George Eaton – Can-AM | The “forgotten” drivers of F1

George Eaton – McLaren Elva Mklll-Gurney Weslake Ford – 8th place – Road America 1968

27 October 1968 George Eaton comes out of turn 8 in his McLaren M1C Ford during the 1968 Riverside Can Am race

1969 Mid Ohio

1970 Edmonton Can-Am – dnf. Photo and info Lrigh Dorrington via FB

1970 Can-Am BRM P154. Here is BRM team driver George Eaton at Road Atlanta before he retire. Photo and info Harry E. Hurst

1970 Edmonton 26 July 1970 George Eaton in his BRMP154 leads Gary Wilson’s Lola T163, both Chevrolet powered. Photo via FB Can-am

I think this photo, more than any I took, shows the major defining feature of Road Atlanta when it first opened in 1970 – the downhill drop into Turn 12, then going on the the front straight. Oscar Koveleski told me this was the part that “separated the men from the boys, especially in a Can-Am car!” Here, George Eaton takes his BRM P154 out of Turn 11 and drops off the face of the earth. I can’t imagine the feeling in the pit of your stomach when you would do this. This photo also shows the minimal runoff some areas of the course had, with an imposing red clay wall waiting. Revson would hit the wall up in the left hand corner of the frame during the race when a tire blew. Photo and info Harry E. Hurst

1970 George Eaton supervises the prep of his BRM Can-Am car Bridgehampton. Photo and info Roger Hargens

1970 Road America with British Racing Motors (GB) BRM P154. Photo Rick Keating

1970 Can-Am. Photo John Singer