Well this is just brutally awesome! In this video you will see racer Steve Bell wind up his COPO Camaro, drop the hammer and rip the shift lever to a seven second elapsed time. While this video says that the car is the first COPO in the 7s there is video showing ATI’s JC Beattie running in the 7.90s last season so while this may not be the very first 7-second COPO ever, it is one of two at the most that have competed in some sort of legal trim and actually made it into the 7s. We’ve got the video of Beattie’s run at the bottom of the page for you to check out as well.

The 2016 season will be highly awesome to watch when we’re talking about the COPO, Cobra Jet, and Drag Pack cars because there have been a multitude of developments made with all of them. The Mustang is using a new body style, the Camaro body/chassis is brand new, and the Drag Packs have a blown option for the very first time in their history. This may be one of the first seven second passes made but it certainly isn’t going to be one of the last.

The new format of the Factory Stock Showdown will be exciting as well being that the NHRA has developed a quick eight format for the cars to compete in along with the normal fisticuffs of class eliminations. Stay tuned, this is going to be spectacular!