Model Specific Discussions > Trans-Am Camaros
Hickory GT race - 6/9/69
KurtS:
Here's an article about the GT race at Hickory Speedway in June 69. Too bad the pic isn't clearer.
Who ran the GT series? Any crossover racers/racecars between the T/A and the GT?
lakeholme:
Racing still happens at the Hickory Speedway.
Wish they did GT nowadays....
Jon Mello:
Yes, there were a few people who ran in both series, sometimes with the same car. Pete Hamilton, the winner at Hickory, did run one or two Trans-Am races. So did Vick Campbell in a '67 Z, Jim Murphy in a '68 Camaro, Peter Gregg in a 911, Bob Tullius in a Javelin and Don Yenko in an ex-Smokey Yunick Camaro.
KurtS:
So the rules were generally similar?
I don't hear as much about the GT cars.
69Z28-RS:
The 'GT' racing, such as at Hickory (an oval track), was sponsored or sanctioned by NASCAR from 1968 thru 1970.. for pony cars. Wiki has a little on it here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_American
Some of the same cars may have raced in both, probably as an experiment, or just an opportunity to race, but I don't think there would be a lot of similarity in the racing, or the car prep, between the two.
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