The Grand Prix series debuted in 1969 with 8 cars produced that year. The Ford J-Car was carried over from 1968 and added to the Grand Prix series. Two (Ferrari 312p and Porsche 917) cars were added in 1970 to round out the series
The Cars:
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Since the vehicles in the Grand Prix series where open-wheel vehicles, they did not work well with Superchargers. Mattel had suggested to create Side pods for the cars so that they could work with the Superchargers. This unfortunately fell through.
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(Randy Leffingwell)