The Domestics—Camaros, Corvettes, Firebirds and Mustangs

Based on the final standings of the day, my earlier assertion that the track layout would likely favor the smaller import cars and not the domestics seemed to be the case: the only domestic car on the Top 10 list eecked in at number 10, and was the incredible 2008 Corvette Z06.  The rest of the top ten read like a who’s who of sporty Japanese imports with a lone BMW M3 representing European cars.  Perhaps the best sense I could give you for how many twists and turns are on the course would be to say I doubt I got the car much up over 35 MPH on the course that day.  Another little stat that will give you some sense of what it’s like is that there where 17 Miatas racing that day out of 113 racers—it seemed like you couldn’t turn around without tripping over one!  In contrast, there were only 17 domestic cars present in the entire field, although there was at least one representative of each of the Big Three.  Of the domestics, Chevrolet had the most representatives at 12 (3 Corvettes, 7 Camaros, an Impala SS, and an S-10), followed by Ford (one Mustang and one Lightning) and Pontiac (2 Firebirds) at 2 each, and a lone Dodge entrant (single Neon R/T).  After the C6 Z06 at number 10, the next highest placed domestic was the 13th place finish of a 4th Generation Camaro in ESP and the 24th place finish of a 4th Generation Camaro in A Stock (AS).  Of course I’m dramatically simplifying the situation by stating how the cars finished rather than the drivers; this is not to take anything away from driver’s skill, just to give a sense for where the domestic cars end up since this blog is about autocrossing Camaros.


 

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