First Generation Pontiac Firebirds With Chevy Motors

[Bruce302]

Penske was trying every trick he could think of, and it was paying off, The SCCA wanted more manufacturers in the series, as it was the manufacturers that got the points, not the drivers. If Pontiac had been a threat they would have been taken down, but it is very possible that it was Chevrolet (and the inter marque rivalry within GM) that saw that Z/28 powered Firebirds time end. There were instructions at Chevrolet that no one was to sell performance parts to the T/G team, but they had a way around that.

Bruce.

[Steve Holmes]

Penske was trying every trick he could think of, and it was paying off, The SCCA wanted more manufacturers in the series, as it was the manufacturers that got the points, not the drivers. If Pontiac had been a threat they would have been taken down, but it is very possible that it was Chevrolet (and the inter marque rivalry within GM) that saw that Z/28 powered Firebirds time end. There were instructions at Chevrolet that no one was to sell performance parts to the T/G team, but they had a way around that.

Bruce.

Bruce, do you know if T/G Racing ever attempted to run their '70 Firebirds with Chevy motors?

[Bruce302]

Bruce, do you know if T/G Racing ever attempted to run their '70 Firebirds with Chevy motors?

T/G Racing had 2 cars (70 model) that after Jerry's death, were run as BFGoodrich TireBirds. One was later converted to a Camaro an of course run with the Chev engine.
I will dig out a pic or two.
Bruce.

[Steve Holmes]

T/G Racing had 2 cars (70 model) that after Jerry's death, were run as BFGoodrich TireBirds. One was later converted to a Camaro an of course run with the Chev engine.
I will dig out a pic or two.
Bruce.

Thanks Bruce, T/G Racing appears to have entered just a single Firebird in most Trans-Am races in 1970, with David Hobbs, Jerry Thompson and John Cordts driving after Titus was killed. The motor was said to be the cars achilles heel, because of its weight, being based on a 400 block. But I was just wondering if T/G Racing had ever tried to convince the SCCA to let them use Chevy motors in 1970?