Vintage Video: 1966 Can-Am Action From Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas

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[studemax]

Re: Vintage Video: 1966 Can-Am Action From Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas

That's back when the cars had as much hair on their chests as the drivers.
If they'd only left the series alone, it would have developed into a true Formula Libre (run whatcha brung).

[mike343sharpstick]

Re: Vintage Video: 1966 Can-Am Action From Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas

Aaaaaawwwwsome! :o
For those who have never seen a CanAm car in the flesh, get to a vintage race and check it out! Even if you?re a hard core drag racer, do yourself a favor and check it out.
Those are big blocks people, big cube V8?s with basically no rules.
The drivers in that race are astonishing, Surtees, Hill, Gurney, Donohue, P. Jones, McClaren, and on, and on, and on!
I was also not aware of that race track in vegas, very interesting.

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Vintage Video: 1966 Can-Am Action From Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas

The straight-away was used as a drag strip and all the "big guys" ran there back in the day. It was rather short lived as I think there was a casino (shocking) built on it.

Bang Shift University! :D

[Scott Liggett]

Re: Vintage Video: 1966 Can-Am Action From Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas

The straight-away was used as a drag strip and all the "big guys" ran there back in the day. It was rather short lived as I think there was a casino (shocking) built on it.

Bang Shift University! :D

Dammit, Brian. I nearly made it through the whole day without learning one thing and you screwed me.

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: Vintage Video: 1966 Can-Am Action From Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas

my college auto instructor won a usrrc can am race in 1965 in cumberland ,md
with a battered cooper climax [ex shelby king cobra]
small block ford

[mustang13]

Re: Vintage Video: 1966 Can-Am Action From Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas

That's back when the cars had as much hair on their chests as the drivers.
If they'd only left the series alone, it would have developed into a true Formula Libre (run whatcha brung).

Truer words have never been spoken.

Cam-Am videos give me goosebumps!

[Mr4Speed]

Re: Vintage Video: 1966 Can-Am Action From Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas

A good friend of mine that's deeply involved in road racing and has been since the sixties told me that Can-Am was the best racing there's ever been.

[mike343sharpstick]

Re: Vintage Video: 1966 Can-Am Action From Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas

True!
Hell, it's awesome when the rich vintage racers drive them quickly... and carefully.
I can't imagine wringing them out in true anger? :o