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.