Club Arnage

For those of us who were fans of the ground shaking, mind melters...
This will be on my Christmas list for sure, enjoy the trailer!
Fax
http://www.canamfilm.com/

Wow, thanks for the link Fax, will definitely get that one on my list! :P

If the trailer is anything to go by, that looks great.

Added to my wish list.

Nice one Fax.

Those cars were amazing, its the one series I wish I could have witnessed first hand more than any other.

Fully agree on that. I understood back in '05 or '06 there was some sort of 'classic' race of the Can-Am Series. Can anybody tell me if this will be done again in some time to come? Would be ideal to try and combine with an ALMS race 8)

Excellent - well that's heading for the Christmas list!  Awesome - faster than F1, unrestricted engines, real noise.....

MG Mark

Agreed guys, magnificent beasts they were, driven by some of the best drivers in the world.  Faster than the F1 cars at the circuits they shared (The Glen, St. Jovite, and Mosport).  I suppose by its very nature, the rules were, there were no rules, it couldn't last forever, and in the end escalating costs and the mid-seventies fuel crisis did it in.  But it was glorious while it lasted.  It still gives me a huge amount of pride to be able to talk to the younger fans you meet at races and say "Yeah, I saw the Can-Am series in person".
Paddy, they have various Can-Am reunions from time to time.  The biggest annual gathering of Can-Am machines is usually at the Brian Redman historics at Road America every summer.  The SVRA historics at Mid-Ohio and Watkins Glen usually draw a good number of the Group 7 cars as well.  In recent years some owners of Can-Am cars have become reluctant to race them, and will just display or demonstrate them, as they've become quite valuable.  We watched Hurly Haywood demonstrate his 1973 Brumos Porsche 917/10 at Daytona a few years ago and he joked that he took it nice and easy because that was more car than he was man enough for at his advanced years, and if he hurt the engine, he couldn't afford to repair it.
Fax

Great dvd it would seem, I used to follow the historic series around europe ,M8 C/D F 'S Twin turbo mclarens lolas etc,
BRILLANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Any idea where i can get one? my usual contacts not heard of it

The Motorsport Collector in Chicago has it listed.
It will be available in NTSC and PAL.  www.motorsportcollector.com
Fax

Thanks for the link, Fax. I have asked for the DVD via info@canamfilm.com and got the following reply:

I have ordered the DVD via motorsportcollector as it took canamfilm.com quite a while to respond :-\

Order placed.  That's the Termites' Christmas sorted, then!  Thanks Fax. :)

On my Christmas list.

Does anyone remeber the series of 'Invitation' races at Brands with F1 and F5000 racing together? Would love to see those again for just the noise. IIRC the Tyrol 6 wheeler attend one year.

I can remember seeing Can Am and Group 7 races at Wunstorf  in the early '70s. All a bit hazy though, anybody else get there?

Still no sign of this - last I heard it had been delayed again.  However, take a look at:
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/4151747/-/Product.html?searchstring=Can-Am+Thunder&searchsource=0
It's tough to figure out if it's the same film or not - I assume not as it seems to have a lot of modern stuff on it but titles do change...

Hi Termie,
I think thats a different film.  Last time I heard, The Speed Odyssey was due out any day now.  Its supposed to have over nintey minutes of original Can-Am footage.  Looking forward to it enormously.
Fax

There were a few can-am cars at Coys Silverstone a few years ago but I haven't seen any for a while :(.

I guess as Fax said people aren't racing them due to the value (and there prob back in the states anyway)

I will look up the old email and ask them what the forecast is on this DVD :-\

Yum, yum.  It's on order and they've promised to let me know when it's sent.
I did order the other one too....

Got an answer this morning...


I will post in this topic as soon as I get that email :)

This is the info regarding Can-Am, A Speed Odyessy from the Motorsport Collectors website.
By far the most anticipated new arrival here at TMC in quite some time. Producer Robert Nevison now tells us that he expects to release his DVD in early to mid February. After uncovering more film footage that was originally thought to exist, Nevison has been working seven days a week assembling what is sure to be a mind blower. From the 70 minutes of coverage originally promised, we're now told the program has grown to a full 100 minutes of full color, original, Unlimited Sports Car footage without an increase in the $34.95 retail price.
Wohoo!
Fax

Now that's what I call a good reason for delaying something.

Word is that at long last, Can-Am The Speed Odyssey, is know in stock. :)  Wohoo!
www.motorsportcollector.com
Hoping my copy arrives in the next day or so.  The word on the delay was that they had fits converting the old analog film to digital format.
Looks like Paul has set up a nice Can-Am page with other goodies from the era of unlimited sportscar racing.
Fax

6 Can-Am cars came out here for the Southern Festival of Speed historic race series in February. It was the first time there had been a race for Can Am cars in these parts, and I was lucky enough to be in the pits with Eoin Young and Wally Wilmott (two of McLaren's founders).

 

An amazing spectacle!

I have finally had a chance to view it...
Its quite good.  Not great, but very good.  On the plus side, most of the archive footage is brilliant, and the interviews with the likes of Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme, Mark Donohue, Peter Revson, etc. are priceless.  The down side?  Some of the archive footage is so grainy and poor, it bears wondering why they used it at all. The editing is choppy and the narration is a bit strange too, especially because Sam Posey is always so eloquent.  The script he works with is too "See Spot, see Spot run" for my taste.  Overall worth the dosh just for the footage and interviews alone.
Fax

It took them a while to respond, but I finally got this email this morning:


Well, nowadays it shouldn't be a problem with a region free player ;D