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Can Am The Speed Odyssey

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Sam Posey takes you on an adventure of the Canadian-American series know as Can-Am.

Unlimited bore engines, the first winged race cars, first ground effects, lap times better than Grand Prix cars,.. not to mention the most powerful road race car ever built...917/30KL

This is Can-Am racing

Putting it to words the memories this has brought back is impossible.

I'm very fortunate to have grown up just outside Road America (my first race was around 1970)..its minutes from my back door.

To see Road America back in the day, without guard rails, is almost hard to believe.

All the tracks back then were raw and untamed, fitting for the Can-Am beasts.

Regardless of the type of racing that turns your crank,

Can-Am 'The Speed Odyssey' is a must have.

Go ahead,..TURN IT UP!!!

This dvd does an excellent job of recreating the ambience of the classic late 60's/early 70's Can-Am....especially as the sounds have been sucessfully synchronized with the video imagery. Sam's narration is erudite as ever..we even get some commentary from Jim Hall. The story is told pretty straightforwardly and some tangential details have been omitted...overall a good job and it will certainly jog the memories of those who were there! We also get to lap long defunct great racetracks such as Riverside and Bridgehampton.....as close as possible to a Can-Am time machine....

The Can-Am 0f the '70's was astounding!! No formula today even approaches where these guys were. If you have found memories of this series or think that F1 and NASCAR of today are real racing, you should buy this CD!

This DVD far exceeded my expectations in every category. Not only do you get a good glimpse and intorduction to the ground-breaking CAN-AM series and it's regular drivers, but also some amazing footage of still-operating race tracks across North America!

For those not knowledgeable of the CAN-AM series, this is a great way to get accustomed to it. All the still-pics and specs don't quite give you the sensation of seeing and hearing a CAN-AM car come racing down the Mario Andretti Straight at Mont-Tremblant, or handling the Esses at Road Atlanta or the gone-but-not-forgotten Riverside Int. Raceway.

This is a great film, using only real footage, no recreations, minimal dialogue and superior 5.1 sound. It starts from CAN-AM's beginnings thru to the next-to-last season and is narrated by some of CAN-AM's regular drivers, who do an astounding job with very little voice-over, on explaining the technology and innovation that made the series ground-breaking and unique. It also kind of gives you a sadness on it's demise as well, as this series was a one-of-a-kind that will likely not be available again because of the aggressive nature and danger that this racing provided at the time.

BUY IT! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!

If one is intersested in the historical signifigance of Can-Am racing in the 60', this is the only video capturing it. And going forward ,in this change to America, will probably be the only one ever. Get it while you can.

This video does a great job of bringing the golden years of Can Am racing. Naration is key to getting the feel of what is was like.

I took my sons to the races when they were little. Now grown they remarked how all the great moments were brought back.

This is a fine DVD and the billing and shipping came off without a hitch. I would recommend this to friends.

The cars are great as are the racing scenes but the production of the film seemed like it was made as a high school project. I don't know how they can charge $34.00 for it. Someone should make real documentary.

As mentioned, the great vintage race footage of these beasts is worth the purchase alone. Great coverage of the early years, but I must agree,the later years are sparsely looked at. Possibly this should have been a two part series. Narration is good but lacks depth or technical insight to any degree.

All in all, a great quality piece, crisp vintage footage and great sound.

I agree with most of the other reviews here - this is easily worth the purchase just for the audio. There is one particular sequence with a steady cam shot where you get a few of the different cars roaring past, slight variations but all enormous and powerful and each introduced by Sam Posey... they showed this bit during an F1 race last year and that alone sold me. The other thing I really enjoyed was the movable rear wing on the Chaparral 2F, so cool seeing it dip for braking/cornering and then flatten for the straights. Of course seeing the old tracks is great as well, and I really enjoyed the footage with Bruce McLaren and all the other greats. I wasn't around when all this was actually happening so I am extremely grateful to have this dvd to experience it to some degree.