{"id":15787,"date":"2011-05-25T12:22:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T19:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=15787"},"modified":"2013-02-17T18:05:54","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T01:05:54","slug":"historic-trans-am-racing-sonoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/historic-trans-am-racing-sonoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Trans-Am Racing Roars Again &#8211; NorCal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fhistoric-trans-am-racing-sonoma%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F05%2Fhistoric-trans-am-racing-575x287.jpg&amp;description=Historic+Trans-Am+Racing+Roars+Again+%E2%80%93+NorCal\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[15787]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/historic-trans-am-racing-sonoma\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/historic-trans-am-racing-sonoma\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Historic Trans-Am Racing Roars Again \u2013 NorCal\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/historic-trans-am-racing-sonoma\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Historic Trans-Am Racing Roars Again \u2013 NorCal&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/historic-trans-am-racing-sonoma\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/historic-trans-am-racing-sonoma\/\" data-text=\"Historic Trans-Am Racing Roars Again \u2013 NorCal\" data-desc=\"Vintage Camaros, Mustangs, Chargers and AMC's on the Track MyRideisMe.com doesn't normally publish press releases, but since this is a track near and dear to me, I had to... plus, this just looks like a blast! 2011 Tour Begins with Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival, Infineon Raceway Los Angeles\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/historic-trans-am-racing-575x287.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>Vintage Camaros, Mustangs, Chargers and AMC&#8217;s on the Track<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/historic-trans-am-racing.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[15787]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15789\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Histroric Trans AM racing in Sonoma, California\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/historic-trans-am-racing-575x287.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Historic Trans AM Racing, trans am racing\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/historic-trans-am-racing-575x287.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/historic-trans-am-racing-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/historic-trans-am-racing-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/historic-trans-am-racing.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MyRideisMe.com doesn&#8217;t normally publish press releases, but since this is a track near and dear to me, I had to&#8230; plus, this just looks like a blast!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011 Tour Begins with Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival, Infineon Raceway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles (May 16, 2011) &#8211; \u00a0The  Big Boys are back June 3-5, 2011, at the Sonoma Historic Motorsports  Festival, being held at Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA. Bring the entire  family for a day of incredible racing with the Historic Trans AM Racing  Group. Featuring the original cars, the excitement and the noise you  remember from the late \u201860s and early 70s Trans Am series. This  exhibition race will bring back memories of the glory days of road  racing. The original series drove auto makers to go faster, be louder  and better than their competitors. Detroit\u2019s battle cry of \u201cWin on  Sunday, Sell on Monday\u201d correctly labeled an escalating new-car  marketplace demanding affordable, high-performance automobiles, and the  most popular American road racing series of all time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Historic-Trans-AM-Sonoma-Race-June.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[15787]\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15790\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Sears Point (Infineon Raceway) flier for Historic Trans-Am Racing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Historic-Trans-AM-Sonoma-Race-June.jpg\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Historic Trans AM, vintage trans am racing,\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Historic-Trans-AM-Sonoma-Race-June.jpg 351w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Historic-Trans-AM-Sonoma-Race-June-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Historic-Trans-AM-Sonoma-Race-June-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a>The  Trans-Am Series thrilled racing enthusiasts four decades ago and  significantly helped to change America\u2019s mainstream automobile  marketing. Says Trans-Am luminary Dan Gurney, \u201cWe had great fans who  could really identify with the cars on track,\u201d lamenting, \u201cIt\u2019s too bad  that it all had to go away.\u201d Parnelli Jones called the Trans-Am a  \u201cno-holds-barred, highly competitive series\u201d, while he and others fought  their way through every road race lap, often as though there was no  tomorrow. Enormously popular in its glory, the SCCA-inspired  Trans-American Sedan Championship drew more drivers from Indy, Sports  Cars and Can-Am than any other single series. \u201cThe racing was fierce,  fast and feisty,\u201d says Petersen Museum Tribute Chairman Tom McIntyre, an  avid owner who races his Mark Donohue 1968 Chevrolet Camaro. These  original Trans-Am Series cars have been carefully preserved and are  raced competitively today by members of the \u2018Historic Trans-Am Group\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The  Historic Trans-Am Group kicks off its summer 2011 racing tour in Sonoma  at Infineon Raceway during the Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival.  The much loved racecars, restored to original racing specifications,  will not only be on display for fans, but on the track in exhibition  displays of the fierce racing of series past. The Historic Trans-Am  Group invites and encourages families and fans of all ages to spend a  day at the races, and continue the legacy of Historic Trans-Am racing.  \u00a0For more detailed information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trans-amseries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.trans-amseries.com\/homepage.htm<\/a> or add us as a friend on Facebook \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/historictransamracing\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/historictransamracing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffAnyone planning on attending?? Is this something you&#8217;d like to see more of?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fhistoric-trans-am-racing-sonoma%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Historic+Trans-Am+Racing+Roars+Again+%E2%80%93+NorCal\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/historic-trans-am-racing-sonoma\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/historic-trans-am-racing-sonoma\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Historic Trans-Am Racing Roars Again \u2013 NorCal\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/historic-trans-am-racing-sonoma\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Historic Trans-Am Racing Roars Again \u2013 NorCal&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/historic-trans-am-racing-sonoma\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/historic-trans-am-racing-sonoma\/\" data-text=\"Historic Trans-Am Racing Roars Again \u2013 NorCal\" data-desc=\"Vintage Camaros, Mustangs, Chargers and AMC's on the Track MyRideisMe.com doesn't normally publish press releases, but since this is a track near and dear to me, I had to... plus, this just looks like a blast! 2011 Tour Begins with Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival, Infineon Raceway Los Angeles\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Vintage Camaros, Mustangs, Chargers and AMC&#8217;s on the Track MyRideisMe.com doesn&#8217;t normally publish press releases, but since this is a track near and dear to me, I had to&#8230; plus, this just looks like a blast! 2011 Tour Begins with Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival, Infineon Raceway Los Angeles (May 16, 2011) &#8211; \u00a0The Big [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[384,19],"tags":[1169,1574],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15787"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22198,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15787\/revisions\/22198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}