In 1966 Dan Gurney became the first American driver to win a Can-Am race at Bridgehampton. He was closely challenged by Chris Amon's McLaren MIB and won the race by barely a car length.  

I drove the Bardahl Lola for All American Racers in 1966.That Lola was a great car, there was only one car I ever liked better the Lotus 19 with a chevy engine in 1965.The Lola was harder to get adjusted to, but onve you got it right it was really great.In the USRRC races we sat on the pole 90 percent of the time, and we also led most of the races we ran.Without a doubt those Lolas were better than the McLarens at that time - Jerry Grant.   

One of my proudest moments of my racing career was winning the pole position at the 1967 'Times Grand Prix' in our Ford powered Lola T70.I beat some pretty illustrious names for that honour, but my only problem was that I blew the engine after leading the race for just three laps - Dan Gurney.   

1969 Can- Am.Dan would start the third M8B from last place wearing the number 1 plate.On the first lap he passed 12 cars, As the race progressed Dan would pass fewer cars so as not to break it, by lap 16 he was in 4th place. By the finish McLarens were in 1-2-3 places with Gurney taking 3rd place, after allowing Bruce McLaren the win as it was his turn.

By 1969 the Can-Am series had reached its zenith with 11 races scheduled and a $1 million unlimited sports car racing championship.The McLaren team had a perfect season winning 11 out of 11 Can-Am races in 69, they had 8 one-two finishes and, in one instance, a one-two-three finish. There was no doubt that in 69 McLaren was the best prepared team.    

The M8B of the 1969 season was the first and only McLaren to finally incorporate the Chaparral-type rear airfoil that put the downforce onto the rear wheel hubs.The chassis was a modified version of the M8A.The team of McLaren and Hulme was unstoppable for 3 consecutive years that ended in 1969 before Bruce McLarens fatal crash before the 1970 season. Denny wanted the Riverside race and he dominated the competition to take it.He started by winning pole position and went for it by the chequered flag he was up one lap on every driver.    

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Kovaleski and Jerobee were much more than a Can-Am Racing team; the combination were an unstoppable force. The No.54 Auto World Inc. McLaren M8B low wing, that Oscar owned and shared the driving efforts with Tony, was a prime example of the unmatched McLaren technology. The M8B was a favourite among the drivers unfortunately it was short lived after the creation of the M8D in 1970.The No.54 of this team was one of the most striking McLarens on the track with its bright orange paint and white and black lightning graphics.

Alex Soler-Roig (born October 29, 1932) is a former Formula One driver from Spain. The semi-professional racer son of a respected Barcelona surgeon who treated Jochen Rindt in the aftermath of his huge 1969 Spanish GP shunt at the city's Montjuich Park circuit, Soler-Roig had the resources to pay handsomely for his F1 racing. He participated in 9 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on April 19, 1970. He scored 0 championship points and also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races. March and BRM could not resist his cash, albeit briefly, in 1971 and 1972, but soon got bored with his lack of pace. Soler – Roig retired in 1972.

A former motorcycle racer and hill-climb specialist, Rosier had just started to develop his racing career when the war intervened, and it was 1947 before he could compete on a wider stage. Equipped with his self-prepared Talbot, Rosier won the 1947 Albi GP after more speedy opponents had dropped out and this win obviously set the tone for the rest of his career. In 1948, as a member of the Ecurie France team, he took delivery of a single-seater Lago-Talbot, winning the Grand Prix du Salon and finishing fourth at the Comminges, Pau and British GPs. The following season, with the Talbot probably at its peak relative to the opposition, Rosier won the Belgian GP and, with a succession of steady finishes, was crowned champion of France, a title he was to hold for four years. By 1951 the Talbot was no longer a competitive proposition. The 1952 season brought a change of regulations, and Rosier lost no time in getting his hands on a Ferrari T375 and a state-of-the-art Ferrari T500 F2 car. The Italian machines were naturally painted French blue, and Rosier quickly put one of them to good use, winning the Albi GP in the big-engined model. For 1953 he continued with the same equipment, taking yet another win in the Albi GP and a victory in the Sables d’Olonne GP with the T500.By now Rosier was well past his best as a driver, but he pushed ahead undaunted the following season, and after racing a Ferrari 625 he bought a Maserati 250F which he continued to campaign in Grand Prix and non-championship events in a steady and reliable fashion, as well as handling his own Ferrari 3-litre sports car. Ironically, Rosier shared a Maserati T300S with Behra to win the 1956 Paris 1000 Km, his last win, before returning to the Montlhéry circuit he knew so well in this Ferrari for the Coupe du Salon. In pouring rain, Rosier overturned his car and suffered severe head injuries from which he died three weeks later. He was posthumously awarded the French Order of the Nation.

Henri Pescarolo (born September 25, 1942) is a former Formula One driver from France. He participated in 59 grands prix, debuting on September 22, 1968. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 12 championship points. He wore a distinctive green helmet, and still has a full face beard, that partially covers burns suffered in a crash.Henri Pescarolo to this day drives in the yearly Dakar Rally.After Pescarolo's retirement from Formula 1, he went on to start his own team which now competes in the Le Mans Endurance Series, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he won as a driver in 1972 in a Matra, co-driven by Graham Hill.

Peter Revson grew up surrounded by money, went to the best schools and ended up at Cornell University. After he graduated he went off to Hawaii where in 1961 he started competing in a Morgan. In 1963 Revson and Mayer decided to go to Europe to take part in Formula Junior races. Revson did well and by the end of the year had had his first taste of F1 in the Gold Cup at Oulton Park. Timmy Mayer was killed early in 1964 when racing in the Tasman series. Reg Parnell, ran a Lotus-BRM for Revson in 11 events, including six World Championship races. There were no very impressive results and in 1965 Revson raced only occasionally in Europe, in Formula 2 and Formula 3 cars, winning at Monaco. But he enjoyed more success in sports cars in America. For the next five years he concentrated on CanAm.His younger brother Doug was killed in a Formula 3 accident in Denmark in 1967 but this did not dampen his enthusiasm for the sport and in 1969 he finished fifth at Indianapolis and won an Indy car race at Indianapolis Raceway Park in a Brabham-Repco.In 1972 he returned to F1 with the Yardley McLaren team, which was by then being run by Teddy Mayer, and in 1973 he showed his class by winning the British and Canadian Grands Prix, the former in most impressive style under difficult conditions. However, despite his success, Peter had a slightly strained relationship with Mayer and determined to prove himself away from McLaren. He signed to drive for the Shadow F1 team in 1974 but was killed testing in preparation for the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami when his car suffered a front suspension failure.

Giulio Cabianca was born on the 19th February 1923 and was killed on June 15th 1961Cabianca was born in Verona, northern Italy. He participated in 4 Grands Prix, debuting on May 18, 1958. He scored a total of 3 championship points.Cabianca's untimely death resulted from a bizarre incident at the Modena Autodrome test track in Italy. The Autodrome was situated amongst public roads so when he suffered a suspected stuck throttle, unable to stop, his Cooper went off track and onto a road just outside the circuit - colliding with a taxi. Cabianca and three civilians inside the taxi were killed in the accident.

Jean – Pierre Jarier was born at Charenton, near Paris. Following impressive results in Formula France, Jarier moved up to French Formula Three, finishing 3rd overall in 1970, before moving on to the Shell Arnold European Formula Two team in 1971. He peaked with two 3rd places, and also made his Grand Prix debut at Monza when the team rented a March Engineering 701. However, the team dropped him midway through 1972 for financial reasons. For 1973 he signed to the March Engineering Formula Two team, and was also given a Formula One seat by the outfit. Formula One was difficult in the uncompetitive 721G, but Jarier stormed to the Formula Two title with eight wins.

Born in Alhambra, California, Ronnie Bucknum died in San Luis Obispo, California following complications from diabetes. He was a Formula One driver who participated in 11 grand prix, debuting on August 2, 1964. He scored a total of 2 championship points. At the 1964 German Grand Prix, Bucknum became the first person to drive a Honda engined car in Formula One. After Formula One, Bucknum drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1967-1970 seasons with 23 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1968-1970. He finished in the top ten 10 times, with his one victory coming at Brooklyn in 1968.

A former motorcycle racer and hill-climb specialist, Rosier had just started to develop his racing career when the war intervened, and it was 1947 before this garage owner from Clermont Ferrand could compete on a wider stage. Equipped with his self-prepared Talbot, Rosier won the 1947 Albi GP after more speedy opponents had dropped out and this win obviously set the tone for the rest of his career, for he usually raced well within his limits and placed great store by strategy and reliability as a route to success. In 1948, as a member of the Ecurie France team, he took delivery of a single-seater Lago-Talbot, winning the Grand Prix du Salon and finishing fourth at the Comminges, Pau and British GPs. The following season, with the Talbot probably at its peak relative to the opposition, Rosier won the Belgian GP and, with a succession of steady finishes, was crowned champion of France, a title he was to hold for four years.

Denny officially retired from racing in 1974, but would never give up his love of the sport.He was at the wheel of a race car when he died of a heart failure on October 4th 1992. The M8A was piloted to victory by Hulme during the 1968 Las Vegas race to give him his third win of the season and the 1968 Can-Am Championship.   

Sam Tingle (born in Manchester, August 24, 1921) was a Formula One driver from Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. He participated in 5 grand prix’s, debuting on December 28, 1963. He scored 0 championship points. He was one of only two drivers to enter a Formula One race from the former republic of Rhodesia, the other being John Love. Tingle drove an LDS-Alfa Romeo in the 1963, 65 and 67 South African Grands Prix before switching to a Repco-engined LDS for 1968 and a pukka Formula 1 Brabham-Repco BT24 for the 1969 race when he produced a career best eighth place finish.

March 701 ' Gunston ' South Africa GP 1971 Driver J. Love.