We Did It First: 202-MPH Camaro ZL1

At 190 mph, the tiniest amount of slip angle is an attention getter. It’s not such a big deal at Bonneville or El Mirage, where Mother Earth’s surfaces provide a slippery grasp on speed yet a wide open landscape with nothing to hit. But at the Continental Tire Proving Grounds in Uvalde, Texas, 190 mph on the three-lane, 8.5-mile oval offers the genuine opportunity to drop a tire off the pavement and barrel roll through a chicken-wire fence, taking out six cows, two rattlesnakes, and a roadrunner as you go. On the far side of the big oval, you’re alone with that eventuality. If a ZL1 Camaro takes a trip in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it really make a sound? It’ll be 20 minutes before anyone notices you’re tardy.

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Photo Gallery: Lingenfelter Performance 2012 ZL1 Camaro – First to 200 mph! – Hot Rod Magazine