Editing McLaren (section)

===Can-Am===
[[File:McLaren M1A at Silverstone.jpg|thumb|right|The McLaren M1A [[sports car racing|sports car]] of 1964 was the team's first self-designed car. The 'B' version raced in [[Can-Am]] in the [[1966 Can-Am season|1966 season]].]]

McLaren's first racing car designed and built "from the rubber up" by Bruce McLaren Motor Racing was the M1. The car with a small block Oldsmobile had immediate success driven by Bruce McLaren. The car was raced in North America and Europe in 1964 in various A sports and United States Road Racing Championship events. In 1965 the team car was the M1A prototype from which the production Elva M1As were based. In late 1965, the M1B (also known as Mk2) was the team car for the North American races at the end of the year. For the Can-Am Series, which started in 1966, McLaren created the M3 which Bruce and [[Chris Amon]] drove&nbsp;– customer cars also appeared in several races in the [[1966 Can-Am season|1966 season]]. With the M3, they led two races but scored no wins, and the inaugural title was taken by John Surtees in a Lola T70. The following year, Robin Herd purpose-designed the [[Chevrolet]] V8-powered [[McLaren M6A|M6A]], delays with the Formula One programme allowing the team to spend extra resources on developing the Can-Am car which was the first to be painted in McLaren orange. With Denny Hulme now partnering Bruce, they won five of six races and Bruce won the championship, setting the pattern for the next four years. In the [[1968 Can-Am season|1968 season]], they used a new car, the M8, to win four races; non-works McLarens took the other two, but this time Hulme was victorious overall. In the [[1969 Can-Am season|1969 season]], McLaren domination became total as they won all 11 races with the M8B; Hulme won five, and Bruce won six and the Drivers' Championship.<ref name="clockworkorange">{{cite web|url=http://www.bruce-mclaren.com/the-racing-team/articles/clockwork-orange-mclaren-domination.html|title=Clockwork Orange&nbsp;– McLaren Domination|first=Mark|last=Hughes|author-link=Mark Hughes (journalist)|work=Bruce McLaren Trust|access-date=8 April 2010|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165406/http://www.bruce-mclaren.com/the-racing-team/articles/clockwork-orange-mclaren-domination.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 1969 onwards, McLaren M12&nbsp;– the customer "variant" of the M8&nbsp;– was driven by several entrants, including a version modified by Jim Hall of Chaparral fame. McLaren's success in Can-Am brought with it financial rewards, both prize money and money from selling cars to other teams, that helped to support the team and fund the nascent and relatively poor-paying Formula One programme.<ref name="clockworkorange"/><ref>{{harvnb|Nye|1988|page=36}}</ref>

[[File:McLarenM8D.jpg|thumb|right|Bruce McLaren was killed testing a McLaren M8D at [[Goodwood Circuit|Goodwood]] in 1970.]]

When Bruce was killed testing the [[1970 Can-Am season|1970 season]]'s M8D, he was at first replaced by [[Dan Gurney]], then later by [[Peter Gethin]]. They won two and one races, respectively, while Hulme won six on the way to the championship. Private teams competing in the 1970 Can-Am series included older M3Bs as well as the M12&nbsp;– the customer version of the team's M8B. In the [[1971 Can-Am season|1971 season]], the team held off the challenge of 1969 world champion [[Jackie Stewart]] in the [[Lola Cars|Lola]] T260, winning eight races, with Peter Revson taking the title. Hulme also won three Can-Am races in the [[1972 Can-Am season|1972 season]], but the [[McLaren M20]] was defeated by the [[Porsche 917]]/10s of [[Mark Donohue]] and [[George Follmer]]. Faced by the greater resources of Porsche, McLaren decided to abandon Can-Am at the end of 1972 and focus solely on [[open wheel car|open-wheel racing]].<ref name="clockworkorange"/> When the original Can-Am series ceased at the end of the [[1974 Can-Am season|1974 season]], McLaren was by far the most successful constructor with 43 wins.<ref>{{harvnb|Taylor|2009|page=301}}</ref>