The 1966 Trans-American Sedan Championship was the inaugural running of the
Sports Car Club of America
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's
Trans-Am Series
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Primarily based in the United States, the series competes on a variety of track types includ ...
auto racing series. It was open to
FIA Group 1 and
FIA Group 2
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cars and was contested over seven races.
Manufacturers titles were awarded for both Over 2 Liter and Under 2 Liter cars with
Ford
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* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
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and
Alfa Romeo
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winning their respective class championships.
[ Horst Kwech and ]Gaston Andrey
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* Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343)
*Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391)
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were subsequently named Drivers co-champions in 1980 when the SCCA retroactively named drivers championships for the series after the 1980 season.
Schedule
The championship was contested over a seven race series.[
Overall winner race winners are shown in bold.
]
Season review
The Dodge Dart
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of Bob Tullius won the Over 2 liter class at the opening race at Sebring International Raceway
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, while the Alfa Romeo GTA of Formula One
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driver Jochen Rindt
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won the Under 2 liter class and was placed first overall.[
Over the course of the championship ]Ford Mustang
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s won the Over 2 liter class at four races with Dodge Dart
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s winning twice and Plymouth Barracuda
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once.[ Alfa Romeo GTAs won the Under 2 liter class at five races with ]Ford Cortina Lotus
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winning twice.[ ]Ford
Ford commonly refers to:
* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
* Ford F ...
and Alfa Romeo
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won their respective class championships.[
]
Points system
Points were awarded according to finishing position.[ Only the highest-placed car scored points for the manufacturer.][ Drivers' championships were not awarded in Trans-Am until 1972.
]
Championship standings
Over 2 liter class
Under 2 liter class
The cars
The following models scored championship points for their respective manufacturers.
Over 2 liter class
* Ford Mustang
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[
* ]Plymouth Barracuda
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The first-generation Barracuda was based on the Chrysler A platform, Chrysler A-body and was offered from 1964 to 1966. A ...
[
* ]Dodge Dart
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The Dart name originally appeared on a 1956 Chrysler show car featuring ...
[
* ]Chevrolet Corvair
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[
]
Under 2 liter class
* Alfa Romeo GTA[
* ]Ford Cortina Lotus
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[
* BMW 1800TI & 1800 TISA][''Four Hour Governor’s Cup for Sedans'', touringcarracing.net]
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Retrieved on 15 April 2015
* BMC Cooper S
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* Volvo 122S][
* Fiat Abarth 1000 TC][''The Great Race - Marlboro 12 hour'', touringcarracing.net]
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See also
*1966 Can-Am season
The 1966 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the inaugural season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It was for FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began September 11, 1966, and ended November 13, 1966, after six rounds.
T ...
* 1966 United States Road Racing Championship season
References
External links
touringcarracing.net
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