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1967 Green Valley Trans-Am photos
Jon Mello:
Earlier this year, I was sent some racing photographs by Jerry Melton. He attended both Trans-Am races held at Green Valley, Texas and the 1969 Wolverine Trans-Am at Michigan International Speedway. Below are photos taken by Jerry at the 1967 Green Valley Trans-Am while performing corner worker duties during the race. Many thanks go out to Jerry for sharing these with us. Here's is a short bio about Jerry.
"I have been a strictly amateur racing photographer from my first days of college in 1962. After hanging on the spectator fence at Green Valley Raceway in Texas taking photos without a telephoto for a couple of years, I became a corner worker until my move to Detroit Michigan (just in time to be welcomed by the riots that started the mass exodus from the city). Upon joining the Detroit Region SCCA I was immediately pressed into service as their photographer, thus gaining passes to the races for a number of years until the birth of my son and a second job restricted my weekend commitments. I continue to be a regular visitor to nearby Waterford Hills Raceway, where one needs no pass to be close to the action.
While in college, I was also a cartoonist for Sports Car Graphic Magazine until Jerry Titus became editor and eliminated ALL cartoons. Until then the publication had been more of a club racing friendly mag, but Titus wanted to compete with Car & Driver and Road & Track. So, where's SCG now?
I've been a Public School Art teacher for over 45 years and have long been teaching an added enrichment class in Sports Car Design to 10-14 year olds, where kids create shelf model concept cars from a 2x4 center with 1x3 fenders. It keeps the job interesting."
Jon Mello:
This first set of images is from the Saturday practice and qualifying sessions. Here's Mark Donohue's Camaro.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Here's Mark squinting in the bright (and hot) Texas sun during a break in the action.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Mark confers with crewman Murph Mayberry, who happens to be wearing a Wintersteen Racing shirt. Murph did work
for both George Wintersteen and Roger Penske and both had shops in close proximity to one another. Wintersteen
also drove Penske's Camaro a couple of months earlier during the Daytona 24-hour race.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Dan Gurney straps on his helmet in preparation for the practice session.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Here's Dan putting his Cougar through its paces.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Parnelli Jones, strapped in and ready to go.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Dick Thompson's Grady Davis owned Mustang. Part of the two-car Shelby team in '67.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Freddy Van Beuren's Mustang. One of 26 cars built for Group 2 (Trans-Am) racing by Shelby American Inc in 1967.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Dale Wood's Mustang has a strange bend on the roll bar's main hoop.
Photo by Jerry Melton
The Mustang of Bob Johnson of Columbus, OH. He raced a Falcon at Sebring and would race for Penske in a Camaro several months later.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Parnelli Jones dips a couple of tires into the dirt in turn 2.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Tony Adamowicz in the Group 44 team's Lotus Cortina.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Joe Starkey's Lotus Cortina gets prepped for practice.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Dave Dooley's Cortina is about to get pounced on by a Cougar.
Photo by Jerry Melton
The Alfa Romeo GTA of Jim Baker.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Jon Mello:
The race featured a "Le Mans" style start with drivers running to their cars after the starter waved his flag.
Dick Thompson's white #11 Mustang was on the pole but you will see that he gets off to a horrible start.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Ron Dykes' Mustang gets the early jump into the lead. The weather was brutally hot with temperatures in the mid-to-high 90s
and humidity at 85%. This is a 300 mile race which will tally up 188 laps before it is over.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Dykes is followed by Fred Van Beuren, Dan Gurney in the Cougar, with Dale Wood, John McComb and Mike
Allison rounding out the top six. Just back from them are Parnelli Jones, Mark Donohue and Jerry Titus.
Photo by Jerry Melton
By the end of lap 3, Jerry Titus has blasted by everybody and taken over the lead.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Dan Gurney and Parnelli Jones in their Cougars have Ron Dykes in their sights now.
Photo by Jerry Melton
There goes Mark Donohue in pursuit of one of the white Mustangs.
Photo by Jerry Melton
wrongwayron:
outstanding!
Jon Mello:
The 1967 Z-28 driven by Vick Campbell of Tulsa, OK. The wheels on the back of the car were manufactured by Creitz.
Photo by Jerry Melton
The gold and black Camaro of Charlie Kolb and Fred Baker.
Photo by Jerry Melton
One of the top under-2-liter competitors, Horst Kwech and his Alfa Romeo GTA. He led the U-2 class for the first 60 laps.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Joe Starkey driving one of the Ford factory-backed Cortinas in the U-2 class.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Jim Baker from Atlanta, GA was the driver of this Alfa. Paul Richards was his co-driver.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Del Taylor and Bob Pratt co-drove this Alfa GTA.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Bob Tullius had the only Mopar at this event. He made the trip out to Texas from Falls Church, VA.
His Dart won the first Trans-Am race of the '67 season at Daytona when most of the heavy hitters broke.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Bob Grossman's Mustang. Bob made the long trip out from New Jersey.
Photo by Jerry Melton
California-based Ron Dykes in the Hilton Racing Team Mustang. He lost a wheel and later broke his front suspension.
Photo by Jerry Melton
Bill Steele's Porsche lifts its front wheel pretty high in the air.
Photo by Jerry Melton
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