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Originally Posted by kevin2323
funny how the challenger is so fat yet it runs 0-60 in 4.6 seconds. hmmmmmm
and last i checked muscle cars never were track cars from factory. just str8t line beasts. so stop making excuses and give credit were credit is due. challenger is a great looking muscle car with speed to match. all 3 of the muscle cars has their flaws but it is great to have all 3 here at the same time.
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Everyone always says that muscle cars were never track cars. This is completely untrue. I don't know why people think this. For quick info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Am_Series
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The Golden Era (1968-1972)
These years were largely dominated by Mark Donohue, driving for Roger Penske. Penske campaigned Camaros through 1969, when he signed with American Motors to race the Javelin in 1970 and 1971. Donohue would chalk up 20 race victories between 1967 and 1970 and three unofficial drivers's championships, the third achieved in 1971. The 1970 Trans Am series is regarded by most racing historians as the high water mark of American road racing. Every "pony car" manufacturer was represented with a factory team and top driving talent: Chevrolet had the Chaparral Chevy Camaro Z28 team with Jim Hall, Ed Leslie, and Vic Elford. Ford's Bud Moore Boss 302 Mustangs were driven by Parnelli Jones and George Follmer. For Plymouth, the All American Racing Cudas were handled by Dan Gurney and Swede Savage. Sam Posey, and occasionally Tony Adamowicz, drove Ray Caldwell's Autodynamics Challenger TA, Jerry Titus had the Pontiac TransAm, and Roger Penske's Sunoco AMC Javelin team starred Mark Donohue and Peter Revson. The Mercury Cougars were driven by Charlie Rainville, Bruce Jennings, and three other drivers in two races of the 1968 season.
Most of these cars have been preserved or restored and are still racing in vintage events today. The Historic Trans Am Group[1] events often reunite drivers from the era to with the cars they raced in "back in the day".
Many of the greats of muscle car history like the Boss 302 and the Z28 were special packages born of road racing with a 5.0 liter (302 cubic inch) engine displacement maximum. Everyone focuses on the big blocks today- but these were the models that I drool over.
*edit, don't mean for that to sound hostile. sorry if it did.