Tag: Drag Racing

The American sports car world is often seen as binary. On one end, there’s the Chevrolet Camaro. On the other, there’s the Ford Mustang.

This week’s Throwback video features a heads up, 8th mile drag race between a pair of Chevrolet Corvette Stingrays – one from the C2 generation and another from the C7 generation.

Let’s get it out of the way: He lost. But it was cute for the cameras, I guess.

This week’s Drag Race video takes us to Italy, where a wicked 3rd gen Chevrolet Camaro is doing a fine job of representing American muscle – even though this car comes from a generation that gets little respect in the USA.

Like with many things in life, the element of danger, mischief and running the risk of getting caught makes many brainless and stupid things doable and even enjoyable.

American vehicles have been putting smiles on faces and values in driveways for decades. They’ve also been surprising people for just as long. The fifth-generation Camaro SS in the following video is no exception.

It is going to be the last car you expect to go under ten-seconds in the quarter-mile.