In September 1967, American Motors Corporation (AMC) had no performance parts, no performance engineering group, no racing group, no engine-development program, and absolutely no plan for what it was ...

Rear and side view of a 1970 AMC Trans Am Javelin Mr.choppers via Wikimedia Commons The initial drivers of the AMC Trans Am Javelin race cars were George Follmer and Peter Revson. They were dubbed by ...

"My interest in Pontiacs started in 1964 with the introduction of the GTO," Ron says. "My mother worked for a sports-car dealer in Southern California, and I used to frequent the car lot, dreaming of ...

In the early 1970s, America’s Trans-Am racing series was the battleground for pony cars. It wasn’t just racing—it was warfare, complete with factory-backed teams, superstar drivers, and bragging ...

AMC built 2,501 Donohue Javelins in 1970, scoring three Trans Am wins that season before taking the championship a year later ...

The pony car segment reached its pinnacle in the late 1960s with the iconic Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro hitting the streets alongside now-defunct nameplates such as the Firebird, Barracuda and ...