Can-Am Thunder: The Mighty Machines of the Series

  • Documentary
7/24/2008
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The mighty machines of the Can-Am Championship must surely be leading candidates for the title of 'most awesome racing cars ever built'... Some forty years ago they put out over 1000 horsepower in their most-developed form and hit speeds of up to 220mph despite aerodynamics that were experimental at best and highly dangerous at worst! They made the Grand Prix F1 cars of the day look tame by comparison.

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    Can-Am Thunder: The Mighty Machines of the Series, with Pete Lyons, directed and produced by Bruce Cox;

    At their peak, the cars of the original Can-Am series generated more than 1,000 hp and could top 220 mph. This was in the late 1960s and early '70s, when aerodynamics and tires were nothing like today's, and the designers were still drawing on paper--no computer assistance. It was cut-and-try engineering at its best. Such cars demanded--and got--the best drivers.

    This DVD captures the spirit of invention and innovation through archival film and photos, with extensive interviews of Pete Lyons, AutoWeek contributing editor, who covered the series with words and photos in its heyday for Autosport.

    Organized by carmaker, the DVD tell...

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