The Legacy of the McLaren M8: A Fearsome Force 

Nothing like a all aluminum 494 chevy lnches from your head To see hear and work on these cars was something in life you will never forget The Can Am was the best period we will never see this again

I watched many Can Am races in the north eastern US and here in Canada. It was the greatest racing series ever - the sight and the sound was overwhelming. I have been to many Canadian Grand Prix and the spectacle is nowhere the same. The cars were actually violent on track. I was a big McLaren fan - the M8s were my favourite. Long live the memory of the Bruce and Denny Show.

Cheers from Southern California 🇺🇸.. No favorites here.. I've always liked all of them.. the evolution of Speed, Downforce, Cornering grip .. Epic .

I wish I could time-travel and attend those Can-Am events.

Great video. Back in the day I used to sleep in my van off Hwy 68 in Carmel to watch these beasts drive at Laguna and be the first into the track. What a sound they made as a group and dropping through the Corkscrew. Still have images of this in my mind. Have a photo on my shop wall of the 917-30 winning in October 1973. Mark Donahue driving. Great cars, great memories. One of the best categories Group 7 of race cars. As they say “Thanks for the memories”.

"Achievement, not years." I live two blocks away from the McLaren facility in Livonia, just outside of Detroit Michigan. Motor City. McLaren. A Legacy of Speed. More than years. An achievement.

I watched them race once at PIR in Portland, the ground shook when they went by.

A beautiful iconic race car. Maximum power and minimum weight.Thank you for sharing this information. Larry Landis

I remember these cars when I was a kid, I had an uncle who was involved in those races in the US, and I fell in love with the shapes of their designs. Back then, nothing looked more outerworldly than these cars of Can-Am racing. Great video, my favorite waas the Porsche even though the uncle that I mentioned worked fro McLaren

your delivery is getting so much better bru, while i don't watch all of your videos, im always checking in on the odd 1 or 2. I respect the grind. Good luck for the next one

Great video! I watched them at Elkhart Lake, they sounded like thunder coming!

Awesome

Vintage racing and events like Goodwood FOS have become a very popular sector of the motorsports world. The more lighthearted atmosphere and accessibility for fans makes it more fun for everybody. I have enjoyed watching the McLarens running at the Goodwood FOS on their RU-vid channel.

An interesting presentation, with much of the narration taken word-for-word from the Wikipedia entry for McLaren "M8A". Also, a couple of corrections: others have already noted here that the Can-Am was NOT an "open wheel" series since that label applies to cars with no fenders, such as Indy and Formula cars. Also, the original Can-Am series from 1966 - 74 never imposed any limits on engine capacity. That happened only when the SCCA Continental Championship for Formula A/5000 cars was converted to a "new Can-Am" starting in 1977, which carried over the F-5000 series limit of 5-liter engines (and 3-liter F-1 engines), but that's not being covered in this video presentation.

Well, no wonder McLaren is so popular. Impressive indeed and what came out of that time we still see today. Cheers Chris 👍💪✌

🥝✔️M8F

1:54 の車はM8BではなくM8Cじゃないですかね？ シャシー下側が丸くなってるのでM8Bではないと思いますが。

Open wheel ??

Watkins Glen

don't you think the M-20 is another evolution?

Open wheel ? This dude knows nothing

Until Porsche showed up !!!