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1971 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/4 CanAm news, pictures, and information

Spyder
 
In 1971, this car (red Alfa with number 33 on the hood) placed third at Buenos Aires, driven by Rolf Stommelen and Nanni Galli; third at Sebring; third at Spa; and fourth at the Nurburgring. Driven by Nino Vacarella and Toine Hezemans, the car placed fifth at Monza. Hezemans and Vacarella won the Targa Florio in this car. Andrea DeAdamich and Ronnie Peterson won again at the Six Hours of Watkins Glen. The following day, fitted with a new 4.0-liter engine, this car competed in the Sunday afternoon Watkins Glen Can-Am, finishing seventh with up to 400 more horsepower than its original engine.
Spyder
 
In 1971, this car placed third at Buenos Aires, driven by Rolf Stommelen and Nannigalli; third at Sebring; third at Spa and fourth at Nurburgring. Driven by Nino Vacarella and Toine Hezemans, the car placed fifth at Monza. Hezemans and Vacarella won the Targa Florio; Andrea DeAdamich and Ronnie Peterson won again at the six hours of Watkins Glen. The following day, fitted with a new 4.0-liter engine, this car competed in the Sunday afternoon Watkins Glen Can-Am, finishing seventh against competition with up to 400 more horsepower.
What were some of the best/most dominant sports cars in the premier classes at The Glen?
This year's Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen will be the final trip for the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series to Watkins Glen International. In 2014, Grand-Am and the American Le Mans Series will have fully merged, creating new classes and different machinery competing in the same class. The Daytona Prototypes will go head-to-head with the P2s and Delta Wing in the premier class, while four other GT-based divisions will split up a myriad of different kinds of cars. This got us to thinking: W...[Read more...]
1982 Austrian Grand Prix: de Angelis Flying Through the Thin Air
It is almost impossible to predict events and just how momentous they just might be. This would certainly be the case with the 1982 Austrian Grand Prix, a truly special and memorable moment in Formula One history. Heading into the Austrian Grand Prix in 1982 Formula One was in a bit of trouble and desperately needed a lift. All throughout the paddock there were teams that needed some good news. And then there would be others that needed some good news in order to be able to weather a storm co...[Read more...]
1956 24 Hours of Le Mans: The Rise of Two Counts
The 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans would end up being the darkest day in all of motorsport when Pierre Levegh launched off the back of Lance Macklin's Austin-Healey and crashed into a barrier sending large portions of the car flying through the air acting like guillotines to the record crowd crammed along the main straight. It would be estimated that more than eighty would lose their life as a result, scores more would be severely injured. Yet, despite the graphic horror of the event the race would co...[Read more...]
1957 Italian Grand Prix: A True Nobleman Stands Amongst Two of F1's Most Noble
The sea of spectators overwhelming the circuit would be a truly awe-inspiring sight to behold. The vast majority of this horde was there to celebrate the car adorned in red finishing in the top three. The car's driver, a true royal, would stand amongst the crowd as if standing amongst adoring and loving subjects. For the first time in his career, Wolfgang von Trips would be able to count himself amongst the elite of Formula One. Wolfgang von Trips had been born into a noble German family in ...[Read more...]
1958 Moroccan Grand Prix: British All the Way
After years of frustration, and well past his life-expectancy, Mike Hawthorn would be on the verge of his first World Championship. This was more than likely Hawthorn's last and best hope at a World Championship title. Just one last race, and a fellow Brit, would separate Hawthorn from his World Championship. Emotionally, Hawthorn was done. The last few seasons had seen Hawthorn fail to experience anywhere near the level of success he had even in his rookie year of 1952. In 1952, with an unde...[Read more...]
1971 Can-Am Drivers Championship
PosDriverTeamCarEnginePoints
1  Peter Jeffrey Revson    142 
2  Denis Clive 'Denny' Hulme    132 
3  Sir John Young Stewart    76 
4  Joseph Siffert    68 
5  Lothar Motschenbacher    52 
6  Milt Minter    37 
7  Tony Adamowicz    34 
8  Chuck Parsons    30 
9  Victor Henry 'Vic' Elford    25 
10  Hiroshi Kazato    19 
11  Sam Posey    16 
12  John Cordts    14 
13  David Causey    14 
14  Gregg Young    12 
14  Keith Jack Oliver    12 
14  James Howden Ganley    12 
17  Tom Dutton    12 
18  Herbert Müller    11 
19  Robert Bondurant    10 
19  Mario Gabriele Andretti    10 
19  Brian Herman Thomas Redman    10 
22  Bobby Brown    
23  Roger McCaig    
24  Dick Durant    
25  Jim Adams    
26  Steve Matchett    
27  Andrea Lodovico de Adamich    
28  Gary Wilson    
29  George Drolsom    
30  Charlie Kemp    
31  Jonkheer Gijsbert van Lennep    
31  George Follmer    
33  Jim Butcher    
33  Bob Nagel    

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