Seriously folks, you may not hear from Chad for days after he sees this video. The guy may just lock himself in a room with the tape on loop and just space out for the weekend. Built by Drummond Race Cars this 1969 Camaro is a truly bad machine, capable of six second elapsed times on a big drag radial and seemingly as comfortable rolling down the road. We’re not familiar with the Maryland equipment laws but we’re guessing that someone had to look the other way on the legality of the bullhorn exhaust poking out from under the front fenders but that’s not really the point of this deal. The point of this thing is that the Camaro is ultra clean, insanely fast, and as shown, capable of rolling down the highways and byways. As the video says, this thing is officially one of the baddest street cars in the world, joining the ranks of machines like Andy Frosts’s Red Victor 3, Larry Larson’s Nova, Tom Bailey’s Camaro, Jeff Lutz’s 1957 Chevy, Rod Sadboury’s Corvette, Andy Jensen’s Vette, and Dave Ahokas’s Camaro.
We don’t have a ton of details on the car other than to say that it is a steel bodied machine with full class and a claimed weight of 3,480lbs. The car has a ladder bar suspension, uses no wheelie bars, and looks to be really, really clean. What is the engine? Going only by sound and a guess we’re going to say twin turbo big block. Hell, even the guy who owns it is kind of a mystery. He goes by the moniker Johnny “Elvis”. We’d make a cheesy “Hunk of burning love” joke here but Chad’s already going to have chafing issues by the time he is done with this video, so we’ll leave it at that.
This Camaro is a six second performer in a world where that seems to be getting more common. Truly incredible. Wasn’t there a thing called the “muscle car era” about 50 years ago? What do we call what we’re living in now?
PRESS PLAY BELOW TO SEE A SWEET, SWEET, STREET LEGAL 1969 CAMARO RIP OFF SIX SECOND LAPS!
That sure looks like a 1/8 mile sissy strip to me. 6 seconds on one of them sissy strips doesn’t impress me.
Moron..Take the time to be sure before you run your mouth.
it said over 200 mph!!!! gotta be a 1/4…….. great badass job!!
its maryland international raceway (budds creek) 1/4 mile strip jackass
Those are quarter mile runs on quarter mile strips.
awesome video, thanks Brad, keep up the great pics.
I saw the mile per hour, those are definately qtr mile drag strips, wow he should bring that to drag week !
Unbelievable!!!! And it looks like he is doing it on ET streets, not slicks!
I can’t believe what technology has allowed to be accomplished in the really fast car world!
Heck, 20 years ago [I]Pro Stock[/I] was JUST breaking into the sixes….now guys are doing it in their street cars….
Something isn’t adding up. Tom Bailey 3,100 Lb. with driver and yards of carbon fiber. This guy 3480 all steel? Tom Bailey 17″ D.O.T. This guy 12″ Drag Radials? Tom Bailey 3,300 H.P. This guy? Tom Bailey in the weeds. This guy stock stance? Tom Bailey 4 link tuned to the max, wheelie bars checked every launch. This guy ladder bars? I really WANT to believe, but….. How much does Larry Larson slow down on small tires?
Everything they build goes 6.96 at Cecil County….. Even through an IRS.
http://youtu.be/OQy336FAmHE
Tom Bailey’s car is capable of 6.50 elapsed times…or better. He has said in a roundabout way that they’re going to see if they can wrest the world record from Frost in the spring. It went 6.70s ripping itself apart.
There is a VAST difference between a 6.90s car and a 6.70s car and I am not saying that to insult the Camaro because it is one super wickedly awesome piece.
As far as the wheelie bars and launch stuff, this Camaro leaves like a school bus and then pours on the power. Bailey, et al get the hell after it on the launch.
Two very different animals, two very amazing machines.
Oh….and yes, they do apparently plan on bringing it to drag week.
Oopps, Budd’s Creek.
This car belongs to a local from my way…his name is johnny. Car is sick he brought it by a friends body shop to get to the paint looked at for touch up…i got to look at it real close…car is sooo bitchin, complete interior and just so well put togeather. oh and not a chassis car either would be great for drag week. those passes were made a budds creek 1/4 mile.
I’ve spent a lot if time at the drag strips and have never seen a car with no wheelie bars and that small of tired under 8 sec nice car but I’d have to see to believe it
There are guys in X275 with a smaller tire and no bars running in the 6.60s! I enjoy the fact that you guys think that this is some kind of hoax.
Here’s video of a 6.62 VS a 6.82 on 275 Radials with no bars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9yAdsJ55x0
O.K., you win. But *I* am not going to be the guy to say the Drag Week guys might need to step it up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QJMXPkRlvFs
I think the best part is the lack of violence at the line. This car should be able to repeat these times consistently essentially forever. WOW! Just amazing. Can you imagine a trip to the Flats?! A little Aero work and he’s running 300 mph, easy.
Wasnt there a 6sec camaro time too
given enough pavement 300 might be possible, but Bonneville is a different deal. Very unlikely!
Looks like the car isn’t even breaking a sweat! Very well sorted machine!
Hey Chad and Brian – it time to do an expo on the wonders that 440 6pac hath wrought!! A full on throw back the doors story!