1973 Road Atlanta Can-Am
Introduction Layout of the Road Atlanta (1970-1997)The '''1973 Carling Can-Am''' was the second round of the 1973 Can-Am season. It was held July 8, 1973, at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. It was the fourth Can-Am race held at the track.
Results *Pole position: Mark Donohue, 1:12.950 ()*Fastest lap: Mark Donohue, 1:14 ()*Race distance:  in two heats*Winner's average speed:  Pos  No  Driver  Car  Team  Laps  Time/Retired  Grid  Points 1  16   George Follmer  Porsche 917/10 TC   Rinzler Motoracing/Royal Crown  90  1:55:45.400  2  20 2 6   Mark Donohue  Porsche 917/30 TC   Roger Penske Enterprises  90    1  15 3 0   Jody Scheckter  Porsche 917/10 TC   Vasek Polak Racing, Inc.  89  -1 lap  3  12 4 73   David Hobbs  McLaren M20-Chevrolet   Roy Woods Racing  87  -3 laps  7  10 5 59   Hurley Haywood  Porsche 917/10 TC   Brumos Racing  85  -5 laps  4  8 6 17   Bob Nagel  Lola T260-Chevrolet   Nagel Racing  84  -6 laps  10  6 7 3   Steve Durst  Porsche 917/10   Vasek Polak Racing, Inc.  83  -7 laps  15  4 8 14   Tom Heyser  Lola T260-Chevrolet   Tom Heyser  78  -12 laps  16  3  9 51   Pete Sherman  McLaren M8F-Chevrolet   Dave Causey  74  -16 laps  20  2 10 47   Ed Felter  McLaren M8E-Chevrolet   Blue Magic Corporation  71  -19 laps  17  1 11 34   Tom Dutton  McLaren M8C-Chevrolet   Burmester Racing  65  -25 laps  13   12DNF 9   John Cordts  McLaren M8D-Chevrolet   William Overhauser Racing  49  Overheating; out of fuel  18   13 98   Danny Hopkins  McLaren M8F-Chevrolet   Commander Motor Homes  47  Spun  14   14 13   Warren Agor  McLaren M8FP-Chevrolet   Warren Agor Racing  41  Ring gear  19   15 11   Lothar Motschenbacher  McLaren M8D-Chevrolet   Motschenbacher Racing  38  Vapor lock  9   DNF 4   Hans Wiedmer  Porsche 917/10 TC   Hans Wiedmer  28  Driver ill  12   DNF 97   Milt Minter  McLaren M8F-Chevrolet   Commander Motor Homes  19  Engine bearing  11   DNF 8   Scooter Patrick  McLaren M8F-Chevrolet   U.S. Racing  14  Accident  8  DNF 101   Jackie Oliver  Shadow DN2-Chevrolet   Don Nichols  11  Suspension  5   DNF 18   Gene Fisher  Lola T222-Chevrolet   Gene Fisher  2  Unknown  21   DNS 96   Mario Andretti  McLaren M20-Chevrolet   Commander Motor Homes    Engine  6  ===Heat 1=== Pos  No  Driver  Car Laps  Time/Retired 1 6   Mark Donohue  Porsche 917/30 TC  40   2  16   George Follmer  Porsche 917/10 TC  40   3 0   Jody Scheckter  Porsche 917/10 TC  39  -1 lap 4 73   David Hobbs  McLaren M20-Chevrolet  39  -1 lap 5 59   Hurley Haywood  Porsche 917/10 TC  38  -2 laps 6 17   Bob Nagel  Lola T260-Chevrolet  38  -2 laps 7 11   Lothar Motschenbacher  McLaren M8D-Chevrolet  38  -2 laps 8 3   Steve Durst  Porsche 917/10  37  -3 laps 9 98   Danny Hopkins  McLaren M8F-Chevrolet  37  -3 laps 10 47   Ed Felter  McLaren M8E-Chevrolet  36  -4 laps 11 13   Warren Agor  McLaren M8FP-Chevrolet  35  -5 laps 12 14   Tom Heyser  Lola T260-Chevrolet  35  -5 laps 13 51   Pete Sherman  McLaren M8F-Chevrolet  33  -7 laps DNF 97   Milt Minter  McLaren M8F-Chevrolet  19  Electrics DNF 34   Tom Dutton  McLaren M8C-Chevrolet  19   DNF 4   Hans Wiedmer  Porsche 917/10 TC  18  Driver ill DNF 8   Scooter Patrick  McLaren M8F-Chevrolet  14  Accident DNF 101   Jackie Oliver  Shadow DN2-Chevrolet  11  Suspension DNF 9   John Cordts  McLaren M8D-Chevrolet  7  Overheating DNF 18   Gene Fisher  Lola T222-Chevrolet  2  Unknown DNS 96   Mario Andretti  McLaren M20-Chevrolet    Engine===Heat 2=== Pos  No  Driver  Car  Laps  Time/Retired 1  16   George Follmer  Porsche 917/10 TC  50   2 6   Mark Donohue  Porsche 917/30 TC  50   3 0   Jody Scheckter  Porsche 917/10 TC  50   4 73   David Hobbs  McLaren M20-Chevrolet  48  -2 laps 5 59   Hurley Haywood  Porsche 917/10 TC  47  -3 laps 6 3   Steve Durst  Porsche 917/10  46  -4 laps 7 17   Bob Nagel  Lola T260-Chevrolet  46  -4 laps 8 34   Tom Dutton  McLaren M8C-Chevrolet  46  -4 laps 9 14   Tom Heyser  Lola T260-Chevrolet  43  -7 laps 10 51   Pete Sherman  McLaren M8F-Chevrolet  41  -9 laps 11 47   Ed Felter  McLaren M8E-Chevrolet  35  -15 laps DNF 9   John Cordts  McLaren M8D-Chevrolet  32  Out of fuel DNF 4   Hans Wiedmer  Porsche 917/10 TC  10  DNF DNF 98   Danny Hopkins  McLaren M8F-Chevrolet  10  Spun DNF 13   Warren Agor  McLaren M8FP-Chevrolet  10  DNF DNF 11   Lothar Motschenbacher  McLaren M8D-Chevrolet  0  Vapor lock DNS 8   Scooter Patrick  McLaren M8F-Chevrolet     DNS 18   Gene Fisher  Lola T222-Chevrolet     DNS 96   Mario Andretti  McLaren M20-Chevrolet     DNS 97   Milt Minter  McLaren M8F-Chevrolet     DNS 101   Jackie Oliver  Shadow DN2-Chevrolet
External links * Race results from World Sports Racing Prototypes* Race results from Ultimate Racing History