Most Beautiful Race Cars
#24
Some of my favorite Can Am cars. Not beautiful in the traditional sense, but there is definitely a raw beauty in their simple purpose....be the fastest, most bad-ass machine on the planet at the time.
McLaren M20
![](http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/bige1967/IMG_0250.jpg)
McLaren M8 B Low Wing
![](http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/bige1967/IMG_0252.jpg)
Lola
![](http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/bige1967/IMG_0256.jpg)
900 hp big block, kinsler injection, 18" wide rear tires that still spin under hard acceleration
![](http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/bige1967/IMG_0177.jpg)
Early McLaren M8, love the blue stacks against the papaya orange
![](http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/bige1967/IMG_0195.jpg)
McLaren M8 E with gold stacks
McLaren M20
![](http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/bige1967/IMG_0250.jpg)
McLaren M8 B Low Wing
![](http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/bige1967/IMG_0252.jpg)
Lola
![](http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/bige1967/IMG_0256.jpg)
900 hp big block, kinsler injection, 18" wide rear tires that still spin under hard acceleration
![](http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/bige1967/IMG_0177.jpg)
Early McLaren M8, love the blue stacks against the papaya orange
![](http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/bige1967/IMG_0195.jpg)
McLaren M8 E with gold stacks
![](http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/bige1967/IMG_0176.jpg)
#28
^The amazing thing is how small those CanAm cars are in person. With the body panels removed they look like a go kart with 18" wide rear slicks and a huge motor. In the heyday of Can Am racing, the best drivers in the world raced them at their limits race after race.
Definitely "Balls of steel"
Definitely "Balls of steel"