LOOKING BACK // FRYE CAPTURES THE TRANS-AM CARS OF SOVREN

Yesterday we featured a few shots of the different Formula cars that make an appearance each year at SOVREN. From Jackie Stewart's former Tyrell F1 car to the modest Formula V, SOVREN's Formula classes are known to draw a crowd. But nothing brings out the spectators like the sound, smell and speed of the vintage Trans-Am class.

With a large field of cars, SOVREN's big bore Trans-Am class is a mix of fond memories, American muscle and door to door racing. In its day, the Trans-Am Series was the 'must see' class, drawing huge crowds, as guys like Mark Donohue, Roger Penske, Parnelli Jones and Dan Gurney battled it out on race circuits across the country.

Giving way to tube-frame cars in the early eighties, the SCCA's Trans-Am Series is no longer a production based class, and therefore does not have the same appeal to race fans. What was once a class full of privateers, is now dominated by big budget, factory backed race teams.

So when the Shelby Mustangs, Z28 Camaro's and Dodge Challengers come screaming down the front straight of Pacific Raceways, engines spewing horsepower, drivers desperately fighting to stay in control, we are all reminded why there is no replacement for displacement ;) // [comment]