Trans Am Flashback to 1969 Donnybrook

Trans Am returns to Brainerd International Raceway July 16-18. Originally known as the Donnybrook Road Course, the very wide 10-turn, 3.1-mile circuit first hosted Trans Am at the height of its “golden years.” Parnelli Jones won the opener in 1969 in Bud Moore’s Mustang. Privateer Milt Minter scored a major upset in 1970, winning in a Camaro, while Roger Penske Javelins won in 1971 (Mark Donohue) and 1972 (George Follmer). After a two-year break, Trans Am returned to the rechristened Brainerd International Raceway in 1975, with Peter Gregg, Bob Tullius and Jerry Hansen among the winners over the next four years.