CanAm

The Canadian-American Challenge Cup or CanAm, was an SCCA/CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1974. A second generation of Can Am followed, but this was a fundamentally different series based on obsolete Formula 5000 cars with sports car bodies.

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Can Am started out as a race series for Group 7 sports racers with two races in Canada (Can) and four races in the US (Am). The series was initially sponsored by J-Wax. The Series used FIA Group 7 rules which had a rule structure with very few restrictions on innovation. Those rules allowed virtually unlimited experimentation with engine power, displacement, turbocharging and chassis downforce which resulted by its end it in truly outrageous cars with well over 1000 horsepower (750 kW), wings, active downforce generation, very light weight and unheard of speeds.

SCCA: REDIRECT Sports Car Club of America...

CASC: REDIRECT China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation...

Sports car racing: Sports car racing is a form of circuit racing, with purpose-built cars that nevertheless have enclosed wheel wells and often have closed cockpits....