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The 1970 Trans-American Championship was a motor racing series organised by the Sports Car Club of America for SCCA Sedans. It was the fifth Trans-Am Championship . Ford won the Over 2 Liter title and Alfa Romeo were victorious in the Under 2 Liter class.
The official name will be the "Muscle Milk SCCA Trans-Am Series". The revived series will use the SCCA's GT-1 class rules. A dedicated group of Trans-Am Series loyalists worked tirelessly to make the rebirth of the Trans-Am Series a reality, and it was to be a grass-roots based series with the potential to grow into a fully professional series.
The Trans-Am Series presented by Pirelli is a sports car racing series held in North America. Founded in 1966, it is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). ). Primarily based in the United States, the series competes on a variety of track types including road courses and street c
The 1971 Trans-American Championship was the sixth running of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. The format was altered to an over 2500cc class and an under 2500cc class, up 500cc from past years. All races used split classes except where noted.
English: 1970 AMC Javelin "Trans-Am" finished in factory red-white-blue color scheme. Built by American Motors Corporation (AMC). This two-door hardtop "pony car" was designed to commemorate the automaker's SCCA Trans-Am Series racing successes. One of 100 built, based on the Javelin SST.
One of the biggest surprises of the 1970 motorsports season was the announcement that Penske Racing had taken over the AMC Javelin program, thus leaving the Camaro Trans-Am program to Jim Hall. [57] American Motors hired Roger Penske and driver Mark Donohue to seriously campaign Javelins in SCCA Trans-Am Series. [58]
The road course was used for Trans-Am Series races, SCCA races, [4] and it also held a Can-Am race in 1984. [5] The drag strip was used for NHRA and AHRA-sanctioned events. [4] In 1974, Evel Knievel used the circuit for one of his stunt performances. [6] [2] The track has since been demolished, and is now a site for housing developments.
A special model only available for the 1970 model year was the Challenger T/A (Trans Am) racing homologation car. [7] To race in the Sports Car Club of America's Trans American Sedan Championship Trans Am, Dodge built a street version of its race car (just like Plymouth with its Plymouth 'Cuda AAR) which it called the Dodge Challenger T/A ...