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Alfa's In Trans Am
There are a lot of people here who have pictures of Alfa's racing in the Trans Am series. Let's post all the pictures we can find here on this thread. Here are just a few of what I have. I need to scan more.
Charlie Thieriot at unknown track 1971
Charlie Thieriot at unknown track 1971
Charlie Thieriot at unknown track 1971
Charlie Thieriot Laguna Seca pits 1971 (Host Kwech coming out of last corner)
Charlie Thieriot Laguna Seca paddock 1971 (BB member Rick Clemente with rain coat and gloves)
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11-08-2005, 03:08 PM
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Chuck Miller (looking to side) and Hector Vasquez (bending over) working on Charlie Thieriot's GTA at Laguna in 1972
Charlie Thieriot's set up at Laguna Seca in 1972
Laguna Seca grid 1972
Opening laps of Riverside 1972
Last corner at Laguna Seca 1972
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11-08-2005, 03:10 PM
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Charlie Thieriot drag racing Ed Wach's at Riverside in 1972
Charlie Thieriot chasing after Bert Everett at Laguna Seca in 1972
Charlie Thieriot and Ed Wachs at Riverside in 1972
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11-08-2005, 03:13 PM
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Bert Everett in action at Mid Ohio in 1970
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11-08-2005, 03:14 PM
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What years are those taken?
Oops, some of those have a date on the border . . .
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11-08-2005, 03:27 PM
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Anthony- I never realised your GTA had so much history..
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11-08-2005, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by alfa75 88
Anthony- I never realised your GTA had so much history..
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Here are a couple of our GTA below. It has quite a bit of history as well.
Riverside paddock in 1969
Charlie Thieriot leading B Sedan at Riverside 1969
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11-08-2005, 03:44 PM
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Oh, damn.. I thought the #33 in the first pictures you posted was yours. My bad.
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11-08-2005, 04:11 PM
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Great fun to see the old Laguna Seca shots. I spent a weekend there watching Formula 5000 races in '71. A cousin of mine was (at the time) married to Skip Barber who was racing then. Prior to that I had been to SCCA events at Cotati and hillclimbs in Idaho and Washington state in the early sixties (stretching the memory cells a bit).
Makes me want to go to the track . . . now! George
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11-08-2005, 05:09 PM
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Here's one I just scoured off of the web.
Horst Kwech, Alfa GTA - 1967
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11-08-2005, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by smestas
Ed Wachs, Alfa GTA
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11-08-2005, 06:28 PM
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Here are a couple of Horst Kwech's GTA's in '69. I got them off Tony Adamowicz's website but I'm not sure it's him driving.
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11-08-2005, 06:33 PM
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Jochen Rindt in the first TransAm race, Sebring 1966, winning 1st overall, beating Bob Tullius's V-8 Dodge Dart among others. His mechanic, Businello as I recall, had rolled the car earlier that week in practice, thus the wrinkles in the bodywork.
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11-08-2005, 08:30 PM
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I believe, but I'm not certain, that the Rindt car above is now in the UK, owned by a leading Bugatti specialist. The car I'm thinking of was on the race card at the Goodwood Revival this year, but did not race. It has an all-alloy floor.
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11-09-2005, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Hit an Apex
Small word. Ed Wachs just announced a two car Champ Car Atlantic team for next year
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