Met PJ in garage with my parents after trans am race waiting for race results . He was so relaxed and nice.

It is sad to me that this era lasted for such a short time! The 67 through 70 Mustangs Camaros , Javlins Transams were problably scoffed at by Europeans because they had leaf springs and straight axles, but they are by far some of the all around coolest cars to ever come out of Detroit!

What a concept. Real racing. You can tell the cars apart and not running in a pack like nascar. Today the winning cars would be handicapped the following season. It truly was the golden age of motorsports.

When people ask me who my favorite driver is, I say anyone driving a Ford. It's not about the driver...it's about the car....and this series was just that. In the Trans-Am, the champion was the manufacturer not the driver. Never been anything like that since.

Trans-AM and Can-AM will always be the most exiting and amazing series in history.

This takes me back. In 69' I applied for a loan on a 69' Boss 302. could not get approved on a used mustang. I did win the draft lottery and was sent off to war. I didn't get killed in the Army, but I may have died in the River Des Pere Blvd. street racing mayhem in St Louis, Mo, had the loan gone thru for the Boss Mustang.

Man I wish I could've been around back then.

Hearing Chris Economaki's voice brought back so many memories of the ABC Wide World of Sports. I miss watching racing like this with the classic announcers. It's like watching boxing without Howard Cosell. Young people don't know what they missed..

theres nothing like hearing these cars fly-by you at full tilt. the sound just hits you like a brick, ya cant help but smile and feel the adrenaline

Roger Penske walked away from Chevy, then turned the Javelin of all things into a winner. Scalextric and Pioneer make some great Trans am slot cars,so we can relive these halcyon days in miniature.

Trans Am and Can Am, pure excitement! The glory days of racing, nothing modern can compare.

Parnelli Jones just might be the greatest race car driver ever.

man I love them boss 302s..

Damn what an awesome race! I love watching these old classic races back when cars still looked amazing!!

When men were men w balls O steel and a lead foot!! All of them are amazing drivers. Those good old days are long gone. So sad

Some of the best racing ever.

Those Penske Javelins looked nice. Well, all the cars did to be honest. What a great series. Went to a few races as a kid. Great days.

Wow, thanks for the video. I worked on the no.1 chaparell camaro at a vintage race at sebring, late 80s Drove my 73 Z28 from atlanta 10 hours to get there. Parked near the chaparell and started hanging out with the owner,ended up helping him work on the car. When evening came,he got me into the drivers,crews tent for dinner and drinks.He looks at me and says,where are you staying tonight son,I told him hadn't thought about it. So he let me stay with them at the cool motel by the lake in sebring. That camaro is awesome. The car at that time had giant Hurst airheart brakes with a twin master cylinder. Great times.

Greatest series , with greatest drivers ,with the all the makes competing. Don't forget, there was a smaller displacement class also involved. Too bad it's not still in existence. Reason why a bought 1969 Boss 302!

Nice seeing Pete Revson. Drove for Carroll Shelby the year before in the #1 Boss 302 car. Tragic death in an accident a few years later.

I feel like I am at a Blue Oyster concert. More engine noise! More engine noise! I love this class of racing. Cars you can relate to.

No wonder I couldn't tell which corner they were on, 1970 was the last year they ran this configuration. It's amazing how fast this layout was! Winning on wet inside tires and dry outside tires!

Best auto racing series of all time! Loved it then and love watching it now!

Damn that pass thru the grass by parnelli, talk about car control

Love the "look back" and seeing real racing!!, thanks Bud

All these videos do is illustrate clearly what I missed out on :/ Amazing cars amazing racing.

This is video gold

Probably the best footage I've seen of the pinnacle year for the Manufacturer's Cup. Parnelli Jones... out of his way Mr, you best keep...

Such a treasure so many names and moments. Love the "in car" with Revson narration @2:46. Great to hear Parnelli @6:24. The summary by Chis Economacki @8:43. Parnelli in traffic @11:30..wow! The rain@13:51. Apparently no penalty for running over an air hose @17:41. Always great to see and hear from Bud Moore (@17:50 & @24:33 ). Great strategy by Jim Hall @17:13 to help secure the win. Dan Gurney, Sweede Savage, Sam Posey, George Follmer, Vic Elford...the list goes on. Many Thanks for this UL!!

Thank you from Berlin, For sharing this

What a blast from the past. I was only 7, so I didn’t know anything about Trans Am racing. Thanks for the video.

great film footage.

Awesome footage, awesome cars, thank you for uploading it

What better way to get ready for the upcoming 2021 Monterey Historics featuring Ford in Trans Am than watching this excellent video of 1970 races? And get this: BOTH Parnelli Jones and George Follmer will attend as Grand Marshalls for the weekend! Can't wait!

Thanks it was cool to see american muscle thrashing about ...

right at 25:25, he says it best. The reason why this is SCCA's best racing (and for any racing body for that matter) is that the fans can identify and participate with the driver and winning team as "their" car is out on track. Unitl NASCAR and other racing bodys suffer from low fan count and go back to identifiable race cars. Then they will suffer in the fan base. The cars have to be identifiable. Look at Australias Super V8s. Tube cassis cars but with the OEM Sheetmetal layed over.

Thanks for posting. I’m too young to have been at WGI for this one. I recognize the esses but the rest had me head scratching until I realized it was the 1970 temporary track set up before they got the boot finished. My first spectator event was the IKF Kart races in 1974. Things were pretty much set by then until they started adding run off and the bus stop fifteen years later. It’s still a great track. Even Hamilton said so in 2010.

Holy crap , Jones got out of shape more than once and demonstrated some serious skills getting it off the dirt .

The 16 car is at McGee Motorsports at Turn 11 Sears Point, btw. Michael and Chris made my 428 Mach 1 work, too....everything from custom cut Koni heavy track shocks and Shelby drop-A arm mods to tuning.

Great video

@11:22 I can feel the front end dance just BARELY touching the track just by watching. Man I miss my old '67 coupe! Appreciate the video chief.

Parnelli Jones and Bud Moore them boys was tough in the bosss

I have seen these cars in vintage racing and I believe Trans Am racing is the worlds best. When I was a kid, these were THE cars...And prices of these cars tell the value of them...

I was there with my girlfriend in the 90, my mom came too ,it was her first car race

After watching old films about Trans Am, I've began to wonder why NASCAR is America's top tier racing organization but not this?

amazing video, thanks so much for posting these

NASCAR on road courses just don't cut it.

The in-car performance analysis, 🤘🏼🤘🏼👍🇺🇸

Ya.... But who won the championship? PJ and Boss 302.

Awesome Totally Awesome !

i had never seen what the track looked like in the final year of the old layout. very cool. you can see where they were starting to cut down trees for the boot

RIP the great Parnelli Jones.

It was a shame that none of the early years of the Trans Am races were televised, as it made for some marvelous racing, as I attended several races in the 1969/70 seasons. The pit stops with the option of tire changes made for some interesting strategies. Ford lost the 1969 season, due in part to Parnelli Jones burning up his tires at the Sears Point/Sonoma race. Mark Donohue with the Penske Camaro won the race and the series for Chevy, but Donohue's tires were thread-bear at the end of the race as he skipped a tire change.

I have models of every one of those first 8 cars at Kent. I was 11 years old in Riverside at the time. Wish I could have been there.

Thanks so much, xlnt.

Went to that race with my future wife in a 69 Z28,great memories.

They are almost the same design, but sound so very different, the two engines.. can't decide which is best.

Badass...

Fantastic stuff...

my left ear needs that sound

Mark Donahue zindabad! The pit crew made him second.

When racin' was racin'. Thanks for posting. Subbed.

The old pits past the 90

FORD=First----On-----Race-----Day !

The old Grant steering wheel !!!😎😎😎😎😄😄😄😄🍺🍺🍺

Parnelli finished in 4th place.

I suspect Elford had more experience in wet conditions.

Was that Jerry Titus in the white Pontiac T/A? His unfortunate accident at Road Atlanta was tragic to Pontiac. Wish that Pontiac had more time and $ to continue their quest in T/A racing and their RAV/SD engine development. This is the ultimate form of automobile racing in my opinion. Open wheel is in a different category. Thanks for posting, and renewing the memories.

the real thing......... no cricle track here.

legends all...

Amazing stuff or in the Heat of Battle PJ passes more than one car in what looks like a Out of Control off the Track on the Grass attitude at 11:43 minutes. And didn't Trade paint with any of them. Car set up is a Huge factor in a Wild man at the wheel Definitely naturally born to drive, Just like I recently seen painted on the under cab Frame of a Peterbuilt 378 Short hood: Trucking isn't for Pansies. Racing these things is exactly that saying.

Bring it back no rules!!

Just when I thought I'd seen everything....

nice. :)

Bathurst 1000K Panorama Mountain

Really cool i owned Cudas an Challengers an thats how i drove them....very predictable...better the faster they went which is rare

Wow, they only won $3500 at best???? ... Even back then, $3500 doesn't seem very much.

“Adjust TRACK-ing”. I see what you did there.

Love those 70-73 Camaros!

Different size dry and wet tires seems like a rookie mistake.

It wasn’t much of a race for Vic, apparently. 😂

This is cool as fuck.

Well there to secrets about the boss 302 most dont know....BUD MOORE thats one the other is the boss 302 is fitted with 460 big block heads yes 460 2.25 intajes an 1.95 exhaust valve a monster 500 hp easy ...it was told carb changes added a 100 hp moore but was never needed...it waa so reliable as it was

I am in a TIME warp ??? High test gas at less the $2.50/gal Boss 302, I back as a sophomore in HS!! No I can`t do that again!!!

I grew up in the wrong era, my dream is to build a gt40, then drive the life out of it,

Boss 302,z28,and then the no cars..

AMC wasnt owned by chrsyler yet in 70 was it

I had a base 70 SE challenger an i put a AAR CUDA TRANS AN 14 TO 1 ALLUMINUM STEERING BOX an my challenger became super fun to drive i swear my base challnger tortion bar front end handled way better the all non dodge vehicles with shitty stock coil springs...the base formula for trans am cars was big block tortion bars small block motor the car would lean an it turned way better...dodge tortion bars could adjust front to rear weight just by raising the front end up or down just jack the car...my cudas an challengers were much better at 120 plus mph because they had aerodynamics from some NASA guy...but ford had the motor dodge didnt make a 302 v8 so they really were boinked over heating they tryed to destroke the 340 in 70 an wasnt great...its cool to see the cudas an challengers racing in second an in 4th....i think Swede savage won a race for dodge finally road america would be a good dodge track because the cuda body aero at over 120mph kicks in....Penskie was a force ..AMC beat dodge using mopar parts donahue won a title for AMC i always thought it was driving the boss 302 car...thanks

Now this is when men were men and women were women Real Racing so much better than modern-day NASCAR

Link with the results www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=10114

Mr Hacks brought me here. JK, your A-W-E-S-O-M-E ✌️🇺🇸🌎

I could Watch this All Day,Nowadays NASCAR is Boring🤮🤣

Seriously the only interesting American racing in 1970. Drags were boring as was NASCAR getting that way at that time

This is Laguna Seca, not Watkins Glen

P Jones was a dirty driver