CAM Class

I was wondering how the participation is in the new Classic American Muscle class at the local autocrosses? I have a 97 Mustang that I used to run in ESP, but have not run in the past few years due to the high cost of racing tires ($800 to $1000 a set)that I was thinking of running in CAM.

I run my '91 Firebird. Most of the entires seem to be 2000+ Mustangs. Detroit region SCCA

My region (Central Carolinas) has mostly Gen 2/3 Vettes. 5 or 6 total each event this year.

The past couple events have had a 2nd & 3rd gen fbody, 55 t-bird, 65 mustang and a couple c5 Corvettes and a couple newer mustangs.

There's only one guy in my local group that runs in CAM. He has a 65 El Camino, and it is gorgeous.

Locally we have an 89 fox, 71 T/A, 05 GT, 99 cobra, 13 GT500, V6 auto '12 camaro, 13 V6 mustang, an 89 C4. Those are the "regulars". We've had others show up randomly.

chili_head wrote: My region (Central Carolinas) has mostly Gen 2/3 Vettes. 5 or 6 total each event this year.

Thats got to be good to watch

We had 12 entrants at our last event in the San Diego Region. CAM class has been pretty big from the start, and we only do 79 and earlier.

Cone_Junkie wrote: We had 12 entrants at our last event in the San Diego Region. CAM class has been pretty big from the start, and we only do 79 and earlier.

We're running 10-15 at most events this year. We have between 80-110 average entrants.

I see many of the same ones as Bob does.

For the most part CAM=Camaros And Mustangs.

Fun to watch, lots of novice drivers who are operating the throttle like a light switch but they'll learn if they stick with it! I think the class is a good thing that is helping bolster interest in the sport from some who otherwise might not get involved due to the strict rules on modifications in the stock/street classes.

I've heard some rumblings about possibly splitting it into 2 classes, CAM1 for pre-(some as yet to be determined model year...1980? 1990? 2000?) and CAM2 for post.

Indy Region is seeing an average of 15 CAM cars per event. Most of the cars are late Mustangs (including my own) but also have some older cars that are regulars. We have a 77 Trans-Am that is a true PT car that runs strong placing 2nd just .123 sec behind the winning 96 Mustang Cobra at our last event. We've also been seeing a '69 Z-28 regularly and had a A/C Cobra replica at the last event.

The reason the class is seeing so many late model cars is that they're just not competitive where they're classed in the traditional street tire classes. CAM gives them a place to run competitively. Our CAM class the competition has been TIGHT this year. .123sec is the widest margin of victory so far and the top 5 average is less than a second. The entire field spread is averaging just over 5 seconds. The majority of our CAM competitors are new or newer participants and almost all of them became SCCA members because of CAM.

Gearheadotaku wrote:

chili_head wrote: My region (Central Carolinas) has mostly Gen 2/3 Vettes. 5 or 6 total each event this year.

Thats got to be good to watch

Suspensions mods to the hilt and really fat tires. Its fun watching an Exige 260 go by then a Gen 2 go by far faster.

mtownneon wrote: Indy Region is seeing an average of 15 CAM cars per event. Most of the cars are late Mustangs (including my own) but also have some older cars that are regulars. We have a 77 Trans-Am that is a true PT car that runs strong placing 2nd just .123 sec behind the winning 96 Mustang Cobra at our last event. We've also been seeing a '69 Z-28 regularly and had a A/C Cobra replica at the last event. The reason the class is seeing so many late model cars is that they're just not competitive where they're classed in the traditional street tire classes. CAM gives them a place to run competitively. Our CAM class the competition has been TIGHT this year. .123sec is the widest margin of victory so far and the top 5 average is less than a second. The entire field spread is averaging just over 5 seconds. The majority of our CAM competitors are new or newer participants and almost all of them became SCCA members because of CAM.

I haven't been able to make my calendar work so that I could attend any of the Indy events yet this year but the CAM competitors have been making up a steady 10% of the total field at Columbus this season. I think it's becoming a great success! BTW, with rare exceptions the Cobra replicas are well below the class legal 3,000 pound minimum weight; mine comes in at 2,180 pounds with a full tank.

Jeff