{"id":369533,"date":"2011-09-27T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=36999"},"modified":"2024-01-10T12:50:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T12:50:46","slug":"can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Can-Am Revisited &#8211; Unlimited Racing Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Catching the spirit of Can-Am is one of the goals of the new Unlimited Racing Championship (URC) that will feature identically built NuArt CanAm cars reminiscent of the wide-open racing series from the 1960-70s. The URC will run as the &#8220;Heritage Series&#8221; with the American Le Mans Series for the 2012 season and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patr\u00f3n is thrilled to welcome the Unlimited Racing Championship, which will be joining a number of ALMS events in 2012,\u201d said Scott Atherton, President and CEO of the ALMS. \u201cThis \u2018Heritage Series\u2019 will provide more variety and a modern day link to the past for our many fans next year.The new initiative establishes a direct connection to the history of sports car racing in North America with the sights and sounds of an era of extreme speed and power \u2013 the revolutionary Can-Am Challenge Cup of the 1960s and 70s. The spectacle of these massively powerful racing machines with a bridge to the past of American racing will surely evoke many fond memories for some and attract new fans as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nu-CanAm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-788715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nu-CanAm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nu-CanAm.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nu-CanAm-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nu-CanAm-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nu-CanAm-293x440.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a>\u201cThis project was years in the making,\u201d said Richard Nauert, founder of the Unlimited Racing Championship and designer of the NuArt CanAm car. \u201cWe analyzed the original Can-Am cars, remaining true to the visual, as well as spiritual concept. Components like big-block engines, 12-inch steel brakes, and Can-Am intakes were just some of the historical elements we maintained in the NuArt CanAm car. Despite the tribute to the originals cars, at the same time, they are particularly relevant to the American Le Mans Series because we loaded them with modern technology. The technology is specifically to make them safe, have longevity, and be flexible for a wide range of driver skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NuArt CanAm cars are identically prepared, purpose-built race cars with 700+ horsepower, big-block V-8 motors and modern aerospace quality components with an emphasis on safety. Cars will be fully prepped for the owner\/driver by the URC series organizer and ready to race at each venue. Initial cars are offered at $485,000.<\/p>\n<p>The racing format includes eight races; two 30-minute races on four American Le Mans Series circuits beginning in 2012. For more information, visit <a title=\"Unlimited Racing Championship\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unlimitedracingchampionship.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.unlimitedracingchampionship.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: URC; photo credit: Pete Lyons]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catching the spirit of Can-Am is one of the goals of the new Unlimited Racing Championship (URC) that will feature identically built NuArt CanAm cars reminiscent of the wide-open racing series from the 1960-70s. The URC will run as the &#8220;Heritage Series&#8221; with the American Le Mans Series for the 2012 season and beyond. \u201cThe American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patr\u00f3n is thrilled to welcome the Unlimited Racing Championship, which will be joining a number of ALMS events [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":552963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[261,255],"tags":[548,18151],"class_list":["post-369533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorsport-racing","category-news","tag-motorsport","tag-racing-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can-Am Revisited - Unlimited Racing Championship<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Catching the spirit of Can-Am is the goal of the new Unlimited Racing Championship that will feature identically built NuArt CanAm cars. Modern Can-Am.\" \/>\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\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can-Am Revisited - Unlimited Racing Championship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Catching the spirit of Can-Am is the goal of the new Unlimited Racing Championship that will feature identically built NuArt CanAm cars. Modern Can-Am.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/\" \/>\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=\"2011-09-27T11:00:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-10T12:50:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nu-CanAm-Overhead.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\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=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sports Car Digest\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\"},\"headline\":\"Can-Am Revisited &#8211; Unlimited Racing Championship\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-27T11:00:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-10T12:50:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":382,\"commentCount\":7,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/Nu-CanAm-Overhead.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Motorsport &amp; Racing\",\"Racing News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Motorsport &amp; Racing\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/\",\"name\":\"Can-Am Revisited - Unlimited Racing Championship\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/Nu-CanAm-Overhead.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-27T11:00:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-10T12:50:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\"},\"description\":\"Catching the spirit of Can-Am is the goal of the new Unlimited Racing Championship that will feature identically built NuArt CanAm cars. Modern Can-Am.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/Nu-CanAm-Overhead.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/Nu-CanAm-Overhead.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Can-Am Revisited &#8211; Unlimited Racing Championship\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\",\"name\":\"Sports Car Digest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/D3S_76221-293x293.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/D3S_76221-293x293.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/D3S_76221-293x293.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Sports Car Digest\"},\"description\":\"We profile the world\u2019s finest sports cars, past and present automotive personalities, larger-than-life races and garages or museums. Profiles may include first-hand driving impressions, in-depth interviews and period racing stories and photographs. Profiles range from the Mario Righini Collection in Italy to the 1958 12 Hours of Sebring to a Shelby 427 Competition Cobra and everything in between.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/scdigest\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Can-Am Revisited - Unlimited Racing Championship","description":"Catching the spirit of Can-Am is the goal of the new Unlimited Racing Championship that will feature identically built NuArt CanAm cars. Modern Can-Am.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Can-Am Revisited - Unlimited Racing Championship","og_description":"Catching the spirit of Can-Am is the goal of the new Unlimited Racing Championship that will feature identically built NuArt CanAm cars. Modern Can-Am.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2011-09-27T11:00:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-10T12:50:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nu-CanAm-Overhead.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sports Car Digest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sports Car Digest","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/"},"author":{"name":"Sports Car Digest","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b"},"headline":"Can-Am Revisited &#8211; Unlimited Racing Championship","datePublished":"2011-09-27T11:00:54+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-10T12:50:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/"},"wordCount":382,"commentCount":7,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nu-CanAm-Overhead.jpg","keywords":["Motorsport &amp; Racing","Racing News"],"articleSection":["Motorsport &amp; Racing","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/","name":"Can-Am Revisited - Unlimited Racing Championship","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nu-CanAm-Overhead.jpg","datePublished":"2011-09-27T11:00:54+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-10T12:50:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b"},"description":"Catching the spirit of Can-Am is the goal of the new Unlimited Racing Championship that will feature identically built NuArt CanAm cars. Modern Can-Am.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nu-CanAm-Overhead.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nu-CanAm-Overhead.jpg","width":800,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-revisited-unlimited-racing-championship\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Can-Am Revisited &#8211; Unlimited Racing Championship"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b","name":"Sports Car Digest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/D3S_76221-293x293.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/D3S_76221-293x293.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/D3S_76221-293x293.jpg","caption":"Sports Car Digest"},"description":"We profile the world\u2019s finest sports cars, past and present automotive personalities, larger-than-life races and garages or museums. Profiles may include first-hand driving impressions, in-depth interviews and period racing stories and photographs. Profiles range from the Mario Righini Collection in Italy to the 1958 12 Hours of Sebring to a Shelby 427 Competition Cobra and everything in between.","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/scdigest\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}