Old-School Chevy Camaro Drags Nasty Truck, Someone Unexpectedly Crashes Quite Hard

Their home locale - Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey – is quite intimate, as opposed to racetracks like The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, zMAX Dragway, Texas Motorplex, or the great Orlando Speed World, and even Bradenton Motorsports Park. However, that doesn't mean they won't attract a crowd.

More precisely, the passionate racing-dedicated channel on YouTube has plenty of surprises, including stuff like the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170, six-second classic muscle car monsters, Mustangs, Chargers, Plaids, or Ram TRXs. Naturally, they also indulge in action featuring representatives of the GM side of the Detroit Three equation.

For example, the latest skirmish depicted in the video feature embedded below is focused on a Chevrolet Camaro. It's not the ill-fated and currently defunct sixth generation that no one really loved aside from a few diehard fans. Instead, we are dealing with a first-generation 'Maro, probably owned by Gerry Stamato and nicknamed 'The Other Woman' if we are to believe the writings on the body.

This was probably a massive labor of love from the owner as the old-school pony car turned into a rascal with a subtle hood scoop, steelies at the front shod in cookie-cutter tires, and a massive rear wheel setup. It was out and about drag racing a blown pickup truck (is that a Chevrolet S-10), and it was probably losing the skirmish (although both hit the red light if we are not mistaken) when disaster struck.

Out of a sudden, around two-thirds of the racetrack, the Camaro started swerving to the right, and then it took a sharp left that sent it into an uncontrolled three-wheel swerve that would have gone forever if not for the steel barrier on the side of the opponent's lane. The Chevy hit it head-on, and it sure looked like a serious accident after the car spun uncontrollably a couple of times.

This is, obviously, a cautionary tale of the perils of quarter-mile drag racing (or any motoring competition, for that matter) – while everything may look fine and dandy for a second, the next one, chaos ensues when the car gets into technical difficulty. For sure, this accident looked like it was caused by a mechanical issue rather than human error.

Alas, who is to blame matters less – the most important thing is the videographer made sure to note that the driver was unharmed. For sure, the fact that he wore a racing helmet and other specific safety elements were surrounding him also played a big part in keeping him safe. "Drag racing, while exhilarating, can be dangerous." They don't have to repeat that after what we have just seen, right?