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Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational - Pandemonium
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 Mary Pozzi secured her spot...  Mary Pozzi secured her spot in the competition by winning several of the autocross events held at the Goodguys car shows. In her words, she was "bringing a butter knife to a guided missile fight." But in the end her leaf-spring second-gen proved it could hang with the high-end rides. Her autocross time of 43.4 was one of the fastest, and she managed a 1:57.10 on the road course. Unfortunately, she suffered a transmission linkage problem at the 0-60-0 event and couldn't finish all the required segments.  Pfadt Racing brought out this...  Pfadt Racing brought out this '10 built by Unrestricted Motorsports. Besides a body kit, a tune, and a few suspension widgets, the Camaro was pretty stock. It was in the exhibition class, but ran a 1:56.00 on the road course and 48.4 at the autocross.  The 0-60-0 event was a fast,...  The 0-60-0 event was a fast, but fun, time. A small sensor was suction cupped to the windshield and once the driver launched he accelerated until a red light came on, and then they mashed the brakes. Here, we caught Bret Voekel of Ridetech locking up the brakes on his '68 Velocity Camaro. His best time for the event was 9.5 seconds.  One car favored to do well...  One car favored to do well at this event was the '69 owned by Charley Lillard. The Camaro, affectionately known as Jackass, was featured on our October cover. With an LS9 underhood and carbon ceramic ZR1 brakes, we knew the car was a strong contender, but it proved even tougher competition with professional wheelman Mark Stielow at the helm. Stielow built the Camaro and flogged the Daytona Yellow F-body around the track in 1:49.30 seconds. That time combined with his other scores secured him a third place overall finish.  Nick Licata had a blast flinging...  Nick Licata had a blast flinging our '10 SS through the autocross cones. The frantic nature of the day didn't even allow us the luxury of walking the course, but Licata still managed to run the cones in 46 seconds flat on Nitto NT05 street tires.  We featured this '70 Camaro...  We featured this '70 Camaro in the October '09 issue, and we were pretty damn happy to see it being flung around the Spring Mountain track. Mike Yale's F-body is powered by an LS3 and rides on a Detroit Speed suspension. Best time on the 2.2-mile course was 2:03.00. He managed a 48.3 run though the cones.  Ryan Mathews, ex-Craftsman...  Ryan Mathews, ex-Craftsman Truck Series driver, and now a go-fast employee and engineer at Detroit Speed really pounded their '69 around the Spring Mountain raceway. He nearly beat the Cobra on the 2.2-mile track and did well enough in the other events to nail down a solid second place overall finish.  Luckily for us, Kyle Tucker,...  Luckily for us, Kyle Tucker, of Detroit Speed, decided to run his '70 Camaro on KDW street tires. Even then he was a force to be reckoned with. What his Camaro lacks in shiny paint, it more than makes up for in performance. He ended up with a score good enough for fifth place overall.
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