah9901

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Hanson , Thanks! I miss "Glory Days". Who knows how much stuff ABC has in the vault. And Despain was a great host. He did his homework before doing the studio bits.

In 3 years Chaparral would have the vacuum car...it really sucked but was banned. My brother has 8mm movies of it.

I now have model cars of about half that whole field! I was 8 at that time, lived near that track, but didn't understand what those cars were. I thought they were the "fruity" Formula 1 cars. Boy was I wrong.

Thankfs for sharing this. Those cars (except the Chappy) were so utterly sexy.

The race hasn't started yet bot, Id bet that wing doesn't stay on that Chaparral! They always blew off!! SCCA has always been my favorite...

*DAT WING ON THE CHAPARRAL.*

@oldsccaguyyah9901

9 жыл бұрын

Randy Dubin, oh yeah. I love these Glory Days things with the old WWS footage because it's the first time I ever saw the things in motion. I'd been lookin' at still pictures since I was a kid..dazzled me to finally *see* it!

I think that the reason F1 doubled engine capacity in 1967 was the excitement generated Can Am.

Stupid Moreno Valley Mall; cause for RIR to be torn down. Round 1 bowling alley still fun, but not able to make up for what I could have experienced, living in South Riverside.

Don't piss Denny off ! The bear will get grumpy

I was there. We were there for many races. Usually the infield, turn 7. sometimes turn 8.

Chris Economaki was great. Miss him doing Indy 500. When did he retire? And Jim Mckay too.

No fines for speeding in reverse in the pit area..oh the best days ever..

LOVED RIVERSIDE !

There is no sweeter sound to my ears than a fuel injected big block...

@d.e.b.b5788

4 жыл бұрын

I thought those year Can Am cars wore Weber carbs.

@312KINGFISHER

4 жыл бұрын

@@d.e.b.b5788 Hence those ubiquitous 'Velocity Stacks'

@donbrashsux

4 жыл бұрын

The only thing sweeter is a full field of injected big block Chevys

@russellhartwell5404

3 жыл бұрын

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Drove a kart there. Fun times.

Gee that's the only ever time I've heard Denny being addressed as Dennis lol

Great Video and I miss ABC Wide World of Sports. Thank-you for sharing. 5 people are clueless souls...............

@x...CrankyOldMan...x

5 жыл бұрын

its 6 now.. what a great time capsule of racing...

Riverside was a great track. Sad to see it go. Little chance we will see another road course in this area.

Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Mario Andretti...I have a large engineer's paycheck that says you could take the last 3 nascar cup champs and put them in this race and they wouldn't get a sniff of those three guys...

@randydubin7118

8 жыл бұрын

Other than possibly Kyle Busch, I agree with you.

@roysmith8709

7 жыл бұрын

ÑÄSÇARPPLESSE

@roysmith8709

7 жыл бұрын

NASCAR YOU ARE FORGIVEN THISTIME

@michaelcarroll7621

Жыл бұрын

They probably couldn't get out of first gear.

good old kiwi, Bruce,

If only I could race as fast as Mr.Hulme reversed to the marshal stand!

I think I was there , we went to all the races there in Edgemont/Sunnymead/Moreno Valley

I think Parnelli Jones' with the Ford 4-cam Indy engine was Ford's best effort in Can-Am. The Honker and King Cobra cars should have been better, judging by the teams (Holman-Moody and Shelby) that were behind them. I never knew that the 4-cam was expanded to 5.0 liters. But it had the same classic sound as the Indy engine.

@reallyluckyoaklawn8306

2 жыл бұрын

I think Mario's 1969 429er (494cu) was Holman Moody was more of threat, but like so many Can Am programs before, Penske Porsche, promising but never the whole package like Team Mclaren.

Thanks for posting this. What did you use to capture it if you don't mind answering? It looks good.

Gurney was the smoothest driver of Riverside I ever saw.

Back when safety was: just don't suck, hand me my driving whiskey.

those commercials, hahahaa

@ianbarber311

6 жыл бұрын

thank you for a great racing post!!!!

At 0:17 he says "Can Am, second to Formula 1". In my opinion, Formula 1 was second to Can Am!

Wasn't this the track in the first Herbie movie?

Would love to see Verstappen back up in the pit lane in Monaco at the same speed Hulme did, .... just to PISS OFF the entire PC FIA crowd! Whoa, -- banned for life?! Walk away grinning ear-to-ear and waving to the crowd! ....YEAH BABY!

I was at this race. Anyone remember there was a big fire along the 91 on the way home?

@rahkinrah1963

4 жыл бұрын

We left the track and went over Pigeon Pass to Grand Terrace.

Top Class, someone who have start line setup, cars and drivers?.

Was this late 1967? The pace car was a 68 Plymouth.

@hugh-johnfleming289

4 жыл бұрын

End of the Summer I believe. I was 9 years old but have some clear memories of that day still. We sat up in turn 6 because you could see almost the entire track from up there. My best friend's Dad club raced an E-type at Riverside and Willow and we frequently tagged along.

@Ziggy_Moonglow

Жыл бұрын

October 29.

Decent commercials too! And the announcers , talking instead of screaming adjectives at 20,000 rpm...

What that flagman did at 17:42 was extremely dangerous. He could have been killed because since he was holding the flag but went on the track to push that car, other drivers were not aware of the danger.

@oldsccaguyyah9901

8 жыл бұрын

+Lorenzo Haskins , I have heard that at some tracks in the '60s, almost every worker was given a flag. There could be two of his buddies up on the hill just out of the shot (waving like crazy). By the time I joined in the mid '80s, we had decided upon dedicated duty stations. The yellow flagger *only* uses the yellow flag (the blue flagger does all the others), and the safety worker responds without having to worry about carrying something that can't put out fires. We also would call on the radio for the previous turn on the course to display a "backup flag" if we had to put people in the road.

@Artessnow

8 жыл бұрын

Interesting experience but what the flagger did was very dangerous. He went on a live track to push a car. I understand what he was trying to do in getting the car moving, but man was that risky. I know of flaggers getting killed at events most notable the 1977 South African GP.

@oldsccaguyyah9901

8 жыл бұрын

+Lorenzo Haskins , it is difficult to describe. The "TL;DR" version is that there are people *other* than drivers that love this sport so much that they accept the same risk. Some people watch their lives go by, others participate. Even if they're not rich enough to actually drive. I really don't know how to explain it.

9:14 - are you serious??

@Jason-gt2kx

5 жыл бұрын

Ive never seen a race car go so fast in reverse! A bit dangerous but nothing about Can Am was safe. Still love it

Man, the grandstands and even the roadside look packed with spectators. I wonder what the figures were as far as race attendance goes? I was personally just at Road America recently for an IMSA race and the place was pretty sparsely populated. Probably because modern prototype regulations can't hold a candle to the free-market style Can-Am ones and as a result the cars and the racing are crappy. Too bad we don't have the right attitude in IMSA to bring back those kind of rules nowadays...

@rahkinrah1963

4 жыл бұрын

We went to a LOT of races at riverside. It was always packed!

McLarens set new World record in reverse gear..go Denny lol

Can anyone tell me how I could get a picture of the pace car????

@terryjohnson8994

4 жыл бұрын

If there is a clean shot of the pace car during the broad cast push pause then touch screen again to remove arrows and play symbols then do a screen shot try that

'Holy Mackerel'....

Courses & drivers that no longer exist

Mountain Man...😎

If you want to see the full results and the cars entered in this race, here is the link to race results: www.racingsportscars.com/results/Riverside-1967-10-29.html The John Williams Ferrari that crashed was a P4 model. That car would be worth its weight in gold nowadays.

20:46 are the cars going over a bridge with normal traffic going underneath? Lmao

Can-am > IMSA

Does anyone know what number in the series the Riverside race was? I know that once the M6 McLaren came out and got sorted, there were few non Kiwi wins for the next 3 or 4 years. Did Chaparral ever win a race?

@cee128d

7 жыл бұрын

This was Round 5 of the series in 1967. Phil Hill won round 4 at Laguna Seca in a Chaparral 2E in 1966. That was the only win for Chaparral