650 horsepower 4th gen Camaro drives 35 miles to dominate street night at the track.
This video comes to us from the JMalcom2004 YouTube channel and it features a wicked 4th generation Chevrolet Camaro SS taking on a couple very powerful competitors. After driving 35 miles to the track, this Chevy muscle car drove into the lanes and handed out some beatings.
The Competitors
In the video above, we get to see the silver Chevrolet Camaro SS make three blasts down the quarter mile drag strip. One run is against a C6 Corvette ZR1, one run is against an S197 Mustang and one appears to be a single-car pass, but every one is awesome.
The details are short, but it is clear that this 650-horsepower Camaro SS has nitrous, a manual transmission and a big set of sticky tires, allowing it to rocket away from the starting line.
The Racing Action
In the video, the Camaro makes its first run against a C6 Corvette ZR1, beginning with a big, smoky burnout. After staging, the engine of the silver muscle car screams as the lights come down and when the green lights drop, the Camaro driver dumps the clutch and rips the car out of the hole. From there, the muscle car just drives away from the supercar.
The second run is the single, with the bottled beast rocketing alone down the track and on the final run, it takes on a green Mustang in a classic muscle car clash.
After monster burnouts by both cars, they stage and wait for green, as the engines roar in tandem. On green, the two come out side-by-side, but we can see the back of the Ford dance as it fights for traction. Meanwhile, the Camaro walks away for the big win.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
