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1 of 5 MEDIA RELEASE 2016-06-20 for immediate release PETE LYONS 2017 CAN-AM CALENDAR AT PRE-ORDER DISCOUNT!

1 1 of 5 MEDIA RELEASE for immediate release PETE LYONS 2017 CAN-AM CALENDAR AT PRE-ORDER DISCOUNT! New 2017 CAN-AM Calendar by original series reporter-photographer Pete Lyons 24 original period photos celebrate 50 years since 1967 s Bruce & Denny Show Early Bird Pre-Order Pricing $5 off through August 31 Just South of Dear Old RIR, CA Remember when NO RULES RULED RACING? Whether you do or wish you did, Can-Am reporter-photographer Pete Lyons can bring it all to life on your wall for the whole of next year. And for a limited time, Pete is offering his special new 2017 CAN-AM Calendar at a special discount $5 off for Pre-Orders placed by the last day of August The latest in Lyons series of bold, big, beautiful celebrations of the days of unrestricted machines and equally unchained personalities, his VELOCITY 2017 CAN-AM CALENDAR with Octane Press looks back 50 years to the grand opening of the Bruce & Denny Show in That s when a couple of quiet Kiwis (and their tiny team of multinational talents) tore apart Big Banger sports car racing and rebuilt it in their own image. In a mere six races, Bruce McLaren and Denny The Bear Hulme transformed our understanding of how to succeed in North American professional road racing. Andretti? Donohue? Follmer? Gurney? Hall? Jones? Parsons? Posey? Revson? Surtees? Great drivers all. Caldwell? Chaparral? Ferrari? Ford? Lola? Matich? McKee? Exciting machines for sure. But a youthful Formula 1 organization with a pair of new McLaren-Chevy sports racing cars, simple, practical and tested-tested-tested, showed the world how to win the Million-Dollar Can-Am.

2 2 of 5 Jumbo-sized like the old Can-Am itself, Lyons s limited edition calendar is a 17-inchwide premium display piece that opens to over 23 inches tall. It presents 24 period photographs made in-the-day and on-the-spot by award-winning writer-shooter Pete Lyons, who is author of three books about that unforgettable unlimited racing championship of Most of his photos are new to this sequence of annual calendars, which Lyons launched in 2011, and he has written detailed, informative captions for each month. Included are the dates, tracks and winners of the six 1967 races, along with the top three drivers in that year s championship. Published in partnership with Octane Press and designed by Tom Heffron, Pete Lyons VELOCITY 2017 CAN-AM CALENDAR is a premium piece that is printed in limited numbers. Calendars are expected to be ready to ship in September 2016, when the regular price will be $ But through August 31 Lyons is offering Early Bird buyers a discount of $24.99 (plus S&H and Calif. tax if applicable) for Pre-Orders placed through his website, petelyons.com I personally sign every calendar purchased from me, notes Lyons, and I m always happy to add special holiday greetings or gift messages that people like to request. See more about and purchase the VELOCITY 2017 CAN-AM CALENDAR, as well as Lyons books and thousands of period racing photographs, at or contact Pete by pete@petelyons.com or phone: (USA) (PACIFIC TIME 8AM-8PM please) A lifelong motorsports enthusiast, Pete Lyons has covered races all over the world and authored the award-winning books CAN-AM and CAN-AM CARS IN DETAIL, plus such titles as RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY and FAST LINES, both of which are still in print and offered at petelyons.com along with a vast archive of photographs made by Pete or his father, Ozzie Lyons. Pete Lyons, Motorsports Writer, Photographer, Author of RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY and other books plus the CAN-AM CALENDAR and archive of thousands of period RACING PHOTOS all available at petelyons.com pete@petelyons.com Landline phone (preferred): USA PACIFIC TIME 8AM-8PM please Cell/Mobile phone: Postal address: Pete Lyons, Kitt Ansett Drive, Sun City, CA USA

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