Can-Am Teams 'Thundercar' Championship 1987
The Can-Am Teams championship was very different to the Can-Am series of five years before, and was now heading in a new direction. The leading cars now included the ex-CART March 85Cs of Bill Tempero and Buddy Lazier, powered by six-litre engines, as well as the evergreen Frissbees of Horst Kroll and Al Lamb.
Bill Tempero won the championship but with the Can-Am name no longer available and the sports car bodywork becoming an anachronism, Tempero led the creation of the new championship in 1988, the American Indycar Series (AIS).
The Can-Am series was now finally buried but the SCCA weren't done with the name yet. A Shelby Can-Am concept would appear a couple of years later and has continued racing to the present day.
The races
03 May 1987 > Willow Springs
07 Jun 1987 > Hallett Motor Racing Circuit
19 Jul 1987 > Milwaukee Mile
16 Aug 1987 > Sanair
06 Sep 1987 > Pueblo Motorsports Park
01 Nov 1987 > Phoenix International Raceway
1987 CAT Thunder Cars Championship table
| 1 | Bill Tempero | March 85C - Chevrolet V8 | 109 pts | 4 wins |
| 2 | Al Lamb | Frissbee GR2 - Chevrolet V8 | 100 pts | 1 win |
| 3 | Horst Kroll | Frissbee-Lola KR3 - Chevrolet V8 | 68 pts | |
| 4 | Buddy Lazier | March 85C - Chevrolet V8 | 68 pts | 1 win |
| 5 | John Macaluso | Frissbee-Lola - Chevrolet V8 | 49 pts |
Points table from On Track 7 Dec 1987 p14.