{"id":491167,"date":"2010-02-01T06:30:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T14:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=42130"},"modified":"2024-12-08T15:31:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T15:31:52","slug":"legends-of-the-trans-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/legends-of-the-trans-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Legends of the Trans-Am"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Still racers, after all these years. That\u2019s what I was thinking as one veteran driver after another mounted the stage and regaled us with stories of his Trans-Am days.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_590649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-590649\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-590649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Lyons\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/FL-PETELYONS.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/FL-PETELYONS-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/FL-PETELYONS-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/FL-PETELYONS-293x415.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-590649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Lyons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Trans-Am: It started way back in the mid-\u201860s, which means these guys must be, gosh, mumble-mumble years old now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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