The day progressed with very little drama. This was mostly due to the drivers not pushing past their, or their cars' abilities. Unfortunately, the second-gen brought by Heidts had a short day when its fan tore loose and shredded the radiator. Bret Voelkel had the misfortune of hitting the slippery antifreeze and sliding off into the grass soon after. Bret's ride re-entered the competition, but the Heidts Camaro was down for the count. The ambulance was there as a precaution, however, nobody was injured and no metal was dented.

What Matt Altamore's '69 lacks in aesthetics, it more than makes up for in performance. Matt takes his '69 to the track whenever possible and his skill behind the wheel put him among some of the fastest cars.

Camaro Performers feature alumnus, Jim Mulvey was on hand with his gorgeous '69 Camaro. Jim brought the car all the way from Massachusetts to enjoy the festivities and he really pushed his Camaro hard around the track. His quickest lap was a very respectable 1:47.21.

Here we caught DSE owner Kyle Tucker battling it out with his driver Ryan Mathews. Kyle, in the second-gen, wasn't about to let his employee pass him and Ryan wasn't going to give up without a fight. Later, Kyle just smiled and said, "I could have done that all day."

Not all the rides were super high-end Pro Touring cars. Take this stock numbers-matching '69 Z/28 driven by Bill Utley. Rolling on 15-inch rally wheels and equipped without fancy suspension parts, Bill still had a blast pushing his restored Camaro hard around GingerMan.

Back on the track after his excursion into the grass, Bret continued to pound the Velocity Camaro around the course. His best time was a 1:44.86 until something went wrong and the engine bit the dust. Knowing Bret, we're sure he'll have it fixed by the next event since he never misses a chance to beat the snot out of his cars.

There were a couple of fourth-gens at the event like this '00 SS owned by James Smith. Here we caught Jim's Camaro digging in hard around one the courses tighter turns. His quickest time of the day was 34.26 seconds.

Car number 62 belonged to Ray Thompson. We spied this sweet '68 last year at the YearOne Experience in Atlanta, so it's safe to say that Ray gets around. For a chance to flog his Camaro Ray is willing to go just about anywhere. Back at ya on the hand gesture bro.

Sunday was all about the autocross. While cars don't reach the speeds as on the road course, it's still very challenging and requires quick reactions and a nimble car. Randy Bell's killer '67 ran a 140.25 on the road course and he managed to knock down a time of 33.251 seconds in the autocross.

Like the road course, the autocross was also ran by the local SCCA folks. Some of them even brought out their own cars for some fun runs like this Camaro owned by George Williams. We overheard a few of them doubting that these old muscle cars could handle, and that "These guys aren't going to push their show cars." By the end of the day we think they were suitably impressed.

Here, Jeff Tate emerges from the slalom and gets ready to negotiate a hard left. His car may not be fancy, but it's a hell of a lot of fun and Jeff likes that he doesn't have to worry about rock chips or scratches. His best time around the course was 34.381 seconds.

DSE's hot-shoe driver Ryan Mathews tore up the autocross almost as effectively as he did the GingerMan road course. In the vendor's class, his best road course time, combined with his second place autocross time, gave him a first place finish among the competing vendors.

One of the best looking rides at the event was Steve Lenning's '69 Camaro. Packing an LS7 engine and just about the entire catalog of DSE suspension parts, it performed as good as it looked. Steve's best lap at GingerMan was 1:46.28 and his quickest autocross time was 32.610 seconds. If you like this Camaro as much as we did, then you're in luck since we shot it for a future feature.

At the autocross, Bad Penny was finally in its element. The brakes were still a bit spongy from being cooked on the road course, but everything else was perfect. I drove it to a best time of 30.668, while David Pozzi turned in the fastest time of the day with a 29.367, just narrowly edging out Kyle Tucker's 29.387 in his '70.

Jeff Van Buren had been working feverishly to get his '67 finished for the event. Due to some "teething pains" he wasn't able to run the road course, but he did knock down a few autocross laps. His Camaro features a 600hp LS engine by Wegner, DSE suspension, Baer six-piston brakes, and rolls on Kinesis wheels wrapped in Toyo RA1 rubber. Jeff says, "I can't wait to come back next year with a car that is actually working!"

DSE's Kyle Tucker gets ready to hit GingarMan's 1.8-mile road course.