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Back in those years CanAm, TransAm, and Formula 5000 were as big or bigger than indycar, except for the indy-500. They all raced at BIR, a road race track about 110 miles north of Minneapolis. I saw all of em race there. Then we also drove across Wisconsin to Road america to see a few of em.

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Sept 6, 2022 15:44:40 GMT -8 olderguysrule said:

Back in those years CanAm, TransAm, and Formula 5000 were as big or bigger than indycar, except for the indy-500. They all raced at BIR, a road race track about 110 miles north of Minneapolis. I saw all of em race there. Then we also drove across Wisconsin to Road america to see a few of em.

The Can Am cars actually shook the ground when they passed at Mosport. How lucky we were!

olderguysrule Member Posts: 5,788	Trans-Am Sept 7, 2022 16:34:12 GMT -8 truenorth and downforce like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by olderguysrule on Sept 7, 2022 16:34:12 GMT -8 The tramsam cars may have been the most fun to watch. All the auto manufacturers had a car in the series

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Trans Am Racing His
Needing to expand beyond amateur racing, SCCA launched Trans Am Pro series in 1966. Drivers like Dan Gurney and Mark Donahue drove Ford Mustangs, Chevrolet Camaros, Dodge Challengers, Plymouth ‘Cuda, AMC Javelins with 5.0 L V8s and factory support.

olderguysrule Member Posts: 5,788	Trans-Am Mar 5, 2023 10:41:22 GMT -8 truenorth likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by olderguysrule on Mar 5, 2023 10:41:22 GMT -8 lets see. the way I remember Parelli jones and George Fulmer ran the mustangs. Donohue ran the AMC cars. At least some of the years anyways. I'd need to do a google search to remember it all. :-)

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Mar 5, 2023 10:41:22 GMT -8 olderguysrule said:

lets see. the way I remember Parelli jones and George Fulmer ran the mustangs. Donohue ran the AMC cars. At least some of the years anyways. I'd need to do a google search to remember it all. :-)

Imagine that people raced cars as produced by the factories instead of being plastic-wrapped tube frames.

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There's a story I read somewhere. When Penske / Donohue were racing the AMX, someone was looking at the car and he leaned on it with his elbow or what ever. It caved in. A big dent. The Penske guys acted surprised. :-) But they weren't. They had taken the whole body and dipped it in a acid bath to shave weight.

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Mar 6, 2023 11:46:57 GMT -8 olderguysrule said:

There's a story I read somewhere. When Penske / Donohue were racing the AMX, someone was looking at the car and he leaned on it with his elbow or what ever. It caved in. A big dent. The Penske guys acted surprised. :-) But they weren't. They had taken the whole body and dipped it in a acid bath to shave weight.

At Mosport, during the last century, there was an acid-dipped Pinto tha we called the "flapper" for the way it looked going around the track.

truenorth Global Moderator "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Posts: 16,204	Trans-Am Oct 29, 2023 9:30:26 GMT -8 downforce likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by truenorth on Oct 29, 2023 9:30:26 GMT -8 Mid-Ohio Trans-Am, June '70. Donohue (No. 6 Penske AMC Javelin) and Leslie (No. 2 Chaparral Camaro) followed by Jones (No. 15 Bud Moore Ford Mustang Boss 302) and Follmer (No. 16 Bud Moore Ford Mustang Boss 302)...