Can-Am

It wasn’t entirely no holds barred, but the original Can-Am race series wasn’t far from being a free-for-all in terms of eligible cars. That meant some of the wildest-looking, most…

So here it sits. McLaren M6A-1. Not McLaren’s first effort at building a sports car, nor even its first Can-Am car - that particular honour fell to the M1B -…

Colin Chapman's stunning Lotus Type 66 Can-Am design lay rolled up in a draw for over 50 years – James Elson speaks to the people who brought it to life in 2023

He could hear voices from behind closed office doors. Loud ones. It was not a good sign. It’s early June 1971. The first Can-Am race, at Mosport, is less than…

Recently, Classic Team Lotus unearthed a fireproof case packed with 28 rolls of microfilm, which contained images of the Team Lotus original design drawings, a record initiated by Peter Warr…

McKee (1966-69) Bob McKee was an Indy 500 mechanic in 1961 when he performed one of the first-ever swaps of an American V8 into a British chassis, making a Cooper-Buick…

John Surtees is nine parts steely determination, one part cast-iron cussedness. By his own admission, he walked away from a probable Formula 1 world title in 1966 when he tired…

You can look at Can-Am 1974-style in two ways. The embers of a once-great series given a chance to glow one final time. Or proof that it takes only two…