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1969 Trans-American Sedan Championship

The 1969 Trans-American Championship was the fourth running of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. The championship was open to SCCA Sedan category cars competing in Over 2 liter and Under 2 liter classes. 1969 marked the end of the use of co-drivers in the Trans-Am Championship, as most of the races were between 2.5 and 3 hours. The Over 2 liter and Under 2 liter Manufacturers' titles were won by Chevrolet (Due in large part to Mark Donohue's 6 wins, and a major crash at the St. Jovite, Canada race that nearly destroyed all the Ford and Shelby team cars. Not including the controversial illegal underweight Camaro used by Donohue, wins were to be stripped from Chevrolet given to Ford. But GM threatened to take their money and leave the series.) and Porsche (Due in large part to Peter Gregg's 7 wins) respectively.

Schedule

Chevrolet won the Over 2 liter class championship. Mark Donohue's 1969 Chevrolet Camaro from the series is shown at the U. S. Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International, a vintage car show where historic race cars are driven.

The championship was contested over twelve races.

Race	Date	Circuit	Distance	Over 2 liter winning car
May 11	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan	344.24 mi	Ford Mustang	Porsche 911
USA Parnelli Jones	USA Gary Wright
May 30	Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Connecticut	2 h 30 min
218.79 mi	Ford Mustang	Porsche 911
USA Sam Posey	USA Tony Adamowicz
June 8	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio	240 mi	Chevrolet Camaro	Porsche 911
USA Ronnie Bucknum	USA Peter Gregg
June 22	Bridgehampton Race Circuit, Sag Harbor, New York	250.8 mi	Ford Mustang	Porsche 911
USA George Follmer	USA Peter Gregg
July 6	Donnybrooke International Speedway, Brainerd, Minnesota	252 mi	Ford Mustang	Porsche 911
USA Parnelli Jones	USA Peter Gregg
July 20	Bryar Motorsports Park, Loudon, New Hampshire	200 mi	Chevrolet Camaro	Alfa Romeo GTA
USA Mark Donohue	SUI Gaston Andrey
August 3	Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Saint-Jovite, Quebec	3 h
257 mi	Chevrolet Camaro	Porsche 911
USA Mark Donohue	USA Peter Gregg
August 10	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York	2 h 30 min
269.1 mi	Chevrolet Camaro	Porsche 911
USA Mark Donohue	USA Peter Gregg
August 24	Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, California	226.1 mi	Chevrolet Camaro	Porsche 911
USA Mark Donohue	USA Peter Gregg
September 7	Seattle International Raceway, Kent, Washington	303.75 mi	Chevrolet Camaro	Porsche 911
USA Ronnie Bucknum	USA Peter Gregg
September 21	Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma, California	201.84 mi	Chevrolet Camaro	Porsche 911
USA Mark Donohue	USA Don Pike
October 5	Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, California	201.84 mi	Chevrolet Camaro	Porsche 911
USA Mark Donohue	USA Alan Johnson

Championships

Points were awarded for finishing positions in each class at each race on the following basis:

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
9	6	4	3	2	1

Only the highest-placed car of each make could earn points for its manufacturer and only the best nine results for each manufacturer counted towards the championship totals.

No Drivers titles were awarded in 1969 or in any other Trans-American Championship prior to 1972.

Over 2 liter Manufacturers Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	MIC	LRP	MOH	BRI	DON	BRY	MTB	WGL	LAG	PAC	SPT
Chevrolet	2	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ford	1	1	2	1	1	3	8	2	3	2	2	4
Pontiac	3	5	8	3	4	5	2	12	5	3	4	3
American Motors	4	7	5	6	5	8	4	5	7	12	8	6

Under 2 liter Manufacturers Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	MIC	LRP	MOH	BRI	DON	BRY	MTB	WGL	LAG	PAC	SPT
Porsche	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Alfa Romeo	3	2	8	3		1	12		7	4		5
BMW	9			9	3		14	8	6
British Leyland							3

The cars

The following models contributed to the points totals of their respective manufacturers.

Chevrolet Camaro
Ford Mustang
Pontiac Firebird
AMC Javelin
Porsche 911
Alfa Romeo GTA
BMW 2002Ti
Mini Cooper S

1969 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

1969 had marked the sales debut of the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am however the car's smallest engine was well over the 5000cc maximum set by the series at the time and it was not used in the 1969 championship. In using the name Trans Am, a registered trademark, General Motors agreed to pay $5 per car sold to the SCCA.

References

"1969 Trans-Am Box Scores". [[Sports Car Club of America]].
Dave Friedman, Pony Cars Wars 1966 to 1972, page 112
The official SCCA’s ''1969 Trans-Am Box Scores'' list AMC as scoring 14 points in seven of the twelve races but show a final total of only 13.
"Edmund's Pontiac Firebird History".

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