The LEGENDARY 'Big Red' Camaro goes 216MPH!

The world of drag racing is always full of surprises, and yesterday's event was no exception. As we watched the teams take to the track, it became clear that this was going to be an exciting day. With two teams vying for the top spot, there was a sense of anticipation in the air. The team behind "big red" was determined to beat their own record and claim the top spot, while the other team was looking to take down the competition.

As we spoke with the team, it became clear that they had made some significant changes to their car. They had increased the power output by 2000 horsepower thanks to a bigger gear on the procharger, and had also put in a higher speed gear in the rear end. The goal was to break 220 miles per hour, but as we know, it's not always easy to translate that kind of power into speed.

The team behind "big red" was feeling confident, but also a little anxious. They knew they had made some big changes and were eager to see how they would pay off on the track. As we talked with them, it became clear that they were hoping to break 220 miles per hour, but weren't willing to put a number on their goal. Instead, they wanted to focus on getting the car as fast as possible.

As we watched the team take to the track, it was clear that they had made some big changes from yesterday's event. They had taken the massive wing off their car and were looking to see how it would perform without it. The wing was said to be creating 1500 pounds of force, but by removing it, they hoped to reduce drag and increase traction. It was a bold move, but one that could potentially pay off.

The other team, meanwhile, had taken a more conservative approach. They had made some tweaks to their car, but were sticking with the same setup as before. As we watched them take to the track, it became clear that they were feeling confident in their chances of success. With 2000 horsepower and a high-speed gear in the rear end, they were looking like strong contenders.

As the day wore on, it became clear that one team was going to come out on top. The team behind "big red" had taken off early, with a time of 213.8 that left everyone else in its dust. But as we watched them take to the track for their final run, it became clear that something was amiss. They were struggling to get the car to hook up and had lost some precious seconds.

Despite this setback, the team remained optimistic. They knew they still had more to give and were determined to make the most of their final run. As we watched them take to the track one last time, it became clear that they were making good progress. But in the end, it wasn't enough - a fuel leak had been discovered just before the team was set to start the car for its final run.

The news was devastating, but the team refused to give up. They knew they still had a chance to break 220 miles per hour and take home the top spot. But as they pulled off the track for good, it became clear that their chances were now slim to none. Despite this, the team's performance over the course of the event was nothing short of impressive.

In fact, when all was said and done, the team behind "big red" had achieved something truly remarkable. They had gone 14 miles per hour faster than they had ever been before, and their car had performed admirably on the track. With a top speed of over 213 miles per hour, it's clear that this is a machine capable of producing some serious power.

But as we watched the team take to the track for one final time, it became clear that there was still more to be discovered. The team had been campaigning with their car for nearly 40 years, and despite all they'd learned, they were still finding ways to improve its performance. This is a testament to the dedication and expertise of the team behind "big red", and a reminder that even in the world of drag racing, there's always room for improvement.

The event itself was a resounding success, with two teams vying for the top spot and both delivering impressive performances on the track. In the end, it was the team behind "big red" who took home the silver medal, their time of 213.8 leaving them just shy of the top spot. But despite this disappointment, they should be proud - they've proven themselves to be one of the fastest teams in the business.

As for what's next for the team behind "big red", it's clear that they'll be back on the track again soon enough. With a car capable of producing over 2000 horsepower and a top speed of over 213 miles per hour, there's no telling how fast they might go next time around. But one thing's for sure - this team is determined to keep pushing the limits of what's possible in the world of drag racing.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: endamn that was fast so there's a big trailer here that says big red and it's got this camaro on it last time we saw the car i think was at the colorado half mile the shift sector event out there i don't know if we've ever filmed the car but it is freaking rowdy it says red 69 camaro behind me he just went out there off the trailer just at 214. and yes that wing is attached to it and it's crazy what's going on how's it going can you touch that rod what's that catch that rush yeah were you here yeah oh you are okay 214 off the trailer that was awesome not bad we've been we're messing around with the half mile thing for quite a bit now i mean we've had issues with traction and gearing and so you know we've got the best we've done 203 and you know that's why we're using the wing now trying to get more traction and more horsepower where did you guys think of designing this it is it's huge yeah it's quite a bit you know the air at speed in this car that goes really far over the car and to really get a lot of traction uh they decide to put it really high up i know it looks kind of funny if it works it works but yeah right now it seems to be working so you have any idea how much down force that thing creates oh yeah no they calculated that we were probably running about 1500 pounds of downforce oh my god although they can put quite a bit more into it if they want what can you run down the the the setup on the car real quick engine trans what what we're running a 555 v8 all aluminum blocking heads big block and uh and obviously sleeved 555 cubic inches uh we're running a methanol and gas mixture with a pro charger and with this setup we're producing over 1900 horsepower those are going to be our next question how much power is this yeah over 19. and yeah we've been a little reluctant to turn up the power that way because we're already having traction issues right but with the wing and turning up the the pro charger seems to be the combination to finally get us to where you know we were trying to get to so just gonna take it out there creep up on it a little bit see how much quicker you make some changes you know after doing 214 you know we'll probably make some changes and uh go out there and get on it pretty aggressively again yeah at this point you know uh we want to see if we can beat 214. okay well thank you guys very much for bringing big red out here to indiana for us uh 214 off the trailer it's a big number i think it's the fastest on the property as of right now so i'm excited to see what you guys can do with it hopefully maybe being 220 is possible out of it oh absolutely well we're going to be shooting for that whether or not we can make it i don't know but okay so go ahead but like you said like doing the first run of 214 is really encouraging good luck today we'll see you up there man thanks for being a fan absolutely absolutely so a little slower this last pass all right that wing barely makes it under the tent so freaking big 2 15. 2 15. very happy with it there's going fast and there's going faster right i love going fast but i like going faster even better in this run we went faster don't matter that it's even one mile an hour that makes all the difference oh exactly what what issue what changes you make from the 208 you're gonna have to ask my experts actually we had a little issue with the carburetor oh okay and they actually took it apart whatever they did they did the right thing we got our fastest time in the half mile 2 15. very happy about it i think it's still got more in it and uh we'll be back out here tomorrow is that your last pass for the day unless you're making the finals yes unless i make the finals okay yeah so i didn't realize this was a blow through set up you just said carburetor and i was like i didn't even realize it was carbureted oh yes it's carbureted with a pro charger congrats on the 215. uh yeah later date or tomorrow absolutely thanks see you thank you absolutely remember this mile an hour yeah i know very happy with second place obviously you know there are cars here that go faster than us we always like to keep ready for either winning or being competitive and you know it's one of those times where you know there was a faster car but we're keeping our competitive we're going faster than we ever have and you know we're gonna try to make some more changes and keep it going tomorrow how we doing this morning we're doing good we're gonna try to go out beat our time at 2 15. obviously we finished second yesterday you know we're looking to get the top spot and we'll just have to see uh conditions are pretty good right now and uh you know we're just anxious to get out there and uh put up a time did you make any big changes from yesterday or just kind of see what you'll do this morning with the better air no we've uh gone uh up on a bigger gear on the procharger so oh okay putting in more pressure on the pro charger we're probably putting out about 2000 horsepower now okay and we've also put in a higher speed gear in the rear end oh for the powers couple big changes all right try to go faster what are you hoping for maybe 220s or something like that i don't like to put a number on it but surprise my goal is to break 220. okay all right well good luck to you man thank you absolutely this 212.76 for big red all right so team big red over here they they put more power in it this morning but it didn't go any faster with 2012 just now but it looks like they just took the massive wing off it and the trim it was in yesterday uh the wing created i think they said 1500 pounds of force and they just took the whole wing off they didn't adjust it the whole thing's just off i hope they have enough traction but uh that way he's definitely definitely probably stopping them with the arrow department got all up on the power right past the camera car that sounded cool to me 190 213 213 for big red all right so over the past couple past you went wingless you took the wing off yeah you know the wing is still uh is still uh research and development that we're doing it's still something we're in a sense testing each run to see how we can get it to work it definitely gives us more downforce and more traction but then it always adds more drag and so it's not there's no freebies and so it's always a trade-off right and we're actually still not sure if running it with the old spoiler may not even be better because of so much less crap and uh last time we had a problem with the ignition and they actually changed the ignition to the backup one we have gotcha and so then we did the uh the 213. actually 213.8 which we're pretty happy with but we're not we're not going faster than we did yesterday so now i think we're going to make some tuning changes now that we figured out the ignition and you know try to give it above 215. i'd like to get above 20. but uh yeah out there good luck to you hopefully 215 plus hey two i mean if it's wishes it'll be 220 plus okay okay good luck to you thanks a lot absolutely wow that looks like a fast pass right there big red r.j gottlieb great job he's 16 for big red now we got 216. he's a good number oh yeah no we're uh we're jazzed about it you know i mean yeah of course i want to break 220 but the most important thing is that we break our fastest times right um you know of course we want to go faster uh right now we're in the final we're in the the finals you guys smashed your own record so far yeah so 14 miles an hour yeah that's a big job we were having trouble in the half mile just with getting the car to hook up and uh the aerodynamics so there's a number of issues and i think we're finally getting that in balance and in fact i think we still have more to go gotcha well we'll see what you guys do in the finals yeah that's on the 216. see you up there thank you absolutely all right i was just notified that unfortunately big red just found a fuel leak that they don't think they can fix and they don't want to start the car on fire by going to the finals they still come in second place just because they made it to the finals but they're not gonna take on the win but the car did really well today they went 14 miles an hour faster than they've ever been before and this is a bad machine they've done so many different kinds of racing with it it's impressive to see a car like this they've been campaigning for damn near 40 years do as well as it did that's definitely top ten or top five fastest car of the entire event all weekend so tip off that was scariest oh my goddamn that was fast so there's a big trailer here that says big red and it's got this camaro on it last time we saw the car i think was at the colorado half mile the shift sector event out there i don't know if we've ever filmed the car but it is freaking rowdy it says red 69 camaro behind me he just went out there off the trailer just at 214. and yes that wing is attached to it and it's crazy what's going on how's it going can you touch that rod what's that catch that rush yeah were you here yeah oh you are okay 214 off the trailer that was awesome not bad we've been we're messing around with the half mile thing for quite a bit now i mean we've had issues with traction and gearing and so you know we've got the best we've done 203 and you know that's why we're using the wing now trying to get more traction and more horsepower where did you guys think of designing this it is it's huge yeah it's quite a bit you know the air at speed in this car that goes really far over the car and to really get a lot of traction uh they decide to put it really high up i know it looks kind of funny if it works it works but yeah right now it seems to be working so you have any idea how much down force that thing creates oh yeah no they calculated that we were probably running about 1500 pounds of downforce oh my god although they can put quite a bit more into it if they want what can you run down the the the setup on the car real quick engine trans what what we're running a 555 v8 all aluminum blocking heads big block and uh and obviously sleeved 555 cubic inches uh we're running a methanol and gas mixture with a pro charger and with this setup we're producing over 1900 horsepower those are going to be our next question how much power is this yeah over 19. and yeah we've been a little reluctant to turn up the power that way because we're already having traction issues right but with the wing and turning up the the pro charger seems to be the combination to finally get us to where you know we were trying to get to so just gonna take it out there creep up on it a little bit see how much quicker you make some changes you know after doing 214 you know we'll probably make some changes and uh go out there and get on it pretty aggressively again yeah at this point you know uh we want to see if we can beat 214. okay well thank you guys very much for bringing big red out here to indiana for us uh 214 off the trailer it's a big number i think it's the fastest on the property as of right now so i'm excited to see what you guys can do with it hopefully maybe being 220 is possible out of it oh absolutely well we're going to be shooting for that whether or not we can make it i don't know but okay so go ahead but like you said like doing the first run of 214 is really encouraging good luck today we'll see you up there man thanks for being a fan absolutely absolutely so a little slower this last pass all right that wing barely makes it under the tent so freaking big 2 15. 2 15. very happy with it there's going fast and there's going faster right i love going fast but i like going faster even better in this run we went faster don't matter that it's even one mile an hour that makes all the difference oh exactly what what issue what changes you make from the 208 you're gonna have to ask my experts actually we had a little issue with the carburetor oh okay and they actually took it apart whatever they did they did the right thing we got our fastest time in the half mile 2 15. very happy about it i think it's still got more in it and uh we'll be back out here tomorrow is that your last pass for the day unless you're making the finals yes unless i make the finals okay yeah so i didn't realize this was a blow through set up you just said carburetor and i was like i didn't even realize it was carbureted oh yes it's carbureted with a pro charger congrats on the 215. uh yeah later date or tomorrow absolutely thanks see you thank you absolutely remember this mile an hour yeah i know very happy with second place obviously you know there are cars here that go faster than us we always like to keep ready for either winning or being competitive and you know it's one of those times where you know there was a faster car but we're keeping our competitive we're going faster than we ever have and you know we're gonna try to make some more changes and keep it going tomorrow how we doing this morning we're doing good we're gonna try to go out beat our time at 2 15. obviously we finished second yesterday you know we're looking to get the top spot and we'll just have to see uh conditions are pretty good right now and uh you know we're just anxious to get out there and uh put up a time did you make any big changes from yesterday or just kind of see what you'll do this morning with the better air no we've uh gone uh up on a bigger gear on the procharger so oh okay putting in more pressure on the pro charger we're probably putting out about 2000 horsepower now okay and we've also put in a higher speed gear in the rear end oh for the powers couple big changes all right try to go faster what are you hoping for maybe 220s or something like that i don't like to put a number on it but surprise my goal is to break 220. okay all right well good luck to you man thank you absolutely this 212.76 for big red all right so team big red over here they they put more power in it this morning but it didn't go any faster with 2012 just now but it looks like they just took the massive wing off it and the trim it was in yesterday uh the wing created i think they said 1500 pounds of force and they just took the whole wing off they didn't adjust it the whole thing's just off i hope they have enough traction but uh that way he's definitely definitely probably stopping them with the arrow department got all up on the power right past the camera car that sounded cool to me 190 213 213 for big red all right so over the past couple past you went wingless you took the wing off yeah you know the wing is still uh is still uh research and development that we're doing it's still something we're in a sense testing each run to see how we can get it to work it definitely gives us more downforce and more traction but then it always adds more drag and so it's not there's no freebies and so it's always a trade-off right and we're actually still not sure if running it with the old spoiler may not even be better because of so much less crap and uh last time we had a problem with the ignition and they actually changed the ignition to the backup one we have gotcha and so then we did the uh the 213. actually 213.8 which we're pretty happy with but we're not we're not going faster than we did yesterday so now i think we're going to make some tuning changes now that we figured out the ignition and you know try to give it above 215. i'd like to get above 20. but uh yeah out there good luck to you hopefully 215 plus hey two i mean if it's wishes it'll be 220 plus okay okay good luck to you thanks a lot absolutely wow that looks like a fast pass right there big red r.j gottlieb great job he's 16 for big red now we got 216. he's a good number oh yeah no we're uh we're jazzed about it you know i mean yeah of course i want to break 220 but the most important thing is that we break our fastest times right um you know of course we want to go faster uh right now we're in the final we're in the the finals you guys smashed your own record so far yeah so 14 miles an hour yeah that's a big job we were having trouble in the half mile just with getting the car to hook up and uh the aerodynamics so there's a number of issues and i think we're finally getting that in balance and in fact i think we still have more to go gotcha well we'll see what you guys do in the finals yeah that's on the 216. see you up there thank you absolutely all right i was just notified that unfortunately big red just found a fuel leak that they don't think they can fix and they don't want to start the car on fire by going to the finals they still come in second place just because they made it to the finals but they're not gonna take on the win but the car did really well today they went 14 miles an hour faster than they've ever been before and this is a bad machine they've done so many different kinds of racing with it it's impressive to see a car like this they've been campaigning for damn near 40 years do as well as it did that's definitely top ten or top five fastest car of the entire event all weekend so tip off that was scariest oh my goddamn that was fast so there's a big trailer here that says big red and it's got this camaro on it last time we saw the car i think was at the colorado half mile the shift sector event out there i don't know if we've ever filmed the car but it is freaking rowdy it says red 69 camaro behind me he just went out there off the trailer just at 214. and yes that wing is attached to it and it's crazy what's going on how's it going can you touch that rod what's that catch that rush yeah were you here yeah oh you are okay 214 off the trailer that was awesome not bad we've been we're messing around with the half mile thing for quite a bit now i mean we've had issues with traction and gearing and so you know we've got the best we've done 203 and you know that's why we're using the wing now trying to get more traction and more horsepower where did you guys think of designing this it is it's huge yeah it's quite a bit you know the air at speed in this car that goes really far over the car and to really get a lot of traction uh they decide to put it really high up i know it looks kind of funny if it works it works but yeah right now it seems to be working so you have any idea how much down force that thing creates oh yeah no they calculated that we were probably running about 1500 pounds of downforce oh my god although they can put quite a bit more into it if they want what can you run down the the the setup on the car real quick engine trans what what we're running a 555 v8 all aluminum blocking heads big block and uh and obviously sleeved 555 cubic inches uh we're running a methanol and gas mixture with a pro charger and with this setup we're producing over 1900 horsepower those are going to be our next question how much power is this yeah over 19. and yeah we've been a little reluctant to turn up the power that way because we're already having traction issues right but with the wing and turning up the the pro charger seems to be the combination to finally get us to where you know we were trying to get to so just gonna take it out there creep up on it a little bit see how much quicker you make some changes you know after doing 214 you know we'll probably make some changes and uh go out there and get on it pretty aggressively again yeah at this point you know uh we want to see if we can beat 214. okay well thank you guys very much for bringing big red out here to indiana for us uh 214 off the trailer it's a big number i think it's the fastest on the property as of right now so i'm excited to see what you guys can do with it hopefully maybe being 220 is possible out of it oh absolutely well we're going to be shooting for that whether or not we can make it i don't know but okay so go ahead but like you said like doing the first run of 214 is really encouraging good luck today we'll see you up there man thanks for being a fan absolutely absolutely so a little slower this last pass all right that wing barely makes it under the tent so freaking big 2 15. 2 15. very happy with it there's going fast and there's going faster right i love going fast but i like going faster even better in this run we went faster don't matter that it's even one mile an hour that makes all the difference oh exactly what what issue what changes you make from the 208 you're gonna have to ask my experts actually we had a little issue with the carburetor oh okay and they actually took it apart whatever they did they did the right thing we got our fastest time in the half mile 2 15. very happy about it i think it's still got more in it and uh we'll be back out here tomorrow is that your last pass for the day unless you're making the finals yes unless i make the finals okay yeah so i didn't realize this was a blow through set up you just said carburetor and i was like i didn't even realize it was carbureted oh yes it's carbureted with a pro charger congrats on the 215. uh yeah later date or tomorrow absolutely thanks see you thank you absolutely remember this mile an hour yeah i know very happy with second place obviously you know there are cars here that go faster than us we always like to keep ready for either winning or being competitive and you know it's one of those times where you know there was a faster car but we're keeping our competitive we're going faster than we ever have and you know we're gonna try to make some more changes and keep it going tomorrow how we doing this morning we're doing good we're gonna try to go out beat our time at 2 15. obviously we finished second yesterday you know we're looking to get the top spot and we'll just have to see uh conditions are pretty good right now and uh you know we're just anxious to get out there and uh put up a time did you make any big changes from yesterday or just kind of see what you'll do this morning with the better air no we've uh gone uh up on a bigger gear on the procharger so oh okay putting in more pressure on the pro charger we're probably putting out about 2000 horsepower now okay and we've also put in a higher speed gear in the rear end oh for the powers couple big changes all right try to go faster what are you hoping for maybe 220s or something like that i don't like to put a number on it but surprise my goal is to break 220. okay all right well good luck to you man thank you absolutely this 212.76 for big red all right so team big red over here they they put more power in it this morning but it didn't go any faster with 2012 just now but it looks like they just took the massive wing off it and the trim it was in yesterday uh the wing created i think they said 1500 pounds of force and they just took the whole wing off they didn't adjust it the whole thing's just off i hope they have enough traction but uh that way he's definitely definitely probably stopping them with the arrow department got all up on the power right past the camera car that sounded cool to me 190 213 213 for big red all right so over the past couple past you went wingless you took the wing off yeah you know the wing is still uh is still uh research and development that we're doing it's still something we're in a sense testing each run to see how we can get it to work it definitely gives us more downforce and more traction but then it always adds more drag and so it's not there's no freebies and so it's always a trade-off right and we're actually still not sure if running it with the old spoiler may not even be better because of so much less crap and uh last time we had a problem with the ignition and they actually changed the ignition to the backup one we have gotcha and so then we did the uh the 213. actually 213.8 which we're pretty happy with but we're not we're not going faster than we did yesterday so now i think we're going to make some tuning changes now that we figured out the ignition and you know try to give it above 215. i'd like to get above 20. but uh yeah out there good luck to you hopefully 215 plus hey two i mean if it's wishes it'll be 220 plus okay okay good luck to you thanks a lot absolutely wow that looks like a fast pass right there big red r.j gottlieb great job he's 16 for big red now we got 216. he's a good number oh yeah no we're uh we're jazzed about it you know i mean yeah of course i want to break 220 but the most important thing is that we break our fastest times right um you know of course we want to go faster uh right now we're in the final we're in the the finals you guys smashed your own record so far yeah so 14 miles an hour yeah that's a big job we were having trouble in the half mile just with getting the car to hook up and uh the aerodynamics so there's a number of issues and i think we're finally getting that in balance and in fact i think we still have more to go gotcha well we'll see what you guys do in the finals yeah that's on the 216. see you up there thank you absolutely all right i was just notified that unfortunately big red just found a fuel leak that they don't think they can fix and they don't want to start the car on fire by going to the finals they still come in second place just because they made it to the finals but they're not gonna take on the win but the car did really well today they went 14 miles an hour faster than they've ever been before and this is a bad machine they've done so many different kinds of racing with it it's impressive to see a car like this they've been campaigning for damn near 40 years do as well as it did that's definitely top ten or top five fastest car of the entire event all weekend so tip off that was scariest oh my god\n"