A very cool picture from a CanAm History Facebook page.
John Surtees. Riverside 1966 Can Am.Turn 7 top of rise. Surtees looking far down the road
A time. A moment. A look of resolution by John Surtees from the past that is dissolving in time.
Moment in time from the Can-Am era is disappearing
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Steve Deiters
, Feb 05 2021 09:27 AM
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Steve Deiters
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Posted 05 February 2021 - 09:27 AM
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Dave Crevie
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Posted 05 February 2021 - 09:49 AM
Yes. Riverside is gone. As well as several other tracks that saw Can-Am and USRRC cars on them. Plus, most tracks that are still around have changed so much over the years that they don't have the same character they once had. I for one really miss blasting under the Billy Mitchell bridge at R/A, and hearing the sound of the engines reverberating in Thunder Valley. Thank God for vintage racing so we can still get a sense of what it was like back then.
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Posted 05 February 2021 - 01:40 PM
I hope I get a chance to attend a vintage racing event or two, preferably at an old historic track. I attended one and ONLY one Can-Am race, at Texas World Speedway in 1969. My parents took me. We sat in our designated seats in the near empty grandstands about 20 rows up. When those big V-8's went "roaring" by, it was less than impressive from that distance.
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Posted 05 February 2021 - 01:56 PM
Riverside international raceway. Saw a couple of races there. One time it was windy and dusty.
Was fortunate enough to have raced on the track during my Enduro karting days. The famous esses was flat in a kart, but was a rough ride. And turn seven was a blind turn as you couldn't see the apex as you turn in. Turn nine was marvelous.
Was fortunate enough to have raced on the track during my Enduro karting days. The famous esses was flat in a kart, but was a rough ride. And turn seven was a blind turn as you couldn't see the apex as you turn in. Turn nine was marvelous.
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Posted 04 March 2021 - 08:25 PM
Riverside international raceway. Saw a couple of races there. One time it was windy and dusty.
Was fortunate enough to have raced on the track during my Enduro karting days. The famous esses was flat in a kart, but was a rough ride. And turn seven was a blind turn as you couldn't see the apex as you turn in. Turn nine was marvelous.
I remember "the Bowl" at the old Bryar Motorsports Park in NH (now NH International Speedway). The G force you could pull in an enduro kart was amazing through that turn.
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