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The Classic Camaro Club
represents all owners and enthusiasts of Camaros from the car’s
inception and delivery to the first customers in September 1966 to the
present day. The Club started in 1990 as a forum for spare parts,
information, and news for ANYONE with an interest in Camaros having
begun simply as a Camaro Register.
Tim Boles, Camaro Club
Secretary owns two very different types of Camaro: A 1968 All original
numbers matching 1968 Convertible (called Camilla) and a full on circuit
racing car, (called Butch). He has owned both cars since the late 1980s
and has been racing Butch almost from the outset, obtaining a full
racing license in 1991, he and his partners now hold full International
Racing licenses (Group C). Butch really is in a class of its own at many
race meetings with well over 500 bhp and original spec brakes and wheels
in order to comply with the increasingly strict Historic rules for
Historic racing car preparation.
In 1994 Tim set up TCB
Racing to manage the opportunity presented by marketing such powerful
and popular racing cars. Butch is easily capable of speeds on the track
in excess of 150mph and has been timed at 0 to 125mph time in less than
13 seconds in the quarter mile. And that was with diddy little 225/60/15
tyres! These forty-year old cars are quicker in race tune and more
powerful than almost every road going supercar available today.
The race series in which
Tim Boles has competed in occur around the world, having raced at
Sebring USA, Zwartkops and Killarney in South Africa, Europe and of
course all over the UK as well as the Island with no speed limits- the
Isle of Man. These races encourage a high standard of vehicle
preparation and require close adherence to the original specification
for the cars.
The cars involved include
: Aston Martins, Shelby Mustangs, Ford Galaxies and Falcons, E-type
Jaguars, Austin Healeys, Sunbeam Tigers, Chevrolet Corvettes, Lotus
Elans and, of course, Chevrolet Camaros.
These races are very
popular and have a fanatical following amongst those loving close racing
with frequent thrills, spills and overtaking.
The races emulate the
TransAm series of the period 1966 to 1970, run in the USA, when the big
US manufacturers poured millions of dollars into the development of
their “pony-cars” – so named after the Mustang. These cars are also
known as "muscle cars" as a direct result of their enormous power
outputs making these cars a handful both on and off the track. The full
grid, composed of “musclecars” and their opposition, can have over
12,000 BHP on the grid waiting to start.
TCB Racing has, over a
number of years, raised money for a number of deserving Charities. The
following Charities have benefited: Countryside Foundation for
Education, SSAFA, Royal British Legion, Cancer Research, and Children
with Leukemia.
Those involved with the
team have benefited not only from the considerable press coverage
available from becoming involved with this unique Motorsport
opportunity, but have also used the special TCB Racing Track Days to
reward their best clients with unique days at some of Britain’s premier
Race Venues. More unusual and rewarding than Golf Days these corporate
hospitality days are hugely successful for Sponsors and their clients.
The Classic Camaro Club
seeks to entertain and inform all those with an interest in Camaros.
Other services such as decodes, insurance valuations and the like are
also available
TCB
17/03/08
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