sometimes, I look at the numbers comparing stock and race versions of a car, and wonder why the stock one had more parts, but accomplished less. Example, 1969 Z 28 with the 302

Horsepower and torque of a Z/28 302 engine make for a customer, with cross ram dual quads?
377 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 355 ft.lbs torque at 4500 rpm

What about one of the Z/28s that raced in the 1969 Trans Am series?
 486HP with a single 4 BBL

http://www.race-cars.com/carsold/chevy/1130509518/1130509518ss.htm
http://www.vintagemusclecarparts.com/pages/302crossram1.html
http://www.highdefforum.com/car-forum/115098-muscle-cars-1962-1972-a-43.html

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1959 Elkart Lake, SCCA National Road America, paddock, William Mitchell with the Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray SS

https://www.facebook.com/InsideTheMotorsportPaddock/

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racing Acadian, St Jovite, 1965 (first time I've ever seen a full race Beaumont)

https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/nr431fv6910

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An SCCA Mustang I've never seen before, the Jerry Thompson

http://gwadagone.fotki.com/trans-am-racing1966/?view=roll#952

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a rarely seen 71 and 72 AMX Javelin

http://gwadagone.fotki.com/trans-am-racing1966/?view=roll#867

http://gwadagone.fotki.com/trans-am-racing1966/?view=roll#1071

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making a dangerous mess of a fuel pit stop

http://gwadagone.fotki.com/trans-am-racing1966/?view=roll#641

http://gwadagone.fotki.com/trans-am-racing1966/?view=roll#1021

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SCCA Trans Am series Camaros...

http://gwadagone.fotki.com/trans-am-racing1966/?view=roll#538

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SCCA Javelins and an AMX

http://gwadagone.fotki.com/trans-am-racing1966/?view=roll#538

http://gwadagone.fotki.com/trans-am-racing1966/?view=roll#976

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Riverside 1968, the only Dart I've seen in SCCA, and a Camaro I've never seen before

http://gwadagone.fotki.com/trans-am-racing1966/?view=roll#466

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great Firebird, they rarely show up in photos from the racetracks in the late 60s

http://gwadagone.fotki.com/trans-am-racing1966/?view=roll#508

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1967, Dick Thompson driving for team Shelby. Carroll is looking dressed to the 9s, but check out the rest of the details in the pits... like the tank level indicator hose

I may be wrong, but it looks look a welder with Oxy/Acetylene tanks, a floor jack, one pit crew member with an air impact wrench, and 3 guys loading fuel into the trunk gas cap filler.

I think it's a classy look to have the fuel barrels in the car colors too.

This was at Lime Rock according to the gallery of photos it's mixed in with

http://gwadagone.fotki.com/trans-am-racing1966/?view=roll#206

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keep looking around, and you see some things.. like a rally Barracuda in the back of the Beast of Turin build video

https://youtu.be/eToHTf-QUBA
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1911-fiat-s76-runs-for-1st-time-in-over-100-years.953673/

The Plymouth Barracuda Formula S was entered by the factory backed Team Star-Fish in the American Trans-Am racing series with drivers Richard Petty, Scott Harvey, Bruce Jennings and Charles Rainville.

A quote from Paul, the son of the late Charlie Rainville; " Do you recall the photo of dad and AJ crossing the start/finish line side by side on the first lap with the rest of the field not yet in sight at Sebring 66 ? Dad used to say "What that picture didn't show was that he and AJ were giving each other the finger"

https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/cx702mj5051

The FIA requirement of a manufacturer building 500 models identical to what was applying to be raced was not adhered to very closely, Enzo made 33 of the 250 GTOs instead of 100, and how many of these race 1966 Barracudas do you think they made with plexiglass rear windows, 40 gallon fuel tanks, 318 engines, and headers?

http://www.teamstarfish.com/team_starfish.html
http://www.cckhistoric.com/tag/team-starfish/
http://gwadagone.fotki.com/trans-am-racing1966/?view=roll#80

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