Vintage Trans Am Racing Footage: '71 AMC Javelins

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Kevin Shaw
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[Ghoste]

Awesome, I love that old Trans-Am stuff!  I saw one of Donahue's Javelins at the Meadowbrook Concour's this summer.  There are some people who argue that AMC only won the 71 Trans-Am championship because of the Big 3 pulling out after 1970.  This is unfortunate because it takes away from the amazing driving of Mark.  The competition was still fierce andthe stakes were high.  You might arguably try and make that claim for the AMC wins after 1971 but I'm not so sure that I would.
You do need to make a correction in your story though Kevin.  It implies that George Follmer was driving a Boss 302 for Penske in 1971.  Mark Donahue was Penske's driver for the 71 TA Javelins and Follmer drove a Mustang for Bud Moore.  In 1972 he drove a Javelin for Roy Woods.
Peter Revson had been a secondary driver for Penske in a Javelin and Follmer was a second driver for one of the other Penske efforts in a Porsche if memory serves.  Both behind Donahue of course.
The Roy Woods Javelins were purchased from Penske.

[RD]

THAT WAS COOL!  thanks!

[Aero426]

Awesome, I love that old Trans-Am stuff!  I saw one of Donahue's Javelins at the Meadowbrook Concour's this summer.  There are some people who argue that AMC only won the 71 Trans-Am championship because of the Big 3 pulling out after 1970.  This is unfortunate because it takes away from the amazing driving of Mark.  The competition was still fierce andthe stakes were high.  You might arguably try and make that claim for the AMC wins after 1971 but I'm not so sure that I would.
You do need to make a correction in your story though Kevin.  It implies that George Follmer was driving a Boss 302 for Penske in 1971.  Mark Donahue was Penske's driver for the 71 TA Javelins and Follmer drove a Mustang for Bud Moore.  In 1972 he drove a Javelin for Roy Woods.
Peter Revson had been a secondary driver for Penske in a Javelin and Follmer was a second driver for one of the other Penske efforts in a Porsche if memory serves.  Both behind Donahue of course.
The Roy Woods Javelins were purchased from Penske.

I will add that George Follmer's involvement with Penske as a team driver goes back to 1966 with the Lola T-70 Can-Am cars and subsequently with the Trans-Am Camaros in 1967.   Follmer drove the first T/A Javelin for Ronnie Kaplan in '68.   Those cars were not the equal of those that Penske turned out after taking over the AMC program in 1970.   As mentioned, Follmer drove the Boss Mustangs for Bud Moore in 1970 and 1971.   He did drive the Roy Woods Javelins in 1972 which became the Javelin program after Penske left the series.    

Follmer also drove Penske's Porsche 917 Can-Am car after Marks hard crash and injury at Road Atlanta.  Follmer went on to be the Can-Am champion for Penske that year.  

[Ghoste]

Forgot about that earlier Lola, thanks.