Swede Savage Driving a Plymouth Barracuda in Trans-Am Race at Bridgehampton Raceway, May 1970
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Drivers Dan Gurney and Swede Savage raced Plymouth Barracudas for Gurney's All American Racers team in the 1970 Trans-Am season. Mechanical problems plagued the cars throughout the year. Since Trans-Am rules required that participating cars be production automobiles, Plymouth built 2,724 street versions of the 1970 AAR 'Cuda for public sale to qualify.
Drivers Dan Gurney and Swede Savage raced Plymouth Barracudas for Gurney's All American Racers team in the 1970 Trans-Am season. Mechanical problems plagued the cars throughout the year. Since Trans-Am rules required that participating cars be production automobiles, Plymouth built 2,724 street versions of the 1970 AAR 'Cuda for public sale to qualify.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
May 1970
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.16
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Dimensions
Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in
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