Can-Am Thunder: The Mighty Machines of the Series

7.0(1)20081h 49m

Documentary

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.

Director

Bruce Cox

Cast

Paul Fowler

Narrated by

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1 review

aolas68

2y ago

7.0

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...