Clara Engl you said it, I said if nascar still did the real car body lines it would still ring true win on Sunday sell in Monday,, I’m sure they still sell a lot , but this is blast to watch , fun and nostalgic , the sound is great ... thanks for uploading
Wish they had Tran-Am races at Sears Point back in the late 60s and early 70s. I watched a couple Trans-Am races at Laguna Seca. In 1970 Parnelli Jones won in the Mustang followed by Mark Donohue in the Javelin. I was 15. I was going to buy a Javelin and become a race car driver like Mark. A couple years later I bought a 70 AMX. Loved it. Those were the days!
Great coverage of an awesome race. Good, clean racing with the competitors allowing space for others to pass so there is no contact, which actually makes it more exciting as you continually see changes in position. Awesome to hear a shout out to NZ classic racing too. 🇳🇿 Thank you.
Like how the announcer says "I imagine they're racing them as hard as they did back in the day". Wrong! They raced them twice as hard back in the day because they were new, not high dollar vintage historical race cars like they are now.
If the parts could purchased out of the catalog it was legal. One of the best examples of rule "bending" I can think of is when Penske took the cross drilled brakes off the Porsche 917 and had AMC put a part number on them so they could use them on the Matadors in Nascar. None of these cars were anywhere near stock. Starting in 71 the SCCA allowed dry sump oiling systems to be used on the basis that the money spent on a dry sump more than made up for the cost of blown engines. Starting in 70 they allowed larger displacement motors to be destroked to meet the 5 liter class limit. Hence AMC using 360's destrked to a 2.916", the Mopars using 340s destroyed to 2.974" and Pontiac using the Short Deck 303 which was a 389 destroked to 2.850". On the Fords the Cross Boss intakes weren't ever sold on the cars. Or the 4 barrel inline carb* they came up with that they got to use for one race basically. The early cars in the series were much closer to stock than the later ones.
The English/Aussie Announcer is absolute garbage, the lead is swapped 3 or 4 times & there is no mention of it until about the 11 min. mark & even then only briefly. Stop listening to your own head rattle & concentrate on the racing!
Thank you ! I was swearing at that jerk the entire time. Most of what he said was totally inaccurate and he would miss key events as you said. Why can't an American who speaks English and knows what he's talking about narrate a truly American form of racing?
Love racing when you can actually tell the cars apart.Also appreciate the owners driving them hard
Clara Engl you said it, I said if nascar still did the real car body lines it would still ring true win on Sunday sell in Monday,, I’m sure they still sell a lot , but this is blast to watch , fun and nostalgic , the sound is great ... thanks for uploading
At 15:50 I was at Sears Point in 1969 and have many pictures of Peter Revson driving the #2 Mustang.
Wish they had Tran-Am races at Sears Point back in the late 60s and early 70s. I watched a couple Trans-Am races at Laguna Seca. In 1970 Parnelli Jones won in the Mustang followed by Mark Donohue in the Javelin. I was 15. I was going to buy a Javelin and become a race car driver like Mark. A couple years later I bought a 70 AMX. Loved it. Those were the days!
They did in 1969 at Sears Point. I was there & have many pics if you'd like to see some
Glad this era is being kept as it was, great racing.
i could REALLY do without this British dude
My Original Childhood Trans-Am Racing Cars STILL LIVE! YEAHHH!
Great coverage of an awesome race. Good, clean racing with the competitors allowing space for others to pass so there is no contact, which actually makes it more exciting as you continually see changes in position. Awesome to hear a shout out to NZ classic racing too. 🇳🇿 Thank you.
My favorite era! When you could actually buy what was raced.
Well, the body shell anyway.
This the Can Am from the same era are th he best racing series in North America. Ever.
Beautiful
What is a camarrow
Impressive racing!
Congratulations Jim ! Sorry I couldn't make it !
He skipped the 64 Falcon.
Like how the announcer says "I imagine they're racing them as hard as they did back in the day". Wrong! They raced them twice as hard back in the day because they were new, not high dollar vintage historical race cars like they are now.
So, GM cheated by using parts from the latest Vettes, just to make the Camaro's run better? Figures
If the parts could purchased out of the catalog it was legal. One of the best examples of rule "bending" I can think of is when Penske took the cross drilled brakes off the Porsche 917 and had AMC put a part number on them so they could use them on the Matadors in Nascar. None of these cars were anywhere near stock. Starting in 71 the SCCA allowed dry sump oiling systems to be used on the basis that the money spent on a dry sump more than made up for the cost of blown engines. Starting in 70 they allowed larger displacement motors to be destroked to meet the 5 liter class limit. Hence AMC using 360's destrked to a 2.916", the Mopars using 340s destroyed to 2.974" and Pontiac using the Short Deck 303 which was a 389 destroked to 2.850". On the Fords the Cross Boss intakes weren't ever sold on the cars. Or the 4 barrel inline carb* they came up with that they got to use for one race basically. The early cars in the series were much closer to stock than the later ones.
Please get a better announcer
The English/Aussie Announcer is absolute garbage, the lead is swapped 3 or 4 times & there is no mention of it until about the 11 min. mark & even then only briefly. Stop listening to your own head rattle & concentrate on the racing!
Thank you ! I was swearing at that jerk the entire time. Most of what he said was totally inaccurate and he would miss key events as you said. Why can't an American who speaks English and knows what he's talking about narrate a truly American form of racing?
Bloody Limey
I'm sorry folks you cant have a real honest to goodness =Trans Am race with one hand tied behind your back dorry ,,
STROKER ENGINES...................ALL CARS HERE ARE USING MODS.
More like dedtrokers in the Javelins and Mopars after 69
Boring slug Chevy and Ford Jokes . AMC torn up that Series .