[h=2]NHRA: New look for Chevy Pro Stocks[/h] Wednesday, 07 December 2016


RACER staff

The "Gen Six" Chevrolet Pro Stock Camaro SS will make its public debut at the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Indianapolis on Thursday. The new model builds on the success of the championship-winning fifth-generation-based body. It's aerodynamically optimized bodywork draws its styling from the Gen Six Chevrolet Camaro SS.


"Our goal was to minimize aerodynamic drag within the NHRA guidelines and incorporate as many design cues from the production car," said John Mack, Chevrolet Camaro exterior design manager. "The result is a sleeker and more aerodynamic Camaro SS."
The new bodywork makes its competition debut in February at Pomona. Track testing with the 2017 Pro Stock Camaro SS begins later this month.
Chevrolet Pro Stock Camaro drivers won 23 of 24 events in the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Jason Line won eight events, capturing his third world title – and the third straight championship for Chevrolet. Runner-up Greg Anderson won eight events in a Camaro SS.
In addition to the new Pro Stock Camaro SS, Chevrolet's 2017 COPO program offers specialty racecars designed for NHRA's Stock Eliminator classes, and earlier this fall Chevrolet announced a drag racing development program for production-based Camaro models.