Trans/AM was good racing up to when they started using tube frame cars that had no resemblance to the street cars! Like NASCAR the Cars have no resemblance to a real car.
Everytime I watch these videos, I go into the garage and fire up both my 68 and 69 Firebirds and take them out for a spin. They're not Camaros or other popular cars, but it works for me!
Where and how i can see more this kinda races? Plz... i enjoyed it even being 25 in current era!! No aerodynamics, no drs, no hybrid nothin.. just clean and simple.. just race while listening to your sweet engine sound.. it a men's race, no electronic sys to control your car, all by your skills... Beauties!!
WOW, does that bring back memories. I use to be a course marshal with S,C.C.A in northern Calif in the late 60's and early 70's. It was always a special race when the Trans Am & Can Am cars showed up a Laguna.
I was at both the 1969 and 1970 Trans Am races at Laguna Seca, where the memorable aspect of both races were the lack of _wheel to wheel racing;_ where instead, at the drop of the green flag they spread apart; with position changes taking place from the pit stops. I never saw them racing bumper-to-bumper as what's shown in this video.
just the power and stance of these cars is enough to give you goosebumps man... the men who drove these at their peak were fearless. also the story with acid etching and the challenger wasnt the hood, but was the roof! leaned on the roof and it dented in. they were given permission by dodge to go to a local dealership and physically torch the roof off of a challenger and swap it to the 77 race car to pass inspection.
This was the golden era of auto racing these cars had no amenaties they had raw hp though and the men that drove them some of the best drivers in history
I just got two very iconic 1/18 scale diecast in my collection the GMP Sam Posey Challenger and the Dan Gurney Cuda which I plan on reviewing soon when they get here
The story about the challenger being acid dipped. It was the roof that dented because it was so thin. They bought a new challenger from the dealer ship and cut the roof off and transplanted it. The commentator said hood. It’s way more dramatic if you have to cut a roof off rather than replace a hood.
I am dying to see a nascar cup race at this track as much as I love Sonoma and seeing the cars go around there this track would provide better racing it’ll be a crazy sight to see those cars go down the corkscrew side by side🔥🔥
This series should get national TV coverage instead of the boring IMSA Weather Tech with their modern PlayStation cars. Just listen to the beautiful V8 music that these cars produce.
Seriously, they pan over, talk about car colors, meanwhile the AMC moves from 3rd to 1st. That would have been the race to see. Still a good race, thanks for sharing. If I was there I probably would have done the same thing.
Yeah, no kidding.....I didn't care he was in last! My first car was a 64 Futura with Sprint options...tach, buckets, factory 4 speed.....man I miss that car!
Same, but the shipping costs might make it hard to arrange. Personally I'd really like to see Bob Jane's ZL-1 from the Australian touring car series vs. some Trans-Am spec cars vs. that French Hemi Cuda.
These announcers pretend this is a real race. This is an exhibition of Trans Am cars at speed. Sure they're pushing it, but taking no chances in those expensive and irreplaceable historical cars.
@@zeroonezerozero5397 Could, but they don't. This series wouldn't allow your clone to run, although there's others that would. This series is for exhibiting historic TA cars, not just a racing series based around an old rulebook.
@joe, I am sure Butler builds good motors, but the Pontiac motor was built from original RAM-IV heads and block, assembled by a shop in California with advice from Tom Nell, former Pontiac engineer who built the original motors in 1971. Before Pontiac built the SD-455 in 1973-1974, they built a special run of blocks for NASCAR that featured a provision for an internal dry sump. The car has one of those.
The only Reason the Javelin Won was because, they were the only Factory backed team on the track. If ford had not pulled out the AMC cars would never have won. the Bud Moore cars only raced 5 races in 1971 and came real close to a win.
I watched these cars run at laguna seca in 68 through the end of the old trans am series. I was a kid. Any car guy should go to car week in Monterey which includes the historic's at laguna seca.
when. you race. a camaro or mustang.....the power slide like a sprint car. is how you put the car through the turn.....a controled slip...power on......but you dont over do it.......its. an art....... the color. is sublime...lime......like grovy. grrape
Aurthur Robison I’m only 11 min in so idk if I’ll catch one farther in but yea that’s what I was thinking! Was hoping to see one in here! Gotta love the trans am cougars🔥
SCCA racing; I Daniel like 2012 mustang to do. Way I'd set, 302 boss swap motor 429: Exhaust 1•3/4 long Tires Rear 245/50r18 Front 225/50r18 Otherwise 3:73 gear Factory six manual transmission Heart
Watching the grey gto lurking in the back ground was pretty epic, I know these are tuned cars but realistically it should have gotten destroyed on a track 🥴
Cant compare new and old cars, like apples and oranges. Plus, most people I know, would rather have an ol skool car. Just the collectivity factor alone, you cant compare.
and yet they win most of these nostalgic races weird no factory backing they all pulled out of racing once the javelins started wining and right back in when they quit making javelins weird
HOW ABOUT THAT PONTIAC TEMPEST LEMANS? NOT A GTO... PONTIAC'S "Q" SHIP FOR SEVERAL YEARS RUNNING THERE WERE SEVERAL! EARLIEST HAD THE TEMPEST IRS AND ALUMINUM BOP V-8... J.C.
It was originally a Tempest Lemans but in fairness, in 1964, the GTO was an option package, not a separate model. The only way it was legal for Trans-Am was as a GTO, because in 1964 Pontiac filed the homologation papers for the GTO option. It's as much a legit GTO as the Mustangs are Boss 302s or the Javelins or the Camaro Z28s are legit, because most of those were assembled from bare bodies, not converted from production cars. And yes, it's the original Trans-Am race car that Bob Tullius drove, with an original motor, heads, springs, Koni shocks, sway bars, etc.
@@375GTB if you are referring to the road race Tempests Pontiac built that were entered in the Daytona 24 in 1962 and 1963, those were iron block 421CID, with a custom transaxle. There were also drag cars with similar motors. The Gray Ghost didn't share anything with those cars.
No I am not! I'm referring to road race reports of such factory Tempests in R&T back in the day. Pre- Firebird era. Cars with IRS and BOP alloy block engines I am 73 years old Began reading R&T in 1962 SCG in '64 C&D 1966 < I was Tech Editor at FLA Racing News, Miami 1972- 973 seasons The Arabs killed my paper with their oil embargo.... As they killed Andy's STP racing team... Our BEST advertiser Friend and mentor.... Just as we were about to buy a Quantum-DKW FC SCCA school car From "Pop" a retired Eastern Airlines VP $1000 with trailer and spares.... You can stop coming back at me with your speculations assumptions accusations Thank you..... FORZA FERRARI J.C.
Do the 1966 cars have to stick to the 66 rules if how would a 289 have a chance against a destroked 401 AMC! The pre 1970 Rules were Factory engines only. this rule put Pontiac Dodge and Rambler out of Contention.
@@therobert9521 I know what the Cubic inch limit was but, The rule change that was made for the 1970 season opened the door for large engines being Destroked to the 305 limit. This rule let Pontiac Dodge and AMC use the heads off there larger high performance engines in this class. Before 1970 the only engines that were allowed small bore 290 AMC & 273 Dodge engine that couldn't use the big valve heads because they wouldn't fit in the bores. What I am saying is how could you have a chance of ever winning with a 1966 289 Mustang with stock heads if you are racing against a 1970 javelin that has a 401 engine with high performance big valve heads destroyed to 304 CI.
@@mylanmiller9656 As far as I know they run as run with no additional modifications for BOP. It's not like American Iron or older seasons of Australian Trans-Am (before it switched to TA2 rules) where the cars are allowed more leeway for development. SVRA is more focused on being period correct than it is on hyper competitive racing. If the '66 model year car was raced in later seasons with updates it can incorporate them but I don't think you get to update your '66 season car to the last year eligible's rulebook and insist you're still period correct.
@@therobert9521 The original Rule was the engine used had to be a factory option with 305 ci or less. Pontiac had no engine to run in this series, Mopar had to run 273, AMC had to run 290. The Rule change in 1970 allowed larger engines to be de stroke to meet the 305 limit, the new rule allowed the use of the max flow heads from Engines as large as 400 ci. The engines that AMC, Mopar and Pontiac run in the 1970 season were developed as a custom one off hand built that were only available to the public through the parts bin. Some parts were never even sold to the general public. It would be imposable to make a 1966 289 Mustang run with a 1971 javelin.