If you guys have any vintage race events near you, I suggest you check em out. Tons of fun! Depends who or what is the celebrated driver or class. Parnelli Jones a few years ago, was awesome. Challenger TA with the acid dipped bodies, AMC Javelins, 70'Boss, Camaros. Edelbrock used to come out. Brought camee, and Christy his daughters have 66' GT350s they race. The scream of the small block Shelby is crazy!Holy crap that is so effing awesome. 8k rpm small block with no mufflers lol. The wide body, all of it.
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If you guys have any vintage race events near you, I suggest you check em out. Tons of fun! Depends who or what is the celebrated driver or class. Parnelli Jones a few years ago, was awesome. Challenger TA with the acid dipped bodies, AMC Javelins, 70'Boss, Camaros. Edelbrock used to come out. Brought camee, and Christy his daughters have 66' GT350s they race. The scream of the small block Shelby is crazy!
They have these events all over the country. I'd love to check out the historic Daytona race. Or Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca are so fun too, old money with amazing race cars.
Yes! The pit is all open! It's a vintage race car show. We are lucky, we have a vintage race event half hour away. Every 4th of July weekend.This-Went to Friday practice a couple years ago at Lime Rock, saw all the cool stuff and great access to pits.
Vic had an awesome livery, including a classic Penske Camaro.
Memories!
Man did I love Trans Am racing back in the late '60s and early '70s. Exciting road course racing. I miss it! And the awesome cars. And the great drivers. Parnelli Jones, Swede Savage, Dan Gurney, Jerry Titus, Mark Donahue, George Follmer, Peter Revson, Jim Hall, and Sam Posey, just to name a few.
Some photos from cars that raced back in the day.
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Yeah, its funny if you watch the race that i posted, it has Parnelli trying to pass lapped traffic @11:35 Sideways, and in the dirt! It's good!
And if I remember, the Pontiac Trans am was never raced it the class. Because of the 305cid displacement rule. Amc de-stroked the 360. Always enjoy watching the big boys run! Met Parnelli Jones twice at the Pacific historics here in WA. In 2012 saw him run the new at the time Boss302 for Ford, at the lunch time celebrity run. He looked right at home!
If you watch "uppity" doc on Netflix. It has a lot of Dan Gurney in it. Class act! The guy is just one of the best!
Yeah, the red guy! There is another one there now. It might be the same Falcon. It's black. Hangs around with big block vettes!I've been to the historic races before at Pacific Raceways and they are awesome to watch. I have great video of a Falcon that sounds and moves like it has a NASCAR motor in it racing a really fast Jaguar XKE I believe it was. View attachment 1642564 View attachment 1642565
Yeah, the red guy! There is another one there now. It might be the same Falcon. It's black. Hangs around with big block vettes!
Nascar isn't exactly as popular as it used to be either...The Trans Am series was great. I even liked the old IROC series. But, if I had a choice, they should bring T/A back.
But, America loves them some NASCAR. Even drag racing isn't as popular as it was in the '70s.