Jackie Oliver – Can-Am | The “forgotten” drivers of F1

Laguna Seca. Photo Dean Lester

1971 Riverside Can Am. Photo Paul Stella

1972 Riverside. Photo Terence Toji

1972 Mid Ohio. Photo Gene Musgrove

1972 Road America. Photo © John Angus

1972 – Jackie Oliver and the shadows. Mosport 1972 and 73 Can Am. Photo Fred Zufelt

1972 – Jackie Oliver and the shadows. Mosport 1972 and 73 Can Am. Photo Fred Zufelt

1972 – Jackie Oliver and the shadows. Mosport 1972 and 73 Can Am. Photo Fred Zufelt

1973 Watkins Glen. Photo Robert Murphy

1973 / In 1974 the Cam Am regulation was already weighed down by fuel restriction, so Shandow created a lightweight, compact car with a Chevi V8 engine that is said to have hit 800hp. Jack Oliver was proclaimed Can Am champion of 1974. This phoito is from 1973. Photo Rich Martin Photography

1974 Can-Am Watking Glen with George Follmer /right/. Photo Robert R Perron