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Re: HEy Dave, re: CanAM racing Posted by 900 Aero [Email] (#425) [Profile/Gallery] (more from 900 Aero) on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:00:41 In Reply to: HEy Dave, re: CanAM racing, steveC, Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:00:17 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Hi Steve, a friend of mine from here in SLO ended up being Bruce McLaren's crew chief right about when they went to from small block to big block Chevy's. I was fortunate enough to get to go to the races with them when I could get away. Bruce's co driver was Denny Hulme, #5 ( http://www.bruce-mclaren.com/main.htm ) I've actually seen the two, of them flip a coin to determine who would win that particular race! During that period of time the CanAm series became known as the Bruce and Denny show, then Porsche came along with their 917 that had unlimited HP and basically killed the series. Later I did prototype machining on the Thunder aircraft engine that Lee pretty much ran the show on then he and Denny moved to Germany when Denny passed away. Bruce died in the mid '70's so it would have been in the early '70's that I hung out with Lee and the team. Take care, Dave
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