GM's grand drag plans amid Gen3 hype

Ahead of the introduction of Gen3 regulations, GM Australia and New Zealand has revealed plans to debut a new Camaro Drag Car in 2022.

The GM designed Camaro body is currently under construction in the USA and will be campaigned in Australia by the ACDelco Camaro Slammer Drag Racing team.

It comes as the first glimpse of the all-new Gen3 Camaro Supercar draws closer.

GM and Ford Gen3 prototypes will be revealed at the Repco Bathurst 1000.

"This illustrates the strong ties between GM Australia New Zealand and GM North America, utilising Camaro to link the markets across three forms of motorsport, specifically drag racing, Supercars and NASCAR," said Chris Payne, Aftersales Marketing Manager, GM Australia and New Zealand.

"GM ANZ is making a significant statement introducing the Camaro to drag racing in Australia, one which sits alongside and is complementary to GM’s commitment to Gen3 Supercars.”

GM recently committed to Triple Eight Race Engineering for a further two years.

Camaro componentry will be delivered to Maurice Fabietti and the ACDelco Camaro Slammer Drag Racing squad when it arrives in 2022.

A render of a Gen3 Camaro

"It will be a major change engineering our race car to the Camaro appearance, but we’re up for the challenge,” Fabietti said.

"We can’t wait to turn the new Camaro into a streamlined and super-lightweight competition car."

The 2021 Repco Supercars Championship will resume this weekend at the BP Ultimate Sydney SuperSprint.

Every session of the event will be broadcast live on Foxtel (Fox Sports 506) and streamed on Kayo.

The Seven Network will showcase highlights of the event.

Tickets for the event are on sale now.