After watching the Chaparral video, I got wondering if there was any cool Trans Am video floating around the youtubes. I found this restored clip of a film called Trans Am Countdown that was filmed at the Daytona 24 Hour race in 1970. The are some great shots of the Javelin and cool interviews with Mark Donohue and a very young looking Roger Penske. Someone should have told Penske to visit the porta john before an interview! It’s not often you see a future captain of industry doing the pee dance!

Over at Jalopnik today, they are talking about a Trans Am teaser that Car & Driver have printed in the December 06 issue. It seems that a key guy at Ford wants to make this happen. The possible plan? Start a single make series for the 550 hp Mustang and then expand to include other models. Imagine that…production based poney cars battling it out on the track for a bit of Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday.

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Hey Mr. Gentilozzi….. I’ve got an idea that may just revitalize Trans Am! Why not go back to the grassroots history? Just think, the North American series with the most history needs something new & a bit of history may be just the thing.

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