Amazing footage from the 1972 Can Am at Mosport Canada. Features Mark Donohue/Penske CanAm Porsche 917/10K.
This is a look at the 1967 Gurney-Weslake, V-12 Eagle and the life of Dan Gurney. Hosted by Bob Varsha with David Hobbs, Steve Matchett and an interview with Dan Gurney.
SAI teammates Dave MacDonald and Bob Bondurant co-drive Shelby Cobra Roadster CSX2136, jointly entered by Steve McQueen & Carroll Shelby, to a 1st in GT & 4th overall finish in the 1963 Road America 500 at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
This film produced for public distribution by American Motors Corporation was about the racing season for the AMC Javelin in it’s first year at Trans Am races. George Follmer and Peter Revson and Mark Donahue were drivers of these cars prepared by Roger Penske. This was the car that gave AMC it’s first big racing credentials. This video was made from an original film negative. 240,000 Javelins were produced by AMC between 1968 and 1974 model years.
A tribute to the late Dan Gurney, one of motorsport’s greatest racers and innovators, and the first driver ever to win races in Formula One, Nascar and IndyCar.
On August 9, 1975, Mark Donohue set the closed course speed record at Talladega Superspeedway driving a Porsche 917-30. He averaged 221.160 mph around the circuit, reaching a top speed of 241 mph at the end of the straightaways. This record came only one week before Donohue was fatally injured in practice for the Austrian GP. The world record would stand for only four years but remains as the fastest lap around Talladega.
Porsche 917, Ferrari 512, Lola T70 – perhaps as great a concentration of sports car heritage as you could find in a single pit garage. And Motor Sport was at Donington Park to drive them. Your chauffeur? Dario Franchitti.
Canepa Porsche 917 Engine Restoration. Source: BangShift.com.
Thanks to Tom Peloquin.
TO THINK THE 917 WAS ONLY A 4-SPEED AND HAD A TOP SPEED OF 250 MPH IS MIND BOGGLING ! I CAN REMEMBER DEAN MARTIN’S SON DRIVING AROUND WLA AND SUNSET BLVD IN HIS RED LOLA T-70 ! WHAT MUSIC !