Author: Pete Lyons; Photography by Peter Harholdt

Format: Hardcover with slipcase, 11” x 11”, 280 pages

Photos: 194 color photographs

ISBN-13: 978-1-935007-11-1

Chaparral produced cars with wings and suction fans and two engines. McKee made a car shaped like a wedge. Lola tried a car shaped like a bullet. Shadow investigated Tiny Tires. Ferrari built its biggest-ever engine for the Can-Am. And the first successfully turbocharged road racer was a Can-Am Porsche.

But the most successful Can-Am cars were those built to survive on North America’s most demanding road courses. McLarens were big and powerful and fast, but they were also technically conservative, with each season’s car no more advanced than was necessary to win. And win they did: McLaren cars dominated the series, winning five championships and better than 60 percent of all Can-Am races.

Can-Am Cars in Detail revisits 22 of these epic machines through stunning studio photography by Peter Harholdt and vivid descriptions by Pete Lyons, long considered the dean of Can-Am journalists. Can-Am cars are beautiful blends of art and action, pinnacles of engineering and craftsmanship that express the heights of human imagination and ambition and achievement. Seen in the chronological order that they appeared at Bridgehampton, Mosport, Laguna Seca and other classic road courses, these machines invite us to join them on a journey.

The following Table of Contents lists the cars featured in the book:

1. Chaparral 2E

2. Lola T70-Ford

3. Genie Mk 10B

4. McLaren M6A

5. Honker II

6. Caldwell D7

7. McLeagle

8. McLaren M8B

9. Ferrari 612 P

10. Ford 429’er

11. McKee Mk 10 “Wedge”

12. Chaparral 2H

13. AVS Shadow Mk 1

14. Porsche 917PA

15. Chaparral 2J

16. McLaren M8F

17. Lola T260

18. Porsche 917/10K

19. McLaren M20

20. Lola T310

21. Porsche 917/30

22. Shadow DN4