Chevrolet and NHRA champion John Force introduced the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS-inspired Funny Car.
The Force is strong with the 2016 Camaro SS Funny Car
Earlier today, Chevrolet and 16-time NHRA champion John Force introduced a new Funny Car body - the first based on the sixth-generation Camaro SS (Force's teammates Courtney Force and Robert Hight will be introducing new Camaro SS-based Funny Cars later this season).
"I started my career in a Chevrolet and I couldn't be more excited to put this new Camaro SS Funny Car on the track," said Force. "With all the assistance from Chevrolet, it not only looks great, it's designed to perform better than anything we've had before, with a shape that should help us get down the track quicker and with greater stability."
During the engineering phase, a computational analysis was performed and scale-model wind tunnel testing was conducted to ensure the airflow management qualities necessary to deliver the downforce required by the 10,000-horsepower supercharged race car (it accelerates from 0 to 330 mph in less than 4 seconds – and in a mere 1,000 feet).
This resulted in a new, integrated front splitter that helps direct more air over the body to increase downforce, new, dual blow-out – or "burst" – panels (safety devices that relieve underbody pressure to help keep the body on the chassis in the event of an engine failure and a new body which is lighter than Force's previous Camaro Funny Car bodies.
Just as important in terms of marketing, the new body also incorporates styling signatures of the 2016 Camaro SS's front- and rear-end designs.
