Turbo's Racing Photos - Can Am Racing
Frank Gardner
Photography by Mike Smith
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Riverside Raceway 1969
Open Sports Ford
HERE'S A PAIR OF AUSTRALIAN FRANK GARDNER DUCKING INTO TURN 7 AT RIVERSIDE RACEWAY IN OCTOBER 1969. THIS WAS THE FIRST RACE FOR THE CAR. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY ALAN MANN, BUILDER OF THE HONKER II. THIS WAS THE LAST YEAR FOR WINGED CARS AS RULES OUTLAWED ALL MOVABLE WINGS. FRANK STARTED 10th AND HAD MOVED UP TO 7th BEFORE RETIRING IN 20th WITH MECHANICAL TROUBLES.
THE RACE WAS WON BY DENNY HULME. BRUCE McLAREN WON SIX OF THE ELEVEN CAN AM RACES IN 1969 AND WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
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