THE V8 SO GOOD IT GOT BANNED
The Camaro was Chevrolet’s answer to the Ford Mustang and reached the UK in 1969. Roy Pierpoint, who had taken the Mustang’s first BSCC win, also got the Camaro off the mark. Brian Muir then battled Frank Gardner’s Mustang in ’70 for overall wins as Group 2 regulations arrived. Gardner took the class crown, but lost the overall title to Class A benchmark Bill Mcgovern. Gardner switched to a Camaro the following season, securing the overall crown in ’73. The V8 Chevy was the king of the Group 1 hill and won regularly until the ’76 three-litre limit banished the dramatic monsters.