The Bugs, of course, stood no chance against the Alfas in Trans-Am. In
the 1966 season, Alfa actually scored more points than Ford, who won in
the larger displacement division. Alfa also won the inaugural Trans-Am
race outright. The finishing order in the inaugural event was Jochen
Rindt in an Alfa GTA, followed by Bob Tulius in a Dodge Dart, followed
by 3 more Alfas! ;=)
Nick England wrote:
>
> http://www.cs.unc.edu/~nick/vir/66-transam/rb-6608-col/rb-6608-51.jpg
> shows a Bug running the July 1966 Trans-Am at Virginia International Raceway
> There were two of 'em in the race, finishing 17th (Jim McDaniel & John
> Moore) and 18th (Warren Matzen & Rick Mandleson) out of 36 starters.
>
> That's a pretty good heritage :-)
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