Chevys Behaving Badly: Camaro Drifts Right Into Another Vehicle

Given the number of people around, the driver of this Camaro is lucky he only got into a fender bender.

In recent years, Ford Mustang owners have developed a bad reputation (and not just in the eyes of Camaro fans). You’re bound to have seen at least one video of a Mustang driver giving their car a little too much throttle as they leave a car meet or owners club get-together and almost plowing into a crowd of onlookers. The truth is, it doesn’t matter what the car is. The driver’s actions are what determine what the vehicle does, whether it’s a Mustang, Challenger, or, in this case, Camaro.

Chris Harikian from the Youtube channel TheSupercarSuspects recently captured footage of a nighttime orgy of horsepower, revs, and tire smoke. Dozens of automotive enthusiasts gathered together and blocked off city streets in the LA area to watch cars, trucks, and even SUVs do sick burnouts and pull off long, tire-roasting drifts. It’s primarily a domestic scene, but a few imports get in on the action, including a new red Honda Civic Si coupe. Given that it has front-wheel drive, its owner spins the front rubber, but adds a twist: He does his donuts in reverse.

For the most part, cars from Ford and GM dominate the event. S550 Mustangs spin their rear tires into vapor. Two single-cab Chevrolet Silverados lay down streaks of molten rubber together as they slide around the pavement, filling the air with disintegrated rubber. Somebody in a GMC Sierra rental from U-Haul decides to take a tailspin of their own. A fourth-generation Camaro SS driver lights up their rear tires…until their engine dumps fluid on the street. A Trailblazer SS gets rowdy and manages to keep all four of its tires intact despite its driver’s best attempts to burn them into nothingness.

There’s more than one pattern to the festivities, though. In addition to lots of sideways action, there are a few near misses. Three vehicles almost clobber audience members, including a white sixth-generation Camaro. At the end of a round of hooning, it carries a little too much speed a little too close to a crowd. The driver puts on the brakes soon enough to avoid hitting anyone, but not in time to avoid sliding into another vehicle.

The people who witness the accident rush toward it with their phones high and set to record. The Camaro’s front passenger-side fender is trashed, but given the circumstances, we think it’s safe to say the driver drove away feeling relieved…and lucky.

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Derek Shiekhi

Derek Shiekhi's father raised him on cars. As a boy, Derek accompanied his dad as he bought classics such as post-WWII GM trucks and early Ford Mustang convertibles.

After loving cars for years and getting a bachelor's degree in Business Management, Derek decided to get an associate degree in journalism. His networking put him in contact with the editor of the Austin-American Statesman newspaper, who hired him to write freelance about automotive culture and events in Austin, Texas in 2013. One particular story led to him getting a certificate for learning the foundations of road racing.

While watching TV with his parents one fateful evening, he saw a commercial that changed his life. In it, Jeep touted the Wrangler as the Texas Auto Writers Association's "SUV of Texas." Derek knew he had to join the organization if he was going to advance as an automotive writer. He joined the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) in 2014 and was fortunate to meet several nice people who connected him to the representatives of several automakers and the people who could give him access to press vehicles (the first one he ever got the keys to was a Lexus LX 570). He's now a regular at TAWA's two main events: the Texas Auto Roundup in the spring and the Texas Truck Rodeo in the fall.

Over the past several years, Derek has learned how to drive off-road in various four-wheel-drive SUVs (he even camped out for two nights in a Land Rover), and driven around various tracks in hot hatches, muscle cars, and exotics. Several of his pieces, including his article about the 2015 Ford F-150 being crowned TAWA's 2014 "Truck of Texas" and his review of the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, have won awards in TAWA's annual Excellence in Craft Competition. Last year, his JK Forum profile of Wagonmaster, a business that restores Jeep Wagoneers, won prizes in TAWA’s signature writing contest and its pickup- and SUV-focused Texas Truck Invitational.

In addition to writing for a variety of Internet Brands sites, including JK Forum, H-D Forums, The Mustang Source, Mustang Forums, LS1Tech, HondaTech, Jaguar Forums, YotaTech, and Ford Truck Enthusiasts. Derek also started There Will Be Cars on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

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