Hail the “Mod Scot!” Such a thought must have flickered through many minds as 27 Group 7 machines rumbled around Mosport toward the first starting flag of the sixth season of the fabulous but faltering Can-Am series.
Jackie Stewart, flop-haired superstar of F1, was on pole in his new Lola. That meant he’d out-qualified Can-Am master Denny “The Bear” Hulme as well as Hulme’s quick new McLaren teammate, “Champagne Peter” Revson.