Friday favourite: The Can-Am beast that put F1 cars in its shadow

There were times during the 1960s and 1970s when Formula 1 cars weren’t always the fastest cars in the world around a road course. Big-banger sportscars sometimes grabbed that accolade and few provided bigger bangs than the machines of the Canadian-American Challenge Cup.Can-Am’s no-holds-barred heyday ran from 1966 to 1974, and Jackie Oliver was the era’s final champion. Driving the Tony …Keep reading