{"id":494838,"date":"2015-09-30T10:24:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T17:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=18119"},"modified":"2023-12-31T01:29:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T01:29:17","slug":"can-am-tribute-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-tribute-reminder\/","title":{"rendered":"Can-Am Tribute Reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a reminder that a special event, \u201cTribute to the Can Am 2015,\u201d will take place Saturday, October 17 at the Wally Parks NHRA Museum in Pomona, California.<\/p>\n<p>Films and slides from the glory years of the Canadian-American Challenge Cup Series and a talk by noted Can-Am historian Pete Lyons will be featured. Pete\u2019s presentation will be supplemented by a roundtable discussion with drivers and other personalities from the era. An autograph session will be part of the program, and a proper dinner will also be served.<\/p>\n<p>This exclusive event is limited to only 100 attendees, each of whom will receive a unique gift bag, commemorative medallion and limited edition museum-quality poster. Sponsored by the Autobooks\/Aerobooks bookstore in Burbank and by <em>Vintage Racecar m<\/em>agazine, this event presents a rare opportunity to hear stories of the fabled Can-Am races from those who were there making history \u2014 not only driving the cars, but also building and maintaining the powerful unlimited machines, a number of which will be on display at the museum. For further information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tributetomotorsports.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tributetomotorsports.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a reminder that a special event, \u201cTribute to the Can Am 2015,\u201d will take place Saturday, October 17 at the Wally Parks NHRA Museum in Pomona, California. Films and slides from the glory years of the Canadian-American Challenge Cup Series and a talk by noted Can-Am historian Pete Lyons will be featured. Pete\u2019s presentation will be supplemented by a roundtable discussion with drivers and other personalities from the era. An autograph session will be part of the program, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":559736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,15234],"class_list":["post-494838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can-Am Tribute Reminder<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can-Am Tribute\" \/>\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-tribute-reminder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can-Am Tribute Reminder\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Can-Am Tribute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/can-am-tribute-reminder\/\" \/>\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=\"2015-09-30T17:24:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-31T01:29:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Chaparrral-2J-Crocker.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"718\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Zimmermann\" \/>\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=\"John Zimmermann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\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-tribute-reminder\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-tribute-reminder\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Zimmermann\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35\"},\"headline\":\"Can-Am Tribute Reminder\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-30T17:24:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-31T01:29:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-tribute-reminder\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":185,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/can-am-tribute-reminder\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/Chaparrral-2J-Crocker.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Event (Car Events &amp; 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