OK, first photo and we're in the roped off area of the Ford factory team. Pictured is the #15 Mustang of Parnelli Jones, who, it has to be said, was one of the true legends of the Trans-Am series. He was a hard-as-nails racer, hugely intimidating, and hugely accomplished. He'd won the Indy 500, but he loved the cut and thrust of the Trans-Am series, and was comfortable here.

If there had been a Drivers Championship in the 1970 Trans-Am series, he'd have been champion. He won 5 of Fords 6 victories that season. Perhaps his greatest race was his incredible come-back drive in the final 1970 event at Riverside, when he was punted off the track early in the race. From the rear of the field and a lap down in a massively battered car, he drove a monstrous race to work right fight his way back, un-lap himself, and take the victory. It was an epic drive.

Thats Jones in the race suit, talking to team boss Bud Moore.

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