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When Chevy built the ultimate factory drag car

Chevrolet’s COPO Camaro program has long been a secret handshake in the world of drag racing. Originally born in 1969 through the Central Office Production Order system, COPO cars bypassed standard ...

No Brand Was Brave Enough To Race The ZR1 In Edmunds' U-Drag Race, So The Corvette Ran By Itself And Beat Every Previously Tested Gas Car

It hit 60 mph in 2.7 seconds, ran the quarter-mile in 10 seconds flat at 144.1 mph, pulled 1.38 g in cornering, and completed ...
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Racing the Ice Cream Drag Van

Every Thursday, Irwindale Speedway has an open drag racing night, where anyone can bring any car and race it on the drag strip. Robert Roth has an old, full sized van that he's decorated like an ...
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Corvette E-Ray Beats Chevy Camaro Race Car On The Drag Strip: Video

It should go without saying that modern sports cars are insanely fast, posting acceleration times and power figures that, just a few years ago, were unthinkable for a street-legal, daily-driveable ...
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The 1963 Chevy Impala Z11 Was The Meanest Factory-Built Drag Racer Of Its Era

In the 1960s, many Chevrolet owners enjoyed going drag racing. However, its parent company, General Motors, banned the various divisions from participating in factory-backed motorsports. Some of GM's ...

This 1962 Chevy Impala Went For Over $200K At Auction And We Can See Why

Hosting the 409 engine, this Chevy Impala is one of only 18 Z-11 Lightweight models build in 1962. It's easy to see why it ...
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Old Chevy Chevelles Drag New Ford Mustangs, Someone Makes a Truly Spectacular 8s Comeback

The quarter-mile dragstrip-loving videographer behind the Drag Racing and Car Stuff channel on YouTube loves quarter-mile action way too much and now brings us a few feisty 'old versus new' races that ...