Shelby Can-Am

The Shelby Can-Am is a sports car that had its own racing class in the United States between 1991 and 1996.

After the original Can-Am folded after the 1987 season the SCCA looked for a new sports car class.

[5] The car, the LR-93, was entered by Cliff Rassweiler and James Lee in the 1993 IMSA GT Championship.

[6] The car was restored to the original Shelby Can-Am specifications and shipped off to South Africa.

In 1997, Shelby finished an Oldsmobile-powered prototype meant to continue the Can-Am series, but it remained a one-off.

The series was part of the Pro-Tour at first, joining the other national racing classes of South Africa.

[9] Both times Bleekemolen replaced regular driver Bertil Hoffman, whom also races under a Dutch licence.

[11] At Phakisa Freeway, Thomas Reib and Sean Greve were classified in second place, the best result of the Shelby Can-Am cars.2014 Final round of 2014 Regional Races at Killarney as well as the Africa 3 Hour which finished with a fantastic tussle between the two local Juno entries.

Francis Carruthers (Scotland) and Nick Adcock (England), Malta Juno SS3 3.0 taking a 10.048 second victory from Steve Humble and Ferdi van Niekerk Jnr in their Malta Juno CN 2.0.

The first complete chassis was bought by W. Jerry Gillis, who would win the 1996 Pro Series title.

The tube frame chassis, designed by David Bruns was fitted with a four-speed Weismann transaxle.

A Shelby Can-Am race car
The 1997 Oldsmobile Aurora V8-powered prototype
A Shelby Can Am tube frame chassis on the surface plate at Racefab Inc.