{"id":17847,"date":"2013-05-01T02:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=17847"},"modified":"2024-03-06T16:22:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:22:57","slug":"oh-the-madness-of-genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/oh-the-madness-of-genius\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, the Madness of Genius!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_559170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-559170\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-559170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Lyons\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-559170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is no great genius without a trace of madness,\u201d declared the Roman philosopher Seneca, and can we have any doubt he was looking ahead 1.9 millennia to designers of Can-Am racecars?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The wonderful old Canadian-American Challenge Cup series of 1966 through 1974 is justly famed for many memorable machines, but let\u2019s not forget the forgettable ones. By its very scantiness, the Can-Am\u2019s rulebook attracted mad geniuses whose imaginative audacity deserves our respect, even if their crazy cars didn\u2019t really work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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By its very scantiness, the Can-Am\u2019s rulebook attracted mad geniuses whose imaginative audacity deserves our respect, even if their crazy cars [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":559163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[2727,3919,12430,17152,11408,65,13725,76,17140,548,6920,11471,9882,17143,17204],"class_list":["post-17847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-1960s","tag-1970s","tag-canadian","tag-car-culture","tag-chaparral","tag-ford","tag-can-am-racing-history","tag-mclaren","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-laguna-seca","tag-can-am","tag-shadow","tag-special-feature","tag-vrr-column-fast-lines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oh, the Madness of Genius!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pete Lyons examines several of the radical Can-Am designs that simply didn\u2019t work out as expected.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/oh-the-madness-of-genius\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oh, the Madness of Genius!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pete Lyons examines several of the radical Can-Am designs that simply didn\u2019t work out as expected.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/oh-the-madness-of-genius\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-05-01T09:00:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-06T16:22:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/FL201305-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"704\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pete Lyons\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pete Lyons\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/oh-the-madness-of-genius\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/oh-the-madness-of-genius\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Pete Lyons\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dee0dc3e0ea3204e52a659a117d5f67f\"},\"headline\":\"Oh, the Madness of Genius!\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-01T09:00:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-06T16:22:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/oh-the-madness-of-genius\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1288,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/oh-the-madness-of-genius\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/05\\\/FL201305-p2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"1960s All\",\"1970s All\",\"Canadian\",\"Car Culture\",\"Chaparral\",\"Ford\",\"History (Can-Am Racing)\",\"McLaren\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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