{"id":491440,"date":"2010-08-01T06:30:23","date_gmt":"2010-08-01T13:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=40194"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:46:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:46:18","slug":"dan-in-can-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/dan-in-can-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan in Can-Am"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>For all the great drivers who contested the old Can-Am, few did well. Your Amons, Andrettis, Brabhams, Elfords, Joneses, Halls, Motschenbachers, Parsonses, Poseys, Rodriguezes, Sifferts, many more\u2026none of them ever won a race. How surprising is it that so much talent came up so dry?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_580936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-580936\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-580936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Lyons\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-580936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Frankly, not that surprising. Though the 1966\u20131974 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was a drivers championship on paper, in reality its practically unrestricted rules format made it a constructors series. Without the latest, fastest car, you were a helpless also-ran.<\/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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Though the 1966\u20131974 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was a drivers championship on paper, in reality its practically unrestricted rules format made it a constructors series. 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