Pace lap, Road america, July 19, 1970, the trans-am’s hardest-fought year. in a field of 36 cars, the Mustangs of follmer (16) on pole and Jones lead Hall’s camaro and Savage’s Barracuda, which will come home 2nd.then it’s posey, who will be 3rd in his challenger, and ultimate winner donohue in the Javelin. Jones will finish 5th, follmer won’t finish lap 1. Photo: Pete Lyons / www.petelyons.com
Fast Lines

Legends of the Trans-Am

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Still racers, after all these years. That’s what I was thinking as one veteran driver after another mounted the stage and regaled us with stories of his Trans-Am days.

Pete Lyons
Pete Lyons

The Trans-Am: It started way back in the mid-‘60s, which means these guys must be, gosh, mumble-mumble years old now.

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Pete Lyons is an American motorsport journalist, author and photographer. He began reporting North American racing for Autosport, covering Daytona, Sebring, the Indianapolis 500 and Can-Am, then spent four years as Formula One correspondent for Autosport and AutoWeek. He later edited the US monthly Formula, renamed Racecar, before returning to freelance writing. His books include Can-Am, Can-Am Photo History, Riverside International Raceway, Shadow, a biography of Vic Elford, Fast Lines and My Travels on Racer Road. He wrote the Fast Lines column for Vintage Racecar from 2000 to 2014. His awards include two Dean Batchelor Awards, the Ken Purdy Award and a 2011 International Automotive Media Lifetime Achievement Award. In the Sports Car Digest archive: 154 stories, 2000–2014.
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