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Befitting the brand’s performance heritage, the Dodge Challenger
went racing in its first year. For the street, it was offered in the
limited-edition T/A model to meet homologation requirements for
Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Trans-Am racing.
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1970 Dodge Challenger T/A. |
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The T/A was one of the first
production vehicles to offer different size tires in the
front and back; E60 x 15-inches front and G60 x
15-inches rear.
In 1970, Sam Posey drove the lone Trans-Am racing Challenger,
prepared and run by Ray Caldwell’s Autodynamics Race Shop. While he
didn’t win a race in the No. 77 car, Posey finished fourth overall
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Drag racers including Dick Landy and Ted Spehar also campaigned
Challengers in the National Hot Rod Association’s new Pro Stock
class. In 1970 and 1971, the HEMI Powered Challengers (and Plymouth
‘Cudas) virtually ruled the class. |
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On the big screen, a 1970 Challenger R/T starred in the film
Vanishing Point, a high-speed pursuit movie that has become a cult
favorite with muscle-car fans. The movie was remade for television
in 1997. Other 1970 Dodge Challengers have been seen in films
including Used Cars, Natural Born Killers and Phantasm I and II; and
in television shows including Mod Squad.
For the 1970 model year, just over 83,000 Dodge Challengers were
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