1974 Can-Am season

The 1974 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the ninth and final season of the original Can-Am auto racing series. It consisted of FIA Group 7 racing cars running half hour Sprint races followed by hour-long Cup races. It began June 16, 1974, and was cancelled after the fifth round on August 25, 1974.

The 1973 season had been dominated by the turbocharged Porsche 917/30 of Team Penske driven by Mark Donohue, and then came the 1973 oil crisis. As response, CanAm limited fuel consumption. The new, nimble Shadow DN4 dominated a short season in which even several underpowered old 1969 Porsche 908/02 scored points.

Following the cancellation of the series, many teams turned to the new Camel GT Challenge, although the cars were not of the same type as had been used in Can-Am. The Can-Am name would return in 1977, although the formula used would vary greatly from the original series, concentrating instead on open-wheel-based chassis.

All rounds had a Sprint qualifying heat first to determine the starting order for the Cup event. The results of the Sprint and Cup were not combined.

Rnd	Circuit	Winning Team	Results
		Winning Driver
1	Mosport	#101 Phoenix Racing Organizations	Results
		Jackie Oliver
2	Road Atlanta	#101 Phoenix Racing Organizations	Results
		Jackie Oliver
3	Watkins Glen	#101 Phoenix Racing Organisations	Results
		Jackie Oliver
4	Mid-Ohio	#101 Phoenix Racing Organisations	Results
		Jackie Oliver
5	Road America	#8 U.S. Racing	Results
		Scooter Patrick

Points are awarded to the top ten finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Total
1	Jackie Oliver	Phoenix Racing Organisations	Shadow DN4	Chevrolet 8.1L V8	20	20	20	20	2	82
2	George Follmer	Phoenix Racing Organisations	Shadow DN4	Chevrolet 8.1L V8	15	15	15			45
3	Scooter Patrick	U.S. Racing	McLaren M20	Chevrolet 8.1L V8	12		12		20	44
4	Bob Nagel	Nagel Racing	Lola T260	Chevrolet 7.6L V8	10		10	10	10	40
5	John Gunn	Racing Specialties	Lola T260	Chevrolet 7.0L V8		8	2	1	12	23
6	Lothar Motschenbacher	Motschenbacher Racing	McLaren M8F	Chevrolet 8.1L V8	8	12			1	21
7	Dick Durant	Burmester Racing	McLaren M8R	Chevrolet 7.6L V8	4	6	8			18
8	Dennis Aase	Dennis Aase	Porsche 908/02	Porsche 3.0L Flat-8		4	6	4	3	17
9	Herbert Müller	Herbert Müller Racing	Ferrari 512M	Ferrari 5.7L V12		10			6	16
10=	Brian Redman	North American Racing Team Penske Racing	Ferrari 512M Porsche 917/30	Ferrari5.7L V12 Porsche 5.4L Turbo Flat-12				15		15
10=	John Cordts	Performance Engineering	McLaren M8F	Chevrolet 8.1L V8					15	15
12	Hurley Haywood	Brumos Racing	Porsche 917/10	Porsche 5.4L Turbo Flat-12				12		12
13=	Monte Shelton	Monte Shelton	McLaren M8F	Chevrolet 7.6L V8				8		8
13=	Gary Wilson	Sting Racing Team	Sting GW1	Chevrolet 7.0L V8					8	8
15	David Saville-Peck	Ennerdale Racing	Costello SP8	Oldsmobile V8	2	3		2		7
16=	Gene Fisher	Bailey Speed Shop	Lola T222	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	6					6
16=	Roy Woods	William Overhauser Racing	McLaren M8D	Chevrolet 7.6L V8				6		6
18	Bill Cuddy	Bill Cuddy	McLaren M8F	Chevrolet 7.6L V8			1		4	5
19	Horst Petermann	Horst Petermann	Porsche 908/02	Porsche 3.0L Flat-8			4			4
20=	Harry Bytzek	Rainer Brezinka	Porsche 908/02	Porsche 3.0L Flat-8	3					3
20=	Arturo Merzario	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	Alfa Romeo 4.0L V8			3			3
20=	Bob Lazier	Page Racing	McLaren M8E	Chevrolet 7.6L V8				3		3
23	Mike Brockman	Jim Butcher Racing	McLaren M8C	Chevrolet 7.2L V8		2				2
24=	Tom Butz	Lodestar Enterprises	McLaren M8FP	Chevrolet 7.6L V8	1					1
24=	William Morrow	Bill Morrow	Lola T163	Chevrolet V8		1				1