Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Mac Tilton on "The Great Race" in 1966

Many of you will know that Mac Tilton, founder of Tilton Engineering, was Tony "a2z's" Crew Chief in his 1968 Trans Am Championship season

Tony forwarded this e-mail to me from Mac

"The 1966 trans Am from the 12 hours of Marlboro brought back many memories. This was the race that the GTA I built for Harry the Greek and codriven by Sam Posey and Paul Richards won the under 2ltr. class an hour after the finish. Sir John Whitmore was given the victory and received all the publicity but when the laps were counted we won by a lap. Sams half brother was our score keeper and went on to do many major races before computers took over. Wish I have some photos from that race. We received very little notice because the Cortina's we (sic) supposed to win from the start"













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  1. AnonymousNovember 1, 2009 at 11:54 AM
    Steve, this is a great comment on the race and the 1966 Season.  I keep learning more about that era.  I hope to talk to Mac at the Peterson Trans-Am Tribute November 12
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