This drag race video features a wicked 1st generation Chevrolet Camaro Pro Mod race car making a quick run down an 8th mile drag strip.
Unfortunately, there are no details on this classic Camaro drag car. However, it sounds like this 1st gen Chevy muscle car has a similar engine to the modern NHRA pro stock cars. There is no sign of turbo or supercharged noise before or during the run, suggesting that it is like naturally aspirated, but there is no question that this is one wicked Camaro.
The video begins with the 1st gen Pro Mod Camaro lining up in the burnout box before doing a strong, smokey burnout. The V8 engine screams as the driver works to get the back tires to smoke in the box for a few seconds, followed by letting the car rocket towards the finish line as the burnout ends.
After the video jumps ahead to staging, we watch the pro mod Camaro ease to the line and when the green light drops – the monster muscle car rips away from the starting line. Traction appears to be good at the line, allowing the driver to stay into the throttle for the during of the 8th mile run and in the end, this badass blue Camaro pro mod car lays down a time of 4.78 seconds at 130.1 miles per hour.
That means that this pro mod Camaro can do 0-130 in 4.78 seconds and sounds incredible doing it. Rough math says this car could run 7 second quarter-miles if it was geared right.
"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.
