Can-Am started out as a race series for group 7 sports racers with two races in Canada and four races in the United States of America.
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10 Facts About Can-Am
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Energy crisis and the increased cost of competing in Can-Am meant that the series folded after the relatively lackluster 1974 season; the single-seater Formula 5000 series became the leading road-racing series in North America and many of the Can-Am drivers and teams continued to race there.
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The second iteration of Can-Am faded away as IMSA and CART racing became more popular in the early 1980s but remained active until 1987.
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Can-Am remains a well-remembered form of racing due to its popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s, the limited number of regulations allowing extremely fast and innovative cars and the lineup of talented drivers.
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Notable drivers in the original Can-Am series included virtually every acclaimed driver of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Can-Am was the birthplace and proving ground for what, at the time, was cutting-edge technology.
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Can-Am cars were among the first race cars to sport wings, effective turbocharging, ground-effect aerodynamics, and aerospace materials like titanium.
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The Can-Am cars were developments of the sports cars which were introduced in 1964 for the North American sports car races.
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Porsche 908 spyder was used in Can-Am, but was underpowered and mainly used by underfunded teams.
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In 1991, after 18 months of development, a Shelby Can-Am series was created using a production line of Sports bodied cars designed by Carrol Shelby powered by a 3.
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