One Last Turn:
Personal memories of the Can-Am era’s greatest mechanics, tuners and crews
by Martin Rudow and David Gaddis
One Last Turn: Personal memories of the Can-Am era’s greatest mechanics, tuners and crews by Martin Rudow and David Gaddis
 
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One Last Turn: Personal memories of the Can-Am era’s greatest mechanics, tuners and crews
by Martin Rudow and David Gaddis

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The missing Can-Am era book that ties it all together – from a different point of view

Can-Am! The words are still magic to a generation of road racing fans to whom the Canadian-American Challenge Cup series represents the pinnacle of the sport they love. And who is to argue? Taking over from the USRRC (United States Road Racing Championship) as the feature sports car circuit in North America from 1966 through 1974, the world’s best drivers and the world’s best racing teams put together cars that followed the rule of the Can-Am series: no rules! Anything went, as long as it had two seats and enclosed wheels. These “rules” set the stage for years of ground-and-pulse-pounding cars powered by bigger and bigger engines and daredevil drivers competing in front of motorsport’s biggest crowds.

Years later the names still carry weight: drivers like Dennis Hulme, Bruce McLaren, Dan Gurney, Jackie Stewart, Mark Donohue and George Follmer. And the cars: McLaren, Lola, Porsche, Ferrari and Shadow. But who was behind those awesome machines and drivers? Who could keep them going when the torque shook loose engine bolts? Who could spend an entire low-paid off-season in small, cold, and drafty race shops looking for an extra edge in performance and reliability? Who could toil in uncomplaining anonymity behind the scenes while the cars and their drivers basked in the considerable glory that went with Can-Am racing? The men portrayed in One Last Turn.

One Last Turn presents the first look at the young men who made it all work. The mechanics who towed the mighty cars on pick-up trucks and worked on them between races and heats in the blazing sun and pouring rain on muddy grassy fields, who drove thousands of miles on the era's two-lane roads, towing a 2,000-pound race car to make the next race’s starting grid.

Illustrated with many never-before-seen photos of the cars and people who made the USRRC and Can-Am great, this is the book that fans of the series have been waiting for.


  • The men who kept the machines on the track during the Can-Am years
  • Hilarious and poignant never-before told stories behind the scenes during the Can-Am years.
  • Page Size 290mm x 254mm (landscape)
  • Hard cover with dust jacket
  • 400 pages
  • 428 images
  • 978-1-956309-08-9
  • First published April 2024
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4 of 5 One Last Turn November 12, 2024
Reviewer: TY from Rochester, MI United States  
Having attended Can-Am races from 1969 to 1974, read other Martin Rudow books and purchasing Dalton Watson's fine motoring books, I eagerly awaited this book.  The stories of and from the designers and mechanics were informative and entertaining, while the presentation was up to the usual high quality of Dalton Watson.  However, the factual and typographical errors were disappointing, with a need for better editing.  For example, a shot of a Chaparral 2F captioned as being at Daytona (wrong) is repeated about 50 pages later and captioned as at Brands Hatch.  And I wondered what a 'Ford Roaster'(sic) was. Rindt and Cevert were killed in '70 and '73, respectively, not '69 and '72 (I was there in '73). Numerous others as well....

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5 of 5 One Last Turn August 2, 2024
Reviewer: Kevin Woeller from Toledo, OH United States  
Fantastic book! If you ever attended a  Can-Am race, or want to understand the history, you need a copy!

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5 of 5 One last Turn July 21, 2024
Reviewer: Greg Broughton from San Tan valley, AZ United States  
Really appreciated the prompt delivery. Couldn't be better. The book is long in the coming - covers the people behind the scene during the fabulous Can Am series

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5 of 5 Great Customer Service July 6, 2024
Reviewer: Anonymous Person from Evansville , IN United States  
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