That same outlaw DNA still runs through the 2023 Chevrolet COPO Camaro, one of just 69 factory-built drag cars for the program’s final year, and it’s about to cross the block at Mecum Auction. This ...

Back in 1969, famed Chevy dealer Fred Gibb ordered a small batch of very special, drag strip-oriented Camaros through the COPO program. Equipped with a race-bred all-aluminum V8, those plain-looking ...

The result is astonishing performance: with proper setup and traction, the COPO can cover the quarter mile in under 8.0 seconds. That is faster than many professional drag cars from just a decade ago.

Chevrolet's COPO Camaro kicked off as a slick workaround, morphed into a full-blown legend, and now one of its last hurrahs—a ...