The McLaren M6A was a Group 7 prototype race car designed and developed by driver Bruce McLaren, and built by his Bruce McLaren Motor Racing team for their entry in the 1967 Can-Am season. [1][2][3] As a replacement for the team's M1Bs from 1966, the Chevrolet -powered M6A's improved design earned Bruce McLaren and his team their first of ...

Aug 17, 2011 · Mounted amidships behind the driver was a heavily modified version of Chevrolet's popular small-block V8. Years of racing had turned the engine into a real fire …

Apr 19, 2018 · It’s impossible to over-stress the significance of M6A-1. Designed in just 11 weeks during the early part of 1967 by McLaren’s creative cadre of Robin Herd, Don Beresford and Tyler Alexander (plus Bruce himself), the M6A was McLaren’s first monocoque sports car.

Even though the McLaren M6A-1 was not a Formula One car, but rather – a car only meant for racing in North America, it showed the entire world what the young man from New Zealand was capable of. The maker of McLaren cars is best known for the seasoned Formula One team.

It is the car that began Team McLaren's dominance of the CanAm series for the next five years. One of the most significant cars in McLaren's history, the M6A gave the world a clear glimpse of McLaren's potential as a race car constructor.

McLaren would finish its new car in time for the first round of the Can-Am season. And as the teams arrived at Road America, near Elkhart Lake in Wisconsin for the race on the 3rd of September, McLaren's team would be busy unloading its …

McLaren dominated the 1967 Can-Am season with their papaya-orange M6A driven by Bruce McLaren himself and fellow New Zealander Denny Hulme. Denny Hulme won three races and Bruce McLaren took two victories which put them on top of the Driver’s Championship that year.

1967 McLaren M6A technical specifications and data. Engine, horsepower, torque, dimensions and mechanical details for the 1967 McLaren M6A. CO2, emis...

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The McLaren M6A was a Group 7 prototype race car designed and developed by driver Bruce McLaren, and built by his Bruce McLaren Motor Racing team for their entry in 1967 Can-Am season.