of the 1968 year, then a 1968 MacLaren for the 1969 year. Managed 3 F1 wins by the time he participated in the 1969 SA Grand Prix. Later in the year had serious accident on the Kyalami straight while tire testing that destroyed the car, and needed time to recuperate. It seems BvR so impressed the Grand Prix F1 teams with his 1969 Kyalami Grand Prix driving that he was offered a F1 engagement by Ken Tyrrell to immediately join his team as a 2nd driver behind team leader Jackie Stewart. Due to his injuries from the Kyalami crash this was no longer possible. In 1970, Continued racing in Onyx Production Car Series and won the Onyx Production Car Championship in an Alfa GTV. During 1971 Paddy Driver offered BvR his older F5000 single seater to try out, to see if he still had the racer's heart, and BvR finished 3rd and 1st F5000 behind two F1 cars, satisfying himself. New regulations were introduced in 1971 for the Transvaal Production Car Championship. The car to beat was the Ford Capri Perana V8 (a special SA vehicle made by Basil Green Motors). BvR purchased one of these and was soon able to beat the factory car regularly. This special edition SA car gave BvR an idea! He made a proposal to General Motors to market a vehicle similar to the Basil Green Ford Capri V8. Developed their Vauxhall Firenza, using a 302 cid Camaro V8 engine and running gear. 100 vehicles would have to be built by GM(SA), which BvR convinced them to do, and were sold locally to make this car, dubbed Chev Can-am, race eligible. Two race vehicles became awesome racing saloons, set the first saloon 100 mph lap record, won its introductory race, and continued with easy wins as competitors were frightened away. These Can-ams are quite popular with Collectors today. 1977 took him to Australia to compete at the well known Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 events, in a local GM Holden V8 Torano against the Ford V8s. He made 4th place in the Sandown with a dated model A9X. The SL5000 he was sharing with British Saloon Car Champion Gerry Marshall at Bathurst retired with a broken seat. In 1979, race organizers introduced a new racing formula, allowing any engine/chassis from one make to be combined. Fiat SA was interested. This required fabricating a space frame