Still, the Cougar team came within two points of winning the 1967 Trans-Am championship, oh-so-close to beating Ford's Mustangs. Some say the narrow victory cost Mercury the chance for a second ...

It is, however, a perfectly harmless term that applies to qualifying a particular vehicle or engine for participation in various racing series with stock classes. Basically, for a stock car to be ...

Instead, Mercury packaged Ford's very special, race-bred, Trans-Am Boss 302 engine into its Eliminator series with little fanfare. On the outside, a Boss 302powered Cougar was an Eliminator, with ...

The Camaro Z28 rose to prominence during the late 1960s, when Chevrolet battled Ford and Mercury in the fiercely competitive SCCA Trans-Am championship. The 1967 season marked the debut of the ...

This Competition Yellow 1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator is getting auctioned off to the highest bidder after having been refurbished in the late 1990s ...

There is no better proof than the Group II racing campaign (also known as Trans-Am racing) of the Sports Car Club of America in 1967. Mercury put the Cougar to the test, going head-to-head with ...

The collectible 1967-1968 Mercury Cougar XR-7 is everything you always wanted in a Mustang, only better.

Mercury supported the Cougar’s launch with an aggressive assault on the SCCA Trans Am series that year led by Bud Moore with road racers Dan Gurney and Peter Revson doing most of the driving.

Of the 2,268 Mercury Cougar Eliminators built in 1970, only 469 left the assembly line with the 302-cubic-inch Boss engine.

Or perhaps Ford's new GT3 race car. You should also think about this car, a 1984 Roush Protofab Mustang that competed in both Trans-Am and IMSA GTO to great success.

Watkins Glen International in the NASCAR Cup Series, Paul Menard finally took checkered flag at the historic racetrack in the Series presented by Pirelli’s 50th race at The Glen. After rolling off ...

It's either the world's cheapest Bugatti Veyron or the world's most expensive Mercury Cougar. For $59,900 here on eBay, this remarkably convincing kit car will turn heads—lots of them&mdash ...