Sunday, August 2, 2020

Shadow Can Am 1970

 Definitely one of the wildest racing cars ever made. 900BHP Go-Kart Can Am car. The idea being the smaller frontal area the bigger the advantage. Brit Vic Elford managed to get his balls and all in the cockpit to first race this monster. It worked well but the advantages were not realized.
American George Follmer took over the second year it ran in Can Am.
This photo demonstrates the size difference