1972 Can-Am season

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

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

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

Drivers Championship

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

References

  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. October 2, 2005. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2008.
  • "Can-Am - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. October 2, 2005. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2008.
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