2009 Season, the Mustang was still using the Cammer and this was the Camaro's Maiden Season. BMW won the Championship if I remember correctly.
Mustang EDIT Mustang won the GS championship in 2009
Four 1st place finishes
Three 2nd place finishes
Four 3rd place finishes
Camaro
Zero 1st
Zero 2nd
Zero 3rd
Great season... 2010 coming next, the 5.0's Maiden Season.
2010 Season, the Coyote has taken over and Multimatic is engineering the Boss 302 (lol at the z28). The prototype Boss 302 had two 4th place finishes.
Mustang
Three 1st place finishes
Three 2nd place finishes
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15 Mustang wins vs. 6 Camaro, a Mustang Championship, 25 podium finishes...
The first Camaro win happened halfway through it's 3rd season, I'm sorry, that is pathetic... Please see SCCA GTS where Paul Brown tied PJ's Most Wins in a Season (SIX 1st place finishes). Please see SCCA GTS where Paul Brown tied PJ's Most Wins in a Season (SIX 1st place finishes). If you missed it.
The 5th Gen Camaro has had only 6 wins since it's first season in 2009... That is awful, no wonder Chevy isn't offering factory support,
Sure. Mustang stomped Camaro in SCCA years ago, but let's live in the now. Last year[1] was a debacle for Ford/Mustang in GTS. I mean getting beat by Kia?!?
Chevrolet 109
KIA 63
Acura 46
Ford 22
[1] http://www.world-challenge.com/index.php?option=com_drivers&view=point&Itemid=160
And its true all the race organizations restricted Mustang to let other cars compete and that sucks. But in grand am AND PWC Mustangs had a bad year. I don't blame all that on the car but they simply didn't qualify well. Some of it was bad luck and of course they had their RPMS limited (they gave 500 RPMS back to Mustang after they couldn't win with the severe pentalty at first).
So there are politics around Mustang and racing. Of course I know Mustang can beat Camaro on an even playing field (even with the inferior rear suspension). but nonetheless Ford have some catch up to do in various aspects. The new IRS will help compete with Camaro in grand-am better this year and there is still no Ford entry in GT class (whereas Camaro is there) . Looking forward to the next-gen 302r/s if they plan to make one and they better.
Again, sorry for the thread jack, starting a new one to rant on this subject would just invite a bigger audience...lol
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