This week’s Throwback video brings you a look at the 1996 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am commercial that essentially introduced the newest RamAir hood design that came as part of the WS6 package.

This week’s Drag Race video has an LS1 Pontiac Trans Am racing against an LS1 Camaro in what appears to be some sort of “Pinks style” street drags, with the Firebird getting a head start of about a car length and a half over the Camaro.

This week’s Burnout video features a 1998 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am powered by what the video description claims is a “built LS1.”

This week’s Burnout video features what looks to be a very clean 1988 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am participating in a burnout competition at the Lucas Oil Street Machine & Muscle Car Nationals.

We’ve been following this 4th Gen. Firebird since it was a heads and cam, T56 car back in 2011 and it has gotten progressively faster as the owner made the swap to a TH400 and further honed the combo.

Both were game changers in their respective areas. Jim Hall and Hap Sharp founded Chaparral Cars in 1962 and shook the racing world at its core. Kazunori Yamauchi and Polyphony Digital created Gran Turismo and rocked the simulator world by bringing nearly realistic racing to homes everywhere thanks to the Sony Playstation.

This week’s Drag Race video features a 4th generation Pontiac Firebird packing an LS1 V8 racing against a late model Dodge Ram 2500. While you would think right away that an LS1 Firebird would thrash a heavy duty Dodge truck, this diesel powered Ram pickup definitely appears to have a little work done.