Good COPO trivia question
 

Does anyone know when the COPO first showed up in competition at an NHRA event?

If your talking Camaro's I believe it was ZL1 #1 at Phoenix in February 69? The Gibb L78/400 Nova's were much earlier of course, summer of 68 I think?

Yes, 427 Camaros.

Not sure about the iron 427's but there were several that went straight to the track when new. There are many members here that know much more about them than me. I wasn't even born yet :(

At Beeline to be exact for the Winter Nationals.

I thought #2 or #3 was also there??

I don’t believe that was an NHRA sanctioned event. Possibly American Hot Rod Association race.

Yes it was the ahra winternatinals. I traveled down to it with Herb Fox and Carl Ward and Ray Sullins to see the zl1 run. I believe that was the time Gas Rhonda was injured in a new mustang and Dick Landy was there with a special hemi Dodge running experimental heads. Boy those were the good o days.

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Were the ZL1's allowed to race the first event when they showed up with carbs that were not on the homologation paperwork?