68 Camaro Trans-AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhcOw-650i4

This car matters interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u-ez8zZ_No

Cars of Mark Donohue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yMire-5jK4

 

Mark Donohue Race Cars Tribute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw-HyrvPXeo

Mark Dononue's Trans Am Race Cars 70's

 

See also post number 3
Links tying some racing history together:

Abandoned tracks in Florida
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...s-fl-area.html

Bonneville History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...e-history.html

Daytona History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...a-history.html

Drag Racing History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/dr...ml#post9366328

This link has some historic drag racing pics.
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/dr...pics-ever.html

Local historic drag racing track Twin City Oldsmar
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...florida-4.html

Indianapolis History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...ml#post9373490

24 Hours of Lemans history
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...s-history.html
Lemans

Lime Rock Park history
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/au...rock-park.html

Pikes Peak racing history Is Pikes Peak a road Race?
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...ml#post9362624

History of Race Cars
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...ml#post9370578

Road Racing History
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/general-car-chat/819758-road-racing-history.html

Sebring history
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...f-history.html

A bit of stock car racing history
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...ml#post9362625
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/au...fast-cars.html

Tying some Tampa Racing history together with links: Tampa International Raceway (Fair Grounds)
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/ge...l-raceway.html

 

• 1982 Jaguar XJR-5 GTP Race Car
  
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  I last saw Bob Tullius at the Lake Mirror Classic in Lakeland around 2012, got his autograph, shook hands
• and talked briefly about Group 44. He was Grand Marshall. Some of his group 44 cars had been restored by
• vintage racers and were present. At one time Group 44 was the factory British racing team in America.

After 20 years of building and racing English cars to 13 SCCA national titles and 3 Trans Am Championships, in 1980 Bob Tullius’ Group 44 Inc. racing team was facing a grim future. The team’s TR8 racer was no longer useful to its corporate sponsor Triumph, which was ceasing production, and no other patron was on the horizon. That is when Jaguar Managing Director John Egan summoned Tullius and Jaguar North America’s VP of Sales and Marketing Mike Dale to Coventry to discuss his strategy to revitalize Jaguar’s performance image. Beginning with a North American racing program, the plan was centered on building a prototype to meet both IMSA GTP and FIA World Endurance Manufacturer’s Championship rule books. The result was this car, the 1982 XJR-5 Serial Number 001.
- Quick Specs -

• Make
  
  Jaguar
• Model
  
  XJR
• Year
  
  1982
• Engine
  
  6.0L V-12
• HP
  
  610

Designer Lee Dykstra designed the XJR-5’s chassis and aerodynamics, creating a smoothly contoured and aggressive shape and taking full advantage of the long and narrow Jaguar V-12 engine to accommodate large ground effects tunnels for downforce. The XJR-5 was otherwise quite conventional; an aluminum tub, Kevlar composite body panels, coilover A-arm suspension with Lockheed disc brakes and the V-12 powerplant topped not with sophisticated fuel injection, turbos or engine controls (those would come later) but a half-dozen good old-fashioned dual-throat Weber 48 carburetors.
Sleek, powerful and easy to drive, the XJR-5 co-driven by Tullius and Bill Adams showed its potential immediately with a 3rd place overall and 1st in GTP at Road America in August 1982 and then a 1st overall at Road Atlanta and 2nd at Laguna Seca in 1983. Successive XJR-5 racers were built, competing in both the IMSA and FIA series including the 24 Hours of Le Mans. XJR-5 001 remained in Tullius’ ownership and the two were reunited on the track at the 2000 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The car was purchased by the current owner direct from Group 44, effectively making it a one-owner vehicle. Period race driver and innovative engineer Jim Busby, having recently restored Jaguar XJR-5 010, was contracted to restore 001 to full event readiness for the current owner. The work was done without regard for expense, and the results are evident in the smallest detail. Every system was subjected to a thorough overhaul, and the engine was rebuilt by marque specialist Ed Pink to a dyno-tested 625 HP. The car was successfully track tested at Willow Springs by veteran driver Rick Knoop, who pronounced it “incredibly easy to drive.” It presents in spectacular fashion thanks to Busby’s characteristically thorough preparation.
Jaguar XJR-5 001 represents Jaguar’s re-entry into international motorsports after a two-decade absence, and with a GTP win by endurance racing legends Tullius and Bill Adams to its credit, is a historically significant piece of Jaguar’s prototype competition history, a status that is sure to make it a popular attraction at vintage events the world over.
This Jaguar was sold by Mecum Auctions in Monterey, California in August 2013.
Source: Mecum Auctions

 

Sebring History...the first pictures of this video show 1970 and Porsches on the Sebring airport.
The video covers John Wyer and the 1970 Gulf Porsches
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/v...ml#post9367793

 

1990 Sebring 12 hours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PLG71hTF2Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0cO9c9vGBU

 

1963 Sebring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvFPqW3vczQ

By robert thomas

My college roommate and I drove down from Long Branch N.J. for this event. We left late on Thursday afternoon and returned early Monday morning, all without sleep. We ran out of food and money very early on. A very memorable race seeing the AC Cobras for the first time. Almost 52 years ago, This video somewhat punches a hole in time to experience being there again as a young man. Thanks for putting it up.

 

1964 Sebring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeDdXceXH0M

Dave MacDonald & Bob Holbert co-pilot the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe to its first-ever class victory in the 12 hrs of Sebring race held March 21st, 1964. This is CSX2287, one of six Coupes ever made, and the only one built entirely in the United States. MacDonald and Holbert drove the Peter Brock designed Coupe to a 1st in GT and 4th overall finish here at Sebring to give America it's highest ever finish in the grueling international endurance race.

Sidenote. This was a milestone victory for Dave MacDonald too as it would distinguish him as the man who drove each of the legendary Shelby Cobras - Cobra Roadster 260ci, Cobra Roadster 289ci, King Cobra, KIng Cobra Lang-Cooper & the Cobra Daytona Coupe - to their first-ever victories.
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1964 Sebring Jim Clark Lotus Cortina in the 3 hour sedan race plus 12 hour race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zqJOtYGtYI

Another period gem from the archives of The Garagista, The 1964 Sebring 3 Hour race. Presented by English Ford Line. The Cortina at Sebring. Filled with period images of significant cars and drivers.

 

Rare pictures of actor James Garners 1968 Corvettes that raced at Sebring and
also Daytona 24 Hour Race.
https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/g...ml#post9370302

 

Sebring made good use of the Mustang as a parade car and driver loaner for a solid 11 seasons..........

https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/f...ml#post9370565