2009 - Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing

Pueblo Motorsports Park and the Trans-Am Invitational presented by
Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing, Ltd (RMVR)
Welcome to Pueblo Motorsports Park and the Trans-Am Invitational presented by Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing, Ltd.
(RMVR). This event is a celebration of the Trans-American Sedan Racing series that was held at numerous tracks in the US
and Canada, including a former 2.6-mile road course in Castle Rock, Colorado called Continental Divide Raceways (CDR).
The Trans-Am was organized by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and became a manufacturer’s competition that pitted
two liter Alfas against Porsches, BMWs, Datsuns, and Cortinas and the larger O2 (over two liter) Chevrolet Camaros against
American Motors Javelins, Ford Mustangs, Plymouth Barracudas, and Dodge Darts. It was (and is) one of the most exciting
motor racing series to watch because everyday sedans that the public owned were raced by professional drivers on American
and Canadian road racing circuits.
This year we are featuring the championship Trans-Am racing team of Bud Moore Engineering (BME) who fielded some the
most memorable cars and drivers of the early Trans-Am years. Bud Moore raced Fords in NASCAR and was hired by Lincoln
Mercury to field the Cougar for the 1967 Trans-Am season. They came to Colorado’s CDR in August 1967 for the 8th race
of the season. That year they finished in second place in the Manufacturer’s championship behind Ford’s Mustang.
In 1968, Bud Moore took the Cougars to NASCARs Grand American Touring series after Lincoln Mercury pulled the
funding, winning the championship with a driver named Tiny Lund. Ford called Bud back to the Trans-Am in 1969 and
he assembled a formidable team around the new BOSS 302 Mustang and drivers Parnelli Jones and George Follmer. They
finished a close second to team Penske in 1969 but in 1970, they took the manufacturer’s championship. That year was one
of the pinnacles in the history of the Trans-Am series.
We are honored to have Bud’s youngest son and NASCAR crew chief Greg Moore joining us this weekend. Greg will be hosting
a phone interview with his dad at lunch hour on Saturday June 13 that will be broadcasted over the track radio channel
and public address system. Be sure to listen-in to this conversation with a Trans-Am and NASCAR legend.
In this program you will find historical photographs from Colorado’s former Continental Divide Raceways (CDR) and other
memorabilia associated with Colorado’s racing past. Included is information on how to drive the Pueblo racing circuit, pictures
from previous year’s events, RMVR club information, and the Trans-Am points system.
We wish to thank the many sponsors of this event with a special thanks to John Obialero, Inc., AAI Speed Equipment, 3R
Automotive, Colorado Collision, Thomas Vintage Motors, and Coors Brewing Company for their support of vintage Trans-
Am racing in Colorado. We ask that you support all of the advertisers at this event who share our enthusiasm for the Trans-Am,
Colorado’s racing history, and vintage motor racing.
Peter Schuster in his BMW 2002 at Mid-Ohio June 1970. Six out of seven
BMWs broke that day while the Alfas held together. Barry Tenin photo.
Keith Davidson,
Chairman, RMVR Trans-Am Invitational
Bud Moore’s Boss cars carried his familiar red, white and black racing colors in
1969 and were sponsored by the National Council of Mustang Clubs. That
was just another name for Ford Motor Company. Here is Parnelli passing Mark
Donohue. Ford photo.
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