October 12, 2020
The weekend of August 26th,1973 at Road America was the Can-Am Championship race. Some of the fastest cars ever made were running and Roger Penske had a new car that was taking race win after race win!
Mark Donohue was Roger Penske's driver and a great engineer. The car they had was the McLaren beater with the help of Porsche and Audi and was called the Porsche 917/30TC. McLaren had dominated Can Am racing for a few years until Roger and Mark brought the Penske Racing Sunoco out to play!
Mark Donohue won this race and the championship at the end of the year in the beautiful blue and yellow car!
The Shadow cars of Jackie Oliver and James Hunt were breaking down a lot. James is seen here driving Jackie Oliver's car. James' car blew a fuel metering gasket and Jackie blew an engine.
Jody Scheckter and George Follmer finished second and third in Porsche 917/10TC's. The McLarens finished fourth and fifth.
Hurley Haywood had another Porsche 917/10TC but did not finish because of a tire puncture issue.
Enjoy a look at my second visit to Road America!
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
The 1973 Can-Am championship race weekend at Road America.
September 11, 2017
This blog is about a legendary car at Road America in 1973, the Shadow Can Am car driven by Jackie Oliver and James Hunt.
Don Nichols, the main man of Team Shadow and UOP (Universal Oil Products) Racing in 1973 just passed away a short time ago which is why these photos came to mind.
I dug these photos up a while ago for some people who were restoring the car. It recently sold for big money!
The interesting thing to me is that James Hunt is in the car in the one photo. I suspect he spent a fair amount of time at Siebkens that weekend back in May 1973!
Enjoy a look at a fantastic racing machine.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
The famous Shadow Racing Can Am car at Road America in 1973.