{"id":496529,"date":"2017-05-01T01:57:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T01:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=44361"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:37:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:37:47","slug":"clash-of-the-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/clash-of-the-titans\/","title":{"rendered":"Clash of the Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year the SCCA marked the 50th anniversary of its inaugural Trans-American Sedan Championship event at Sebring, Florida, on March 25, 1966. Eventually known as simply the Trans-Am, the series became the most closely contested road-racing series in America. The Tran-Am blossomed quickly, reached its zenith in 1970 and then decayed until 1972 when the SCCA implemented drastic rule changes that made eligible cars a far cry from the seemingly stock vehicles that ran in the series\u2019 first seven seasons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many teams and drivers competed in the Trans-Am, but none are more inextricably linked to the series than Penske Racing and Bud Moore Engineering. The 2017 season marks the 50th anniversary of both teams\u2019 debut in the series, and so with photos from David Bull Publishing\u2019s recently released Trans-Am Era\u2014The Golden Years in Photographs: 1966-1972 by Daniel Lipetz, we take a pictorial look back at this exciting time in American road racing.<\/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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The Tran-Am blossomed quickly, reached its zenith in 1970 and then decayed until 1972 when the SCCA implemented drastic rule changes that made eligible cars a far cry from the seemingly stock vehicles that ran in the series\u2019 first seven seasons. 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