- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Motorbooks International; First Edition edition (30 Jun 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0760300178
- ISBN-13: 978-0760300176
- Product Dimensions: 25.9 x 25.7 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,382,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The thundering and innovative Can-Am race cars were the fastest ever built. A great history.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As I played only a very small part in the history of the Can-Am, I am deeply moved that Pete Lyons took the trouble to telephone me prior to the publication of his fabulous book. That he covered the Can-Am series in such detail as to include me is a measure of his dedication. I must say that it was an honour to be included. Those Can-Am days that nearly ended in tragity for me at Road America in Aug 1975, after the series had been canceled in 1974, were times of good racing,great friends and fabulous spectators. I shall never forget Mark(Donahue) comming to see me after a race (in which he lapped me twice!!)to suggest that I might want to change the rear roll stiffness of my car as he followed me for a lap to see what my car was doing!! or George(Fullmer) storming off in a huff at Mid Ohio after retiring with "driver brain fade!!" Pete...thanks for all the hard work and dedication for a "work of art of a lifetime" I am very glad that Doug Waters lived long enough to see the finnished work. He died alone watching his beloved Jaques win the World Championship accompained only by Lella and Kingfisher his two siemese cats.END
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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"They were the grandest, fastest cars in the world." Join Pete Lyons, motorsports unmatched chronicler, as he recreates those unforgettable "Days of Thunder", nine years of magic from 1966 to 1974, when the fabulous mechanical creations known as CAN-AM ruled the auto racing world. Read about some of the greatest names in motorsports history as Pete Lyons brings alive the exploits of Mark Donohue, Roger Penske, Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme, architects of the infamous Bruce & Denny show, Jim Hall and the incomparable Chaparral, including the unique 2-J "sucker car", the forerunner of today's CART and F1 groundeffects technology. Visit every race, every team, every incredible innovation as racing's last "unlimited" series pushed the envelope into uncharted technological territory. Pete Lyons will put you in the cockpit where you will hear the thunderous sounds of big American V-8s, never duplicated before or since, from whose 500+ cubic inches belched over 1000 HP of gut-wrenching, mind-bending, soul-searing acceleration. Recall the frightening indoctrination of new members into the "CAN-AM flying club", where charter membership required an adrenalin-induced flight into space when air under the front wing induced early design vehicles to head towards outer space. Ride with Mr. Lyons as Peter Revson, exiting Riverside's turn 7, stomps open the throttle, throwing his Mclaren 8F sideways to demonstrate to the hapless Mr. Lyons the seriousnesss of extreme tire vibration. You can read every book, every publication in the motorsports venue and this one is, quite simply, number one.
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Pete Lyons lived the Can-Am in its glory days and he's got the photography and grey hairs to prove it. One of our finest motor sports writers, Lyons has crafted a book that makes the reader a part of the most amazing series that motor sport has ever seen. The Can-Am featured the most powerful road racing engines ever built, an unlimited series that attracted major manufacturers from Porsche to Chevrolet and top designers, team owners and drivers who are still major names in the sport today. Your library absolutely must include Can-Am. Michael F. Hollander Managing Editor Racing Information Systems
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