Muscle cars Re: quattro-digest V1 #337

[Wolff <quattro200@earthlink.net>]

geordie wrote:
> 
> I hate to argue about this all, but mocking muscle cars simply for their so-called poor handling and anything else
> is simply lack of understanding. The market for those cars in the sixities and early seventies was enormous. Imagine
> something like that today, each manufacturer coming up with a car that has more horsepower, more carbs larger
> displacement, etc.
> 
> The fact is, many of these cars were built for the demand of professional racers seeking stock vehicles to race in a
> certain class. The Camaro and Firebird were both created to race in the Trans Am series and had to conform to strict
> rules. They had to have 5 litre engines for example. That's why the Mustang, Camaro and Firebird all had engines
> with just over 300 cubic inches. 

And what car kicked their proverbial butt in the Trans AM series in '88
with a 2.2 liter motor? 

(Hint, Mike and I will be meeting one of the drivers, Hurley Haywood,
this Wednesday.)