Once upon a time (1989, actually), Dan and RJ Gottlieb debuted Big Red. This car quickly found itself at the top of the hot rodding food chain and as recently as 2005, Hot Rod magazine pronounced it the “baddest ever.” Whatever that actually means, this car is the king of red Camaros. Under a stock-appearing skin the Camaro has a very built 800hp motor and what is essentially a stock-car chassis. The effort that has gone into the car and some of the results it has acheived are really amazing. In fact, it’s owners were so confident in the car’s abilities that they created a contest to demonstrate them. They called it Z2Z Big Red Challenge.

The concept of Z2Z was that cars would accelerate to 200mph, or as close to that mark as possible in a mile, and then stop as quickly as possible. The first year (2006), no one was able to reach 200mph. Jeff Schwartz, in a very nice Ultima came closest and took the Z2Z trophy. The next year, he was finally able to reach 200mph and was able to bring the car to a stop in a total time of only 23.3 seconds. Impressive as that run was, it wasn’t enough to keep the trophy. Mike Reichen in his insane EVO II was able to complete the same feat in only 17.2 seconds! Ladies and gentlemen, behold the current Z2Z trophy holder:

It seems like Mike’s EVO isn’t very well known, but the car is absolutely amazing in a way the Camaro simply cannot be. It has run 8’s in the 1/4 mile and done over 215mph! The king is dead, long live the king!