The Trans Am Corridor of Fame turns into official Feb. 21, 2025, when Tony Parella welcomes its inaugural class of drivers and crew house owners to a celebratory dinner at Sebring Worldwide Raceway, the place all of it started 58 years in the past.
“Trans Am is the longest-running skilled street racing collection in North America,” stated Parella, founder and CEO of Parella Motorsports Holdings. “The collection has made a big influence on the planet of racing and has been house to a few of the best names in motorsports. It deserves a Corridor of Fame to commemorate the legacy of its nice drivers and crew house owners.”
The Trans Am Corridor of Fame has been established by Parella as a 501(c)(3) non-profit group, and it’ll have a everlasting house on the Worldwide Motor Racing Analysis Middle in Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Initially billed because the Trans-American Sedan Championship, the collection held its first race on March 25, 1966, at Sebring. This primary season was composed of seven races, that are commemorated within the seven stars of the brand new Trans Am Corridor of Fame emblem.
The inaugural class of 17 inductees — which incorporates Trans Am drivers and crew house owners who’re family names amongst followers of the collection — will likely be honored on the Trans Am Collection season opener at Sebring as a part of the Sebring SpeedTour weekend. The occasion weekend will function each the present vehicles and drivers of the Trans Am Collection introduced by Pirelli, in addition to Historic Trans Am.
The inductees will likely be revealed nearer to the occasion date.
