2013 Phillip Island Classic Motor Races

[Steve Holmes]

This is an interesting one. This is probably the last car built for the old original Can-Am series. This is the Sting GW1, originally built by John Collins for Gary Wilson (thats where the GW1 designation comes from), who first raced it in the Mid-Ohio round of the 1974 Can-Am championship, the very last year for Can-Am. Mid-Ohio was the fourth of just five rounds held that year. The Sting also raced in the last ever Can-Am race, at Elkhart Lake. A shame really, all that effort, only to have the Can-Am killed off after it only raced twice. Its now owned by Scott Drnek, and of all the cars racing in the Sports Car group at PI, gets the prize for having the largest motor: 9 litres!