The South African Springbok Championship Series was a sports car racing series based in Southern Africa. The series ran from 1966 until 1973. The series was cancelled after two rounds of the 1973 season due to the oil crisis, and never returned. The series' signature event was the Kyalami 9 Hours. The series was frequented by European teams and drivers, as it took place in November and December after the World Sportscar Championship and

Can-Am The Canadian-American Challenge Cup, or Can-Am, was an Sports Car Club of America, SCCA/Canadian Auto Sport Clubs, CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1987. History Can-Am started out as a race series for group 7 sports racers with two r ...

seasons. The series did not crown a champion among drivers.

Seasons

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

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Herbert Müller , , Porsche 908/3 , - , 17 November , , Killarney Racing Circuit , , Cape Town, South Africa , , John Watson
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1973 oil crisis The 1973 oil crisis or first oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), led by Saudi Arabia, proclaimed an oil embargo. The embargo was targeted at nations that had supp ...

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Breedon Everard Raceway The Breedon Everard Raceway (also known as Bulawayo Motorsport Park) is a motor racing circuit in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The circuit was built in 1969 when Zimbabwe was known as Rhodesia. This circuit was built and completed in December 1969 and wa ...

, , Bulawayo,

Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...

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