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1968 Porsche 911
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Tony Adamowicz Trans Am
In the late 1990’s Tony Adamowicz was interested in doing some vintage racing and in particular finding his old Trans Am championship car. With the help of Porsche restoration expert Craig Stevens, Adamowicz found a chassis that had a number of attributes of his original car. He and Stevens decided to build a period correct car, the result is presented here.

Using period photographs and Adamowicz’s memories, Stevens built a car as close to what Adamowicz raced in 1968 as possible. He even started with a 912 chassis that had been converted to a 911-engine racecar, just as Adamowicz’s car had been back in the day). As the build progressed a number of brackets and fittings reminded Adamowicz of his old car, when original green paint (the Milestone car was originally green) was found behind the front bumper they both wondered if this could actually be the old championship car. Unfortunately no record of the original championship car’s chassis number was kept by either Adamowicz or the Milestone Racing team.

After the restoration the car competed at the second Rennsport Reunion at Daytona and was featured in the September issue of Porsche Panorama.

About the Milestone Racing 911
In 1966 the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) launched a series for Detroit’s “Pony Cars” called the Trans American Championship. After the first season the SCCA decided to add a second class to run in parallel to the larger V8 engine cars called U2L. This class was designed for European sedans with 2-liter engines and was based on FIA rules. A loophole in the rules allowed the Porsche 911 to compete because the FIA felt that the two rear jump seats classified the car as a sedan. Brett Everett took advantage of this and clamed Porsche’s first Trans Am championship in 1967.

In 1968 Tony Adamowicz was hired by Milestone Racing to be owner Marvin Davidson’s co driver in a new 911 built by Mac Tilton. Davidson totaled the car at the first race and the small team had to scramble to build a new car in time for Sebring. They bought a 912 shell (Mac recalls it being a 911) from a New York city impound yard and began the task of building a new car. The job was completed in 6 weeks. Davidson retired as a driver and Adamowicz raced the car to the 1968 Trans Am Championship with six wins on the season. At the end of the year the car was sold to Herb Wetanson who raced it in the 1969 Trans Am. As with a many of old racecars, this one just faded away and has not been seen since.