Of course, there is a lot of questionable tweaking done to vintage racers, so the relative performance today doesn't say much about how they would have performed under different rules back in the day.High current fuses always worry me because they are expensive and you're not likely to find anybody with a spare. The E-body Barracudas would be shorter and lighter, so should be faster, but they don't seem to be prepped to the same level. I have noticed that in the West Coast vintage racing circuit, the ex-Sam Posey 1970 Dodge Challenger seems to be consistently fastest in the Trans-Am class. With 3 years of development it could easily have been a winner. IMO, the 67-69 Barracuda notchback would have been a better platform than the E-body - narrower, stiffer and lighter, with the same engine package. Meanwhile, the Ford and Chevy teams had 3 years of experience, and Penske and Mark Donohue brought in AMC with a "win now, no holds barred" attitude. This team should have been a serious contender, but the E-body platform was new for 1970 and as they started late it suffered from lack of development. But yes, they pulled the plug on factory support from 67-69, then came back in 1970 with Dan Gurney and Swede Savage. Scott Harvey was able to continue the entering rallies (with closed circuit stages) with corporate support, but not much else.īob Tullius won a Trans-Am race in 1966 in a Dodge Dart, with a little under-the-table factory help, and the car was generally competitive. It looks like a lot of those were time-trials and hillclimbs, but some wheel to wheel as well.Ĭhrysler's interest in sports car racing from a corporate standpoint seems to have been rather uneven. Two pre-70 Barracuda's were raced on the continent with Chrysler France's teams. He raced the Barracuda as a slant 6 to put in the most favorable class for the car (as he saw it). In fact at one local autocross there was a Forumla V owner/driver who was telling me he used tow his V with his ex-racing barracuda. I've seen photos of other cars with AS on them, so he wasn't alone. However we can be pretty sure that Robinson ran that car in 'A Sedan'. Since then I identified his hometown in an old entry list. I also made an inquiry into the SCCA archives, but at the time they couldn't find anything. We had a laugh anyway about the coincidence of names. But we determined he was totally unrelated different vehicle (chbby), different coast (Pacific), different race (one was black, the other white). We tracked down one namesake, current SCCA competitor whose father turned out to entered as an independent in some trans-am races. He entered a half dozen or so races as an independent in the 1970 season. That's Gerald Robinson's car according to the Trans-Am entry and race results. Results sometimes appeared in local papers, and of course the club newsletters and dedicated magazines like Sportscar Graphic. The winnings are small if any and its hard to find the records. Sometimes you'll see them called club races or regional races. However most SCCA road racing was and is put on by the regional clubs.
CIRCUIT RACER FORUM SERIES
There was a small bore and big bore class, along with series points in addition to race wins.
CIRCUIT RACER FORUM PRO
Most of the races were amateur - the Trans-Am series (starting in 1966) was meant to be pro and showcase for the auto manufcturers. Probably the biggest USA sanctioning body for road racing is Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). You're running into a language barrier - the lingo is a bit different here than the continent/UK and you'all down under.
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