LS-powered Camaro race cars from every generation flex their muscles at the annual racing event.
This sweet drag racing compilation comes to us from the ScottieDTV YouTube channel and it features several Chevrolet Camaro race cars getting down at the 2017 Holley LS Fest. This video doesn’t show any complete races, but it offers a great look at what the event has to offer when it comes to the racing program.
A Modern GM Performance Festival
If you are unfamiliar with Holley LS Fest and you are a modern GM performance fan, you are missing out. This festival of high performance Chevys was started to showcase the many different LS-based engines, but more recently, those cars, trucks and SUVs powered by the new LT engines are also welcome. Basically, it is called LS Fest, but it more of a “modern GM performance fest”.
The event includes drag racing, autocross, the 3 S Challenge (speed, stop and steer), Track-X, Show-N-Shine and other attractions, such as a swap meet and manufacturers’ midway. Champions are awarded in multiple categories for each event and for those LS-powered attendees who want to participate in multiple events, there is an overall champion as well.
A Look at the Drag Racing
In the video above, we get a brief look at the drag racing action from the 2017 LS Fest Drag Racing classes. The clip begins with a wicked second-generation Camaro with a big twin turbo setup making a run, followed by a similarly intimidating-looking third-gen car – both of which have traction issues. There is also a fourth-gen Camaro SS taking on a Cadillac CTS-V coupe.
Through the middle of the video, a handful of fifth-gen COPO Camaro race cars head down the track, followed by a short segment showing cars rolling through the garage area. The video ends with a tower-view of the several more COPO cars rocketing down the track.
"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.
